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After a faint moment of reflection: I'd love to see a debate on the moral side of bullying people with clear mental issues here on pouet.net

I wonder what is it all for... Wondering who is who, who wrote what, why and when...

rulez

Thanks for the infotaining reed :D

Now anyone GO MAKE A DEMO OUT OF IT!

Unfortunately(?), I don't think many here care. Just read over the threads started by Adok recently[ish]. Most might agree here the informal policy seems to be a lack of care to those without a thick skin. "Grow one or get out." I seem to think this applies more generally to the internet, though cases of cyber-bullying and the like do hit the news, sometimes with very bad outcomes. As in theory as long as nobody is causing you serious mental harm or sending you threats in the real world, this just remains text. It might be sharp pointy text with a large dose of reality, name calling, or bashing, but as someone just siting on the other side of a screen it can't physically hurt you.

There will always be drama here, heck I even made a key fob about it*, but I'd be happier if we all dropped this bit arguing about the past. I don't think we'll ever be able to pin down if someone is really who they claim to be, which backstory (or backstories) is indeed correct, and people will always be fighting over the right to a name. Unless you copyrighted it, you're just creating a mudpit and asking people to join you in slinging some of it. It's not worth the time, and the length of the "shower" you'd have to take afterwards to get people to forget you were covered in it. In the end, the debate is pointless. Would Baudsurfer have avoided all this by picking a new group name? Certainly, but as he didn't, let's just move on. You're saving your sanity: a grudge is not worth the continuous mental anguish to keep. There's nothing to gain but slightly mushier leftovers of a dead horse by continuing to beat it. Just keep making awesome demos, drink a beer, and laugh, like usual.

* This is not complete self-promotion. I really did. Scroll toward the end if you don't want to read it all. There's a picture.

Is Nextempire accepting new members? I'd love to join!

- Kscali

Speaking abaout anagrams: Did anyone notice yet that BAUDSURFER and SAUFBRUDERcontain exactly the same letters?

Also "Fraud Rubes" and "Bad Ruse Fur" and "Bursar Feud"

I used to be Maali, and some other stuff back when Maali was cool.

I also rode a tank and held a general's rank, when the blitzkrieg reigned and the bodies stank.

tl;dr

reed: Thanks for the enlightenment! :) Always nice to read about stuff happened in my demoscene-offtime!
T$: Thanks for the new Nickname!

i believe an important paragraph about Jumalauta is missing on this report!

hooray \o/

Do not tak offense T$, but if accept to quit the grotesque "Raving tomatoes" coding horror series, we could really use someone like you, as a professional troll (not joking) - see this active recruiting thread please.

Same goes for pseudo Dee-Jays or basically anybody spending more time on websites than demos and having a bad attitude based on fallacious misrepresentations and would help alleviate the burden to mix with uneducated people for the rest of us.

You are pretty clueless, let me help you:
T$ is a member of Alcatraz and Scoopex, he does more than the raving tomatoes, which the rest of the scene loves btw! He´s an excellent coder even you could still learn of! :)
Reed is a member of Fairlight and UkScene Allstars, also he´s a glöperator on this our all beloved Pouet itself! He´s no pseudo-DJ, but does excellent music!

I am the professional troll btw...but i am in the real RSI residing in TRSi, so don´t even try to recruit me! ;)

Seriously T$, please don't stop making Raving Tomatoes!

Seriously T$, please stop making Raving Tomatoes! You don't have to join RSI. But please, stop.

They're great for during-the-compo-refills.

rush hour 3 better feature some tomatoes!

Jacky Chan should return for Rush Hour 3 ;-)

I really am surprised too how so many ppl didnt know about these things, or at least some of them, that is why i've all the time been commenting "smells like bullshit" on these RSI claims. Nice collection Reed!

Nevertheless, drama doesnt change the fact that these new Baudsurfer small prods are ace.

Serpent: they are ace...but stay true: you and me could do them aswell! ;) Atleast i am almost about to release sth that is atleast as good as Baudsurfers stuff...let Assembly and Evoke go away so i can pimp it atleast...then you´ll see!

@Hardy: the real question is: under which label will you release them ? :D