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   93Jan30 12:38 am from Dark Dr. X
Hey, all, I agree, I'm a complete jerk and annoyance on the boards, but can I 
help it? NO! The BBSes are made for relaxing and having fun. 

   93Jan30 1:28 am from Poet
Hi all.  I'm back from the Shit hole.  L.A.  Whew... 

   93Jan30 2:08 am from Zeylan
How is your being a jerk supposed to be relaxing and fun for the rest of us? 

   93Jan30 11:08 am from Doctor Mentor
Spazmo-man, if your beef was with Luminary Coremaster all along, why didn't 
you just SAY that in the first place, instead of bringing up all this other 
crap? 

   93Jan30 2:17 pm from Dark Dr. X
Zeylan: Good question, but you must realize many of us are acting like jerks.. 
including you. =) 

   93Jan30 2:51 pm from Zeylan
No, not including me. 

   93Jan30 3:29 pm from Dark Dr. X
If you say so... Well, anyway, what counts is I will stop posting meaningless 
messages. =) 

   93Jan30 4:43 pm from Zeylan
Yeah, sure.  We believe you. 

   93Jan30 9:55 pm from SpAsMo-MaN
You know, I was studying how Clinton handled the gays in the military issue, 
and I'm SO FUCKING IMPRESSED! His position is morally right, but it's 
controversial as hell (face it, people are retarded). So what does he do? He 
makes a few minor concessions, staying true to his principles, and he pulls 
the damn thing off. I'm impressed, I'm inspired. So here's The New Deal: 
 
Lumie & his playmates don't have to leave this BBS. They just have to be given 
limits. SEVERE limits to be sure, but mere limits. I'd say the group could 
safely be allowed a total of 6 messages per day among them (they can divvy 
them as they see fit). That way, I'd only face 6 allergic spasms per day, an 
endurable number. 6 Lumie & his Playpen messages would probably be enough 
idiocy for this BBS to withstand also, without being suffocated. (It might be 
worth considering restricting the Lumie & playmate messages to certain rooms, 
that way those who wish to avoid them entirely -- there are lots of us -- 
could.)  
 
That's my idea for a compromise. Next, I'll suggest things to do in case Lumie 
& his playpals break their agreement. Since they should consider themselves 
lucky if they are even allowed on this BBS, they should expect very severe 
punishment if they renege on this (proposed) agreement. 
 
Fun, fun, fun! (Til daddy takes the keyboard away) 

   93Jan30 11:07 pm from Zeylan
Do shut up. 

   93Jan31 9:26 am from SpAsMo-MaN
I'll shut up when Lumie & his Playpals leave.  

   93Jan31 10:51 am from Dark Dr. X
Ah-hahahahaha! You said that they "don't have to leave"! HAHAHAHAHA! 

   93Jan31 12:03 pm from Zeylan
I've just forgotten the majority of rooms on this BBS. 

   93Jan31 1:38 pm from David the Grey
Well, at least things are looking slightly more interesting right now.  I much 
prefer a logical explanation of grievances to a sheer antagonistic parody. 

   93Jan31 3:13 pm from Luminary Coremaster
Unfortunatly, the said explanation wasn't a very good one. 

   93Jan31 6:54 pm from Palmer Young
that's a negative attitude, zeylan. 

   93Jan31 7:46 pm from SpAsMo-MaN
I never wanted to be a Spasmo-Man. It wasn't a matter of choice. I wanted to 
be the sort of BBSer everyone liked. I wanted to write messages that inspired 
everyone to get involved in edifying, enjoyable discussions! I wanted to go to 
Q's and be swamped by BBSer buddies! I wanted to be the sort of BBSer people 
hoped their calls would follow ("Gee, it's been busy for a while, I hope it's 
Spasmo!").  
 
