Who do you miss that left BYOAC?

[Hoopz]

Havok, Youki, and a few others that were great at answering questions in Software.

[yotsuya]

Speaking of those guys, I would have loved to see some further development on Atomic FE.

[Ginsu Victim]

Ginsu too.  He got laid off and went back to school so he isn't as active as he was a few years ago.

I've been working for a books/music/movies/games chain for the last two years.

Today they told us WE ARE CLOSING. Woo-hoo! Another lay off!

---fudgesicle---! 

[danny_galaga]

I miss that Malenko character, someone should send him an invite...

[Malenko]

I miss that Malenko character, someone should send him an invite...

That guy sucks. WTF is a Malenko?

[Zakk]

Ginsu too.  He got laid off and went back to school so he isn't as active as he was a few years ago.

I've been working for a books/music/movies/games chain for the last two years.

Today they told us WE ARE CLOSING. Woo-hoo! Another lay off!

---fudgesicle---! 

Not being a jerk, but really?  You didn't see that coming?  It's like they made a store that sold everything people no longer buy in stores. 

[Howard_Casto]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it..... 

[Zakk]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it.....

I guess amazon....steam...origin....netflix.....itunes....   are all just passing phases? 


Seriously, I don't even know if there is a bookstore left in town, except the ones that are also coffee shops. 

[Ginsu Victim]

You didn't see that coming?

Yeah, I've known we were going to close for a while now, just not when. Corporate was shocked at our lack of surprise.

[Howard_Casto]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it.....

I guess amazon....steam...origin....netflix.....itunes....   are all just passing phases? 


Seriously, I don't even know if there is a bookstore left in town, except the ones that are also coffee shops.

I didn't say that people didn't also buy things online, but brick and mortar, particularly for games isn't going anywhere anytime soon. 

[Zakk]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it.....

I guess amazon....steam...origin....netflix.....itunes....   are all just passing phases? 


Seriously, I don't even know if there is a bookstore left in town, except the ones that are also coffee shops.

I didn't say that people didn't also buy things online, but brick and mortar, particularly for games isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Well I hope you're right... I personally hate steam, and try to buy an actual copy of a game I like, but as a PC gamer, it's getting tougher and tougher. 

[Howard_Casto]

Oh you didn't specify pc gaming.... yeah I'm pretty sure that might go entirely digital at some point or at least pretty darn close.  I can go into any given "s mart" and the pc games section looks like the island of misfit toys. 

Console and portable games seem to be safe though... at least for now. 

[Goz]

I've met Goz in person. Good dude.

You know the best part about living in Phoenix this time of year?

Ice cold beer after a day of abuse at work. Need to do a meat up.

[HaRuMaN]

I've met Goz in person. Good dude.

You know the best part about living in Phoenix this time of year?

Ice cold beer after a day of abuse at work. Need to do a meat up.

Yes we do

[ChadTower]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it.....

In MA that is an almost extinct option.  Especially if you're looking for something that isn't new within the last month or pure top 40.  Target/Walmart carry very little selection of any of those things and there are few dedicated stores left here.  It's even worse in RI.

My wife and I have been purely Amazon for this stuff for years now.  We don't want to be but that's the only viable method.

[CCM]

You know the best part about living in Phoenix this time of year?

Ice cold beer after a day of abuse at work. Need to do a meat up.

I don't know what a 'meat up' is, but it doesn't sound like something I want to be a part of.   

[Malenko]

I don't know what a 'meat up' is, but it doesn't sound like something I want to be a part of.   

Do what Lew does, make sure its being held within a few miles of where you live, say you'll go,  then dont. 

[Howard_Casto]

Huh?  I still buy all my books/music/movies and games in stores as do most people (with the possible exception of music), so that's not it.  If it wasn't a chain store, that was it.....

In MA that is an almost extinct option.  Especially if you're looking for something that isn't new within the last month or pure top 40.  Target/Walmart carry very little selection of any of those things and there are few dedicated stores left here.  It's even worse in RI.

