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Simon Trowman wrote:

> Yes, this is a topic I greatly agree with.    I think If we all speak up and
> tell each other what we expect from this news group it will help those
> checking us (the news group) out for the first time. It will give them an
> idea off the news groups expectations?

Another excellent idea!

> My Ideas are :
>
> 1) To keep all topics of discussion X-COM  based, as the majority are at the
> moment.  The last thing  I'd like to see or read about is some other X-COMee
> talking about his adventures in C&C or CIV.   If I want to know about other
> games I would visit other game sites like,
> "comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic."   :~ )

Fair enough.  Let's try and keep to this...

> 2)  FLAMERS, it would be nice and different (compared to some game news
> groups) if we could keep our conversasions, pleasant, funny, and
> encouraging.  The last thing we want to be doing is downloading "
> slanderous" messages from each other.  Also lets try our best to keep our
> language clean ( well cleanish ), Its hard telling my young son what F**king
> means or other sad "foul"  words. ( I know keith supports me on this as well
> as I hope you will too).

This is a very important point - there are many newsgroups which do nothing more
than support flame wars.  I have found flame-free newsgroups (alt.fan.dune, for
the most part, plus a few others) but some of them... <shudder>

> 3) A light hearted Idea but a nice one anyway and this I owe to Shaun Green.
> Yes If you are new why not introduce your self to the news group and tel us
> a little about yourself and your X-COM  Xcapades.

Thank you!  I'm glad to have sparked something off.

Shaun Green / Greenish_9
"...a weapons system which is fully locked on your command bridge, by the
way..."
Trade Master Greenish, Star Control 2