home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!lerner
- From: lerner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.games.sf2
- Subject: Re: Good (and bad) of ticking[please read]
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.180443.45985@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:04:43 CST
- References: <1992Dec29.165407.45953@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1992Dec30.075602.388@mercury.unt.edu> <1992Dec30.223851.6991@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
- Lines: 47
-
- In article <1992Dec30.223851.6991@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Nishinaga) writes:
- >
- > jbw@ponder.csci.unt.edu (WEST JASON BRUCE) writes (in partial):
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec29.165407.45953@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- >>epasls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >>
- >>>I've seen fistfights over ticks. People take SF2 seriously. It's more than a
- >>>game now. All I can say is watch the short kicks and throws, because it
- >>>makes people mad, and if someone can't beat you in SF2, they can beat you for
- >>>real.
- >>
- >> WHAT?!!? Are you serious? You'll get arrested *real* quick if you pulled
- >>that in an arcade here.
- >
- > Really? I rarely see police hanging around arcades.
- >
- >>But that would be sooo much fun - it would just add to the pleasure. Not only
- >>do you get to kick the guys ass in a game - but then you get to kick his ass
- >>in real life.
- >
- > In a materialistic society, many people get upset when they "lose" a quarter.
- > There are also "people" who enjoy fighting so they look for any excuse to get
- > into one.
- >
- >>The only problem with good old fashioned fighting these days is those damn
- >>guns. It used to be you learned a martial art and could walk around at night
- >>without a problem - now you have to worry if the guy you just cut off on the
- >>freeway has a gun. And now, according to you, we have to worry about if the
- >>guy we play SF against has a gun.
- >
- > This is one thing I have to warn you renegade cheapers about (listening Ming?).
- > Don't cheap (hit - throw) unless it's "OK" with your opponent. There are too
- > many people just waiting to beat up cheapers, maim 'em, kill 'em, etc.
- >
- >> What is this world coming to? People fighting over SF, total losers
- >>posting absurdities.
- >
- > Shit happens, eh?
- > --
- > John Nishinaga - jnishina@nyx.cs.du.edu
-
- Are you serious? I mean, I can believe a couple of fights over the
- game, but I just can't believe it's very widespread. Maby I'm just
- sheltered.
-
- -Michael Lerner
-