My wife and I have been purely Amazon for this stuff for years now.  We don't want to be but that's the only viable method.

That sucks.  We've got three or four dedicated music stores, one is a big chain (can't remember the name) and it's the only one that does really well.  I don't really shop there myself.  Book stores are slowly going away, but we've still go two.   

Kmart and Walmart always stock the latest stuff around here so if there's something new I'll just pick it up.  Now old stuff, that's another story.  They have a good selection, but if it's something obscure, you are right, you are better off ordering a cd from amazon.  That being said unless it's something popular you won't make any money off of old stuff anyway. 

[Gray_Area]

I've been working for a books/music/movies/games chain for the last two years.

Today they told us WE ARE CLOSING. Woo-hoo! Another lay off!

Times flies.....

[saint]

So... Welcome back then now that you have loads of free time? 

Ginsu too.  He got laid off and went back to school so he isn't as active as he was a few years ago.

I've been working for a books/music/movies/games chain for the last two years.

Today they told us WE ARE CLOSING. Woo-hoo! Another lay off!

---fudgesicle---! 

[Ginsu Victim]

So... Welcome back then now that you have loads of free time? 

Well, I never left. I just wasn't around near as much as when I had a desk job.

Of course, I'm sure the amount of time I spent on here added to the list of reasons to let me go.

Let's see....over 9000 posts toward the end of that job.....hmmmmmm.....

[Thenasty]

David Foley 

Wondering what's he's up to now?


Is he working on some JOYSTICKS 

[RayB]

Oh you didn't specify pc gaming.... yeah I'm pretty sure that might go entirely digital at some point or at least pretty darn close.  I can go into any given "s mart" and the pc games section looks like the island of misfit toys. 

Console and portable games seem to be safe though... at least for now.

Ya aren't keeping up on Gaming news, are ya?

[Howard_Casto]

If you'd read some of my other threads you'd realize how silly that accusation is. 

I'm not even sure what you are trying to argue to be honest.  Pc games are still available in brick and mortar stores, but it's fading fast due to steam and similar services. 

Console games are still widely available... the xbone tired to change that and they were crucified for it.  So for now at least, console games are perfectly safe.   

Is there something I'm missing?

[mccoy178]

I miss the Post Purgatory days.  The first 1/2 half. 

[jennifer]

    *Jennifer stamps her foot....And me, somebody needs to miss me too, right?

[UFO]

I left (but you won't have missed me) after a 90% community backlash at comments and warnings I made about a pre-ordering procedure that went tits up - you know the one.

I advised people not to get involved, and I got ripped apart for it (from the owner of the business, and from senior Admins)  - it seems now to have all come crumbling down.

I abandoned my build thread and requested my account deleted / disabled.

I'm back now after two years of illness, and back to building my cab after dusting everything off, but I mainly just ask questions as opposed to getting involved.

It's nice to be back (under a new account), but I will steer clear of opinions from now on - this place is not a great place for discussions!

[Le Chuck]

I like how you steer clear of opinions by immediately posting a derisive opinion. 

[opt2not]

NO discussions, Le Chuck.  You KNOW this forum is not great for discussions. 

[CheffoJeffo]

I left (but you won't have missed me) after a 90% community backlash at comments and warnings I made about a pre-ordering procedure that went tits up - you know the one.

Actually, most people won't know the one unless you tell them. People ---smurfette--- about pre-ordering all the time and I can only think of two instances where it went to hell. So, even I don't know "the one".

Also, if you are going to post just to complain about your prior treatment, post your old ID so I can see why I mistreated you people can see where you were mistreated.

 

[Howard_Casto]

This is a wonderful place for discussions.  Now if you want people to agree with you, that's another story.  People seldom agree with me when it comes to certain things, (even though I'm clearly right   ) but that's ok. You can't take your ball and go home just because you've got a difference of opinion. 

