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SCGT - Idiotic review.....

12 posts by 7 people · 25 Mar 1999 - 26 Mar 1999

Chnl 25 Mar 1999#458134
you weren't kidding, i mean: 1) why was someone who "doesn't like to use his brakes" reviewing this game? 2)was he under the impression that the whole game has only 1 track, or that he should get the whole game in the demo? 3)why are they still selling the cheap brand of crack this guy is so obviously smoking?
[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/] That is truly frightening. Why is this person reviewing games, especially racing games? On top of it all, he can't spell 'brakes'. If anyone writes to this dolt in the articulate, accurate and scathing way that so many r.a.s.ers excel in, please post a copy here so we can cheer you on. :o) Daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! -----------== Over 66,000 Groups, Plus a Dedicated Binaries Server ==----------
Jan Kohl 25 Mar 1999#458136
Oh GEEZ! And to think I caught heck for being over-exhuberant about SCGT... You're right, rrevved, here they let a complete idiot, who admits he knows nothing about cars or racing sims, do a STUPID review like this... Fisheads... Cheers! ??Jan Kohl?? **The Pits Performance Team** Computer Systems Programmer USAF Air-Ground Operations School Hurlburt Field, FL Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com The Pits - http://www.theuspits.com >Check out this crap: >[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/] >-- >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
Jan Kohl 25 Mar 1999#458137
LOL...ok, Daxe, I wrote this to Richard (email at the bottom of the review) "What in the heck is THIS? The most pitiful excuse for a review I've yet seen! If you are going to advertise that you will 'review' new games, what the heck are you doing allowing this idiot, who, self-admiditly doesn't know a thing about racing sims, review SCGT?" Cheers! ??Jan Kohl?? **The Pits Performance Team** Computer Systems Programmer USAF Air-Ground Operations School Hurlburt Field, FL Castle Graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com The Pits - http://www.theuspits.com
Quoted text (14 lines)>> Check out this crap: >[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/] > That is truly frightening. Why is this person >reviewing games, especially racing games? On top >of it all, he can't spell 'brakes'. If anyone >writes to this dolt in the articulate, accurate >and scathing way that so many r.a.s.ers excel in, >please post a copy here so we can cheer you on. >:o) >Daxe
Here's what I am going to send..any comments before I send it off? +++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi, My head is still spinning trying to figure out what moron allowed you to write a review of SportsCar GT. I hope this doesn't interfere with my ability to effectively tell you what a disservice you are providing. First of all...Lime Rock is in Connecticut. It is a very well known race track, hosting the sort of racing portrayed in this demo. Here's an URL for the track: http://www.limerock.com/ I suppose it is really unreasonable to expect someone charged with reviewing a demo to do even the most basic research into the subject matter so as to offer an informed opinion instead of proudly displaying ignorance and laziness. Interestingly enough, I have found the demo to have lots of fun replay value even though it only has one track and three cars. I have never even dabbled with any of the available adjustments, something you assert is a prerequisite for enjoying the game. A good review might have actually named the cars. Even if you didn't know the names of the Porsche 911, The BMW M3 and the Panoz, it is right there in plain text in the demo. People who will take the time to download the demo and who enjoy racing games/sims might be interested in the names of those cars instead of "the best car", "the second best car" and "the worst car". The mere fact that you instantly and irretrievably start "spinning in circles with no hope of regaining control" ought to clue you (and your editor) in that you have no idea how to drive a race sim/game and have no business reviewing one. It would be a little like me being asked to review a bridge game, not ever having played it and not understanding anything about the rules. It would make for a pretty pointless review that did absolutely nothing to inform the people who might be interested in it. As far as multiplayer goes, did you really expect to find IRC flush with opportunities to do multiplayer games using a demo that has been out less than a week? Would it have been too hard to find someone else you know to link up with? Please remember you are putting out a review for the public to read and ought to make some kind of sensible effort on their behalf. If you are just messing around by yourself in your room you have no reason to be motivated; the responsibilities of a reviewer are different. This may be the most troubling sentence of all: "The controls themselves work well, but I've always hated having to use my breaks in a racing game." I must admit I am at a loss here. Using your 'breaks' is part of driving anything in real life or on a computer. A racing game/sim is supposed to reproduce the experience of driving a race car. I have news for you: Race car drivers use their brakes. And PLEASE, if you are going to write for public consumption, LEARN TO SPELL. That pedal you don't like to use? It's called a 'brake'. While we are at it...it's spelled 'attachments', not attatchments. The next time there is a racing game to review, please pass on it and give the opportunity to someone with some concept of the subject matter and how to convey useful info about the game/sim. Your review was pointless and the person who let you write it deserves a sound dope slap. Daxe Rexford -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com/ The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! -----------== Over 66,000 Groups, Plus a Dedicated Binaries Server ==----------
Wosco 25 Mar 1999#458139
Hey he did call himself a looser with no life which it looks like he is right, maybe he lived in a cave his whole life. Jesse
Quoted text (7 lines)| |Check out this crap: | |[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/] | |-- |// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
which it looks like he is Actually...he called himself a loser. Looser is the opposite of tighter. ~daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com/ The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! -----------== Over 66,000 Groups, Plus a Dedicated Binaries Server ==----------
I think you're all missing the point. It was a joke, satire ... errr, right? [Nobody could be that clueless, or at least so I thought] Anyway, if anyone needs a laugh, I suggest checking it out.
Dave Schw 26 Mar 1999#458363
Don't bother reading this crap, this about sums up the mentality of the reviewer: "The controls themselves work well, but I've always hated having to use my breaks in a racing game. To get around this just try to get alongside other cars, get on the inside of the track, and bump into them around turns. With this method you stay on the track and at the same time send them flying into the grass" I bet this guy thinks Carmaggedon is the best "racing game" around :-) >Check out this crap: >[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/]
DAVID 26 Mar 1999#458364
Wow, Dave I was not able to get thru that far in the review to see the guy said that. Well I think he needs to play GPL online and he will really make friends fast. I guess some people just don't get it. Dave
Quoted text (17 lines)> Don't bother reading this crap, this about sums up the mentality of > the reviewer: > "The controls themselves work well, but I've always hated having to > use my breaks in a racing game. To get around this just try to get > alongside other cars, get on the inside of the track, and bump into > them around turns. With this method you stay on the track and at the > same time send them flying into the grass" > I bet this guy thinks Carmaggedon is the best "racing game" around :-) > >Check out this crap: > >[link lost in import: /***.net/demos/sims/sports_car_gt/]
Wosco 26 Mar 1999#458365
OOPS, I don't get them mixed up when talking about racing but I normally don't talk about losers often so I wasn't used to using it. Thanks for correcting me. Jesse
Quoted text (17 lines)| |> Hey he did call himself a looser with no life |which it looks like he is |> right, maybe he lived in a cave his whole life. | | |Actually...he called himself a loser. Looser is |the opposite of tighter. | |~daxe | | | |-----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- | http://www.newsfeeds.com/ The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! |-----------== Over 66,000 Groups, Plus a Dedicated Binaries Server
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Wosco 26 Mar 1999#458366
|I bet this guy thinks Carmaggedon is the best "racing game" around :-) Correction, he thinks it is the best SIM around.

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