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On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:51:06 -0700 (PDT), baldypevsner@googlemail.com wrote:

> On 20 Aug, 01:32, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:28:07 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:
>>> "Bret Ripley" <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote in message
>>>news:xbndgelsnhuj.tr7e97190xwd.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:20:10 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:
>>
>>>>> "Ceowulf" <non...@toknow.askifyoudo> wrote in message
>>>>>news:4a810efc$0$22783$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>>>> DocScorpio wrote:
>>>>>>> ......with many new features and many of the original players from 10
>>>>>>> years ago.  I loved this mmo space sim back in the day and have been
>>>>>>> sucked back into it.  It's free till your chars reach a high-level,
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> there's a small, one-time only fee.
>>
>>>>>>> I posted abt it here because the space sim ng is dead and the other
>>>>>>> gaming ng's nearly so.  Go to the following for more info on the new
>>>>>>> Diaspora, if you're interested:
>>
>>>>>>>http://hestia.nighsoft.net/nighsoft/index.php?aff_id=193
>>
>>>>>> I downloaded it and tried it, but couldn't get past... well the start
>>>>>> screen? Every time I tried to trade it closed down the program. Couldn't
>>>>>> launch as nothing happened when I clicked on the button.
>>
>>>>>> Very confusing start :p
>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ceo-
>>
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>>>>> Sorry for the delay in responding to you.  I'm afraid I don't monitor the
>>>>> ng's like I used to.
>>
>>>>> I know this is a dumb question, but did you buy a ship before you tried
>>>>> to
>>>>> launch?  Your char doesn't start with a basic ship.  You have to spend
>>>>> some
>>>>> portion of your starting 50K DC to buy and equip one.  After you have a
>>>>> ship
>>>>> assigned to your char (there will be a box around the ship, when you view
>>>>> it
>>>>> in the hangar), you should be able to launch.
>>
>>>>> As for the trade screen.  When you get the basic trade screen which show
>>>>> the
>>>>> commodities, hit "enter" before trying anything else.  Then click on the
>>>>> right menu choice at the left top.  This will bring you to the buy-sell
>>>>> screen.  Type amounts in the space and hit "enter to buy and sell.
>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>>> And once you've had your fill of people being helpful, D*r*k Sm*rt has
>>>> released a new -- well, newish -- game via Steam called "All Aspect
>>>> Warfare".  You can watch him make friends on the Steam forums:
>>
>>>>http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=676
>>
>>>> For example, from the "Game Reviews" thread:
>>
>>>> Smart: <posts link to game review on some obscure website>
>>
>>>> Potential Customer: Wait til we see reviews from IGN, GT, G4TV then we
>>>> will
>>>> decide.
>>
>>>> Smart: People who make their buying decisions based on someone else's
>>>> personal opinions are patently foolish.
>>
>>>> Another Potential Customer: if reviews/professional opinions are foolish
>>>> then what is this thread for?
>>
>>>> Smart: <quotes above> Where exactly did I even utter those words?
>>
>>>> The more things change ...
>>
>>>> Bret
>>
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>>> Shame on you, Bret!
>>
>> That's the spirit!
>>
>>> You hijacked my thread.
>>
>> Sure, but I limit myself to one hijacked thread per year.
>>
>>> However, I must confess that I
>>> went, like the lemming I am (whatever happened to lemming anyway?),
>>
>> Wish I knew -- I miss the old gang. Then again, I never did get out much.
>>
>>> to the
>>> linked forum....and the posts were like a trip down memory lane. :)  God, it
>>> was almost 15 years ago that it all started!
>>
>> Just for old time's sake:
>>
>> *BING*
>>
>> Bret
> 
> Hello Bret you devil you.
> 
> I'd completely forgotten I could get here from Google.
> I hope you are well and prosperous.
> 
> The old gang is spread very far and wide I fear, I've even lost touch
> with Xan.
> Lemming I spoke to about 2 months ago, he and his fambleh have moved
> back to the county of his birth, Cumbria, and seem very happy, bless
> 'em. I have an email addy for Lem if you so desire it.
> 
> The only spacesim type chicanery I'm close to now is the dear old X
> series (remember when she was just an upstart?). I'm now bradF430 on
> those forums and still haven't managed to play the game. I've now
> purchased, installed and entirely failed to play all four iterations,
> I'm something of an expert.
> 
> Best of luck to those that still haunt this godforsaken place, good
> men and true everyone of you.
> 
> br d

Br d!

How are things with you? I hope your business is still going strong.

Sorry for the slow response, but I only check this froup about as often as
I get my teeth cleaned. There's just something about the taste of blood in
my mouth that reminds me to check c.s.i.p.g.s-s.

I think X(2? 3?) is the last space sim I played. It was great fun at first,
but I soon reached the dreaded "is that all there is?" plateau. I don't
have as much time for pc games as I used to, and lately I've been reduced
to playing "Mafia Wars" on Facebook. At this point I must recognize that
habitual use of illicit drugs would probably be a positive step for me.

I do miss ol' Lemming. I'll never forget the time I almost stopped by his
house, nor the time he almost chased me off his property while pelting me
with a seasonal medley of root vegetables.

Not much of the old gang seems to be around anymore. I haven't seen
anything at all of Bill Huffman, Xan, Shingen, and too many others to name.
Maybe they were the first against the wall when the revolution came.

In other news: I've become a little bit of a football fan over the last
couple of years (Sounders FC!), so I should probably apologize for the shit
I used to give you about the sport. But that doesn't sound like any fun.

But look: Doc Scorpio and Ceowulf were having this charming discussion
about Diaspora, and here we are just pissing all over it. Seems a little
like old times. <sniff>

See you around the salt mines, old timer.

Bret