That being said, I wish people would understand that we behave differently in everything else and pnr compared to the "real" forums.  Some people see us giving each other a hard time just for the hell of it in EE and think that's acceptable in the main forums and vice-versa.  The whole point of those forums is to keep the rants and strangeness out of the main forums.  A weird set of unwritten laws have evolved over the years and it can be confusing for newbies. 

[UFO]

I left (but you won't have missed me) after a 90% community backlash at comments and warnings I made about a pre-ordering procedure that went tits up - you know the one.

Actually, most people won't know the one unless you tell them. People ---smurfette--- about pre-ordering all the time and I can only think of two instances where it went to hell. So, even I don't know "the one".

Also, if you are going to post just to complain about your prior treatment, post your old ID so I can see why I mistreated you people can see where you were mistreated.

 

You know what, its old news and I am in a very different place now after recovery.

Im not complaining, just explaining what the reasons for me leaving are and coming back - I also miss some of the old guys like 42, and wonder why this community allowed to lose such a massive resource.

This is a great place with loads of tallent, most of which I can only dream of emulating (if you'll pardon the pun).

Im selfish in a way, because I dont want to share my build with the likes of obvious morons - but that is my choice.

I get a lot from my build - its slower than most because if my illness, but I have no time for people who are just out for kicks.

[Malenko]

I dont know who you are or were, but welcome back. Glad to hear your over your illness and hope this time around is better for you*















*unless your driverman

[UFO]

I dont know who you are or were, but welcome back. Glad to hear your over your illness and hope this time around is better for you*















*unless your driverman

Thanks ... and no, not driverman 

[Vigo]

Im not complaining, just explaining what the reasons for me leaving are and coming back - I also miss some of the old guys like 42, and wonder why this community allowed to lose such a massive resource.

Hmm. I never knew we did something to cause Level42 to go away. I just thought he frequented here less because he was more of a KLOV guy in the end.

[BadMouth]

Derrick Renaud.  Chased away by abarabbadrivernuisance.

Next to Haze, he's the only MAME Dev I remember posting here.

Old interview for anyone interested: http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/articles/Renaud_interview_AR-IN-06132006-01.html

[CheffoJeffo]

Im not complaining, just explaining what the reasons for me leaving are and coming back - I also miss some of the old guys like 42, and wonder why this community allowed to lose such a massive resource.

Hmm. I never knew we did something to cause Level42 to go away. I just thought he frequented here less because he was more of a KLOV guy in the end.

To my knowledge, Level42 stopped visiting because there was fewer and fewer postings here about dedicated machines and he had less and less interest in emulation. He is a good egg and I don't think he got grief from anybody here. At least none that he mentioned to me.

[opt2not]

Im not complaining, just explaining what the reasons for me leaving are and coming back - I also miss some of the old guys like 42, and wonder why this community allowed to lose such a massive resource.

Hmm. I never knew we did something to cause Level42 to go away. I just thought he frequented here less because he was more of a KLOV guy in the end.

To my knowledge, Level42 stopped visiting because there was fewer and fewer postings here about dedicated machines and he had less and less interest in emulation. He is a good egg and I don't think he got grief from anybody here. At least none that he mentioned to me.

Yeah that sounds more likely the case. Spyridon is in the same boat...

[leapinlew]

say you'll go

That part never happened. Quite the opposite. I said I couldn't make it. Don't make me sound worse than I really am, you sonofabitch. 

[Le Chuck]

say you'll go

That part never happened. Quite the opposite. I said I couldn't make it. Don't make me sound worse than I really am, you sonofabitch. 

You have to date:

Turned them down before asking the date
Asked the date, said no, asked for a different date, then said you wouldn't come anyway
Scheduled a trip to a different hemisphere to avoid having to turn down a meatup
Participated in other activities of villianous nature to include being a tomfool

But hey, you're okay in my book