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From: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick  palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comp.sys.amiga.games - what do you think?
Summary: No
Keywords: games, opinions
Message-ID: <6544@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 89 21:24:10 GMT
References: <2637@caesar.cs.montana.edu>
Reply-To: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick  palmer)
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Organization: University of Chicago
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In article <2637@caesar.cs.montana.edu> icsu7039@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Spannring) writes:


>   I think it would be a great idea to cut down quantity of postings on
>this group.  I don't even have time to look through the subject lines to 
>decide what to read.
>
>   A few solutions ...
>   I personally prefer the rec.games.misc solution and I think a few 
>good old fashioned flames could convince people to post there. 

I think if you look at the titles of articles in comp.sys.amiga, games
make up a fairly small fraction.  The largest class of articles are 
protracted discussions of sometimes arcane topics - like ST/Amiga today.

I do not play games at all, but I have kids who do.  Therefore, if a
game appears a number of times in an article title, I look at a few of
the articles.  I have bought a number of games that I first heard of
on Usenet, and susequently noticed that they were very popular among
people on Usenet.  Therefore, I find the postings here valuable.

On the issue of net volume:  my solution is to redirect a lot more discussion
to email.  This requires some arbritray judgements - and some patience with
deciphering email paths, admittedly.

Pat Palmer (email: ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago)