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Nov 17, 2002, 9:41pm

Umm, unless you failed geography class, the world is still a very big
place. It's physically impossible to enforce a rule that spans the
entire globe, even if you try to go to war with all the disobedient
countries. Besides, the idea of going to war over a couple Internet
rules is just plain lame. :P

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Goober King
At least Metallica would be right on the front lines!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 19, 2002, 11:49pm

Considering the website insists on calling the AW Browser the "AW
Plug-in", when it doesn't actually plug in to anything, it's obvious
they don't know the meaning of the word around here. :P

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Goober King
Perhaps we need an AW dictionary?
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 19, 2002, 11:40pm

Just as you waste bandwidth complaining about the people who are
complaining about posting abilities! So alla'yas, shut yer cakeholes! :P

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Goober King
It's bad enough without you people rubbing it in...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 22, 2002, 5:11pm

Umm, genius, the community newsgroup is specifically for community
topics, and that includes advertising for AW events and organizations.
(if not, where the hell else are they supposed to advertise?) As other
people have suggested, if you don't like it, just filter the guy, end of
story!

Besides, it sounds to me like you haven't even bothered to investigate
whether The Game is the real deal or not, especially if you think he's
trying to "lure" people in with prizes. Is it really so hard to believe
that someone actually has *real* prizes for their events?!

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Goober King
Strike also has a problem following instructions...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 28, 2002, 6:14am

Don't look now, but it's another edition of the NG2tNGs! That's right,
the Newbie Guide to the Newsgroups!

For those of you just joining us, the NG2tNGs is the perfect companion
to help you get acquainted with everything you'll encounter here in this
wonderful land we call the newsgroups. To start things off, here's an
introduction to just some of the characters you'll encounter in your
thread-tracing travels:

Absolute Monarch - Ruler of Sapphire Estates and self-proclaimed "Evil
Chaotic Lord of the Dead and Demons", this necrophile will beg, borrow,
and steal to get attention for his town. Be especially wary if he starts
asking about worlds...

Agent1 - This Voice of Reason in the NGs will jump at any opportunity to
point out faulty logic or blatantly obvious blunders in the driest
manner possible. In fact, just about the only thing that could get him
to crack a smile is the thought of harassing AWI staff.

AlphaBit Phalpha - Former Head of the You-Know-What Awards, ABP now
oversees worms and fishing hooks under her new role as the purveyor of
the Bite Me Bait & Tackle Shop (yes, it's a real place). At least you
won't hear the worms complaining about a "popularity contest"...

Ambivalent - This one's a total misnomer, especially when it comes to
ripping her off. World hosters, BEWARE!

Ananas - And oldie but goodie of the NGs, this one's always ready with a
quick one-liner or friendly word of advice. In other words, he's one of
the quiet ones your mother always told you to watch out for...

Andras - Overseer of the "other" AW newsgroups, this one is also
responsible for almost every non-bot related program used in conjunction
with AW. Rumor has it AWI tried to hire him once, but he turned them
down, saying "You still haven't reimbursed me for the work I've already
done for you!"

Anduin - One of the local G-men, this self-proclaimed Scribe knows how
to put a woman in her place, at least when he can tell the difference...

BinaryBud - This one has recently gotten into the habit of referring to
himself in the 3rd person. Just another notch in his odd writing style
that makes you wonder "You sure he isn't drunk?"

Bowen - Here's one that will say anything just to say something, even if
he has no clue about the subject at hand. I guess there are some people
who just like to watch themselves type... *looks around innocently*

Brant - Former Caretaker of AWTeen, he's apparently decided to trade the
hassle of dealing with immature teens to dealing with immature posters
in the NGs. Sounds to me like he got ripped off on that trade.

Brock - This dude with a 'tude isn't afraid to speak his mind,
especially when it concerns others in his own age range. In other words,
the perfect NG candidate.

CarlBanks - Caution: May contain brain-like substance. Also prone to
lashing out, especially when it feels its RPG territory is being threatened.

Daphne - You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and
WILL be used against you, anytime, anywhere. This one's penchant for
storing away chat logs and telegrams for later use makes the Library of
Congress look like the local newsstand. If you are at all worried about
your virtual reputation, don't talk to her. Ever.

E N Z O - Judge, Jury, and Executioner. The CEO of AWI has now appointed
himself the new moderator of the NGs and has taken upon himself the
unenviable task of ridding the community NG of all nastiness! Want to
get on his bad side? Just mention one of the three magic words: "Gor",
"CY", or "Committee"!

