candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 08:09 this Friday (GMT):
> > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 22:50 this Thursday (GMT):
> >> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On 12/26/2024 9:54 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> >> >> *
> >> >> > I know I'm long winded, so in hopes that you hang around long enough
> >> >> > to read the whole post, I'll throw you a bone and give you a free game
> >> >> > right from the start. It's call Chasm; it's a VMLTA hack-n-slash
> >> >> > adventure/platformer game of some sort. You can redeem the key (which
> >> >> > you get in the DNND9 usual way, if you're eagle-eyed enough) on Steam.
> >> >> > There; you got your treat.D5IJQ Now keep reading! ;-)
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Maybe we need a lottery? I know that's a lot more work, Ant got most of
> >> >> the games. On the other hand it sounds his financials aren't great and
> >> >> he'll probably appreciate them more than I.
> >> >
> >> > I won? :O
> >
> >> Hey congrats!
> >
> > What prize did I get? Another free computer game? ;)

> Maybe

Maybe? :/

> >> >> I don't have as much time, I was out of town for 4 days so missed all
> >> >> those, as well as this last one.
> >> >
> >> > I got busy the last few days so I couldn't check this awesome newsgroup
> >> > often. :(
> >
> >> I was just really bad at keeping up with it :P
> >
> > Next time, buddy. :P

> But there isn't a next time for a while :(

Get a time machine, sleep for 11 mos., etc.? ;P
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Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >
> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
> >>>
> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
> >>> Eternal September.
> >>
> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
> >
> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
> >
> > Simple.

> Good point, I'd watch that.

Me too. What about ant videos? /s
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ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>> >
>> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
>> >>>
>> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
>> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
>> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
>> >>> Eternal September.
>> >>
>> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
>> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
>> >
>> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
>> >
>> > Simple.
>
>> Good point, I'd watch that.
>
>Me too. What about ant videos? /s

People aren't so much into those, it's the lack of fluffy adorableness.

Xocyll

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:50:35 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>Me too. What about ant videos? /s

Getting increasingly on a tangent here, but while it's not ant videos,
here's a link I'm sure SOMEBODY in this newsgroup (not pointing
fingers) will enjoy:

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/ants-vs-humans-putting-group-smarts-to-the-test/
"Cooperation worked better for ants than for humans in a Weizmann
Institute experiment"

I'd like to remind ant of all the wonderful games he acquired thanks
to me during this past holiday season, and reiterate that I could
still be helpful to our new ant overlords in rounding up others to
toil in their underground sugar caves. ;-)

Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

> >Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> >> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
> >> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >> >
> >> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> >> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
> >> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
> >> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
> >> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
> >> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
> >> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
> >> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
> >> >>> Eternal September.
> >> >>
> >> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
> >> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
> >> >
> >> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
> >> >
> >> > Simple.
> >
> >> Good point, I'd watch that.
> >
> >Me too. What about ant videos? /s

> People aren't so much into those, it's the lack of fluffy adorableness.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antkeeping/comments/8f4o1n/definitely_the_cutest_ant_out_there_tetramorium/ is not cute enough? :P
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:50:35 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

> >Me too. What about ant videos? /s

> Getting increasingly on a tangent here, but while it's not ant videos,
> here's a link I'm sure SOMEBODY in this newsgroup (not pointing
> fingers) will enjoy:

> Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test
> https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/ants-vs-humans-putting-group-smarts-to-the-test/
> "Cooperation worked better for ants than for humans in a Weizmann
> Institute experiment"

> I'd like to remind ant of all the wonderful games he acquired thanks
> to me during this past holiday season, and reiterate that I could
> still be helpful to our new ant overlords in rounding up others to
> toil in their underground sugar caves. ;-)

Yep, I saw that. A Redditor mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tam7KO4qhUI. Ants > Humans. Also, all
your free computer games belong to me. ;)
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ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>> >Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> >> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> >> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>> >> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> >> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>> >> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>> >> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>> >> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
>> >> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
>> >> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
>> >> >>> Eternal September.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
>> >> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
>> >> >
>> >> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
>> >> >
>> >> > Simple.
>> >
>> >> Good point, I'd watch that.
>> >
>> >Me too. What about ant videos? /s
>
>> People aren't so much into those, it's the lack of fluffy adorableness.
>
>https://www.reddit.com/r/antkeeping/comments/8f4o1n/definitely_the_cutest_ant_out_there_tetramorium/ is not cute enough? :P

Not compared to a fluffy little kitten.

