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> >The demo would be really nice if...........it wasn't incredibally boring
> >NASCAR.

> >David G Fisher

> I'm guessing you don't see this as a slam on a racing series you don't
like...?
> Unprovoked, even...

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> GPLRank - under construction...

> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
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> >I think having to invest monthly (i.e. spend $20) would help weed out the
> >non-serious.  Not all, but some.

> It would also weed out some of the *serious* players.  Just one more bill
to
> pay...?

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> GPLRank - under construction...

> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> >Yes, but the quality of the racing isn't nearly as good :(  High-skill
races
> >under TEN were _relatively_ safe.  Reputations meant a lot more on TEN.

> >Not so on WON.

> Why is that?

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> GPLRank - under construction...

> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>I'm not running for mayor of Everybody'sgreattown. I'm not making fun of a
>sick child either.

>I'm dissing a multimillion dollar sporting event. Big deal. In case you
>haven't noticed, NASCAR jokes are plentiful on late night TV and just about
>everywhere you go in this country.

> >Yes, I do see it as an unprovoked slam on a racing series I don't like.

> >I'm not running for mayor of Everybody'sgreattown. I'm not making fun of
a
> >sick child either.

> >I'm dissing a multimillion dollar sporting event. Big deal. In case you
> >haven't noticed, NASCAR jokes are plentiful on late night TV and just
about
> >everywhere you go in this country.

> And I could say you're an arrogant ***, since plenty of other people
in the
> newsgroup say it.  But, that still wouldn't make it right, so I won't.
You
> make umprovoked insults towards a racing series that others like.  Then
you're
> surprised(or 'hurt') at the responses you get, and use that as a basis for
more
> attacks...or as proof of your 'victim' status.  That's too bad, David -
you
> seem like an otherwise intelligent person... :(

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
> GPLRank - under construction...

> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>-Larry

>\(The

>> >Yes, but the quality of the racing isn't nearly as good :(  High-skill
>races
>> >under TEN were _relatively_ safe.  Reputations meant a lot more on TEN.

>> >Not so on WON.

>> Why is that?

> >   I'm sure there would be a group that would willingly pay $20 to be
free
> of
> > wreckers and no-talents.  However, that group would most likely be too
> small
> > to support the OC-3 costs, the server maintence etc etc.  I haven't
looked
> > at the numbers, but how many race on onlineracing.net compared to the
won
> > servers?  Even tho OLR doesn't charge, they still have the inconvience
of
> a
> > separate program and that seems enough to discourage the average simmer.
> > dave henrie

>    The reason I don't use OLR is not because you have to run a separate
> program.  But I
> could not get the service to work from behind my firewall. It was a while
> ago when I
> tried but I think the service basically said if you are behind a firewall
> you are out of luck.
>    If I could open up ports to make it work,  I would have been happy to
try
> OLR  :)
> -Dave B

> Like I said, I insulted (with a pretty soft insult) a multi-million dollar
> sports series. I didn't insult a sick child.

> I'm not surprised by any response I get from that insult, nor am I hurt.
> LOL.

> I don't know what newsgroup you've been reading, but at this one, people
> criticize and insult all the time. It's not a place for political
> correctness. People criticize and insult sims (surprise) every day. When
> they do that, they are insulting the people who made them and the people
who
> play them. Occasionally they criticize F1 or NASCAR. You've NEVER done
> either? Andre W. said a sim was "utter crap" two weeks ago. Did you scold
> him for insulting everyone connected with it? So what's the difference if
I
> call NASCAR incredibly boring?

> David G Fisher (who can't believe he has to explain these things)

> > >Yes, I do see it as an unprovoked slam on a racing series I don't like.

> > >I'm not running for mayor of Everybody'sgreattown. I'm not making fun
of
> a
> > >sick child either.

> > >I'm dissing a multimillion dollar sporting event. Big deal. In case you
> > >haven't noticed, NASCAR jokes are plentiful on late night TV and just
> about
> > >everywhere you go in this country.

> > And I could say you're an arrogant ***, since plenty of other people
> in the
> > newsgroup say it.  But, that still wouldn't make it right, so I won't.
> You
> > make umprovoked insults towards a racing series that others like.  Then
> you're
> > surprised(or 'hurt') at the responses you get, and use that as a basis
for
> more
> > attacks...or as proof of your 'victim' status.  That's too bad, David -
> you
> > seem like an otherwise intelligent person... :(

> > Eldred
> > --
> > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
> > Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
> > GPLRank - under construction...

> > Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
> you
> > with experience...
> > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.