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Attn:Andre Warringa

Andre Warrin

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Andre Warrin » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:01:14



>Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to
>type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer
>until 1982, when I was about 8 :)

Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text..
The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :)

Andre

Stephen Ferguso

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Stephen Ferguso » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:37:01




> >Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to
> >type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer
> >until 1982, when I was about 8 :)

> Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text..
> The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :)

> Andre

Out of curiosity, I checked into this Hobbit game.  There is a description
and screenshot at:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Andre's right.  "Lush" is the word which comes to mind when I see the
graphical magnificence!  Of course, I got e***d about ASCII art on my PET.
:-)

Stephen

Stephen Ferguso

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Stephen Ferguso » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:38:55


> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:45:01 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson"

> >My friend, those are not "the good old days".  The true "good old days"
were
> >the days of Infocom text adventures.  You had words to read, and word to
> >type.  That was it.  No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but
> >strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the
gameplay
> >was some of the best.  Funny thing, that imagination thing.  :-)

> You're telling me.. I finished ALL Infocom adventures.. mostly on my
> own ;)
> Quite some people are still making new adventures for the Infocom
> parser, which is all being released as public domain. Some of them are
> truly on the same level as the Infocom classics..
> If you're interested I'll mail you the urls when I get home.

Thanks, but I barely have time to throw in a few laps with GPL or auger into
the ground with IL-2 in my leisure hours.  I did tap tap my way through a
few Infocom games on my Palm Pilot while riding the train.

Stephen

Olav K. Malm

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Olav K. Malm » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:19:42






> > >Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to
> > >type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer
> > >until 1982, when I was about 8 :)

> > Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text..
> > The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :)

> > Andre

> Out of curiosity, I checked into this Hobbit game.  There is a description
> and screenshot at:

> http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/adventures.html

Aw this brings back a lot of good memories.  I was alway able to get
to the mines, kill the dragon and get the treasure, but on my way back
through the wood i got killed by those spiders, never found out how to
pass that one. My brother solved it by putting a goblin in the elve's
dungeon, and put a elve on the eastern part of the wood. He was then
captured by the elve, then captured by the goblin, and in the goblin's
cave, elrond was waiting to free him. :)

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Morgan Boo

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Morgan Boo » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:03:30

Do i get an award for the longest non auto thread in this group ever..?

Hehe..

Also..Mr WARRINGA made me buy the full game..lol

Morgan

Alan Bernard

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Alan Bernard » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:50:55

Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as
this?  Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and
forth as much as you like.  Or try email.  Or snail mail.  Or UPS.  Or
multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like)
in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each
end.

There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here, which
to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year.

If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you
elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner
of the world.

Alanb

Olav K. Malm

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Olav K. Malm » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:55:18


> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as
> this?  Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and
> forth as much as you like.  Or try email.  Or snail mail.  Or UPS.  Or
> multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like)
> in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each
> end.

> There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here, which
> to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year.

> If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you
> elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner
> of the world.

um, and the relevance to simulators of this post is ?

Wan't off-topic newsgroup, try rec.autos.sport.f1 during offseason.

> Alanb


> > To the evil Mr Warringa.....

> > Now where do i start...?

> > Let's get going then,i am a *** sim racer,have been for 8 years and
> > never really tried much else.

> > BUT..!!

> > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform
> > you....

> > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!!

> > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE.

> > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but
> unless
> > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk.

> > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a
> > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!!

> > Morgan

> > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will
> > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they
> > come from all 18 sides of me with ***y bombs and then  i am expected to
> > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40
> tanks
> > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i
> > hate you WARRINGA..!!

> > LOL :)

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Stephen Ferguso

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Stephen Ferguso » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 21:25:43

Shall we do a quick signal-to-noise ratio on this group?  I'll bet it's
still 80% plus sim-related.  Perhaps you haven't realized that you can
arrange your newsgroup by threads and ignore the off-topic stuff.  The
interesting thing is that usually people read right to the end of an
off-topic news thread before complaining.

The newsgroup is not only a dry, sterile questions in, facts out service.
It's a community, and people like to occasionally diverge and chat about a
different topic with people who they know.  People who stick around here a
few years figure that out.  It's like going to a conference.  The conference
might be about neurosurgery, and you spend 80% of the time discussing
neurosurgery, but occasionally you talk about something else.   Do you pick
up your drink and go to a different room just because you have changed the
topic?