Xocyll

Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

> >Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> >> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> >> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >
> >> >Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> >> >> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
> >> >> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> >> >> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
> >> >> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
> >> >> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
> >> >> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
> >> >> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
> >> >> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
> >> >> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
> >> >> >>> Eternal September.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
> >> >> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Simple.
> >> >
> >> >> Good point, I'd watch that.
> >> >
> >> >Me too. What about ant videos? /s
> >
> >> People aren't so much into those, it's the lack of fluffy adorableness.
> >
> >https://www.reddit.com/r/antkeeping/comments/8f4o1n/definitely_the_cutest_ant_out_there_tetramorium/ is not cute enough? :P

> Not compared to a fluffy little kitten.

:(
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:27 this Sunday (GMT):
> Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>> >Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 12/27/2024 3:08 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> >> > Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> >> > the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>> >> >>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> >> >>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>> >> >>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>> >> >>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>> >> >>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
>> >> >>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
>> >> >>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
>> >> >>> Eternal September.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
>> >> >> that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.
>> >> >
>> >> > Funny cat video, + usenet ad.
>> >> >
>> >> > Simple.
>> >
>> >> Good point, I'd watch that.
>> >
>> >Me too. What about ant videos? /s
>
>> People aren't so much into those, it's the lack of fluffy adorableness.
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/antkeeping/comments/8f4o1n/definitely_the_cutest_ant_out_there_tetramorium/ is not cute enough? :P

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On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:54:28 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:45:20 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I grabbed "Metal Unit," as proof that I read every damned thing you say,
>>my fellow bloviator. Necessarily, I'm keeping this post brief.
>
>Anyone who read to the end of my diatribe deserves a game! You are
>truly a noble and patient soul!
>
>>And being a TOP POSTING BASTARD.
>
>Also that ;-)
>
>(Although I agree that putting any comment at the end of that overly
>long post of mine would not have been a good idea either. Sometimes a
>top-post is the only sane option, even if it is like nails on a
>chalkboard to old fogeys like myself ;-)
>
Yeah. That was the grim choice I faced. I decided to act like a hooligan.

I am deeply sorry, not sorry, for that.

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10 hits on the scroll wheel later...

