Restraining Fist of Death.
Jun. 20th, 2004 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The level of idiocy on the Traveller Mailing List is about to push me out the door.
People whinging about their favorite edition of Traveller not being supported, even though it ceased publication in 1987, people whinging about not wanted to have to do any work to use game books, personal insults, complaints about "too many words" in posts explaining complex scientific concepts!
That, and movie reviews, game reviews, and all sorts of Off-Topic crap. A hell of a lot of this can be traced to one idiot.
I'm this close to being off a list I've been on since the first day I had Internet access, about ten years ago.
What is going to happen is I'm pulling back for a while. And I may killfile two certain idiots (Certain idiots? Yes, I'm quite certain they're idiots...)
Going to go take my aggravation out on a brownie. Fear for it.
People whinging about their favorite edition of Traveller not being supported, even though it ceased publication in 1987, people whinging about not wanted to have to do any work to use game books, personal insults, complaints about "too many words" in posts explaining complex scientific concepts!
That, and movie reviews, game reviews, and all sorts of Off-Topic crap. A hell of a lot of this can be traced to one idiot.
I'm this close to being off a list I've been on since the first day I had Internet access, about ten years ago.
What is going to happen is I'm pulling back for a while. And I may killfile two certain idiots (Certain idiots? Yes, I'm quite certain they're idiots...)
Going to go take my aggravation out on a brownie. Fear for it.
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Date: 20 Jun 2004 23:18 (UTC)In both cases, I'd say you're quite justified in plonking them. Please don't leave the TML, though. You remained despite C**f; I hope that you can stick around despite these two second-stringers.
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Date: 20 Jun 2004 23:33 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Jun 2004 02:02 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Jun 2004 07:51 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Jun 2004 13:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 Jun 2004 01:13 (UTC)"If it has CT in it, I will buy it." Great. That's ONE SALE. I'm sure Steve Jackson is wetting himself over that vast untapped market.
Make use of that kill file!
Date: 21 Jun 2004 09:19 (UTC)Some folks are just not rational. They can redesign entire new task systems for CT, but can't be bothered to do a few converts in GT:GF? Unless you really do want to get muddy, leave that pig alone...
Re: Make use of that kill file!
Date: 23 Jun 2004 15:08 (UTC)I've been round and round with him, and I just don't get it. I shall now stop in the hope that it'll go away if there's no encouragement.
Rupert (also no LJ unsername) Boleyn
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Date: 21 Jun 2004 18:29 (UTC)Patrik "Got no LJ userid" Holmström
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Date: 22 Jun 2004 08:33 (UTC)Add to that is the fact that there is very little going on in Traveller right now, G:T books being months apart, and almost noone on the TML even bothering to comment on T20, much less admitting to playing it, there is little but old topics to discuss, ad nauseum.
Another LJ Anonymouse
John Hamill
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