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Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 12:53 AM ET
Well I see Rang and Imran, but where's YYYH, Mike and Stobie?
Congrates to Imran and Rang, you got a part in the story.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 12:58 AM ET
HOLA! We're here. Just look a little closer.....Mike's still here a bit, & Stobie kinda went into a breakdown with no more sci & tech forums
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 12:59 AM ET
BTW, I got a part in the story as well
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 01:02 AM ET
Kick-ass, you're here YYYH. MY name didn't get into the story, but oh well.
Who's this MikeH2? Is he the same guy?
And I think this "THe Thomas A. Stobie" is a fraud.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 01:06 AM ET
MikeH2 changed his name for the hell of it. He's the same. The Thomas A Stobie is TAS, but he added the 'The' because someone stole his old name of Thomas A Stobie.
You missed a lot!
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 01:10 AM ET
DAmned thieves.
Oh I need an occupation with some sort of assiciation with NIM.
Old_Guy posted 12-12-98 01:56 AM ET
Well here I am, after all I qualify by name even if I've only been in these forums since August.
Imran Siddiqui posted 12-12-98 02:25 AM ET
JIMBO!!! How ya been old buddy. How are they threating you?!! Yeah, I'm in the story, and I've been quite a sparkplug. Starting the BoS, getting flamed in the CTP forums. Well, well, Jimbo is back. I think a party is neccessary!!
Imran Siddiqui
Overjoyed SMACer
The DirectorGeneral posted 12-12-98 02:50 AM ET
From the desk of the Director General;
"I have always been here. your mind is finally quiet enough to hear me...."
Good to see ya, man.
oh and I think I'm the Raymond in the episode describing Zhakarov's vision of the UoP.
The Director General,
Vorlon Wannabe
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 12:09 PM ET
This welcome brings a tear to my eye. WHat's BoS?
MikeH II posted 12-12-98 01:13 PM ET
I'm here just not as often as before.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 02:37 PM ET
Jimbo,
The BoS stands for the Brotherhood of Sid. Imran founded it, & I'm kind of his right hand man. We fight for democracy, & against CWAL(long story, have them explain). I could get into detail of our month+3 day history, but you'd be dumbfounded by the first mention of Tawdal.
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 02:41 PM ET
Here's our webpage Jimbo. You can learn more about us there.
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/3233/index.html

IIRC, this the webpage of our archenemy CWAL:
http://www.mordor.ch/shadow/cwal/
Any CWALers please correct me on that, because I'm almost positive I got it wrong.
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Jay posted 12-12-98 02:56 PM ET
Yo-Yo you screwed that one. CWAL isn't our arch-enemy. ONLY the Hunt Valley subsection is hostile to us because we won't let them steal the SMAC beta.
Anyhow while I'm a newbie ( and damn proud of it ) I do know of most of the recent happenings. And I don't make many typos
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 03:06 PM ET
Damn Jay, I forgot the HV part, we don't really mind the other CWALers, as long as they don't screw around here. We just don't like them trying to 'liberate' Sid's game.
Now, for a correction, CWAL HV is our enemy, & I can't remember CWAL HV's exact webpage right now. Jay, can you? You seem to correct all my mistakes.
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 03:09 PM ET
Typo alert: This one makes my post make no sense.
Please put a period after 'HV part' replacing the comma. Capitalize the 'W' as well.
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 05:04 PM ET
You lost somewhere back in September YYYH.
BoS???
CWAL???
Anyone want to tell what the hell is going on?
Jay posted 12-12-98 05:19 PM ET
Well the CWAL HV webpage is at www2.crosswinds.net/toronto/~fjorxc/cwal/index.htm
And Jimbo, the CWAL stands for Can't Wait Any Longer. They tried to liberate StarCraft before it was finished. Now they are after StarCraft Expansion Disks, Worms:Armageddon and SMAC (Alpha Centauri for gods sake!). To be more specific, it is the Hunt Valley subsection that tries to "liberate" SMAC. They say that SMAC has been ready for half a year or so and that the holy FIRAXIS is holding its release just to piss me off.
