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[commodorejohn]

If they had been honest and upfront from the start and not tried to erase all of the ongoing efforts from others over the past few years then I think all of us would have been cheering them on.

I wouldn't be cheering them on, but I sure as hell wouldn't be bearing them so much ill will. As I've said before, I didn't come into this with anything against them - it's been the constant arrogance, fudging, and thread-flooding for the past fershlugginer year that put me off them.

It would be nice if some folks would stop shitting all over threads about things they obviously don't care for.

It would be nice if some folks would stop flooding an Amiga forum with dozens of threads about something that's not even Amiga-related and acting like the mere existence of a product is proof that it's the Holy Designated Successor to the legacy of the computer it's dressed as.

[commodorejohn]

Yes, and I'm good with that. However, for one thing, a whole lot of these threads have been placed in "Amiga General Chat" or "Amiga News and Community Announcements," because the CUSA zealots want everybody to accept that this is the True Future of Commodore, and were only moved to an appropriate forum when people started asking what the hell they were doing there.

And furthermore, the sheer number of them is just ridiculous. dammy posts new threads every time Barry Altman so much as farts, and other people (like starter of this topic and obvious shill chlamb, who joined one day before posting this and has no other posts than the two in this thread,) have further flooded the forum with this crap.

(I'm not saying that that's a violation of the rules or should be banned, but it is pretty fucking obnoxious.)

[commodorejohn]

Dammy has created a dozen threads since March-2009 and not all of those had anything to do with CUSA.

I'm sorry, I missed the part where I said that dammy only posts CUSA threads. Oh wait, that was because I never said that.

I visit this place every single day and I just don't see this picture of psychotic CUSA fans shoveling their stuff in everybody's face. You are obsessed with this subject. You are seeing things lurking in the shadows that are not there. It would probably do you some good to step away from it for a while.

Ah, the armchair-psychologist tactic. That's a classic. I could try for that, like suggesting that you're willfully blinding yourself to the faults of CUSA and their followers because you're emotionally invested in their success and unwilling to admit that they might be just another fly-by-night operation doing small-scale brand exploitation and acting like douchebags, for instance.

But really, where would that get us? I'd rather talk about open, observable behavior, like their being just another fly-by-night operation doing small-scale brand exploitation and acting like douchebags. That's much less passive-aggressive.

[commodorejohn]

You're missing the point. You've been claiming the guy is spamming the board with CUSA threads constantly. A dozen threads since March-2009, not all of which had anything to do with CUSA doesn't match your assertion.

Okay, let me put it this way: dammy's last non-CUSA thread was this one, in February. Since then, he's had eight threads, seven of which are simply makeshift press releases for the company linking announcements of theirs, and one which was actually split from a thread about classic vs. NG/PPC Amigas, which he tried to derail into a shill for CUSA's announced line of PC boards in vaguely Amiga-like cases. The guy has basically become some kind of volunteer press secretary for them.

Pointing out that you are obsessed with CUSA isn't armchair psychology, it's an obvious observation. Grow up kid. Just imagine all the cool stuff you could be accomplishing if you put all that energy into some code.

Ooh, and now the "I suggest for you to grow up, as you are a child and I am the wise adult" tactic, coupled with the related "what are you doing with your life, sir" tactic. Charming! But I must ask, what are you doing here?

[commodorejohn]

Well that's nice, except for the part where I'm not foaming or even particularily worked-up. In fact, I'm in quite a good mood right now.

Like I said: when there are no more active CUSA topics here, I will stop stating my opinion of CUSA. It's not that complicated a condition.

[commodorejohn]

Of course! That's why you and I post press releases every time CUSA covers a single one of the many discrete steps in getting a product to market! Isn't it obvious?

[commodorejohn]

So Darrin, how many post have you and John made in this thread of 19 pages and how many have I posted?

How many of these threads have I started?