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Welcome to the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure interim FAQ.

In case you managed to miss everything, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games (csipg)
has been split into seven different groups, of which this is one.  csipg
will disappear in three months, which should be plenty of time to move
all discussion to the appropriate groups.

This group replaces comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, which disappears in three
months. It is the dumping ground for everything which doesn't fit under
the charters of the other groups listed below.	Possible subjects for
this group:

	Game Bytes
	For Sale
	Game companies ("gee, I love/hate Origin...")
	Any further splits

Note I didn't say piracy or crack "debates."  If you must talk about
them on the games group because of some compulsion, this is the place,
but misc.legal.computing is the real place for this.


The rules are simple:

1)  Don't post things on here that fit better on the other groups listed
below - if you have an Ultima VII question, post on the csipg.rpg group.
When you Follow up to a message, you can change the Newsgroups: line
appropriately.

2) DON'T CROSSPOST TO THE OTHER COMP.SYS.IBM.PC.GAMES GROUPS.  There is
almost _no_ excuse for crossposting, other than to csipg.announce, and
the possibility of crossposting formed the major part of the opposition
to the group split.  If you crosspost, expect to get some (hopefully
polite) mail.  "For Sale" messages are no excuse for crossposting.

3) Consider finding a common abbreviation for a game and including it in
the Subject: line of anything you post.  For example, ORIGIN: for Origin,
ADMIN: for administrative stuff such as splits, SALE: for for sale
stuff. This is all done informally, nobody's "officially" coming up with
abbreviations, but people usually end up with one or two good
alternatives.

4) TRIM YOUR QUOTED TEXT!  If you "F"ollowup with included text, edit
the included text.  You almost never need more than a few quoted lines
in a row on any particular thought.  The idea is not to completely
recopy the previous poster's message, but to jog the brain as to the
gist of the poster's message.  Quoting the previous poster's .signature
practically screams "Hi, I'm an idiot!  Booga Booga!"  Quoting more than
two levels deep is another space waster in most cases.


Quick Groups Synopsis to help you figure out where to post:

misc.legal.computing
  For the discussions of piracy and the legality of cracks, etc.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce
  This is a _moderated_ group.	Everything that is posted here is
  approved by the moderator before approval.  It should contain
  informational postings such as GameBytes releases, Net Top 100 Games
  lists, official game release announcements, "formal" reviews, etc. Any
  discussion on a post should take place in one of the other groups.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
  Discussion of action/arcade games such as Wolf 3D, Wing Commander,
  Lemmings.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
  Discussion of flight simulators such as Falcon 3.0, Strike Commander,
  Aces of the Pacific.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
  Discussion of strategy / war games such as Civilization, Castles,
  V for Victory.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure
  Discussion of adventure games such as King's Quest, Indiana Jones,
  Liesure Suit Larry.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
  Discussion of role playing games such as Ultima and Wizardry. This
  genre has been split off from the csipg.adventure group.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc
  Anything else relating to games should go here.  Stuff for sale,
  discussion of company policies, where do I find GameBytes, etc.

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