That's the sort of BBSer I wanted to be, and I was working towards it. But 
something went wrong. When I began to see all those "HAW HAW HAW, hehehehehe, 
Ha ha ha ha ha" messages, something didn't feel right inside me. At first, I 
assumed it was dietary (a connection between BBS messages and health? 
Absurd!). But it became obvious that there WAS something about those messages 
that was having an effect on me. And the feelings -- which I would soon 
identify as  spasms -- grew worse. Finally, I became what I am today. I became 
Spasmo-Man. And I'm no longer concerned with enjoyable, edifying discussions! 
I'm concerned with Fun! Fun, fun, fun (til daddy takes the keyboard away)! 

   93Jan31 9:00 pm from Dark Dr. X
Spasman, I'm looking for the same thing, actually.. 

   93Jan31 11:05 pm from David the Grey
He's being sarcastic, DDX. 

   93Jan31 11:43 pm from Dark Dr. X
Ohh. It's somewhat hard to tell sometimes on the boards.. 

   93Feb01 9:41 am from BOXHEAD
What a wild and ragin weekend I had... 

   93Feb01 1:31 pm from Luminary Coremaster
Remember, ddX, no matter what you say, Spasmo-Man will still be against you. 
So don't even bother replying to him. 

   93Feb01 5:11 pm from Due Monday
This whole bbs fake account debate thing seems quite odd.  I understand that 
as a user you don't want to read a bunch of random messages, but I also see 
how if you dont want to hear from certain users, why dont you just ignore 
them, or if it comes down to it, as was said earlier- just make invitation 
only rooms.   
     6 messages a day? yeah right, simply from a human rights perspective, 
isnt that infringing upon their freedoms.   
     Understandably you dont want to hear crap all day long. But who am i to 
say, I just started reading about spasms beef, and dont have much of a grasp 
on it.Therefore i shall simply say, that Tiny Tim is a good artist, but I 
prefer (of the elder generations) Buddy Holly (too bad hes dead now). 

   93Feb01 5:49 pm from Zeylan
As I said before, I simply forgot about 85% of the rooms on this BBS because 
of this whole idiotic affair.  Simple solution as far as I'm concerned.  I'd 
forget the lobby if the software'd let me. 

   93Feb01 6:14 pm from SpAsMo-MaN
Luminary, your penchant for mangling facts is as well-earned as your 
reputation as the biggest disaster to hit the BBS's. Congradulations, chum! I 
can see you've been having fun, fun, fun (til Daddy takes the keyboard away). 

   93Feb01 7:40 pm from Colin Campbell
   As a visitor from afar, I'm interested in this debate mostly from a 
financial point of view: it costs me money to log on here. About as much as 
going to OnLineAmerica, or CompuServe. I'd like to enter into conversations, 
but by the time I've scrolled through all the name-calling, I've spent a 
couple of bucks--and I have to print the stuff out later to find out what's 
going on.  
   It's good that this board is so  busy. I've been futilely exploring the 
Detroit boards trying to find a replacement. I'm now a member of the Detroit 
Mac Group board, for instance, and with a population base of 5 million people, 
the board gets 5 posts per day. I've located several juvenile name-calling 
boards in St Clair Shores (the suburb I'm in) but they average 2 posts per 
day.  
    Here's what my count for my log-in of a couple hours ago. (I've logged in 
here every day for a couple of months, so I'm not far behind; my pocketbook 
won't let me stay on line to respond very often). These are the number of 
messages from users since yesterday: Luminary Coremaster26 DDx21 David the 
Gray18 Zeylan14 Newstyle12 Amarantheus12 Palmer Young10 SpasmoMan9 Bliss 
Ragsdale9 Boxhead6 Swagman4 Poet4 Usul4 Murray Headroom3 Gwar3 Yacub3 Due 
Monday2 Voyeur2 Math Blaster2 Parik Rao2 Joe Foster2 Evil Metronome1 Shaggydog1
Jesus Fuckin C.1 Bob Blaylock1 Hobgoblin1 Dogpoop 51 Sneezing Lion1 Logan West1
Captain Picard1 Bahamut1 Charlie E.1 Starchild1 Ranger1 
   Ooops, there were supposed to be spaces between the user names and the 
number of posts. 181 posts I had to scroll through after 24 hours off-line. 
   I'd like to enter into discussions, but I'm going to have to .Forget some 
rooms and focus only on a couple rooms. Any suggestions?  
   By the way, the new deadline for Issue 2 of Lip Think is March 15. All 
fiction and fact articles are welcomed. Please upload here as soon as you 
finish your piece. Photos and illustration are also welcomed.  
   I'm sorry Lip Think #1 is so late. I printed as many copies as I could 
using the printer cartridges I had on hand. I had to flee town rather than buy 
a new printer cartridge.  

