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Article #35883

Re: X-COM and Linux

#35883
From: Bateau
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:56
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"Daniel \"Naughty Tentacles\" Blakemore"
<Daniel.Blakemore@nospam.btopenworld.com> wrote:
>> >> >You've done *nothing* but bitch and moan.  No battle reports,
>> >> THIS ISN'T ONE OF YOUR SILLY LITTLE FANTASY WARGAMES SIR.
>> >You dissing the other x-com fans who've posted their game diaries and
>battle
>> >reports?  I'm sure they'll *love* you for that...(!)
>> Well it is a bit gay.
>
>lol!  You really don't give a damn about anyone but yourself, do you?  :D

DING DING DING DING DING!

>> >> What have you done?
>> >> Seriously the only time you ever post here is when you bitch about me.
>> >Translation:  you're too lazy to check.
>> Translation: it doesn't exist.
>
>Okay...just a few hints to prompt you into getting off your fat, spreading
>butt and looking...
>
>1)    I had, at one time, a *very* popular x-com fiction site.  Only became
>defunct because of the closure of the hosting company.  Still have all the
>files for it...just haven't had the opportunity to write up a whole new site
>for it all....a little thing called "responsibilities" that us grown-ups
>have to deal with.  You'll understand (hopefully) when your balls finally
>drop and your voice breaks.
>
>2)    After hearing about the closing of Chapel Hill, old Microprose's home
>of x-com, and the dumping of the X-Com Genesis game, myself and several
>other denziens of this newsgroup set up a bulletin board as an online
>protest/petition.  Again, very popular, and even earned a few paragraphs in
>a few popular gaming magazines.
>
>Now, hop to it, you lazy bag of *bleep*!!!

Translation: <censored>
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From: Bateau <Gamera@work.stomping.aza>
Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com
Subject: Re: X-COM and Linux
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:56:56 +0800
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