And the BoS is the glorious Brotherhood of Sid. Founder: Imran Siddiqui. If you want more info, ask Imran or go to our homepage. I think Yo-Yo already mentioned it.
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 05:22 PM ET
Hmm, which group to joy.
Should I have faith in Sid and that SMAC isn't ready or should I give into temptation?
What to do???
Jay posted 12-12-98 05:23 PM ET
Goddamn!
My very first typo!
About the part holding its release to piss _me_ off...
I think I wouldn't be the only one pissed off.
Sorry!
Jay posted 12-12-98 05:26 PM ET
Jimbo don't do it!!!
Don't join CWAL HV!
We already lost DG to them!
Please join the BoS!!!
For the sake of us all!
If someone tries to "liberate" the SMAC Sid might get angry and not release it at all!
DHE_X2 posted 12-12-98 05:26 PM ET
Don't give into the temptation of the dark side.
btw, if you don't know, I'm Dead Head Ed.
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 05:33 PM ET
DG is with CWAL.
There's gotta be something good there if DG is with them.
SEE YA, gonna take a look at their website.
Jimbo
The Undecided
The Thomas A Stobie posted 12-12-98 05:56 PM ET
Jimbo, I am still around, but mostly lurk. Very few good on topic subjects particularly those that were not addressed on the old forum.
If only we could get the beta testers to reveal what they know.
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 06:08 PM ET
Oh, like you're not a beta tester Thomas.
outlyr242 the rebirth posted 12-12-98 09:23 PM ET
Hey do I count as an old guy? I only joined mid summer then spent most of my time in the I clubs. Maybe not. I miss those days but I am glad that things can change.
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 10:48 PM ET
If I remember you, you're an old guy and I remember you Outlyr, AUH20, YYYH, Michael, Thomas, Rang, Venom, Imran, Roland, DarkWizard, Matt, DG, Snowfire, MikeH, but I don't really remember DHE.
Sorry Dead Head Ed.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-12-98 10:53 PM ET
Don't join CWAL Jimbo!! Would you wanna be held accountable for releasing an unfinished game early. Would you like to play a crappy, unfinished game Jimbo?? I think not! Join the BoS & make SMAC available when it's ready!
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Jimbo2 posted 12-12-98 10:56 PM ET
Do I know anyone in CWAL HV? Oh, only DG.
I'm going to let the wind take me now. I don't know where I'll end up, maybe in CWAL, maybe in BoS, I'm slightly favouring CWAL.
P.S. Favoring-US
Favouring-Canadian
Brother Greg posted 12-13-98 06:42 PM ET
Jimbo, if you ask me, both groups are a bit full of themselves. I'd just stay neutral, like I have. Then you don't have to commit to a particular frame of mind.
Frankly, Bos is more like a dictator - sure they tell us it is for our own good, but how do we REALLY know? And isn't it funny how Bos guards are stationed at all the strategic points? Hmmm?
As for CWAL, they just seem like a bunch of deranged loonies (no offence), which makes it even harder to believe that we need Bos to protect us.
So, I suggest sitting on the sideline for a while...
Jimbo2 posted 12-13-98 09:20 PM ET
I wanna drop out now. I thought that there was a war or battle. But it's just stupid nonsense about the illusive SMAC CD.
NightShade posted 12-14-98 07:05 PM ET
Hi I'm back. I somehow got lost in the Nexus and I fell into an interdimesional rift and ended up in a Borg collective. They made us drones sit for hours in small rooms and they kept telling us to assimilate the data cores they were giving to us. We are the Borg... Information overload rerouting auxillary power to secondary systems (mmmmm good coffee...) Retrieving relavent data... SMAC SMAC SMAC, There was something important about this, must do further investagation. SMAC will be assimilated, resistance is futile.
Medivh posted 12-14-98 07:47 PM ET
Well...Finally I'm back in business! ( fu... intenet provider ) been off line for 1� month... it's nice to be here again. And it's nice to see the real good old ones ( MikeH ... YYYH )
Rang posted 12-14-98 07:47 PM ET
Glad to have you back, Jimbo. You've definitely been missed. How are things going?
Rang, the past tense of "ring"
Jimbo2 posted 12-14-98 08:23 PM ET
It's good to be back, thanks Rang.
