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2005-02-08 23:11

Death Demon
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Careful with your email addresses

I've been poking around the nostalgia sites recently popping my email address up hoping to get in touch with old friends from the scene. Instead, old jealousy has found a way of poking it's ugly head out. I can't believe that jealousy like this still exists after, what, 20 years now?

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From: lkjlkjljk pablo [lkjlkjljkpablo_797@hotmail.com]
raster boy lives again.... total lack of imagination raster boiiiiiiiiii

Only one person who ever refered to me as that. In fact, he has a web page up right now that refers to me as that. Man, can't believe some people can't let go. Hmm, actually it looks like he's updated it in the last few days. Luckily, Google still has it around. If you're interested, do a google search for +"wanderer" +"the survivors" +"raster boy"

Wanderer Commodore 64 c64 NTSC intro demo fbr pe the survivors ...
... I ripped anything after my beginning months in The Survivors. ... a member of FBR who
I call raster boy (DxxxxDxxxx ... did you change your name from Satan to Wanderer? ...
www.ontarioghosttowns.com/c64/c64.html - 84k - Cached - Similar pages

In any event, as I stated, please be careful. It appears that some people out there are still bent out of shape over scene related issues.

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2005-02-10 19:29

Death Demon
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I never made any prank calls or did anything massively underhanded. I did make a couple of war demos though. One was aimed at the dude who turned in Ninja/Infernal. It was a big animation. Kinda funny. The other was a full fledged videogame along the lines of Hogan's Alley. Neither was released under my name though. Funny thing is that the Hogan's Alley game was "cracked" by some group and released. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

2005-02-10 20:40

H.O
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No prank calls from my side. Cant even recall doing any such thing as a small kid, before my years in the scene.

Closest thing I did was writing some less then friendly scroll texts.

2005-02-10 21:19

Wanderer
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I had two calls. One from Death Demon, who claimed I had, "bad mouthed him". Another was from the group INC. The three hour time difference did not help, especially as I was sleeping for one of the calls.

I don't know why it was more popular in the USA than Europe, I guess the USA scene was more competetive with groups struggling to grab contacts.

I've been on conference calls where people called up other groups and had arguments. I remember Public Enemy vs another group. I stayed quiet the entire call as I didn't see much point in making, "your momma..." jokes. As a programmer I had no beefs with another import group. Coding was fun for me, the importers could argue over who released what first and who stole whose contacts.

Sometimes people said things about me in their scrollers, or on BBS's but it goes with the territory. For every 9 people who tell you they love your work, there will always be that 1 who doesn't.

In any event, I never prank called anyone. When you take the scene and let it flow into your personal life and call someone at their home, that's going too far, in my opinion.

2005-02-11 00:03

Death Demon
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And the unfounded accusations continue. Good to see certain things don't change.

2005-02-11 04:31

Wanderer
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I'm not going to enter into a debate.

It wasn't a prank call, but you did phone me at my parents to complain that I was saying things about you. I explained the situation, you backed down.

I have a very clear memory of those years. I can't prove it, so it is unfounded, but we both know the truth.

My point is, you went real life. Much the same way you took your personal problem to a message forum here where it doesn't belong.

Guess who's going back on ignore now... :)

2005-02-11 08:00

Death Demon
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Don't remember the phone call or hearing about you talking badly about me. Although, given your more modern day behavior, I suppose it's not out of the question. And calling you to discuss the issue is within the realm of how I would handle a personal problem like that.

As for the problem with the email, this is precisely where it should go. You've gotten stranger and stranger as the years have gone on. I honestly don't know where this grudge of yours started. But now, 20 years later, you spoofed an email to me, then accused me of signing you up to a mail list, then changed that story to me mailbombing you from my IP, and now you've made a bunch of negative comments about my coding. Dude, why? I didn't even know who you were in the scene until I heard about you ripping code. I don't even think you made it into the upper echelon until after I had left the scene. So what beef could you POSSIBLY have with me that would make you do so many weird things?

Was this the issue? Something I pointed out on my GREAT FBR website when it was up? A comment on a graphic that didn't look so hot? If so, I'm sorry I was so blunt. You appear to have the same opinion of it though:

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(I joined them for a short while). Fine Young Cannibals music, a bouncing bottom scroller and one of the worst looking logos you ever did see. Death Demon of FBR pointed this out on his sad FBR page, but if he doesn't mention my logos I won't mention his lack of programming style and love of rasters.

