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From: arisco@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM (John Arisco)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,news.groups
Subject: Re: Let's split this group
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Date: 12 Oct 89 01:54:03 GMT
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Reply-To: arisco@MCC.COM (John Arisco)
Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, TX
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bee@cs.purdue.edu (Zaphod Beeblebrox) writes:

> Subject: Re: NEC Turbografix
> Sigh.  Get the spelling right, people.  Kill files don't work when
> people misspell the items in them.

[ Somebody pointed out that NES is Nintendo Entertainment System
[ while NEC is the company that makes printers and the new TurboGrafix
[ 16 home video game system.

bee@cs.purdue.edu (Zaphod Beeblebrox) writes:

> Whatever.  These damn things are multiplying so fast, I can't even
> keep up with their silly names for kill file purposes.

	We're outraged that you were forced to read that 13-line
posting.  Swift and sure action is called for.  If this could happen
to you, just think about the terrible toll it will take on the youth
of America.

> Which brings me to a point I'd like to make yet again: let's split
> this group so that the NES/NEC/Sega/etc have their own group and the
> rest of us can talk about the real arcade games (video and pinball).
> IMHO there's plenty enough traffic to justify the split, and the
> overlap between the two is minimal.  Followups will be crossposted to
> news.groups.

	OK, we'll call our group rec.games.video and I don't care what
you call your group.  In fact, even though I don't agree that the
traffic justifies a split, I will vote for your group and subscribe
to it if you choose a reasonable name.  I will vote against
changing the name of this group or tacking on a suffix like .home or 
.not.as.sophisticated.as.the.stuff.at.the.bowling.alley
	Most of us in this group like reading about all kinds of video
games (and pinball).  There are a few folks who occasionally complain
about the "kiddie toy" traffic all the while bragging that they can play
all night on the same quarter, and that they have a basement filled with
primo arcade games.  If you to want create another newsgroup for these
postings, have it it.  Maybe you could call it sci.games.video
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