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:20:03 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:54 this Thursday (GMT):
>>
>> So, that's done.
>>
>> Another Holiday Give-Away come and gone; another holiday tradition
>> completed. I am not sad to say that I'm glad it's done. I mean, you
>> may have tired of all my many posts and endless blather over the past
>> 25 days, but _I_ am the one who had to write it all! And the Christmas
>> Day give-aways are particularly exhausting, since I have to sneak them
>> into the few free moments I have each day while doing 'real life'
>> Christmas stuff.
>>
>> [This year, though, at least I planned ahead a bit by writing
>> most of the posts ahead of time, so all I had to do was
>> copy-n-paste at the appropriate times.]
>>
>> For those of you who got annoyed by the sheer volume of my posts,
>> though, I'm sure the quiet will be a welcome relief.
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>> I know I'm long winded, so in hopes that you hang around long enough
>> to read the whole post, I'll throw you a bone and give you a free game
>> right from the start. It's call Chasm; it's a VMLTA hack-n-slash
>> adventure/platformer game of some sort. You can redeem the key (which
>> you get in the DNND9 usual way, if you're eagle-eyed enough) on Steam.
>> There; you got your treat.D5IJQ Now keep reading! ;-)
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> My goals for these give-aways have always been threefold. Firstly,
>> just to spread some cheer and warmth over the holidays, not only by
>> giving away gifts, but also just by providing a cheerful and fun
>> experience throughout December. Hence the jokes, the songs, the
>> general nonsense that hopefully brings a smile and makes the rest of
>> what can often be a very bleak and stressful month just a bit less
>> aggravating. How well that succeeded is debatable, but at least I
>> tried. 2024 wasn't that great a year (and 2025 looks like it will be
>> worse) so I had to make the effort.
>>
>>
>>
>> My second goal was, of course, to benefit Usenet.
>>
>> It should come to no surprise to anyone to learn that I am an earnest
>> believer in Usenet. It's one of the last truly free discussion
>> networks on the Internet; it's not designed to monetize your personal
>> data, or steal your content for AI farms, or advertise stuff to you,
>> or manipulate conversations to force an agenda. That sort of stuff
>> undoubtedly happens, but it's incidental to the purpose of the
>> network, and --without a single controlling agency-- it allows Usenet
>> a lot of freedom and openess that other forums --Facebook, Twitter,
>> Reddit, etc.-- lack. That freedom doesn't come without penalty (such
>> as spam, trolling and blatantly illegal content) but it's a unique
>> resource that I think deserves a continued place on the 'net. It's
>> format is also special: originating largely as an academic network,
>> it's a text-only forum where the discussion of ideas is paramount. It
>> originated as a way to disseminate long-term dialogues between groups
>> of people. It was where you went to WRITE, and not just make one line
>> 'me too' comments. Usenet has obviously drifted considerably from that
>> ideal, but in a world where most forums are about pictures of what you
>> ate for dinner, 140-character replies or 60-second videos of people
>> twerking, it's still the closest we have anymore.
>>
>> So the second goal of these silly give-aways is to make Usenet a
>> viable destination through the simple expedient of bribing people with
>> the lure of free games. The idea being, of course, that they COME for
>> the games and then some of them discover there's other worthwhile
>> content here and STAY to comment. And hey, as Epic Games has
>> discovered, bribery works! Comment counts go up dramatically in
>> December, and we've seen a slow rise in overall activity over the
>> years.
>>
>>
>>
>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>> drive to boost user- and post-count. But it's also why I always write
>> such long descriptions to each game I give away; I'm giving out meat
>> for you to all gnaw on. I'm baiting the hook so you can tell me my
>> conclusions are _wrong_. Because that's what I want; it's what Usenet
>> is about (I told you, I'm a fervent believer in this idealistic vision
>> of Usenet!): as a forum where people can discuss issues and introduce
>> one another to different points of view. And best of all if -- after I
>> spit on a game-- somebody convinces me to give it another chance and I
>> suddenly discover they were right!
>>
>> [Also, since we can only really discuss games that we've
>> played, and by giving away games I also own, it allows others
>> to enter the discussion with me. Yes, I'm secretly tricking
>> you all into playing games I like so you can tell me why you
>> enjoyed -or didn't- my games. You're never going to get
>> a game from me that isn't in my library first;-)]
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh, and that other reason I always say? You know, that line that this
>> is just a convenient way for me to clear out some old keys? Pure
>> bullshit. I have ways enough to otherwise make use of spare keys
>> should I desire. I've real-life friends enough that might want them,
>> or if I really were the sort, I could probably find a key-reseller to
>> take them off my hands and make myself a few bucks on the side.
>> Christmas cheer, usenet and the hope of inspiring discussion have
>> always been the motivators of these give-aways. Heck, the line about
>> these games all being spares is untrue too! A lot (not all, but many)
>> of these games were purpose-bought /just/ so I could give them away
>> during the holidays.
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> Are you still here? My, you have endurance. That sort of thing
