TEN (Total Entertainment Network)

discussed in 200 posts, 1996-2002 · overall tone negative

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Starts at zero. Every post that spoke well of them moves the line up, every critical post moves it down (weighted −2 to +2).

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Key threads

• NASCAR Racing Online delays anger TEN subscribers 1997-07-04 · 22 posts
  Don Wilsher posted a TEN update suggesting that NASCAR Racing Online was slipping towards 1998, and subscribers who had paid TEN since December demanded refunds or talked of a class action. Jim Sokoloff said the time-consuming work was being done by Papyrus staff, who were converting N2's multiplayer into a pure client-server system with servers running on Solaris and making it reliable and cheat-resistant. Others noted that TEN had never promised a firm date.
• NASCAR Racing 2 online league to run on TEN 1996-12-04 · 30 posts
  Buyers discovered from a flyer in the NASCAR Racing 2 box that the NASCAR Racing League (renamed NRO) would run only on the TEN online service at about $30 per month. Many objected to the cost, the credit card requirement and the over-18 rule, and Hawaii beta testers worried their promised credit hours would be lost. David Sparks explained that TEN used Concentric's low-latency ATM backbone.
• Poll on forming a sim racers association 1999-09-05 · 20 posts
  Sean Higgins posted a poll about forming a sim racers association. ymenard summarised concerns from the NROS newsgroup that NASCAR Racing 3 needed dedicated servers, rankings and central chat, and a debate followed between TEN/NROS supporters and VROC users over warping, cost and server models. Some called the poll biased, and Higgins took it down.
• Will NASCAR Racing 3 succeed without strong online play? 1999-09-05 · 50 posts
  Andrew Britton argued that multiplayer support would make or break NASCAR Racing 3. TEN and OSCAR figures said online racing was the future, while Ed Bain, Bruce Kennewell and Joe McGinn cited sales data showing online players remained a small minority. The exchange turned personal, with name-calling between Ed Bain and TEN regulars, and a poster said N2 racers would be removed from TEN/Pogo in mid-October.
• First reports from NASCAR Racing Online Series on TEN 1997-11-13 · 25 posts
  A user asked why no one had reviewed the newly launched NASCAR Racing Online Series. Racers replied enthusiastically that it was smooth with 20-car fields and far better than Kali or Hawaii given a good connection, with a Rendition version said to be coming. A few objected to TEN's monthly fees.
• NASCAR 2 3Dfx patch delayed by texture memory 1998-03-01 · 30 posts
  A Papyrus statement said the NASCAR Racing 2 3Dfx port faced texture memory issues and had no release date. Posters debated the cause, and a report that a TEN online enabler would ship on March 5 proved wrong. Eric Busch said the N2 port would run only at 640x480, unlike Grand Prix Legends and N3.
• NASCAR Racing 2 install breaks Internet Explorer 3 1996-12-07 · 44 posts
  Many users found that installing NASCAR Racing 2 under Windows 95 broke Internet Explorer 3.0 and related programs, and reinstalling IE 3.01 fixed it. Blame was put variously on the TEN software, the Windows installer, or, according to a later post, Sierra's AutoUpdate program. Installing from DOS avoided the problem, and the thread included testy exchanges over what beta testers should have caught.
• Wish lists for a GPL add-on pack 1999-03-31 · 24 posts
  Posters proposed contents for a GPL add-on, including extra tracks, other eras such as 1.5-litre F1 or early-1970s sports cars, a setup advisor, Linux and dedicated server support, rain and ghost-car racing. The thread developed into a discussion of online racing as a spectator sport, citing Quake broadcasts and TEN/NROS sponsorship plans.
• Claim that GPL 1.1 and GPaL are vaporware 1999-07-02 · 27 posts
  Stephen Warrior declared that the GPL 1.1 patch and Jack Rambo's GPaL would never appear. Others mocked his impatience, Adam threatened to report TEN guide Yves Menard, and Joel Willstein reported that the patch had been held up by a bug Alison Hine found about two weeks earlier.
• Papyrus investigating GPL 1.1 slowdown 1999-07-12 · 26 posts
  Randy Cassidy announced that Papyrus was looking into the GPL 1.1 slowdown and non-real-time issues, and posters thanked him. The thread went on to debate whether criticism of the patch was bashing, whether 1.1 favours fast connections, MTU settings, and whether GPL fans would buy NASCAR 3.

Busiest threads

• NASCAR Racing Online delays anger TEN subscribers (10 posts about it)
• NASCAR Racing 2 online league to run on TEN (8 posts about it)
• TEN OFFICALLY dies October 14 (7 posts about it)
• TEN sign on problems (6 posts about it)
• Poll on forming a sim racers association (6 posts about it)
• Will NASCAR Racing 3 succeed without strong online play? (6 posts about it)
• Ten & History (4 posts about it)
• First reports from NASCAR Racing Online Series on TEN (4 posts about it)
• NASCAR 2 3Dfx patch delayed by texture memory (4 posts about it)
• NASCAR Racing 2 install breaks Internet Explorer 3 (3 posts about it)
• NRO - What is the real truth!!!! (3 posts about it)
• The NRO (3 posts about it)
• TEN and the NRO (3 posts about it)
• NROS Logistics (3 posts about it)
• Nascar 2 on Ten. (3 posts about it)

Sentiment by year

Who talked about them most

ymenard · 15 simrac.. · 6 Don Wilshe · 6 Don Burnette · 6 Scott B. Husted · 5 Larry · 5 Ed Ba · 5 Kurt Zem · 4 Paul Yukni · 4 John Simmons · 4 Michael Barlow · 4 Robert · 3 Bob Stanle · 3 Jim Sokolo · 3 Gavel · 3 Richard Walker · 3 Earl Setse · 2 Chuck Stuar · 2 David Spark · 2 Eric Adam · 2

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