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  • War-Historical archive 1998-2013 - everything in one big text file

    From eddysterckx@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 4 03:49:48 2016
    Hi,

    Stumbled across it - enjoy the antics of the gang back when this ng was still alive :

    https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical.mbox.zip

    Greetz,

    Eddy Sterckx
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  • From hermanhum@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to eddys...@hotmail.com on Wed May 4 05:00:20 2016
    On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 4:49:49 AM UTC-6, eddys...@hotmail.com wrote:
    Hi,

    Stumbled across it - enjoy the antics of the gang back when this ng was still alive :

    https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical.mbox.zip

    Was that when facts supposedly mattered? Or was it merely lip-service?

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  • From Dimitris Dranidis@21:1/5 to eddys...@hotmail.com on Wed May 4 11:39:16 2016
    On Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:49:49 UTC+3, eddys...@hotmail.com wrote:
    Hi,

    Stumbled across it - enjoy the antics of the gang back when this ng was still alive :

    https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical.mbox.zip

    Greetz,

    Eddy Sterckx

    Thanks for the link!

    -D
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 5 16:51:36 2016
    In article <caf7ae30-fc3d-468e-a79f-c905c49d1559@googlegroups.com>, eddysterckx@hotmail.com says...

    Hi,

    Stumbled across it - enjoy the antics of the gang back when this ng was still alive :

    https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical.mbox.zip

    Glad to see you peeking in here. Not much to see, though.

    Although I did get TIGERS ON THE HUNT. With the SQUAD LEADER counters
    mod, it's pretty damn good. Takes *forever* to play, but then so did
    SL.

    And it does reinforce how well-designed SL was. It's gamey as all hell,
    what with all those phases, but ... it still works. Been playing it for
    some time now.

    Still. Can't remember the last PC game I got. The genre is about as
    dead as dogshit.



    --
    Giftzwerg
    ***
    "BREAKING: Treasury throws founder of the Democratic
    Party off $20 bill, replaces with gun-toting, bible -
    thumping Republican."
    - David Burge
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 5 17:42:53 2016
    In article <caf7ae30-fc3d-468e-a79f-c905c49d1559@googlegroups.com>, eddysterckx@hotmail.com says...

    Hi,

    Stumbled across it - enjoy the antics of the gang back when this ng was still alive :

    https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical.mbox.zip

    OK. Funniest thread title: "Please help me decide on cable or ADSL."

    It was a different world, no?

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    Giftzwerg
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    thumping Republican."
    - David Burge
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  • From hermanhum@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 5 15:58:03 2016
    Unsurprisingly, 2013 was when MNO appeared within this group and tried to pass itself off as a real game.

    Everything MNO touches turns to faeces.
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  • From eddysterckx@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to Giftzwerg on Fri May 6 00:22:49 2016
    On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 10:51:41 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:

    And it does reinforce how well-designed SL was. It's gamey as all hell,
    what with all those phases, but ... it still works. Been playing it for
    some time now.

    Sure did. My current favourite at that level is Band of Brothers though - correct periodic feel and low rules overhead.


    Still. Can't remember the last PC game I got. The genre is about as
    dead as dogshit.

    Yeah, well, dug their own grave I say. Monsters and simpleton games - I didn't need either.

    Greetz,

    Eddy Sterckx
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  • From eddysterckx@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to Giftzwerg on Fri May 6 00:31:46 2016
    On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:42:57 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:

    OK. Funniest thread title: "Please help me decide on cable or ADSL."

    It was a different world, no?

    It was cable all the way for me - back in the late nineties I paid good money to have cable conduits to every room in the house, then some jerk invented wifi :)

    I have to admit the first thing I looked up was that "theropods & chickens" discussion. A shining example of how loons can be chased from non-moderated groups if ever there was one.

    I miss un-moderated game forums as I seem to attract the attention of moderators pretty quickly. And not in a good way. Luckily my local independent political forum is pretty relaxed on the moderation and I'm having a ball there - and some bonus fun with
    the upcoming US election as well :)

    Greetz,

    Eddy Sterckx
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 6 17:27:31 2016
    In article <0526b7a0-843c-44e7-bac6-bd0197b72a63@googlegroups.com>, eddysterckx@hotmail.com says...

    On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:42:57 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:

    OK. Funniest thread title: "Please help me decide on cable or ADSL."

    It was a different world, no?

    It was cable all the way for me - back in the late nineties I paid good money to have cable conduits to every room in the house, then some jerk invented wifi :)

    I have to admit the first thing I looked up was that "theropods & chickens" discussion. A shining example of how loons can be chased from non-moderated groups if ever there was one.

    Hah! I'd forgotten that one! I'll have to look it up.

    But there were some great ones. Henri Fatboy and the "People's Peace
    Treaty. That was a favorite of mine.

    I miss un-moderated game forums as I seem to attract the attention of moderators pretty quickly. And not in a good way. Luckily my local independent political forum is pretty relaxed on the moderation and I'm having a ball there - and some bonus fun
    with the upcoming US election as well :)

    Ah! Probably the best threat EVAH! Don Maddox and the Disappearing
    Posts from SZO.

    Eddy Sterckx - "Karp Fisherman!" Are you still angling?

    As I recall, it was James D. Burns who absolutely flattened this sucking
    asshat with perhaps the best post ever. I'm gonna have to find it.

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    Giftzwerg
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    Party off $20 bill, replaces with gun-toting, bible -
    thumping Republican."
    - David Burge
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  • From Giftzwerg@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 6 17:55:29 2016
    In article <6f7d3965-6cd2-4714-8030-823906c78233@googlegroups.com>, eddysterckx@hotmail.com says...

    Still. Can't remember the last PC game I got. The genre is about as
    dead as dogshit.

    Yeah, well, dug their own grave I say. Monsters and simpleton games - I didn't need either.

    But we did get FALLOUT4. What a monster of gameplay.

    --
    Giftzwerg
    ***
    "BREAKING: Treasury throws founder of the Democratic
    Party off $20 bill, replaces with gun-toting, bible -
    thumping Republican."
    - David Burge
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