>> deserves to be recognized. Here, for lasting this long, have a free
>> game. It's not a very good one, no (there's a reason it didn't make it
>> into the main give-away) but maybe somebody will want it. It's called
>> Arcana Heart 3 Love Max and you can X500X redeem it GL2FR on Steam.
>> You'll find the key 46GJH in the usual way.
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> But now we come to the real meat of this post, and not just my usual
>> end-of-year meanderings. Because I've come to make an ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> Because I'm here to inform you that I Am Done.
>>
>> Not with Usenet (I'm sure this will disappoint some of my detractors)
>> but with these Holiday Give-Aways. Because I've decided that the 2024
>> c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away was my last one. It's why I decided
>> to go so big with this one. We had 70 games this time (okay, a few
>> less if you discount the duplicates, but its still a lot). I tried to
>> make this the biggest and most fun and memorable of the give-aways,
>> because I'd decided that it was going to be The End.
>>
>> Well, for me anyway. Maybe somebody else will take up the banner and
>> lead the charge in 2025. And it's possible I'll still drop a game or
>> three next December. But I won't be doing any sort of Event like I've
>> been doing the past years.
>>
>> Because, frankly, it's gotten just too exhausting for me to keep up.
>> It's been getting expensive too; I don't buy all these keys and those
>> I do purchase I never buy at full price, but it does add up. Over the
>> years, I've given away over 300 games and even on discount, that's a
>> some investment.
>>
>> Plus, I'm not sure all the effort is NEEDED anymore. What with
>> companies like Epic and Amazon and GOG throwing out free games like
>> candy, it's getting hard for an individual to compete. Certainly, the
>> announcements of all the freebies serve just as well to bolster
>> traffic and inspire discussion as the handful of keys I have. So I'm
>> not sure it's worth the bother. Maybe if the situation changes --or if
>> my batteries recharge in a few years-- I'll reconsider, but for now
>> I'm satisfied. The 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away is my last.
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> We're almost done. You've come so far; surely you can hang on a little
>> longer? Look, I'll sweeten the pot. I'll throw in TWO more games just
>> to convince you to keep on reading to the end. The first game is Book
>> of Demons. It's a MG0NI hack-n-slash YYGFT but it uses W9W2P a
>> deck-building mechanic so you can guess my opinion. The other game is
>> called Metal Unit; it's WAP7V a retro GCLHW shooter KKQ99 platformer.
>> Both games are, of course, available on Steam. Figure out the keys and
>> you get the game. You know the drill.
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> So that's it. I hope you all had a marvelous holiday season. I hope my
>> little efforts went a way to making it better. I hope you got at least
>> one game you liked. I hope The Number got bigger for all of you. I
>> hope it encouraged all you regulars to stick with Usenet and post
>> more. I hope new users stumbled across this newsgroup and said, "hey,
>> this place looks cool; I think I'll stick around." And I hope we all
>> find games enough in common that we can talk about them together for a
>> long, long time.
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> One last thing. A little boasting on my part; indulge me. I've done
>> this thing for ten years, ever since 2014. In that time, I've handed
>> out 337 keys. Here's the final tally. How many games in your library
>> have I contributed?
>>
>> ------
>>
>> 112 Operator (x2) * 35MM (x2) * 911 Operator (x2) *
>>
>> AER Memories of Old * Alien Breed Trilogy * Alien Rampage * Alien:
>> Isolation * American Fugitive * American Truck Simulator * Amerzone:
>> The Explorer?s Legacy * Amnesia Machine for Pigs * Amnesia Rebirth *
>> Amnesia The Dark Descent * Ampersat * Ancestor's Legacy * Anomaly
>> WarZone Earth (x2) * Anomaly Warzone Earth * Another World: 20th
>> Anniversary Edition * Aquanox * Aquanox II - Revelation * Arcade
>> Paradise * Arcade Spirits * Arcana Heart 3 Love Max * Arma 2 (w/
>> British Armed Forces + Operation Arrowhead + PMC expansions) * Arma
>> Gold Edition * Arma X Anniversary Edition * Arma: Cold War * Arma:
>> Tactics * Arx Fatalis * Assassin's Creed Chroncles: China * Assassin's
>> Creed I * Asterix & Obelix XXL Rolemastered *
>>
>> Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition * Baldurs Gate II Enhanced Edition *
>> Batman: Arkham Origins * Battlemage * Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock *
>> Beholder * Beholder 2 * Between the Stars * Binary Domain (+DLC) *
>> Bionic Commando Rearmed (x2) * Blade of Darkness * Blades of Time
>> Limited Edition * Book of Demons (x2) * Book of Demons * Borderlands
>> GOTY * Broken Age * Broken Sword 2 * Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons *
>> Bubble Ghost *
>>
>> Calico * Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth * Call of Juarez *
>> Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (x2) * Callisto Protocol * Carrier Command:
>> Gaea Mission * Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess * Chasm *
>> Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena * Cities in Motion 2 *
>> Cities Skylines w/ AfterDark DLC * Civilization V Complete *
>> Commandos Collection (Commando 2, Commandos 3, Behind Enemy Lines,
>> Beyond the Call of Duty) * Consortium (x2) * Control: Ultimate Edition
>> * Convoy * Crying Suns * Crysis 2 Remastered * Crysis 3 Remastered *
>> Crysis Remastered *
>>