Arnelos posted 12-16-98 12:23 AM ET
I believe I have now perhaps hit the third stage of SMACer posting evolution.
I have been through the first stage, that of gradually increases posts as I became more engrossed in the SMAC forums.
I have been through the second stage, that of enormous amounts of posts on a single day, perhaps contributing in a week's time, to a hundred posts and a significant portion of the overall posting for that time period.
I believe I may now have entered into the third stage. The transition to the third stage is a long period where one has the time to post, but realizes that to place a *real* commitment in posting as you have done before would be too much trouble. The true entrance into the third stage it seems is when one finally evolves to a point where they only infrequently post material, secure that their place in SMAC-forum history has been established and that they can just sit back and comfortably wait for the release of the game. A constant murmur of light posting is done to keep up a medium appetite for SMAC.
I am only beginning on this third stage however, and am not nearly as far along as the many greats who became third stage posters months ago.
(perhaps a another form of third stage should be suggested for those like Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey, who continue to post at amazingly high frequencies, despite the time they have already spent. Perhaps these people just have not yet seen the enlightenment that is the third stage. . .).
Imran Siddiqui posted 12-16-98 02:36 AM ET
Actually, Arnelos, I have reached your stages and find that they can be trancended. I did not follow your pattern. I started as in the third stage, even though I was not yet assured of my place in SMAC. I gradually built up my posts, making space commentary. Then with the new forums a rebirth, I reached to the 2nd stage, posting immensly. I have, not to my recollection, been in the first stage. In the beginning I posted sparsely. So I have broken your mold.
Imran Siddiqui
Imran Siddiqui posted 12-16-98 03:40 AM ET
In fact, I, I at the end of the last forums, called more quanitity over quality. Where have those posters gone?
Imran Siddiqui
Arnelos posted 12-17-98 03:36 PM ET
Ah, but what you describe is exactly what I meant by the first stage. First stage people are those that post only infrequently. Only late in the first stage, do you truly begin to increase your post count until you truly enter the second stage, that of a rapid poster. Most people never leave the 1st stage, the one of initial infrequent posting. The first stage includes a transition to the second, involving an increasing post frequency.
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Author	Topic: Where's the old guys?
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 12:53 AM ET Well I see Rang and Imran, but where's YYYH, Mike and Stobie? Congrates to Imran and Rang, you got a part in the story.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 12:58 AM ET HOLA! We're here. Just look a little closer.....Mike's still here a bit, & Stobie kinda went into a breakdown with no more sci & tech forums Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 12:59 AM ET BTW, I got a part in the story as well Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 01:02 AM ET Kick-ass, you're here YYYH. MY name didn't get into the story, but oh well. Who's this MikeH2? Is he the same guy? And I think this "THe Thomas A. Stobie" is a fraud.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 01:06 AM ET MikeH2 changed his name for the hell of it. He's the same. The Thomas A Stobie is TAS, but he added the 'The' because someone stole his old name of Thomas A Stobie. You missed a lot! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 01:10 AM ET DAmned thieves. Oh I need an occupation with some sort of assiciation with NIM.
Old_Guy	posted 12-12-98 01:56 AM ET Well here I am, after all I qualify by name even if I've only been in these forums since August.
Imran Siddiqui	posted 12-12-98 02:25 AM ET JIMBO!!! How ya been old buddy. How are they threating you?!! Yeah, I'm in the story, and I've been quite a sparkplug. Starting the BoS, getting flamed in the CTP forums. Well, well, Jimbo is back. I think a party is neccessary!! Imran Siddiqui Overjoyed SMACer
The DirectorGeneral	posted 12-12-98 02:50 AM ET From the desk of the Director General; "I have always been here. your mind is finally quiet enough to hear me...." Good to see ya, man. oh and I think I'm the Raymond in the episode describing Zhakarov's vision of the UoP. The Director General, Vorlon Wannabe
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 12:09 PM ET This welcome brings a tear to my eye. WHat's BoS?
