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Since: May 13, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:30 pm
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:16 pm
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:02 am
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On 29 Aug 2004 19:30:50 -0700, taragem72.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
>It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
>many people play them?
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Used to be lots of lively discussions until one Derek Smart decided he was king
of the world and the space sim genre. It then became nothing more then a huge
flamewar with the odd on-topic post about games. It went on like this for years
until we have what you see today... almost nothing.
Derek doesn't post here anymore because he can't control what people say here
like he can on web forums. More than one web forum moderator has banned him for
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:06 am
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On 29 Aug 2004 19:30:50 -0700, taragem72 DeleteThis @yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
>It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
>many people play them?
It's because the industry has pretty much abandoned high quality space
sims. Of course, they claim it is because there is not a sufficient
market for such games. Evidently there is only a twitch-finger FPS
market.
Bah.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:08 pm
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Dick Garage wrote:
> Used to be lots of lively discussions until one Derek Smart decided he was king
> of the world and the space sim genre. It then became nothing more then a huge
> flamewar with the odd on-topic post about games. It went on like this for years
> until we have what you see today... almost nothing.
That's a shame that one person--a space sim developer at that--would
destroy a newsgroup. I tried Battlecruiser Millennium and though it
looked interesting I couldn't get past the, what seemed to me,
needlessly complex menu/control system and mostly flat, uninteresting
terrain.
I've always been a sci-fi buff ala the original ST. I hope more will
participate and bring back the interesting posts in this group.
Tara
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:33 pm
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:33 pm
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:36 pm
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On 30 Aug 2004 15:08:43 -0700, taragem72 RemoveThis @yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
>Dick Garage wrote:
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>> Used to be lots of lively discussions until one Derek Smart decided he was king
>> of the world and the space sim genre. It then became nothing more then a huge
>> flamewar with the odd on-topic post about games. It went on like this for years
>> until we have what you see today... almost nothing.
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>That's a shame that one person--a space sim developer at that--would
>destroy a newsgroup. I tried Battlecruiser Millennium and though it
>looked interesting I couldn't get past the, what seemed to me,
>needlessly complex menu/control system and mostly flat, uninteresting
>terrain.
Lol! How did he destroy the newsgroup? This froup is dying of boredom,
that's all.
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>I've always been a sci-fi buff ala the original ST. I hope more will
>participate and bring back the interesting posts in this group.
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>Tara
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:36 pm
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On or about 8/30/2004 3:36:34 PM, br d <misterbCOCKNEYTWAT.DeleteThis@nildram.co.uk>
said:
> On 30 Aug 2004 15:08:43 -0700, taragem72.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
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>>Dick Garage wrote:
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>>> Used to be lots of lively discussions until one Derek Smart decided he was king
>>> of the world and the space sim genre. It then became nothing more then a huge
>>> flamewar with the odd on-topic post about games. It went on like this for years
>>> until we have what you see today... almost nothing.
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>>That's a shame that one person--a space sim developer at that--would
>>destroy a newsgroup. I tried Battlecruiser Millennium and though it
>>looked interesting I couldn't get past the, what seemed to me,
>>needlessly complex menu/control system and mostly flat, uninteresting
>>terrain.
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> Lol! How did he destroy the newsgroup? This froup is dying of boredom,
> that's all.
The joke is on you: the rest of us are respond-bots.
Bret
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:12 am
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and the twitch-finger RTS market, where all that matters is memorizing
strategies and fast micromanagement
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"Joe Granto" <Joe.Granto.RemoveThis@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:ghg6j0tsuu0iqqpfjv9mohii4gj04nqh64@4ax.com...
> On 29 Aug 2004 19:30:50 -0700, taragem72.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
>
>>It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
>>many people play them?
>
> It's because the industry has pretty much abandoned high quality space
> sims. Of course, they claim it is because there is not a sufficient
> market for such games. Evidently there is only a twitch-finger FPS
> market.
>
> Bah.
>
>
> Please replace the "NoSpam" with "MCI" in my email address in order to
> reply.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:12 am
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:12:22 +0800, "francium"
<francium_at_softhome.DeleteThis@dot.net> wrote:
>and the twitch-finger RTS market, where all that matters is memorizing
>strategies and fast micromanagement
Starshatter is pretty good.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:22 am
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On 30 Aug 2004 22:00:29 -0700, taragem72 DeleteThis @yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
>br d wrote:
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>> It's because you're all a bunch of cunts.
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>What a thoughtful, intelligent post.
you can always rely on br d to raise the tone.
Lemming
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:15 am
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:14 pm
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> "Joe Granto" <Joe.Granto.TakeThisOut@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:ghg6j0tsuu0iqqpfjv9mohii4gj04nqh64@4ax.com...
> > On 29 Aug 2004 19:30:50 -0700, taragem72.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com (Tara) wrote:
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> >>It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
> >>many people play them?
> >
> > It's because the industry has pretty much abandoned high quality space
> > sims. Of course, they claim it is because there is not a sufficient
> > market for such games. Evidently there is only a twitch-finger FPS
> > market.
> >
> > Bah.
"francium" <francium_at_softhome.TakeThisOut@dot.net> wrote in message news:<cgvl18$1k4k$1@news.hgc.com.hk>...
> and the twitch-finger RTS market, where all that matters is memorizing
> strategies and fast micromanagement
I believe it's mainly due to microsoft's continual abandonment or
shoddy support of the sci-fi space sim genre. Major case in point was
Allegiance (dropped, according to most, because it was used as a pilot
project for directX); Other case in point was the Star/Freelancer
stuff (lack of joystick support for the latter).
nice thing is they do release source codes once in a while. lol.
http://www.microsoft.com/games/allegiance/home.htm
Things ARE improving though, since you've got Eve-online proving that
this stuff does have a market...which is a HELL of a lot better than
the days where Derek Smarticus looked to be the saviour of a dying
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:11 pm
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taragem72.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (Tara) writes:
> It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
> many people play them?
I suppose it's the lack of games. Maybe web forums are also more
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