J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> Warning. This may get personal and weird. Don't say you were not
> warned.
>
> <rant>
>
> This mailing list if for EPIC, you know, the GW game with 6 mm mini's.
> All three versions of it, (Space Marine, Epic Space Marine, Epic
> 40,000). It's NOT about DirectX and the various version of 586 class
> chips. This kiss of death of a non computer war game is to start
> talking about a computer game, much less computer systems, OS, chips
> sets and other bits of cyber what-nots. I do that sort of thing for a
> living, so it's not a case of not being able to keep up (and BTW some
> of you need to check your facts before you run off at the keyboard, the
> error rate in the current "talk" on the FL thread about the various 586
> chips is pushing over 75%) There are dozen of mailing list and usenet
> 'froups that support computer games. Can we PLEASE leave them there?
>
> I subscribe to several other gaming mailing list, in all cases there is
> at least one computer game that "fits" the mailing list, in some cases
> quite accurately. In all cases the moderators of the mailing list have
> declared that talking about the computer version was NOT covered in the
> list charter (go ahead, bring up a SSI game on the "Forgotten Realms"
> mailing list. I dare you.... [wear flame proof undies if you do]).
>
> Final Liberation may or may not be the coolest game ever written,
> however it is still a computer game. It's not a version of Epic. Hell,
> based on the information posted about it, it supports even less of the
> GW "Universe" than Epic 40K does. Given the ranting and raving that
> E40K got for daring to cut down on the number of say, Ork tank types and
> for not letting Chaos use all the imperial stuff (in addition to their
> own stuff) and for dropping 2 armies in toto, you would think that NO
> ONE on this list would even THINK of playing such a limited game as FL,
> as all it lets you do is Imperials and Orks.
>
> And yeah, I know many of you will not see this for a couple of days.
> I'll wait until 1998 with my flame proof jammies for your reply.
>
> Reply via e-mail, not to the list, please.
>
> <rant>
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Nah, I'll waste valuable e-mail space; I don't have the game, dont want
it, but don't mind the mail. It is somewhat relevant and if you don't
want to read it, delete it. Don't be a jerk ...
thane
Received on Fri Dec 26 1997 - 05:54:46 UTC