Again, I think it's very strange that whatever this issue you have with me has carried on for ~20 years now. I never knew you in the scene as you weren't part of it at the time I was active. And afterwards, only a few key people knew how to get ahold of me. You weren't one of them. So we really never could have even crossed paths. I know I held/hold a certain status and level of respect as one of the early coders with Changeling and I being the only ones capable of that level of coding at the time. Is that why I'm a target of your wrath?

It's obvious by the quickness with which you found/responded to this post, as well as the level of vitriolic speech, that you were upset I exposed your activities here. My advice to you is that if you don't wish to be exposed for weird behavior, don't engage in it in the first place.

2005-02-11 12:57

Wanderer
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>Don't remember the phone call or hearing about you talking >badly about me.

If you don't remember, I'd keep that in mind before using the words 'unfounded' next time :)

>And calling you to discuss the issue is within the realm
>of how I would handle a personal problem like that.

You were quite rude in how you handled it, though I don't remember the conversation verbatim.

>You've gotten stranger and stranger as the years have gone
>on.

A matter of opinion.

>But now, 20 years later, you spoofed an email to me, then
>accused me of signing you up to a mail list, then changed
>that story to me mailbombing you from my IP, and now

There has not bee a change in the story. Your claim of an email is unfounded. And by mailbombing I'm referring to the failed attempt of signing up to various mailing lists. A visitor from speakeasy was logged visiting the c64 section of the webpage. Then 30 seconds later confirmation emails made their way to me from speakeasy, for various mailing list attempts. I know of only one c64 user from Speakeasy (past tense) who would have a grudge.

>you've made a bunch of negative comments about my coding.
>Dude, why?

I call them opinions. As for why, you come on here making unfounded accusations about me, what do you want, a bouqet of flowers and a steak dinner?

>I didn't even know who you were in the scene until I heard
>about you ripping code. I don't even think you made it
>into the upper echelon until after I had left the scene.

Another matter of opinion. 1987-88 was the time I was active on the scene, which was about the time FBR was fading into obscurity.

>So what beef could you POSSIBLY have with me that would
>make you do so many weird things?

I don't have a beef with you. You're dillusional. I'm entitled to my opinion that you were a programmer who focused on rasters. Get over it.

>Was this the issue? Something I pointed out on my GREAT
>FBR website when it was up? A comment on a graphic that
>didn't look so hot?

The issue is quite simple, and you're not listening. You came out of nowhere accusing me of mailing you, when in fact I did not. And here you are grasping at straws trying to twist the situation around.

>the early coders with Changeling and I being the only ones >capable of that level of coding at the time. Is that why
>I'm a target of your wrath?

My wrath, I like your writing skills.

>It's obvious by the quickness with which you
>found/responded to this post, as well as the level of
>vitriolic speech, that you were upset I exposed your
>activities here.

So now you're not only grasping at straws, you're psychoanalyzing me. I'm upset about the fact you made up some email from some bogus email address, using an ISP I don't use, making unfounded claims, and using the pretense that it's some 20 year old grudge.

>My advice to you is that if you don't wish to be exposed
>for weird behavior, don't engage in it in the first place.

My advice for you... if you don't like someone, don't sign them up to mailing lists, don't make accusations, don't fake emails and most of all if you can't even remember if you've done something or not, don't claim that you haven't.

Before you can claim there is some grudge, you have to establish I've done something. And we're still at square one, which is you faking an email. Once you prove I've sent you an email, only then can you try to twist things around into being some sort of grudge.

Honestly, it's been almost a week now, let it go... I'm sure the people on CSDB don't care what your personal issues are with me.

Cheers

2005-02-11 13:06

enthusi

Registered: May 2004
Posts: 677

maybe its time you two call each other?

2005-02-11 15:52

Wanderer
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Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 478

I don't see the purpose in a phone call.

Whatever happened 17 years ago is dead and buried IMO.

I'm not subscribing people to lists, faking emails or venting on a public forum about an email I allegedly received. And I certainly am not implying the speed in which a person responds has anything to do with being "exposed".

Maybe he feels it has something to do with the fact I said all he could code was rasters. In any event, this has no place on CSDB. No place at all.

It would take more than a phone call, it would take a psychiatrist to fix this one.

http://www.ontarioghosttowns.com/c64

2005-02-11 17:33

Twoflower

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434

I have a hard time understanding what this discussion is doing here and not in private mails to eachother. It's not like anybody is going to side with either one of you. But I must state that the posts are both embarrasing and amusing, so for Gods sake, keep on.

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