>> Daemonsgate * Dark Souls III * Darkstone * Darkwood * Dead Island
>> Definitive Edition * Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition * Dear Esther
>> Landmark Edition * Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter * Deus Ex Mankind
>> Divided * Devil Daggers * Disco Elysium The Final Cut * Dishonored *
>> Dishonored: Definitive Ed * DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition * Divinity II -
>> The Developer's Cut * DmC: Devil May Cry * Doom * Doom (2016) (x2) *
>> Doom + Doom II (2024) * Doom 3 * Doom 64 * Doom Eternal (x2) * Doom II
>> (x2) * Drakkhen * Draw Slasher * Drawful 2 * Dungeons II *
>>
>> ELEX * Enclave * Eternam * Eurotruck Simulator 2 * Evoland Legendary *
>>
>> F.E.A.R. 2 - Project Origin * F.E.A.R. 3 * Fallout 1 * Fallout 4 *
>> Fallout 76 * Far Cry 3 * Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon * Final Station *
>> Flashback * Front Mission Evolved * Fury Unleashed *
>>
>> Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition * Gas Guzzlers Extreme *
>> Ghostrunner * Going Under * Gotham Knights * Grey Goo Definitive
>> Edition * GRID 2 (x2) * GRID 2019 (x2) * GRID Autosport * GRIP Combat
>> Racing (x2) * Guts and Glory *
>>
>> Haegemonia Legions of Iron * Haegemonia The Solon Heritage *
>> Haegemonia: Legions of Iron * Hard West * Hektor * Hellblade: Senua's
>> Sacrifice * Hello Neighbor * Hero of the Kingdom II * Hocus Pocus (x2)
>> * Homeworld Remastered Collection * Hostage: Rescue Mission * How to
>> Survive 2 * Hunted: The Demon?s Forge *
>>
>> Insurgency * Internet Cafe Simulator * Iron Danger *
>>
>> Jurassic Park The Game * Just Cause 3 XXL Edition *
>>
>> Kerbal Space Program (x2) * King's Table - The Legend of Ragnarok *
>> Kingdom Come: Deliverance ? Royal Ed * Kingdom Two Crowns * Knights of
>> Pen & Paper +1 Edition *
>>
>> Last Days of June * Lethal League * Lichdom * Life is Strange Complete
>> Season 1 (x2) * Lord of the Rings - War In the North * Lorelai * Lost
>> Planet 3 Complete Pack * Lust From Beyond - M Edition *
>>
>> Mad Max * Magicka 2 * Major Stryker (x2) * Marco Polo * Math Rescue
>> (x2) * Max Payne 3 * Mega Man Legacy Collection * Men of War * Metal
>> Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain * Metal Unit * Metro Exodus * Metro
>> Exodus Enhanced * Middle-Earth: Shadow of War * Monaco * Monaco Whats
>> Yours Is Mine * Mount & Blade Warband * Mystic Towers (x2) * Mystical
>> *
>>
>> Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy * Nuclear Dawn *
>>
>> Oddworld Munch's Oddysee * Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus * Oddworld: Abe's
>> Exodus * Oddworld: New N Tasty * Oddworld:Abe's Oddyssee * Oh Sir The
>> Insult Generator * Orbital Racer * Outlast * Overlord * Overlord 2 *
>> Overworld: Raising Hell Expansion *
>>
>> Paganitzu (x2) * Paganitzu * Papo & Yo * Parkan 2 * Pathfinder
>> Kingmaker Enhanced Plus * Payday 2 * PGA Tour 2K21 * Poker Night 1 *
>> Poker Night 2 * Postal 2 * Postal Redux * Prey (2017) (x2) * Project
>> Highrise * Prophecy I - The Viking Child * Prototype 2 * Quake II *
>> Quantum Break *
>>
>> Rage * Rage 2 * Rain World * Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015
>> Edition * Realms of Chaos * Rebel Galaxy * Rebel Galaxy * Red Faction
>> Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered * Remember Me * Remnants of Naezith * Resident
>> Evil Revelations (x2) * Resident Evil Revelations 2 Episode 1 * Rime
>> Chaos Control * Ring of Pain * Rise of the Triad * Risen 2 Dark Waters
>> Gold Edition * Road Redemption * Ryse Son of Rome *
>>
>> Schein * Scribblenauts Unlimited * Shadowrun Dragonfall Directors Cut
>> * Shadowrun Returns * Shadows: Awakening * Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 *
>> Silence of the Sleep (x2) * Silent Age * Sinking Island * Skullgirls
>> 2nd Encore * Slain: Back From Hell * Slay the Spire * Sniper Elite III
>> * Sniper Elite v2 * Soulblight * Space Hulk Ascension * SpaceCom *
>> Spelunky * Spintires * Spyro Reignited * Stacking * STALKER: Clear Sky
>> * STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl * Star Ruler * Star Wars Dark Forces
>> Remaster * Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy * Star Wars Knights of
>> the Old Republic (x2) * Star Wolves * Starship Troopers Terran Command
>> * Strange Brigade * Strider (x3) * Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones *
>> Styx: Master of Shadows * Styx: Shards of Darkness * Sunset Overdrive
>> * Survivalist * Syberia * Syberia 3 * System Shock Remaster * System
>> Shock 2 *
>>
>> Tails Noir (Backbone) * Take On Helicopters * The Amazing American
>> Circus * The Ascent * The Long Dark (x2) * The Uncertain: Last Quiet
>> Day * This War of Mine * Tomb Raider * Tomb Raider Anniversary * Tomb
>> Raider Legend * Tomb Raider Underworld * Tooth and Tail * Two Worlds
>> Velvet Edition *
>>
>> Valfaris (x2) * Vanishing of Ethan Carter * Vikings: Wolves of Midgard
>> * Viscera Cleanup Detail *
>>
>> Wacky Wheels (x2) * Walking Dead Season 1 * Walking Dead: 400 Days *
>> Walking Dead: Season 2 * Walking Dead: Michonne * Wandersong *
>> Wargroove * Warhammer 40K: Battlesector * Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
>> GOTY (x2) * Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 * Warhammer End Times ?
>> Vermintide (x2) * Warhammer Quest * Warsaw * Wasteland (1984) * We
>> Were Here Together * West of Dead * Wizard of Legend * Wizardry 8 *
>> Wolfenstein: Youngblood * Word Rescue (x2) * Worms Rumble *
>>
>> X-Morph Defense Complete Pack * XCOM 2 (x2) * XCom Complete * Yoku's
>> Island Express * You Suck At Parking Complete *
>>
>> Zombie Night Terror
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>> And now, this is truly... The End.
>>
>> Ho-ho-ho, everybody!
>
>
>Tho I only got to see two, I'll miss these..