Goober King - With a name like this, anyone who takes this guy seriously
is just asking for trouble.

InSaNiTy/Filmkr/Host - Whatever name you call him, this one always boils
down to one word: "Distrust". In fact, he's probably the only person in
the NGs who can claim to be universally loathed by every NG regular. And
yet, he still somehow manages to run a successful business...

J B E L L - The self-described "Everyone's Favorite Troll", this guy
appears to simply fall under the "Trying Too Hard" category. It's almost
as if he *wants* everyone to hate him, but something prevents them from
doing so. No wonder he owns a world centered around debates...

JerMe - One of the many resident geeks in the NG, this one's clearly
started his turn to trolldom. Just don't get him started on AWI's
incompetency. Wouldn't want him to get banned or anything...

jstone2004 - AWTeen Poster Boy, he's decided to make it his mission to
prove to the world that AWTeen isn't full of immature ingrates. Of
course, it makes his job that much more tragic when those same immature
ingrates prove him wrong...

Kellee - This saucy Aussie is just about the only thing holding the
entire AWSchool system together these days. No wonder she wants to
approve the use of the word "shit" in AW...

Kerstin - Keeper of the Sigh Awards. Voting for the Sigh Awards will
begin on December 6th... no wait, December 13th... no, December 25th...
no, that's a holiday... oh, screw it! *sigh*

Linn - She of the Garbled English, no one has been able to figure out
exactly what causes her to act the way she does. Whatever it is also
apparently causes her to think everyone else is telepathic and can read
her mind. Makes for interesting conversation, hmmmm?

Lioness. - This is one cat that's definitely got some teeth! Just be
careful, because she doesn't usually go for the quick one-bite kill, but
rather prefers to bury you under huge piles of words. Paragraph nerds
need not apply.

Maki - Here's another one that's made a rather infamous name for
himself, first by pissing off an entire contingent of NG Survivor
players, and then pissing off the normally infallible AlphaBit Phalpha.
When you can actually make ABP break out the frowny face, you know
you've hit a nerve.

MrBruce - He wants to help the AW community, but apparently some people
don't want his help. This one still needs to learn the basic rule of
success here in AW: Don't listen to anyone but yourself.

NCC 71854/72897 - A trekkie geek who's also apparently trying to be
"black". Don't hate on the playa... hate on the Romulans! After all,
wouldn't want to look like a hypocrite, now would we?

Nornny - Creator of the LSD-enduced trip known as Newsgroup Survivor,
this guy's another one that can be filed under the "Tries Too Hard"
category, except instead of getting people to hate him, he apparently
wants people to think he's insane. So far, it appears to be working.

PC Hamster - Like Bowen, this one likes to insert his 2 cents wherever
he can. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell him that the
Hamsterville-NG credibility exchange rate is terrible, and that
mentioning his town every chance he gets will not make it any better.

Strike Rapier - Another AWTeener that's well on his way to Troll
stardom. He seems anxious to pick a fight with just about anyone. Too
bad he always seems to get owned.

SW Chris - The Brains of the SW City Brigade. Of course, when you look
at the rest of the Lingo-ridden bunch, that's not saying much...

SWE - Another Teener Troll with an apparent hard-on for all things
Anti-American. I guess living in Libya, a country labelled by the US as
harboring terrorists, will do that to you...

Talisan - G-people Poster Boy who's made it his personal mission to
prove that Goreans aren't just about sex and slavery. They're also
about... umm, well... loyalty! Yea, that's it...

TechnoZeus - Newly appointed Punching Bag for the CY Committee (He
thought the "PB" on the application form was a typo). He said he took
the PR position because no one else would. Now he's starting to
understand why.

Wizard Myrddin - Linn's apparent partner in crime, this one can at least
claim to have a decent head on his shoulders. Now if he could only get
some of that to rub off on his female counterpart...

And those are just some of the folks you'll run into here in these
newsgroups! Now that we've got introductions out of the way, it's time
for a little newsgroup history lesson! I now present you with:

The NG Troll Hall of Fame
-------------------------

Eep - He is the Alpha, he is the Omega. He is the be-all and end-all of
trolls everywhere and they all aspire to be like him. With a "Drive
through" here and a "Suck filter" there, he could annoy the most stoic
of NG travelers. And yet, he somehow managed to retain a lovable quality
about him, much like the grumpy old man in the rocking chair you just
love to hear complain. Even today, after he was finally banned entirely
from the NGs, others have tried to duplicate his attitude and demeanor,
but never to the success he achieved in his long and storied career. A
true Troll legend.

