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This newsgroup official dead.

Who could have forseen it?[0]

Choobs

[0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
flame-war :)

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On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0100, choobs@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir
Chewbury Gubbins) wrote:

>This newsgroup official dead.
>
>Who could have forseen it?[0]
>
>Choobs
>
>[0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
>flame-war :)

a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.

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XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk

choobs@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir Chewbury Gubbins) writes:

> This newsgroup official dead.

It's just resting.

[...]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0100, choobs@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir
Chewbury Gubbins) wrote:

>This newsgroup official dead.
>
>Who could have forseen it?[0]
>
>Choobs
>
>[0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
>flame-war :)

Wait until the next gen of handhelds come out....I'm sure it won't be
long now!

On 6 Jul, 15:21, Chris F  wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0100, cho...@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir
>
> Chewbury Gubbins) wrote:
> >This newsgroup official dead.
>
> >Who could have forseen it?[0]
>
> >Choobs
>
> >[0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
> >flame-war :)
>
> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>
> --
>
> http://bykerblog.wordpress.com/- My thrilling new blog
> XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk

Thats not surprising, after talking a lot of old hands who used to
post on NGs ten years ago, like me, its pointless as dickheads rip
people to shreds with (in) joke warped humour, NGs as medium now suck,
thats why people dont post, and I cant name these people as they a
prominently involved in the gaming scene..

flame war choobs  started...

skidz

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:48:37 -0700 (PDT), skidz 
wrote:

>On 6 Jul, 15:21, Chris F  wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0100, cho...@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir
>>
>> Chewbury Gubbins) wrote:
>> >This newsgroup official dead.
>>
>> >Who could have forseen it?[0]
>>
>> >Choobs
>>
>> >[0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
>> >flame-war :)
>>
>> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
>> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>>
>> --
>>
>> http://bykerblog.wordpress.com/- My thrilling new blog
>> XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk
>
>Thats not surprising, after talking a lot of old hands who used to
>post on NGs ten years ago, like me, its pointless as dickheads rip
>people to shreds with (in) joke warped humour, NGs as medium now suck,
>thats why people dont post, and I cant name these people as they a
>prominently involved in the gaming scene..
>
>flame war choobs  started...
>
>skidz

no, people don't post because the vasy majority of net users these
days probably don't have a clue what usenet even is, and a lot of the
people who posted in the past have either moved on, or have migrated
to web forums, etc.

it's not because people have a warped sense of humour, or anything
like that.

does every one of your posts have to descend into a "everyone hates
me" style moan?

fucking get over yourself.
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"Chris F"  wrote in message 
news:l6l174p1m3qmekd4n0kr1ge6amsfrrq63k@4ax.com...
>
> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>

Yep forums seem the way to go but I prefer old school :)


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gospvg wrote:
> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
> news:l6l174p1m3qmekd4n0kr1ge6amsfrrq63k@4ax.com...
>> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
>> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>>
> 
> Yep forums seem the way to go but I prefer old school :)
> 

The problem is, forums are by there very nature, utterly shit. There 
isn't a single web based forum to rival usenet... not that I've seen anyway.

-- 
James Luff
Gamertag: Lufferov
blog: http://lufferov.blogspot.com
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:54:54 +0100, James Luff 
wrote:

>gospvg wrote:
>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>> news:l6l174p1m3qmekd4n0kr1ge6amsfrrq63k@4ax.com...
>>> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
>>> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>>>
>> 
>> Yep forums seem the way to go but I prefer old school :)
>> 
>
>The problem is, forums are by there very nature, utterly shit. There 
>isn't a single web based forum to rival usenet... not that I've seen anyway.

i have to agree, usenet is far easier to navigate, and a lot quicker
about it too.

proper threading is a great advantage as well, unlike most forums
which just stick messages one after the other chronologically.

does my bloody head in, that.
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"Chris F"  wrote in message 
news:h5l274p09dthhukru8h8egp1fvdefocpl2@4ax.com...
>
> proper threading is a great advantage as well, unlike most forums
> which just stick messages one after the other chronologically.
>

I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's this 
below

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.games.video.playstation/browse_thread/thread/1c17fb8a0cda4ba0/13a99834f44ffa2f?lnk=st&q=niaz+khan#13a99834f44ffa2f

Which means I am nearly coming to my 9 year anniversary !!