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:18:26 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Rin
Stowleigh wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>>about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>>life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>>drive to boost user- and post-count.
>
>Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
>create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
>a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
>Eternal September.

There is no such thing as "another" eternity. It is still September.
Can't very well make it worse.

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This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:11:46 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Justisaur wrote:

>On 12/26/2024 4:18 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:54:15 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My third goal is more selfish. I come to CSIPGA because I want to talk
>>> about games. What can I say; I like video games; it's a big part of my
>>> life! But you can't have discussion if nobody else is here. Hence my
>>> drive to boost user- and post-count.
>>
>> Easy solution there, just do a YT video or a FB post or something to
>> create awareness about it if you want more users to join Usenet. It's
>> a be-careful- what-you-wish-for scenario though, it could be another
>> Eternal September.
>
>First Spalls has to make his YT videos appeal to the masses/algorithm so
>that anyone sees them. That's the hard part.

No. The hard part is suffering the comments section when his campaign
succeeds, and folks actually see what he wanted to get them into.

"My eyes are still bleeding. Go die in a fire."

"1 star. Couldn't even download a client. Actually, still don't know what
a client is."

"Nice work assface. What are you, a sadist?"

"I bet you run Linux, freetard."

"The graphics were terrible."

etc

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This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:37:06 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:54:28 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>>>And being a TOP POSTING BASTARD.

>>Also that ;-)

>>(Although I agree that putting any comment at the end of that overly
>>long post of mine would not have been a good idea either. Sometimes a
>>top-post is the only sane option, even if it is like nails on a
>>chalkboard to old fogeys like myself ;-)

>Yeah. That was the grim choice I faced. I decided to act like a hooligan.
>I am deeply sorry, not sorry, for that.

You bottom-posting weirdo ;-)

Also, hooligan. Hooligan. That word doesn't get enough traction
anymore (outside of footie). Hoooooooligan.

On 12/31/2024 7:10 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:37:06 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:54:28 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>>>> And being a TOP POSTING BASTARD.
>
>>> Also that ;-)
>
>>> (Although I agree that putting any comment at the end of that overly
>>> long post of mine would not have been a good idea either. Sometimes a
>>> top-post is the only sane option, even if it is like nails on a
>>> chalkboard to old fogeys like myself ;-)
>
>> Yeah. That was the grim choice I faced. I decided to act like a hooligan.
>> I am deeply sorry, not sorry, for that.
>
>
> You bottom-posting weirdo ;-)
>
> Also, hooligan. Hooligan. That word doesn't get enough traction
> anymore (outside of footie). Hoooooooligan.
>
"Hooligan" is a Britishism so what do you expect? :P

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