MikeH II	posted 12-12-98 01:13 PM ET I'm here just not as often as before.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 02:37 PM ET Jimbo, The BoS stands for the Brotherhood of Sid. Imran founded it, & I'm kind of his right hand man. We fight for democracy, & against CWAL(long story, have them explain). I could get into detail of our month+3 day history, but you'd be dumbfounded by the first mention of Tawdal. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 02:41 PM ET Here's our webpage Jimbo. You can learn more about us there. http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/3233/index.html IIRC, this the webpage of our archenemy CWAL: http://www.mordor.ch/shadow/cwal/ Any CWALers please correct me on that, because I'm almost positive I got it wrong. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Jay	posted 12-12-98 02:56 PM ET Yo-Yo you screwed that one. CWAL isn't our arch-enemy. ONLY the Hunt Valley subsection is hostile to us because we won't let them steal the SMAC beta. Anyhow while I'm a newbie ( and damn proud of it ) I do know of most of the recent happenings. And I don't make many typos
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 03:06 PM ET Damn Jay, I forgot the HV part, we don't really mind the other CWALers, as long as they don't screw around here. We just don't like them trying to 'liberate' Sid's game. Now, for a correction, CWAL HV is our enemy, & I can't remember CWAL HV's exact webpage right now. Jay, can you? You seem to correct all my mistakes. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 03:09 PM ET Typo alert: This one makes my post make no sense. Please put a period after 'HV part' replacing the comma. Capitalize the 'W' as well. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 05:04 PM ET You lost somewhere back in September YYYH. BoS??? CWAL??? Anyone want to tell what the hell is going on?
Jay	posted 12-12-98 05:19 PM ET Well the CWAL HV webpage is at www2.crosswinds.net/toronto/~fjorxc/cwal/index.htm And Jimbo, the CWAL stands for Can't Wait Any Longer. They tried to liberate StarCraft before it was finished. Now they are after StarCraft Expansion Disks, Worms:Armageddon and SMAC (Alpha Centauri for gods sake!). To be more specific, it is the Hunt Valley subsection that tries to "liberate" SMAC. They say that SMAC has been ready for half a year or so and that the holy FIRAXIS is holding its release just to piss me off. And the BoS is the glorious Brotherhood of Sid. Founder: Imran Siddiqui. If you want more info, ask Imran or go to our homepage. I think Yo-Yo already mentioned it.
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 05:22 PM ET Hmm, which group to joy. Should I have faith in Sid and that SMAC isn't ready or should I give into temptation? What to do???
Jay	posted 12-12-98 05:23 PM ET Goddamn! My very first typo! About the part holding its release to piss _me_ off... I think I wouldn't be the only one pissed off. Sorry!
Jay	posted 12-12-98 05:26 PM ET Jimbo don't do it!!! Don't join CWAL HV! We already lost DG to them! Please join the BoS!!! For the sake of us all! If someone tries to "liberate" the SMAC Sid might get angry and not release it at all!
DHE_X2	posted 12-12-98 05:26 PM ET Don't give into the temptation of the dark side. btw, if you don't know, I'm Dead Head Ed.
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 05:33 PM ET DG is with CWAL. There's gotta be something good there if DG is with them. SEE YA, gonna take a look at their website. Jimbo The Undecided
The Thomas A Stobie	posted 12-12-98 05:56 PM ET Jimbo, I am still around, but mostly lurk. Very few good on topic subjects particularly those that were not addressed on the old forum. If only we could get the beta testers to reveal what they know.
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 06:08 PM ET Oh, like you're not a beta tester Thomas.
outlyr242 the rebirth	posted 12-12-98 09:23 PM ET Hey do I count as an old guy? I only joined mid summer then spent most of my time in the I clubs. Maybe not. I miss those days but I am glad that things can change.
