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taterbill posted 03-04-99 05:44 PM ET
Hi, my name is Bill, and I am a SMACforumaholic!
I am addicted to hanging around these boards all day at work almost as much as I am addicted to playing SMAC at home. If my boss asks me for a status update this afternoon, I'm dead. I constantly reload to see if anyone has posted anything new, especially in the "Constructive Criticism...", "Transcend Ironman Only...", and "You Know You're Old When..." threads. Sad, isn't it?
My only consolation is that I am quite sure I am not the only one leading such a miserable existence. Get back to work (or studying), all of you!
Anyway, I am going home now and I WILL NOT be on the board tomorrow. If you see me posting on the board, call me names, and tell me to get back to work. Thank you. See you all Monday.
jsorense posted 03-04-99 06:22 PM ET
Dear taterbill,
No, you aren't the only one who has suffered from addiction to these forums. Many people have fallen to its siren call. And your habit is just the first stag to Full Blown SMAC Addition. Your life can only get worse.
There have also been many experimental therapies attempted, Brother Greg's great ProSmac project is just one lamentable example (what was he doing in that space station with lab assistant Cindy Crawford anyway).
At this time my only advice to you is join me here at the The Michael Ely & Brian Reynolds Clinic for Terminal Type I SMAC Addiction, here in Palm Springs (next door to Bette Ford). I am a permanent "guest" here and I find it very restful and soothing. Ahhhhhhhhhh.
P.S. They have a T-1 line. Wooooohoooooo!
Khan Singh posted 03-04-99 07:39 PM ET
I've been to a lot of game forums, but these are hands down the best. First of all you don't have to download each reply to a topic seperately, unlike 95% of the bulletin boards in existance. This is the way to do it, the entire thread together. Kudos to Firaxis for choosing a rational bulletin board scheme.
Second the posters here are way more literate than those at any other game forum. They are a bit, um, how to put this....verbose? Long winded? Prolix? But at least they ramble intelligently. At the Fallout 2 forum the most common word in use was F%*k, followed closely by fu*&ing.
Now I like a good hot flaming as much as the next person, but after a while it gets boring. Here you get considerably less heat and more light. A nice change.
Borodino posted 03-04-99 08:22 PM ET
Nice metaphor in that last sentence. KS, you are definately contributing your fair share to this forum's "literacy".
Brother Greg posted 03-04-99 09:19 PM ET
What was I doing in space with Lab Assistant Cindy Crawford? Why, experiments into the effects of weightlessness on SMACA of course.
REALLY!
You MUST believe me.
ProSMAC, AlphaProSMAC, BetaProSMAC, and so on. Ah,, all the memories. If only we still had access to those old forums. *SIGH*
MoSe posted 03-05-99 10:43 AM ET
Hi, my name is Mario, and I am a SMACforumaholic.
Plus, I'm not connected at home, cos'I'm about to move (planning ISDN fit), but keep shifting the schedule.
At work I can't get a decent PC to play on (we giv'em all to users), so I'm on a schizo verge.
My biggest forum newbie (since Xmas, first exp at all) pride is having brought back to life the blah topic, after it was stuck since two weeks (go and check the post dates).
MariOne
(I'd like to change my UserName w/out losing the post count)
Koo posted 03-05-99 11:16 AM ET
Aaargh, this is terrible! I go to the library so I can finally do some work away from SMAC, but here there are networked computers... Does anyone know of any 12-step programs? And when would you start Step 1, at 4:30 am when you finally shut your computer down?
Scrubby posted 03-05-99 02:04 PM ET
I thought I was the only one... Hehe. Three cheers for the SMAC Talk addicts!

Jeje posted 03-06-99 04:31 PM ET
Hello,
I am also addicted to this forum.
Altough I dont mail here so often, but I read this forum several times per day.

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Author	Topic: Help, I'm addicted to this forum!
taterbill	posted 03-04-99 05:44 PM ET Hi, my name is Bill, and I am a SMACforumaholic! I am addicted to hanging around these boards all day at work almost as much as I am addicted to playing SMAC at home. If my boss asks me for a status update this afternoon, I'm dead. I constantly reload to see if anyone has posted anything new, especially in the "Constructive Criticism...", "Transcend Ironman Only...", and "You Know You're Old When..." threads. Sad, isn't it? My only consolation is that I am quite sure I am not the only one leading such a miserable existence. Get back to work (or studying), all of you! Anyway, I am going home now and I WILL NOT be on the board tomorrow. If you see me posting on the board, call me names, and tell me to get back to work. Thank you. See you all Monday.
jsorense	posted 03-04-99 06:22 PM ET Dear taterbill, No, you aren't the only one who has suffered from addiction to these forums. Many people have fallen to its siren call. And your habit is just the first stag to Full Blown SMAC Addition. Your life can only get worse. There have also been many experimental therapies attempted, Brother Greg's great ProSmac project is just one lamentable example (what was he doing in that space station with lab assistant Cindy Crawford anyway). At this time my only advice to you is join me here at the The Michael Ely & Brian Reynolds Clinic for Terminal Type I SMAC Addiction, here in Palm Springs (next door to Bette Ford). I am a permanent "guest" here and I find it very restful and soothing. Ahhhhhhhhhh. P.S. They have a T-1 line. Wooooohoooooo!
Khan Singh	posted 03-04-99 07:39 PM ET I've been to a lot of game forums, but these are hands down the best. First of all you don't have to download each reply to a topic seperately, unlike 95% of the bulletin boards in existance. This is the way to do it, the entire thread together. Kudos to Firaxis for choosing a rational bulletin board scheme. Second the posters here are way more literate than those at any other game forum. They are a bit, um, how to put this....verbose? Long winded? Prolix? But at least they ramble intelligently. At the Fallout 2 forum the most common word in use was F%k, followed closely by fu&ing. Now I like a good hot flaming as much as the next person, but after a while it gets boring. Here you get considerably less heat and more light. A nice change.
Borodino	posted 03-04-99 08:22 PM ET Nice metaphor in that last sentence. KS, you are definately contributing your fair share to this forum's "literacy".
Brother Greg	posted 03-04-99 09:19 PM ET What was I doing in space with Lab Assistant Cindy Crawford? Why, experiments into the effects of weightlessness on SMACA of course. REALLY! You MUST believe me. ProSMAC, AlphaProSMAC, BetaProSMAC, and so on. Ah,, all the memories. If only we still had access to those old forums. SIGH
MoSe	posted 03-05-99 10:43 AM ET Hi, my name is Mario, and I am a SMACforumaholic. Plus, I'm not connected at home, cos'I'm about to move (planning ISDN fit), but keep shifting the schedule. At work I can't get a decent PC to play on (we giv'em all to users), so I'm on a schizo verge. My biggest forum newbie (since Xmas, first exp at all) pride is having brought back to life the blah topic, after it was stuck since two weeks (go and check the post dates). MariOne (I'd like to change my UserName w/out losing the post count)
Koo	posted 03-05-99 11:16 AM ET Aaargh, this is terrible! I go to the library so I can finally do some work away from SMAC, but here there are networked computers... Does anyone know of any 12-step programs? And when would you start Step 1, at 4:30 am when you finally shut your computer down?
Scrubby	posted 03-05-99 02:04 PM ET I thought I was the only one... Hehe. Three cheers for the SMAC Talk addicts!
Jeje	posted 03-06-99 04:31 PM ET Hello, I am also addicted to this forum. Altough I dont mail here so often, but I read this forum several times per day.