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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Profession: *supporter*
I think we need some general name for profession like supporter, or something around that (can't think of better name for profession). I would like to give 10 to Xiny6581 for his C64 SID audio recording efforts. Really appreciated.
Also there are others like him I spot around CSDB. Working hard to keep this database consitent, adding more and more data, and relations. That's totally awesome. Love you all. |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4731 |
I have added a LOT of pure importers to the database. Their only function was to import cracks from, say, Norway to Denmark, and add an intro. Very common back in 85-87. The Hulk from Reflex comes to mind. |
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
Remove importer? No. Just no. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
I definitly remember importer groups(intros) and profession (imported by) from scrolltexts, from my heydays with the c64. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
Quote:I've never read the term "modem trader" used in a release or as a job in a group.
does that really matter? we dont want to add all and every silly thing that you can read in some groups memberstatus, right? (if so, we need much more silly things than "supporter". "driver" comes to mind, for example :o))
Quote:Their only function was to import cracks from, say, Norway to Denmark, and add an intro.
however, according to moloch it requires someone from US to download from euro board, or the other way around.
coming back to countzeros point - if you cant explain *precisely* what "importers" do, in a way that can be understood by anyone who "wasnt there", then you should rethink. (it seems easier to explain "logo graphician" vs "fullscreen graphician" - and those are no less silly) |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2928 |
No, I said that is what you did on the US side of the scene as an importer.
I explained, and so did hedning, exactly what an importer does. |
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Count Zero
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1932 |
Ack to groepaz. And thats actually my point as well: what defines the importer (or makes him any different from a modem trader, a term which was more common when I called the boards)?
I would roughly define a release _import_ to be at least transferred from one video system to another and checked for compatibility (by the importing person/group). Wouldnt be the case on any PAL-2-PAL or NTSC-2-NTSC "import" as IMHO the basic rule for any such upload is always to add "something of value" to the original release. The original crack being imported and "pre-checked" in this case. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2928 |
@CZ - When I called the boards, before your time and during the time you called boards, I never heard the term modem trader. I've got to assume this is some Euro scene creation, probably an evolution of the term runner. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
Quote:I explained, and so did hedning, exactly what an importer does.
no, you didnt. *exactly* means just that. i must be able to take your explanation literally and apply it to a given case, without prior knowledge. ie according to you or hedning, "importing" from one town to the next doesnt count. (ie what half the canadian scene was about =))
edit: i think you guys should make a list of all the existing professions and their *exact* definition. then it will be obvious which are useful and which are redundant. (and it will also be very useful for everyone trying to add proper credits) |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4731 |
Importers don't necessary work with modem trading. In my example above they often imported through snail mail. |
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Count Zero
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1932 |
So they were people actually swapping but "capable enough" of adding $nothingbuttheirnameorgroup to the many programs they exchanged with others in the scenario hedning drew?
As groepaz said. |
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