   93Feb01 8:07 pm from Colin Campbell
 Luminary Coremaster  26 
 DDx                  21 
 David the Gray       18 
 Zeylan               14 
 Newstyle             12 
 Amarantheus          12 
 Palmer Young         10 
 SpasmoMan             9 
 Bliss Ragsdale        9 
 Boxhead               6 
 Swagman               4 
 Poet                  4 
 Usul                  4 
 Murray Headroom       3 
 Gwar                  3 
 Yacub                 3 
 Due Monday            2 
 Voyeur                2 
 Math Blaster          2 
 Parik Rao             2 
 Joe Foster            2 
 Evil Metronome        1 
 Shaggydog             1 
 Jesus Fuckin C.       1 
 Bob Blaylock          1 
 Hobgoblin             1 
 Dogpoop 5             1 
 Sneezing Lion         1 
 Logan West            1 
 Captain Picard        1 
 Bahamut               1 
 Charlie E.            1 
 Starchild             1 
 Ranger                1 

   93Feb01 9:23 pm from Art E. Choke
Between them, Luminary and DDX post more than the rest of the users of this 
BBS combined. That's why I support Spasmo's efforts. The BBS is much less 
enjoyable than it used to be for me, and I don't even have to pay 
long-distance bills. 
 
   In their pursuit of fun, Luminary & Co. seem to be forgetting that there 
are OTHER people out there -- people who have to put up with all that stuff 
they post. BBSing involves OTHER PEOPLE, that's why it has the potential to be 
interesting. Some people -- I think Colin is one of them -- contribute a lot 
to this BBS. Not because they're superior to the others, but because they put 
EFFORT into it. For Christ's sake, this BBS won't exist forever, and neither 
will we, so WHY WASTE the experience? I don't see why certain other people 
can't be JUST A BIT more considerate, and put a little effort, a little 
thought into the messages. I mean, what's the big deal? Since you're here, why 
not do something decent? Stupid, 1-line messages are an insult to the other 
users and to the BBS. If you have to write garbage, why subject everyone to 
it? Why not play a video game instead?  

   93Feb01 11:19 pm from Bodhi
Hey! wassup all, I'm just posting to let you know that there is a new  bbs in 
town and its pretty slick, so why doncha give it a call, post a few messages 
and check it out.  I think that you will like it.. go ahead and tell me what 
you think of it and any comments or suggestions that would make it a better 
bbs.. thanks! . Support for MAC, Amiga, IBM And any other files you have! .
The Closet BBS: 564-1125 . . (PS: Programmers this is your place! We got TONS 
of programming files 
      No one else ever thought existed!) . 

   93Feb02 12:34 am from David the Grey
That was an intersting survey, Colin, and I must admit a little disturbing.  I 
hadn't realized how often I post here.  Of course, I suppose that's natural 
since it's the only board I'm using right now, aside from my favorite Amiga 
board. (It also happens to be one of the ONLY Amiga boards, but that's a 
coincidence) Still, I might need to limit my posts to avoid similar 
accusations. :} 

   93Feb02 6:57 am from BOXHEAD
It's true...I am addicted to this board. 

   93Feb02 12:04 pm from The Newstyle
What's your favorite Amiga board DAvid? 