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 10:48 PM ET If I remember you, you're an old guy and I remember you Outlyr, AUH20, YYYH, Michael, Thomas, Rang, Venom, Imran, Roland, DarkWizard, Matt, DG, Snowfire, MikeH, but I don't really remember DHE. Sorry Dead Head Ed.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-12-98 10:53 PM ET Don't join CWAL Jimbo!! Would you wanna be held accountable for releasing an unfinished game early. Would you like to play a crappy, unfinished game Jimbo?? I think not! Join the BoS & make SMAC available when it's ready! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Jimbo2	posted 12-12-98 10:56 PM ET Do I know anyone in CWAL HV? Oh, only DG. I'm going to let the wind take me now. I don't know where I'll end up, maybe in CWAL, maybe in BoS, I'm slightly favouring CWAL. P.S. Favoring-US Favouring-Canadian
Brother Greg	posted 12-13-98 06:42 PM ET Jimbo, if you ask me, both groups are a bit full of themselves. I'd just stay neutral, like I have. Then you don't have to commit to a particular frame of mind. Frankly, Bos is more like a dictator - sure they tell us it is for our own good, but how do we REALLY know? And isn't it funny how Bos guards are stationed at all the strategic points? Hmmm? As for CWAL, they just seem like a bunch of deranged loonies (no offence), which makes it even harder to believe that we need Bos to protect us. So, I suggest sitting on the sideline for a while...
Jimbo2	posted 12-13-98 09:20 PM ET I wanna drop out now. I thought that there was a war or battle. But it's just stupid nonsense about the illusive SMAC CD.
NightShade	posted 12-14-98 07:05 PM ET Hi I'm back. I somehow got lost in the Nexus and I fell into an interdimesional rift and ended up in a Borg collective. They made us drones sit for hours in small rooms and they kept telling us to assimilate the data cores they were giving to us. We are the Borg... Information overload rerouting auxillary power to secondary systems (mmmmm good coffee...) Retrieving relavent data... SMAC SMAC SMAC, There was something important about this, must do further investagation. SMAC will be assimilated, resistance is futile.
Medivh	posted 12-14-98 07:47 PM ET Well...Finally I'm back in business! ( fu... intenet provider ) been off line for 1� month... it's nice to be here again. And it's nice to see the real good old ones ( MikeH ... YYYH )
Rang	posted 12-14-98 07:47 PM ET Glad to have you back, Jimbo. You've definitely been missed. How are things going? Rang, the past tense of "ring"
Jimbo2	posted 12-14-98 08:23 PM ET It's good to be back, thanks Rang.
Arnelos	posted 12-16-98 12:23 AM ET I believe I have now perhaps hit the third stage of SMACer posting evolution. I have been through the first stage, that of gradually increases posts as I became more engrossed in the SMAC forums. I have been through the second stage, that of enormous amounts of posts on a single day, perhaps contributing in a week's time, to a hundred posts and a significant portion of the overall posting for that time period. I believe I may now have entered into the third stage. The transition to the third stage is a long period where one has the time to post, but realizes that to place a real commitment in posting as you have done before would be too much trouble. The true entrance into the third stage it seems is when one finally evolves to a point where they only infrequently post material, secure that their place in SMAC-forum history has been established and that they can just sit back and comfortably wait for the release of the game. A constant murmur of light posting is done to keep up a medium appetite for SMAC. I am only beginning on this third stage however, and am not nearly as far along as the many greats who became third stage posters months ago. (perhaps a another form of third stage should be suggested for those like Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey, who continue to post at amazingly high frequencies, despite the time they have already spent. Perhaps these people just have not yet seen the enlightenment that is the third stage. . .).
Imran Siddiqui	posted 12-16-98 02:36 AM ET Actually, Arnelos, I have reached your stages and find that they can be trancended. I did not follow your pattern. I started as in the third stage, even though I was not yet assured of my place in SMAC. I gradually built up my posts, making space commentary. Then with the new forums a rebirth, I reached to the 2nd stage, posting immensly. I have, not to my recollection, been in the first stage. In the beginning I posted sparsely. So I have broken your mold. Imran Siddiqui
Imran Siddiqui	posted 12-16-98 03:40 AM ET In fact, I, I at the end of the last forums, called more quanitity over quality. Where have those posters gone? Imran Siddiqui
Arnelos	posted 12-17-98 03:36 PM ET Ah, but what you describe is exactly what I meant by the first stage. First stage people are those that post only infrequently. Only late in the first stage, do you truly begin to increase your post count until you truly enter the second stage, that of a rapid poster. Most people never leave the 1st stage, the one of initial infrequent posting. The first stage includes a transition to the second, involving an increasing post frequency.