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Is Foley really the devil..?? (Previously: RetroBlast is a traitor..??)
SOAPboy:
Um.. id gladly review one of his machines.. if the guy is willing to send me a FREE MACHINE/PARTS/GAMES , ill gladly write a review all about it for whatever site wanted it..
Why?
Its free stuff first off..
Secondly, even if the guy is a ---tallywhacker---, the product might be great, or might be total crap..
Lastly, you got to look at this with less bias, ok, hes a --missioncontrol--, but that dont mean his product isnt worth looking at.. Sure its expensive, sure hes the devil, but a free machine/parts/ect, for a few hours of your time, to me, is worth it a 100%..
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: KevSteele on June 12, 2005, 05:28:20 pm ---Heck, just to clarify: I am not getting an UltraCade to review. Heck, I'm not getting anything at all - I just agreed to consider reviewing products from UltraCade, primairly their encoder/video adapters.
As for the overly-positive reviews: yes, I get enthusastic. But have you considered the fact that I may have actually liked most the products I've reviewed? I realize that you may not agree with my reviews, but I've never claimed to be anything other than an arcade enthusiast sharing my opinions.
With any review you need to understand a bit about the reviewer, then filter the review through what you know about them.
Kevin
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Not that you were pointing me at (at least i don't think you were ;) ) but I wasn't knocking you for being overly positive.. just stating it. I could care less, and in fact... I hope you DO enjoy everything you review.
I love getting things that I enjoy, so even if you are getting these simply to review... all the more to ya if you can get some enjoyment out of it.
I just think people totally overreacted to the fact that you MIGHT sometime in the future POSSIBLY review some product from Ultracade. Shoot, if he sends you a bunch of stuff and you can't review it, send it my way.. I"ll be glad to review it for ya LOL. Playing with new stuff is fun no matter where it comes from in my book.
DarkKobold:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on June 12, 2005, 09:47:07 pm ---Can the next person who chooses to cites Bleem! vs Sony PLEASE remember that Sony did NOT lose ... they did not win the majority of the legal cases, but Bleem! is gone.
Sony got exactly what they wanted -- they won and it didn't cost them all that much.
Can we stop pointing to these cases (there were, after all, more than one) as a reason not to worry about MAME, because it is the perfect example of what can happen.
Cheers.
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Ok, hell no. Sony lost in the courts. Sony won, by threating to not allow retailers selling Bleem! to sell PS2, right before it came out.
Damn. Know your facts.
Xphile:
--- Quote from: quarterback on June 11, 2005, 01:34:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: saint on June 11, 2005, 12:38:18 pm ---I, for one, welcome our new MAME(tm) overlords!
--- End quote ---
In Russia, MAME(tm) welcomes *you*
--- End quote ---
lol, that sounds so familiar, but I can't place it...I picture it coming from the four eyed alien evil genius on "lilo and stich', but that's not it, is it?
Voodooray:
When you are sat at home tonite in front of the TV, have a think about what you know of the guy who's company made it. He maybe a total jerk but you don't care because it's a good TV.
Now this may be a bit simplistic but you see the point i am trying to make.
People talk about principles, but refuse to review something because you don't like the guy and your review credibility is gone in an instant. Reviews must be impartial, othrwise why bother? And a hard fact of life is that at some time you will review something that will leave a nasty taste in your mouth.
As other people have mentioned, it seems strange people taking the moral high ground when they are using illegal roms. Please don't take this as backing for Mr Foley, i really dislike the guy, but a valid point doesn't become less valid because you don't like the person making it.
Just my two peneth, not an attack on anybody.
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