   93Feb02 1:03 pm from Luminary X
Hey, can I be the BBSer equivalent of Spinal Tap?  I'd dig that for sure... 
     I'm determined to enter more messages than Luminary Coremaster and ddX 
combined.  That'll make them obsolete, huh?  Oh, I dunno... I'm also 
determined to have more fun here than anyone else, cuz fun's what it's all 
about, I guess.  Fun at everyone else's expense even... 
     Where's Bill the Cat been at?  Anyone read Sunday's Outland?  Bill the 
Cat is having an affair with the Clinton family's cat, Socks!  Ragin!  At 
first Opus the Penguin thought he was having an affair with Chelsea Clinton, 
which I thought woulda been better...heheh, hahah, hurhurhurhur!!!   

   93Feb02 1:45 pm from Zeylan
Good lord, will it never end?  GO AWAY. 

   93Feb02 2:32 pm from Dark Dr. X
I realize I enter a lot of messages, but I'm trying to cut down on the 
meaningless ones. I think I'm doing a fairly good job at it right now. Another 
thing that could be said is that some people have a lot to say.. I don't know. 
I'm saddened badly to see how this BBS is doing the same thing Enterprise did. 
There's only one thing that I can see would help.. erase all the messages and 
bases and start again from scratch. I realize that won't happen, so I'll just 
go shut up, okay? 

   93Feb02 4:42 pm from Vixen
My, this is interesting.  I can see that I've missed a lot.  On the other 
hand, I can also see that I haven't missed much at all.  I too, have recently 
struggled over what to do with the many messages I have to scroll through in 
order to get through the board, especially now that I've only been able to log 
on about once a week.  My solution turns out to be the same one Zeylan used.  
I forgot eleven rooms the last time I was on the board.  Now don't get me 
wrong, it wasn't that they were all uninteresting, but simply because most of 
those rooms held the same basic conversations that were going on in other 
rooms.  That much repetition is a waste of my time.  Why must you all carry on 
the same conversations in muultiple rooms?  It would seem more efficient to 
condense it all down to two or so.  Besides, then it might not take me two 
hours to simply read all the messages anymore. 

   93Feb02 10:45 pm from Zeylan
I agree.  Deleting messages is right out, but how about moving them? 

   93Feb02 11:36 pm from Gwar
That gets under the skin of certain users.  They can't be satisfied by keeping 
on topic and start ranting about freedom of speech.  Completely ignoring the 
fact that they're infringing on the freedom of others by forcing them to go 
elsewhere for entertainment. 

   93Feb03 8:10 pm from Swagman
Ok, so I made some changes around here.  I got tired of Spasmo's ranting so 
I've asked him to stop, actually I put the account on ice, so to speak. 

   93Feb03 8:51 pm from BOXHEAD
Fascinating! 

   93Feb03 9:27 pm from Dark Dr. X
Thanks.. I'm sorta in a crisis..well, okay, it's a major crisis, and if I find 
out what I'm going through is just a joke, someone is going to DIE. 

   93Feb03 11:54 pm from Amarantheus
I could've told you that I was screwy. 

   93Feb04 12:18 am from Zeylan
A horse walks into a bar.  Bartender says, "Hey!  Why the long face?" 

   93Feb04 12:43 am from Imago
Zeylan: Why?:) All others: I've practically stopped calling this board just 
because I'm tired of logging on and scrooling through a load of BS, such as 
the above discusion. Luminary & DDX get ragged on enough, from what I've read, 
that they have the right, in my opinion, to post whatever they want. Also, I 
may be wrong here, and please tell me if I am, but isn't the WHOLE POINT of a 
BBS to post and share information?!?! Gee, guess I had the wrong idea all 
along....BBS's are really places to get out sexual frustration while calling 
yourself a SpAsMo, or a vegetable, or a cow....gimme a break! I get enough BS 
at work, school, and on TV...I don't need more here....! 

