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| From | candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action |
| Subject | Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... |
| Date | 2026-04-21 19:10 +0000 |
| Organization | the-candyden-of-code |
| Message-ID | <slrn10ufiqs.a865.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> (permalink) |
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Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> wrote at 01:09 this Sunday (GMT): > On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway. >>Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of >>doing so. >> >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg >> >>So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous >>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of >>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to >>appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation. >>So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the >>video is all about. >> >>If you're a long-time Usenet reader, you may already know who I mean. >>If you need a bit more of a hint, he developed a spaceship simulator >>back in the 90s. >> >>Yeah, THAT guy. >> >>Anyway, the above is a video about him... and not just his activities >>in the 90s, but all the way through recent days. The latter of which I >>had little awareness of. I mean, I was here for those famous >>thousand-post-long threads/flamewars that he was involved in back when >>Usenet was still the dominant Internet forum platform, but after that? >>I really didn't pay attention to him anymore. >> >> [Actually, even when he was active in c.s.i.p.games.* I didn't >> pay much attention to him, but just avoided the threads all >> together. They were extremely high noise/low signal threads >> and there was enough activity on Usenet back then that you >> could skip thousands of posts and still have more than >> enough to read every day] >> >>But apparently that don't-ever-mention-his-name person kept at his >>usual antics in the intervening three decades, albeit on other >>platforms. And if the video is accurate, he hasn't become any less >>agreeable in all that time. He's continued to pick fights over >>nonsense, and has managed to bait people into giving him the attention >>he so desperately craves. He's also continued developing games (none >>of which saw any real success)... or at least promoting games he >>promises will one day be released (including an NFT/blockchain game he >>started developing in 2025). >> >>Anyway, the video was a bit of a blast-from-the-past and if there are >>any old-timers left from that era, maybe you'll enjoy seeing it too. >> >>Just don't say the name. ;-);-);-);-);-);-) > > You mean Derk Schamtas? or was it Derek Smart? or Dirck Schpurtz? > > It escapes me... I mean the Phd guy from an educational instution so > valid and prestigious, that he refused to reveal the name of it out of > respect for other graduates of the diploma mill?... errr.. I mean fine > alma mater? > > That dood was a hoot. Damn, I kinda wish I was around to see it... -- user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
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Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 19:56 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> - 2026-04-11 21:09 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-21 19:10 +0000
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> - 2026-04-21 20:26 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-24 04:30 +0000
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-12 09:18 -0700
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-12 13:47 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 22:08 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-13 14:11 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 15:03 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-14 06:24 -0700
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 11:29 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-14 17:11 -0700
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 11:58 -0400
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 10:29 -0600
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> - 2026-04-12 21:59 -0600
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2026-04-13 11:54 +0100
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-13 08:17 -0700
Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 11:40 -0400
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Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-21 19:20 +0000
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