[Silly] How amiga communities work

[runequester]

In any given amiga discussion:

7 guys having fun with retro computers and playing old games

9 guys going "man, I remember Chaos Engine.. that was pimp!"

3 dudes in the corner muttering about Amiga will take over the world

78 PC owners who have to barge in and talk about how much better their Pentium was 8 years later


Anyone Im missing?

[Moto]

In any given amiga discussion:

7 guys having fun with retro computers and playing old games

9 guys going "man, I remember Chaos Engine.. that was pimp!"

3 dudes in the corner muttering about Amiga will take over the world

78 PC owners who have to barge in and talk about how much better their Pentium was 8 years later


Anyone Im missing?

Yeah,

1 guy trying to categorize amiga users into a list.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Hell Labs]

one guy who finds the amiga for the fist time MANY years after the bankcrupcy of commodore and is very suprised it's still beeing developed by actual companies.

[amiga92570]

some people wondering how much money they can get the amiga users to pay for a new system.

[Hell Labs]

A whole bunch of crazies paying 1997 prices for used hardware in 2010.

[amigasociety]

a select few who have crazy ideas of giving up the defacto standard platform they are on today and moving over to Amiga 100% and and become anti-establishment all over again.  tj

[tone007]

a select few who have crazy ideas of giving up the defacto standard platform they are on today and moving over to Amiga 100% and and become anti-establishment all over again.  tj

Sounds like you should've bought my AmigaOne instead of my CSPPC.

edit: or in addition to!

edit again: unless you weren't referring to yourself.

[amigasociety]

Sounds like you should've bought my AmigaOne instead of my CSPPC.

edit: or in addition to!

edit again: unless you weren't referring to yourself.

Actually, I was. Hehehe. I was VERY tempted on getting that system but being nostalgic, did the A4000T route instead. Then will save for an X1000 one day. Tj

[Hell Labs]

I've actually just aquired a copy of lightwave, the only catagory of software (3d) that stops me from 24/7 amigaing. Oh, and games of course. 'sall good.

[Rebel-CD32]

You missed out on the smug Apple-worshipping idiot who joins in to tell us about how he's in love with his iPhone and how it's everything Amiga should be now.

[tone007]

Idiot is such a strong word, I believe the preferred nomenclature is "fanboy."

[Hell Labs]

What, popular?

[LoadWB]

Idiot is such a strong word, I believe the preferred nomenclature is "fanboy."

Or "Mactard."

[Rebel-CD32]

An Apple fanboy/Mactard isn't necessarily an idiot, but one who posts on an Amiga forum comparing their brand new technology with hundreds of millions of dollars of marketing, research and development to either 25 year old Amiga technology or the hobby OS maintained by a small handful of developers that is AmigaOS4 is being idiotic and annoying. Just like those who expect Hyperion to port AmigaOS4 to x86 after they've spent years working on a PPC OS that's still not finished.

[tone007]

Well, there's comparing the technology subjectively (which obviously makes no sense) and then there's comparing the feeling the respective technologies gave you.  Maybe the "new and fun" factor of the iPhone made someone feel like they did when the Amiga was the "new and fun" thing.

I'm not an old-school Amiga user by any means, and I was quite bored with computers when I decided to pick up an Amiga a couple of years ago.  I know the "new and fun" feeling, and understand people seeking it out.

It's not about computers, it's about feelings!

edit: I will also add, I'm not an iPhone user.