   93Feb04 12:52 pm from Dark Dr. X
Right on, Imago.  Amar: Huh?   Zeylan: HAhahah! Good joke! 

   93Feb04 2:37 pm from Due Monday
  Although it takes a bit of time to return to a more productive bbs 
environment, I can see that since I last logged things are a bit better.  At 
least it is no longer an individual argument but now a consensus that this 
board will be better if we did not write bs.  I too only log on about once a 
week and have to scroll through alot of msgs.  Just now am i figuring the 
whole condition out. 
   Dark Dr. X, what crisis were you talking about?? 

   93Feb04 2:43 pm from Due Monday
LETS see, something I initially forgot to do- 
                   HELLO everyone!! 

   93Feb04 5:05 pm from Colin Campbell
  Hello, hello, how do you do. 
   


   93Feb04 7:31 pm from Nevada
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.  Hold everything.  Now this place has become quite 
quite trivial lately which is why I have moved on to some more stimulating 
boards on Internet, but I have always known that I could count on a certain 
amount of anarchy that makes this place feel like home.  Sure, nothing gets 
said, and there are about 2^10 times as many stupid one liners and rehashes of 
the same old shit as there are unique and stimulating messages, but am I to 
come to the conclusion that Swagman is deleting users?  Now, I have been 
BBSing for 4 years, and I still call this place The Dragon, and I thought I 
knew and respected Swag as an outstanding voice for freedom of speech.  I 
suppose the years of BBS wear and tear are getting to him, especially now that 
this place has become more of a sewer for flames than a place of discussion, 
but to delete users?  I mean hey, he was a negative guy, but there was a 
certain amount of truth to the arguement that this place is over-run with 
drivel, and it's not like he biffed the place.  As much as this place is 
yours, Swag, it is, 100%, I think it would also be important to remind you and 
the users that this place was not created by you, you adopted it from a Mr. 
Wabbit, you adopted it's style, it's users, and it's philosophy of no 
censorship.  It's a little sad that the faith put into you by the previous 
sysop and users to keep this place an open forum has been misplaced.  
Spazm-guy or whatever his name is, is not a happy camper, but he did have a 
very effective way with getting peoples blood boiling, and perhaps, that is 
not such a bad thing. 

   93Feb04 7:57 pm from Swagman
Listen!  I _have_ let the telecom community down and have broken faith with 
several users whose accounts I axed in the past couple of days.  To those 
users, I beg your forgiveness.  To the several users in the long past that I 
have done this to, to you I say forgive me if you can.  The mantle of free 
speech and the wild and crazy spirit of spontaneous ideas was the hallmark of 
the Digital Dungeon and that is the tradition which I was charged with keeping 
alive.  I almost let the flame go out.  I couldn't believe it when I realized 
just what I'd done and what I'd let it come down to.  I'd sunk into the gutter 
of closeminded rigidity.  Although the hardware for this BBS resides in my 
possession, the gift of your writing creating the phenomena of this BBS 
belongs to you all.  I am but a steward and caretaker of your efforts.   