Nothing elitist about it, and the people who are currently enjoying these OT
rambles are the very ones who keep this group going with useful, sim-related
information.

cheers
Stephen


m..

Attn:Andre Warringa

by m.. » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 21:25:14



>> If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you
>> elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner
>> of the world.
> um, and the relevance to simulators of this post is ?

mr bernardo did mention 'far-off corner'

he could be talking about karussell, or maybe peralta, now that
really is far off (for me anyway).

dr martin.

Mike Grand

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Mike Grand » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 22:20:25

Filters work very well.


> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as
> this?  Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and
> forth as much as you like.  Or try email.  Or snail mail.  Or UPS.  Or
> multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like)
> in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each
> end.

> There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here,
which
> to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year.

> If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you
> elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off
corner
> of the world.

> Alanb


> > To the evil Mr Warringa.....

> > Now where do i start...?

> > Let's get going then,i am a *** sim racer,have been for 8 years and
> > never really tried much else.

> > BUT..!!

> > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform
> > you....

> > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!!

> > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE.

> > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but
> unless
> > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk.

> > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a
> > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!!

> > Morgan

> > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will
> > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and
they
> > come from all 18 sides of me with ***y bombs and then  i am expected
to
> > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40
> tanks
> > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
i
> > hate you WARRINGA..!!

> > LOL :)

Andre Warrin

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Andre Warrin » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 23:26:41

On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:50:55 GMT, "Alan Bernardo"


>Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as
>this?  Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and
>forth as much as you like.  Or try email.  Or snail mail.  Or UPS.  Or
>multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like)
>in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each
>end.

You're right, enough of this off-topic crap!
Now about these Bobby Labonte Real-Dolls..

Andre

Rafe McAulif

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Rafe McAulif » Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:27:36

Hey, there was an email going around before the Aussie census, asking
everyone to put down "Jedi Knight" as their religion. Apparently if
10,000 people nominate it, it becomes an "official" religion.

Problem was that the census office started emailing a warning about
it, threatening $10,000 fines for falsifying census statements. No fun
and no sense of humour.

Rafe Mc

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:42:38 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson"


>What next?  "Jedi Knight" is an official religious affiliation on the
>British polls...

>Yawn...

>Stephen



>> some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode
>> one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ.  Apparently the lack
>> of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a *** birth and
>> yadda yadda yadda (yawn).

>> what next?
>> Regards all,
>> istoff

Alan Bernard

Attn:Andre Warringa

by Alan Bernard » Sun, 09 Dec 2001 00:50:48

Sure.  But these guys sometimes have some interesting and helpful things to
say.  If only they'd stop this
okay-let's-all-start-some-irrelevant-thread-so-all-us-buddies-who-should-be-
using-a-different-forum-can-chime-in-a-thousand-fold stuff.

Alanb


> Filters work very well.



> > Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense
as
> > this?  Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and
> > forth as much as you like.  Or try email.  Or snail mail.  Or UPS.  Or
> > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread
(optic-like)
> > in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each
> > end.

> > There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here,
> which
> > to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year.

> > If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff,
you
> > elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off
> corner
> > of the world.

> > Alanb


> > > To the evil Mr Warringa.....

> > > Now where do i start...?

> > > Let's get going then,i am a *** sim racer,have been for 8 years
and
> > > never really tried much else.

> > > BUT..!!

> > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to
inform
> > > you....

> > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!!

> > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE.

> > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but
> > unless
> > > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different
ilk.

> > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with
a
> > > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!!

> > > Morgan

> > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will
> > > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and
> they
> > > come from all 18 sides of me with ***y bombs and then  i am expected
> to
> > > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40
> > tanks
> > > have me in their sights

and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

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JM

Attn:Andre Warringa

by JM » Sun, 09 Dec 2001 04:21:54



Thus spoke the whinging troll who complained about too much simulator
related discussion!

*plonk*

cheers
John

ymenar

Attn:Andre Warringa

by ymenar » Sun, 09 Dec 2001 05:20:27


> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as
> this?

Hahahah netcop Alan still trying to convince us he is the solution to our
newsgroups problems (who of course don't exist)

YAY I hope someday!   You don't do much Usenet browsing, or you would know
that it's now basically just a bunch of elite cliques, semi-related between
each other.

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