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From: Bret Ripley
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:16

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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:43:01 -0000, Daniel "Naughty Tentacles" Blakemore
wrote:

> "Brad Martin" <misterb@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:ef3hn2phhv8qtq92ia7ovfg3jkn6on25ar@4ax.com...
> 
>> Yes, you might be remembering wrong about the framerates but it's odd
>> that you've no such doubts about it being 'the only good thing about
>> the Battlecruiser games'. The usual superior bollocks.
>>
>> What's actually funny is how many armchair experts are now prepared to
>> loftily dismiss the BC series from their collective position of smug
>> self importance. There were, and are, many good things about the
>> Battlecruiser games from the point of view of a space-sim fan if they
>> are willing to look beyond the failings of the developer.
> 
> 
> No offense, but I did...and I *still* thought it was a piece o' cr*p  :D 
> Great idea, but failed in design and execution.

AFAICT, BC's most useful feature is getting some of the old regulars to
post here now and again.  <waves to Br d>

Bret

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