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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:27:44 +0100, "gospvg" 
wrote:

>"Chris F"  wrote in message 
>news:h5l274p09dthhukru8h8egp1fvdefocpl2@4ax.com...
>>
>> proper threading is a great advantage as well, unlike most forums
>> which just stick messages one after the other chronologically.
>>
>
>I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's this 
>below
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/uk.games.video.playstation/browse_thread/thread/1c17fb8a0cda4ba0/13a99834f44ffa2f?lnk=st&q=niaz+khan#13a99834f44ffa2f
>
>Which means I am nearly coming to my 9 year anniversary !!

been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
first posting alias was, it's been that long.

mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
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"Chris F"  wrote in message 
news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>
> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>
> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>

Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan 
until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & seeing 
some of the old names

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"Chris F"  wrote in message 
news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:27:44 +0100, "gospvg" 
> wrote:
>
>>"Chris F"  wrote in message
>>news:h5l274p09dthhukru8h8egp1fvdefocpl2@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> proper threading is a great advantage as well, unlike most forums
>>> which just stick messages one after the other chronologically.
>>>
>>
>>I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's 
>>this
>>below
>>
>>http://groups.google.com/group/uk.games.video.playstation/browse_thread/thread/1c17fb8a0cda4ba0/13a99834f44ffa2f?lnk=st&q=niaz+khan#13a99834f44ffa2f
>>
>>Which means I am nearly coming to my 9 year anniversary !!
>
> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>
> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
> -- 
>
> http://bykerblog.wordpress.com/ - My thrilling new blog
> XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk

1992 for me. Much prefer newsgroups to forums, but not being a prolific 
poster I guess I cannot complain if they die.

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:10:05 +0100, "zen"  wrote:


>>
>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>
>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.

>
>1992 for me. Much prefer newsgroups to forums, but not being a prolific 
>poster I guess I cannot complain if they die. 

no, but i do think that allows you to be the one who can start posts
with "eeeh, it's changed round here since i were a lad" ;)
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XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk

On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>
>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>
>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>
>
> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan 
> until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & seeing 
> some of the old names

I had no idea you were Niaz!

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Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

"Toby Newman"  wrote in message 
news:slrng7518r.3cg.google@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de...
>
> I had no idea you were Niaz!
>

Well hello there :)


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"zen"  wrote in message 
news:487223b6$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:27:44 +0100, "gospvg" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Chris F"  wrote in message
>>>news:h5l274p09dthhukru8h8egp1fvdefocpl2@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> proper threading is a great advantage as well, unlike most forums
>>>> which just stick messages one after the other chronologically.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's 
>>>this
>>>below
>>>
>>>http://groups.google.com/group/uk.games.video.playstation/browse_thread/thread/1c17fb8a0cda4ba0/13a99834f44ffa2f?lnk=st&q=niaz+khan#13a99834f44ffa2f
>>>
>>>Which means I am nearly coming to my 9 year anniversary !!
>>
>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>
>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>> -- 
>>
>> http://bykerblog.wordpress.com/ - My thrilling new blog
>> XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk
>
> 1992 for me. Much prefer newsgroups to forums, but not being a prolific 
> poster I guess I cannot complain if they die.

And I thought 1996 for myself was impressive :-)

On 2008-07-07 23:00:01 +0100, Toby Newman  said:

> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>> 
>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>> 
>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>> 
>> 
>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or 
>> niazkhan until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & 
>> seeing some of the old names
> 
> I had no idea you were Niaz!

I think the "getting old and still playing videogames", which has been 
his sig for as long as I can remember, gave it away to most people. Me 
at least.

-- 

Zo

On 2008-07-07 11:51:31 +0100, "gospvg"  said:

> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>> 
>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>> 
>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>> 
> 
> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan


Is there supposed to be a difference between the last two that I'm missing?

-- 

Zo

Zomoniac wrote:
> On 2008-07-07 23:00:01 +0100, Toby Newman  said:
> 
>> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
>>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>>> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>>>
>>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or 
>>> niazkhan until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
>>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & 
>>> seeing some of the old names
>>
>> I had no idea you were Niaz!
> 
> I think the "getting old and still playing videogames", which has been 
> his sig for as long as I can remember, gave it away to most people. Me 
> at least.
> 

Ahhhh.. so that's what the gospvg stand for! I'd never picked up on that 
  before!

-- 
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Gamertag: Lufferov
blog: http://lufferov.blogspot.com
"There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that understand binary, and those that don't."

"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
news:6di9jnF2n3k6U2@mid.individual.net...
>
> Is there supposed to be a difference between the last two that I'm 
> missing?
>

yep a missing space :)


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"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
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>
> I think the "getting old and still playing videogames", which has been his 
> sig for as long as I can remember, gave it away to most people. Me at 
> least.
>

Yep I love my sig :)


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"James Luff"  wrote in message 
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>>
>
> Ahhhh.. so that's what the gospvg stand for! I'd never picked up on that 
> before!
>

You learn something new everyday :)


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skidz wrote:
> On 6 Jul, 15:21, Chris F  wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0100, cho...@chewbury.net.invalid (Sir
>>
>> Chewbury Gubbins) wrote:
>>> This newsgroup official dead.
>>> Who could have forseen it?[0]
>>> Choobs
>>> [0] Footnote left intentional blank to avoid starting contentious
>>> flame-war :)
>> a lot of thr groups i subscribe to are going this way, it seems usenet
>> as a medium is getting left behind a bit, really.
>>
>> --
>>
>> http://bykerblog.wordpress.com/- My thrilling new blog
>> XBL Tag: Chrisflynnuk
> 
> Thats not surprising, after talking a lot of old hands who used to
> post on NGs ten years ago, like me, its pointless as dickheads rip
> people to shreds with (in) joke warped humour, NGs as medium now suck,
> thats why people dont post, and I cant name these people as they a
> prominently involved in the gaming scene..
> 
> flame war choobs  started...
> 
> skidz

Scoopex?

