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Re: Away for a bit over a year from csipg.strategic and I see only 265 posts - is the group dead or the usenet dead?

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From: Carl Lundstedt
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:12

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MK wrote:

> Been largely busy with work and life, pulled the new headers in the
> group to find 265 new posts only.
> 
> This begs a question - is it just that strategic / turn based is
> largely dead, or is it the entire Usenet community.
> 
> Any thoughts what the current equivalent for the csipg.strategic would
> be with a decent signal/noise ratio?
> 
> I kinda dislike the thought of continuing to pay Usenet (the service)
> for the dubious privilege
> 
> == antiquated rat ==
Usenet gaming groups are dying, pretty much dead.  Title specific forums 
seemed to have filled in that niche.

I'd point you to the Gamers with Jobs forums for general discussions about 
gaming and threads about genres such as Strat TB.   
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/

I'd recommend getting an account on eternal september and drop any pay for 
usenet accounts.  http://www.eternal-september.org/

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