   93Feb04 8:43 pm from Nevada
One last history lesson for everyone and then I will go back  to obscurity.  I 
personally can not remember a time that there  weren't at least two users in 
some kind of war on here.  Some  times the wars heat up, some times the wars 
just simmer, but  there have always, always, always been conflicts of interest 
on here.  You can measure the seasons by the perfect regularity of  biffing.  
The more this board changes, the more it stays the  same.  You kids may not 
realize or appreciate this, and you  battle-worn veterans may have forgotten, 
but this place was  founded on the idea that there are a world of ideas out 
there  and each one of them has a place.  Think of all the things you  arn't 
allowed to say, and all the places you arn't allowed to  say them.  TV, radio, 
newspapers, classrooms, the workplace  all seem to believe in freedom of 
speech...... so long as you  do it within certain boundaries.  So long as you 
don't say  certain words, or talk about certain acts, or think certain 
ideas.  The Digital Dungeon/Dragon/Swagland/whatever it may be in the future, 
is a legacy that I hope will continue forever.  Here you can  be whoever you 
want to be and say whatever you want to say.   Todd used to tell me that this 
was his sociology experiment,  an experiment in human nature.  Humans are not 
linear  creatures, we all have multiple personalities, there are good,  bad 
and demented sides to us all.  Anger, confusion,  impatience are a very real 
part of being human, but it is a  part that we are told to suppress since day 
one.  It will be a  very sad day indeed when I am removed from a society that 
thinks itself open to all because of my anger, my bitterness,  my natural 
feelings of hate, impatience, and annoyance.  It is  very very easy to allow 
complete freedom to positive people,  and pat yourself on the back that you 
can accomplish such a  marvelous achievement, but true freedom is to accept 
all.   Feathers will be ruffled, fangs will be bared, and a little  more than 
just toes will be stepped on, but isn't that who we  are?  It's tiring, it's 
annoying, and it makes you just want  to give up and go back to bed, but it is 
honest, it is us, and  it is the ugly truth.  I'm an idealist at heart, and 
while I  rarely delve into the depth of my convictions with such  passion, I 
strongly believe in what this place stood for,  stands for, and should always 
be.  Swag, if this place ever  becomes more of a burden for you than the well 
of creativity  that you dream of, call me, and I will always be willing to 
take the crown and save the dungeon.  

   93Feb04 9:12 pm from The Evil Metronome
This BBS is in the worst shape of its long history, as far as I'm concerned. 
What little creativity there is left is usually discouraged, and the quality 
of messages is pathetic; people are posting stuff that no one should have to 
read -- in unbelievable quantity. When someone writes a substantial message, 
hordes of bland accounts compete to say "I didn't read that!" first. Whenever 
someone characterful comes along, all the idiots scream insinuations about the 
account's "true" identity, without having given the matter a moment of 
thought. (Thought just isn't acceptable here anymore; apparently it's been 
deemed  not-Fun.) This BBS used to be the best; it had a character all its 
own, and callers who weren't on any other BBS's. Now it's been homogenized, 
and it's a dismal joke.  

   93Feb04 11:01 pm from Dark Dr. X
Why don't we all forget about what has happened over the last few weeks, and 
maybe it will all go away! Concerning my crisis: I need to get in touch with 
someone desperately, and noone ever answers the phone. I'm afraid they have 
the ringer off by accident. 

   93Feb05 12:31 am from Zeylan
Sounds more like they're avoiding you. 

   93Feb05 12:43 am from Poet
   **** 
 Warrior walking through the Forest of Executioners. 
 Vigilante justice littering the trees. 
 A growing forest of tall gallows. 
 Whisltling wind brings echoes of the moans of the dying. 
 Ropes go slack as the weight rots off, feeding deep burrowed roots. 
 Brittle bone snaps without the support of sinew's flesh. 
 Fierce theives, brutal rapists and the silent damned. 
 Warrior reverant, watching his dance of all saints. 
    **** 

   93Feb05 9:19 am from Dark Dr. X
Zeylan: Possibly. I have no idea! 

   93Feb05 12:07 pm from Nevada
I think perhaps one of the reasons for this boards lack of substance as of 
late has to do with the usership rather than anything under sysop control, 
which is why I decided to come out of my hole when I did.  Sysop interference 
has never ever made a board a better place to be, in my most humble opinion.  
I'm just kind of wondering why the serious users (and they do still lurk here 
in the shadows) have allowed so much attention to be drawn to the dorks.  I 
seem to recall a time when stupid and useless messages were read around rather 
than responded to.  There have always been useless users, albiet in not quite 
the same numbers as we have today, but to respond to a post only invites it's 
owner to post more. 

   93Feb05 12:32 pm from Dark Dr. X
I'm not a "useless" user! I make good comments when they are nessicary! I 
provide information when needed! I admit, I do type some silly messages, but 
what's the big deal? 