On 2008-07-09 00:00:54 +0100, James Luff  said:

> Zomoniac wrote:
>> On 2008-07-07 23:00:01 +0100, Toby Newman  said:
>> 
>>> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
>>>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>>>> 
>>>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>>>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>>>> 
>>>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or 
>>>> niazkhan until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
>>>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & 
>>>> seeing some of the old names
>>> 
>>> I had no idea you were Niaz!
>> 
>> I think the "getting old and still playing videogames", which has been 
>> his sig for as long as I can remember, gave it away to most people. Me 
>> at least.
>> 
> 
> Ahhhh.. so that's what the gospvg stand for! I'd never picked up on 
> that   before!

OH! I kept meaning to ask him what the random string of letters was! Duh.

-- 

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"Zomoniac"  wrote in message 
news:6djs11F2v7pvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>> Ahhhh.. so that's what the gospvg stand for! I'd never picked up on that 
>> before!
>
> OH! I kept meaning to ask him what the random string of letters was! Duh.
>

I am constantly asked this question on live - especially from the yanks


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gospvg wrote:
> I am constantly asked this question on live - especially from the yanks

For some reason, septic teens are /obsessed/ with my GamerTag.  In any 
given game, at least one will start calling out "Capt.... Capt... Black 
klaw... Hey... Talk..."

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http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

"gospvg"  wrote in message 
news:4871e1fc$0$26093$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's 
> this below
>

found an even older post by me

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.graphics.api.opengl/browse_thread/thread/40aacbf8a4a8dbc8/7156d7bc076be729?hl=en&lnk=st&q=author%3Aniazkhan#7156d7bc076be729

15th Oct 1998 !!

Yes i'm bored today

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gospvg wrote:
> "gospvg"  wrote in message 
> news:4871e1fc$0$26093$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> I'm bored & i've been looking for my first post on usenet I think it's 
>> this below
>>
> 
> found an even older post by me
> 
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.graphics.api.opengl/browse_thread/thread/40aacbf8a4a8dbc8/7156d7bc076be729?hl=en&lnk=st&q=author%3Aniazkhan#7156d7bc076be729
> 
> 15th Oct 1998 !!

Mine was posting under a friend's account, to rec.humor (Yeah, no u) in 
March 1996. Quickly followed by a post replying to someone in 
rec.games.video.sega who needed the DULLARD code for Mortal Kombat :)

deKay
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Toby Newman wrote:
> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>>
>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>>
>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan 
>> until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & seeing 
>> some of the old names
> 
> I had no idea you were Niaz!
> 
And there was me thinking I was alone in keeping a track of who's who on 
usenet, but even I'd worked that one out ;)

On 2008-07-21, DBSnappa  wrote:
> Toby Newman wrote:
>> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
>>> "Chris F"  wrote in message 
>>> news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
>>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
>>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>>>>
>>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>>>>
>>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan 
>>> until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
>>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & seeing 
>>> some of the old names
>> 
>> I had no idea you were Niaz!
>> 
> And there was me thinking I was alone in keeping a track of who's who on 
> usenet, but even I'd worked that one out ;)

I was wondering today who Ian Rawlings is. He seems like a reg but the
name seems fairly new to me.

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Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

On 21 Jul, 20:00, Toby Newman  wrote:
> On 2008-07-21, DBSnappa  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Toby Newman wrote:
> >> On 2008-07-07, gospvg  wrote:
> >>> "Chris F"  wrote in message
> >>>news:0cr374pajde9e9avst4vmj5thktuumvv7j@4ax.com...
> >>>> been a lot longer than that for me, i just can't remember what my
> >>>> first posting alias was, it's been that long.
>
> >>>> mustve been around 1997 when i started posting.
>
> >>> Most of my aliases have either been my name be it niaz, niazkhan or niazkhan
> >>> until I stuck with gospvg around 2001/02
> >>> It's interesting going through the uk.games.video.playstation group & seeing
> >>> some of the old names
>
> >> I had no idea you were Niaz!
>
> > And there was me thinking I was alone in keeping a track of who's who on
> > usenet, but even I'd worked that one out ;)
>
> I was wondering today who Ian Rawlings is. He seems like a reg but the
> name seems fairly new to me.
>
> --
> -Toby
> Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

yes he is noob, he is regular now but a noob to NGs and he has
killfiiled me apparently (well according to his last post so I can say
anything I want about him and he wont read it lol)) plus its as if I
really care as I dont who the fuck he is! ooohhh killfile me...makes
him feel important though:)

skidz