Pokemon Web - Nothing would be terribly notable about this Troll, except
he was the first person to introduce the Troll strategy of Capitalizing
The First Letter In Every Word In His Sentences. Needless to say, it
drove people nuts and he was eventually driven out of the NGs, never to
be heard from again.

Nova - Grammar was a concept totally lost on this Troll. Punctuation,
Capitalization, Sentence Structure; none of it mattered to him as he was
content to simply spill out a constant stream of incoherent words. Many
NG Grammarians tried their hardest to instill some semblance of
coherency to him, but they all failed horribly. Eventually, Nova simply
disappeared without a trace and with not even so much as a "you guys are
annoying im going now ok bye bye" :-/

Legion - Never was a name more apt, for it definitely seemed like this
Troll was possessed by a multitude of annoying demons. Not only was his
English atrocious, but he also had many eccentricities, including an
extremely misplaced loyalty to AWI (he was afraid he'd get sued if he
didn't kiss up to them) and the idea that he was chummy with Eep.
Naturally, Eep didn't take to well to this and battles ensued.
Eventually, Legion would too fade from NG lore with nary a garbled peep.

Agent Fox Mulder/Col Klink - Think about what the bastard child of
Pokemon Web and Nova would look like, and you get Agent Fox Mulder. His
thickheadedness was second to none and he was much like a disease: he
never really went away. Thankfully, he eventually did go away, but not
before leaving behind a world that would make a heroine addict trip out
and ensured that you would never look at the TV show "Boy Meets World"
in quite the same way again...

Lanezeri - With an ego the size of Jupiter, this Troll seemed to firmly
believe that the entire NG revolved around him and his AW exploits,
including his anit-USWF campaign. He also seemed obsessed with the idea
that everyone actually cared that he was leaving the NGs. Of course, he
"left" about 5 different times, but eventually he did leave for good,
and there was much rejoicing.

SonofSolaris - Famous for picking a fight with BinaryBud, this one
launched himself face-first into Trolldom by suddenly going ballistic on
the entire NG, including posting false reports of Gavroche's death.
Mercifully, he was banned from the NGs shortly thereafter.

M a r c u s - This Troll made it his life-long quest to rid the entire
AW Universe of the scourge known as "porn". After that gambit failed
miserably, he hung around the NGs, constantly bashing AWI for what he
perceived was inaction on their part concerning said porn. Later on, he
also decided to accuse them of cheating him out of money for a free cit
he received with a world. Naturally, after all the accusations and
general thickheadedness, Marcus was silenced, to the relief of all.

Chucks Party - Infamous for getting involved in the Broadway/NewYork
world feud and turning it into an all-out war. As he continued to
escalate the conflict, it became obvious that neither of the original
feud participants wanted anything to do with him. Eventually, Chucks
earned the contempt of practically every NG regular with his tactics and
was summarily run out of the NGs, with AWI locking the door behind him.

JFK2/JFK2 Builder/Ohhhhhmy - Never has the AW NGs seen a Troll like this
one before or since. Not even the mighty Eep could contend with his
completely incoherent ramblings and word spasms. When Chucks Party
dragged him into the Broadway/NewYork conflict, it just made the mess
even worse due to JFK2s unpredictable and irrational outbursts. Even
Chucks Party wanted nothing to do with him after awhile. But, unlike
Chucks Party, JFK2 was not banned from the NGs and continued to pop up
frequently to remind everyone of his love/hate relationship with Just
In, and his love/love relationship with little boys. Eventually, all his
talk of pedophilia got him banned, but he recently resurfaced under the
name Ohhhhhmy to torment the NGs once again. Thankfully, it didn't take
AWI long to see that he hadn't changed a lick and punted him out the
door a second time. We can only hope that this time, it's for good.