   93Feb05 1:18 pm from The Evil Metronome
This BBS has been smothered by idiotic messages from bland accounts. To me, a 
longtime user, that's a big deal. This used to be a great BBS; lots of 
dedicated, interesting callers contributed to enjoyable (and sometimes even 
edifying) conversations. (These included intense arguments, by the way. The 
new wave of insipid hacks may whine about having their stupors disrupted, but 
these types of exchanges are GOOD and healthy for BBS's.) Today, this BBS is 
dominated by people who just don't care what they say; they don't bother to 
think, they just spout off, endlessly. The BBS has become a Party Line for 
Bored Youngsters. For the rest of us, calling is no longer a pleasant 
experience; it's like trudging through a field of manure. Why do I still 
bother to call? Because it's possible that this BBS's wretched state is 
temporary. Something's got to change. 

   93Feb05 1:27 pm from David the Grey
Arguments are definitely healthy.  I just hate deletion of users.  I love 
arguing, and have done so with many members of the BBS.  There is a difference 
between an argument and telling people you're going to drive them crazy until 
they are deleted or leave the BBS.  If you want to tell someone you hate them, 
go for it!  Or, if you hate their messages, say that too. 
 
One thing I found interesting is that several of the people here to change the 
BBS (Spasmo, Luminary X, etc.) kept talking about Conformity.  They said they 
hated the individuals who were conforming to a certain attitude.  But, if 
anyone was  simply arguing with them because they disagreed, they'd get 
attacked for not conforming to THEIR ideas.  There's a group-mentality here on 
both fucking sides.  If you argue with Spas or his supporters, you are 
automatically thrown into the opposite camp.  Or, if you agree with them, 
you're considered in the other.  That's stupid.  This is a BBS community of 
individual ideas, and most of us (I think) don't even necessarily associate 
with users on EITHER side. 
 


   93Feb05 3:46 pm from Luminary Coremaster
I haven't logged on since Monday, and the Lobby alone has a huge amount of 
message activity. I was semi-amused to see the "Luminary X" account. I was 
confused to notice that the people who say that the BBS is going downhill 
(which it most certainly isn't!) had nothing but negative things to say in 
their messages. I was also pleased to see that I wrote the most messages in 
Colin's survey, that's quite interesting. I reply to something in most of the 
rooms that I come upon each call.  

   93Feb05 6:00 pm from Gwar
I'll just throw in my $0.02 here... 
 
 This board hasn't really been around long enough to get 'long time users' in 
my opinion.  It takes years to get that kind of status.  It also seems rather 
pointless to go on about the lack of good messages because that's not much of 
a conversation.  "If you can't say it in less than a page, don't bother."  I 
forget who wrote that first, but it holds true.  I rarely read a message over 
1/2 page. 

   93Feb05 6:38 pm from The Newstyle
I think that all this whining has gotten blown way out of proportion.  And the 
people who criticize Luminary and Ddx have no right to because who the hell do 
they think they are.  How have the proved themselves to be valuable users?  
They haven't.  All they have proved is that they can whine and keep on 
whining.  Wake up and smell the coffee. Instead of whining say something 
intelligent and start some constructive discussion.  Nobody has the right to 
belittle or speak in a derogatory manner towards ddx and Luminary.   
   And the only people who can be blamed for this so-called decline in this 
bbs is the people who have been incessantly whining.  The whining, if 
anything, is what has lowered this board.  I'll say something good about ddx 
and Luminary.  They may be a little ebulient at times and post a lot of 
messages , but at least they don't whine about other people. 
   So why doesn't everybody forget about it and incite some discussion. 
    That's the problem with life.  Nit-picking, criticism, and pointing out 
the bad points in people or things makes people look at things in a negative 
light and disheartens them.  Instead of doing something constructive, people 
waste their time saying negative things.  

   93Feb05 7:26 pm from Dark Dr. X
 
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