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SLIKSTIK & OSCAR.......
KevSteele:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 15, 2003, 07:38:08 am ---Also. I am glad that their spinners seem to have real differences, that makes for more choices for everyone. If they both sold identical spinners there would be no point and they would quickly put each other out of business via a price war.
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I think this is a very good point -- they both have different spinner designs, each with different strengths and weaknesses. I think there's enough room in the "MAME ecosphere" to support two spinner vendors.
Hopefully things will be a bit more civil around here...no need for a "blood feud"
Kevin
clok:
Let it die
Clok
Kodos to both guys for great products!
shmokes:
If you go back and read the thread I think you will see that there is definitely not an anti-Christian vibe. In fact, much of that thread was dedicated to discussing whether or not Oscar's spinner would be compatible with Christian's new knob. There is clearly support for products. It was his particular antics in that thread that drew so much fire. And they deserved the fire. His posts were inappropriate.
rampy:
First off: why is every groovytuesday subject screaming all caps? Who does he think he is snack?
second: People like Oscar because he consistently gives back to community with helpful articles, insight, newbie handholding, technical info, and bringing great MAME/arcade control centric products to market (which granted slik stik does as well).
I don't get as much of that warm fuzzy feeling or as much use out of slik stik christian's posts... I don't see his posts contain much content besides promoting a new product/etc or answer a slik stick related query/comment (which is fine and good to have)
I bet part of the backlash SSC gets is just the old DIY versus BIY holy war (do it yourself vs Buy it yourself)
now I've got to go read the thread in question that's causing all the fuss=P
Rampy
Chris:
I think both have great products; I think the only real issue was Christian doing the "Mine is better than yours" right in Oscar's announcement thread. If he wanted to do a head-to-head comparison or promote his own products, it would have been more polite to start a new thread.
--Chris