So, there you have it: Some examples of what NOT to do in these NGs. If
you stay away from the paths these immortalized few have followed, you
can expect to have a pleasant stay here in these NGs. And, for those of
you aspiring trolls out there, you can use this as a word of warning for
where you may be headed if you continue on this well-trodden path.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy your stay in the NGs! :)

--
Goober King
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 28, 2002, 8:55pm

The wonderful thing about newsgroups is that you can always go back and
re-download all the old posts. It makes coming up with material that
much easier. :)

[View Quote] > Hey Goober, didn't I tell you to get out more?
>
> Whoever can remember newsgroup trolls from pre-millenium truly has talent.
>
> --
> --
> From the Newbie's Guide to the AW NG:
>
> "Nornny11 - The original wishy-washy man, this one can actually insult you
> and compliment you in the same breath, and in the end say absolutely
> nothing! What a talent!"
>
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Goober King
Nothing like the classic posters...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 28, 2002, 8:57pm

Ya gotta make a name for yourself here in the NGs before you can get in
the NG2tNGs. :) And just being a player in NG Survivor doesn't count! :P

[View Quote] > and of course there are those who goober never mentions, and so when it
> strikes, all are surprised 0_0
>
> -Mod
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Goober King
Some people just aren't unique enough...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Nov 28, 2002, 8:58pm

*blink* What's honor got to do with satire? :P

[View Quote] > You seriously need to reconsider your views on people coming from worlds directly effecting a persons posting habits (unless its AWTeen spam from 1 of the core). I thought you had more honour than that.
>
> - Mark
>
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Goober King
Still finding ways to piss the right people off :D
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 1, 2002, 3:02am

Good thing I don't have one to worry about! :D

[View Quote] > LOL, Goob.... I guess your reputation is shot now... Just think of all
> the times we've chatted!!! *EG*
>
>
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Goober King
Unless you plan to ruin his reputation of being an idiot! :D
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 1, 2002, 3:08am

Strike, for the love of COB, until you've actually visited The Game and
seen it in action, shut your hole! You have no right to belittle
something you know nothing about, so perhaps you should educate yourself
before spouting off here.

[View Quote] > Ohhhh a live raffle! Hey Ste why dont we have any of those?
>
> - Mark
> aw_say avatars.item(int(rnd*10)).session + " " + " has won the raffle! whoopy do"
>
>
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Goober King
Why is it that people can't accept when a good thing comes along?
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 1, 2002, 11:06pm

Glad to know there are other people out there who can explain my jokes
for me to those who are a bit slow on the uptake. Now I don't have to
ruin my own jokes! :)

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Goober King
It's just not funny anymore if you have to explain yourself...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 4, 2002, 12:12pm

Translation: Read The F'in Manual!! :)

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Goober King
If only more people followed the philosophy of RTFM...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 12, 2002, 1:04am

Hey, TZ... You know how they say "Brevity is the key to wit?" I'd like
to amend that by saying "Brevity is the key to sanity." And also
paragraphs. Look into them. :P

As for having terrain in AW, it's definitely doable, especially with
Demeter. Brant's a virtual genius! :D

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Goober King
Now wonder he's PR... He talks the complainants to death. :P
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 10, 2002, 2:40am

Good ol' Strike: Content to stick his foot in his mouth, rather than
actually *help* someone. No wonder he was miffed about my NG2tNG
assessment of him: I was right. :P

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Goober King
The NG2tNGs never lie...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 10, 2002, 10:58am

Judging from the lack of description, I'd say he was trying to trick you
into going to one of those lame vampire/zombie/druglord sites. Good
thing he doesn't know how to work his newsreader!

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Goober King
The text WINS!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 14, 2002, 7:59pm

Umm, Netscape can do the same thing, and I'm sure other newsreaders out
there, such as XNews can do the same as well. (Care to clarify, KAH?)

As for equin0x's post, I don't think he was expecting the post to
automatically open the link, otherwise he wouldn't have said "click
here". What most likely happened is he composed the message in HTML, but
didn't realize his OE was configured to only post messages in plain
text, so OE converted it to plain text when he posted it, thereby
removing the link. It's a common mistake which I'm personally thankful
for. :)

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Goober King
Just because it comes with your OS doesn't mean it's the best...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 19, 2002, 9:43pm

Ok, this would be a perfect example of saying too much to say absolutely
nothing (pun intended). You people are arguing over zero, fer COB's
sake! Take it to general discussion if you must, or better yet, email.
And get to the point! :P

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Goober King
And he thought *he* was too wordy...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 21, 2002, 4:50pm

What part of "take it to general discussion" don't you people get? :P

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Goober King
Newsgroup Enforcer
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 12, 2002, 1:52am

You want to know where AWNews is? I'll tell you where it is.

It's in the hands of one, maybe two, so-called programmers who say they
want to help me try and get the old AWNews database fixed so it can work
with the new version of PostNuke, but then they disappear for weeks on
end with nary a peep.

It's in the hands of people who say they want to be reporters, and then
either conveniently forget to cover the story, claim it's too boring, or
disappear entirely (one even let his citizenship expire two days after I
hired him!)

In other words, it's out of my hands. It's now in the hands of a
community who claims that they care and they want to see AWNews raised
to its former glory... just as long as *they* don't have to do the work.

You want AWNews back? Then find me a PHP programmer who actually has
*time* to help me work on this database and get the site up and running.

You want AWNews back? Then find me some reporters who are actually
willing to take the *time* to hunt down stories and go after the facts,
and not just look for a quick advertisement.

I've made AWNews a one-man show for two years now. Unfortunately, this
one man is running out of time. I told you people to either Put Up or
Shut Up, and I still stand by that. You people want AWNews back? Then
it's time to Put Up! Otherwise, I'm done, and you people are going to
have to get your news from somewhere else.

The fate of AWNews is in your hands...

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Goober King
Tired... so very tired...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 12, 2002, 2:40am

Knock yourself out, chief. Even with a fresh version of PostNuke, you'll
be slitting your wrists before the month is out because you wasted all
that effort on a cool looking site, only to have zero content.

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Goober King
Points at band-aids on arms and says "Been there, done that"
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 13, 2002, 1:51am

Geez, Chris, how many times do I have to tell you? It's awnews.ORG, not
..net! :P

At any rate, as far as the old awnews.com domain, to make a long story
short, Cybor, the former owner of AWNews, let the domain expire and a
domain squatter picked it up before I could. Now the guy is trying to
sell it at $10,000 (still!) and we have since moved on to a new domain
and are now trying to get the site back up and running.

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Goober King
It'll get done when it gets done
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 13, 2002, 1:58am

Let's get one thing straight here, Chris: I am NOT tired of AWNews. I
will do whatever is in my power to get it up and running and back to its
former self as soon as possible. Hell, I'll even teach myself PHP if
that's what it takes.

What I AM tired of is people continuing to pester me about when the site
will be back up, without the slightest indication of wanting to *help*,
or when they *do* offer to help, they then renege on their duties and I
have to go back to Square One.

So it's pretty simple: Put Up or Shut Up! Either you people help me get
the site back up and get some content for the site (i.e. reporting
stories) or shut your cakeholes and wait patiently while I do it with
limited support. If you people want AWNews so bad, then *you* are going
to have to help to make it a reality sooner rather than later.

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Goober King
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 13, 2002, 9:25pm

That depends... think you and Cryonics could make yourself available for
interviews a bit more often? ;)

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Goober King
Going for the exclusive!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 13, 2002, 9:27pm

That's why it's a temporary solution. They do have a shorter URL at
http://www.vrvillage.uni.cc, but you then have to click on "VR Village
Portal" to get to the AWNews link.

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Goober King
Brevity is the key to holding short attention spans...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 17, 2002, 8:18pm

I'm not in the business of "making up" things. Leave that to the newz
kidz. :P

And actually, interviewing you would be easier for me, since all I have
to do is think up questions, rather than the entire interview. :)

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Goober King
Living in a made-up world
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 17, 2002, 10:59am

*blink* Who was being rude? Methinks you're reading way too much into
that post, chief. I would think the statement "I highly recommend
viewing this build to anyone" would prove that anarkissed wasn't being
sarcastic.

Next time, just read what's written, not what you *think* was written.

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Goober King
A devastating implication
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 18, 2002, 11:21am

Sign of the times, I guess... :-/

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Goober King
Sign of the Apocalypse
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 19, 2002, 9:37pm

Good God, you people are warped. You openly admit to not reading what it
is that you're replying to, yet you bash Insanity anyway simply because
of his reputation. All Insanity was doing was pointing out how pointless
Johnny's attack on Anarkissed was, and how the newsgroups could use some
cleaning up. Perhaps if more people actually *read* what they were
responding to, and not assume that they're attacks or sarcastic
statements simply because of who posted them, then maybe that cleanup
could happen.

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Goober King
READING IS FUN!!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 19, 2002, 10:08pm

Erm, I'm going to assume that English isn't your first language and just
offer you a little tip: Don't use so many exclamation points(!) It makes
you sound like you're on Ritalin or something. :P

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Goober King
For Great Justice! Move Zig!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 17, 2002, 8:22pm

First off, glad you could join us! We promise not to bite... much :)

Secondly, there's no need to panic. In case you missed it, the program
is *still* in beta, so there's plenty of time for the beta team to hound
Shamus into speeding up movement a tad. You can start panicking once 3.4
is released to the public. :)

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Goober King
Fellow Moo-Cow
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

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