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- A UK guy gets pissed off with the sysop of his local board......
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- When I have plenty of At&t's I call the best boards in the US and
- Canada, trade loads of stuff and then log-on to my favourite local boards
- where I will upload it all.
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- I upload it to the local boards which offer the best ratios, (at
- least 3:1). I don't download anything from these local boards as they will
- rarely have anything that I can't get from the states.
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- Every so often all of my cards will die, so I pay to call the local
- boards where I will download the stuff that I want for myself. This method
- seemed to work fine until recently. The local board that I called had altered
- my ratio from 4:1 down to 2:1, as well as cutting my on-line time by half!
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- When I asked the sysop why my ratio had suddenly been cut he said it
- was because I hadn't uploaded much recently and was only coming on the board
- to download.
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- Isn't it a bit like choosing the bank that offers a better interest
- rate than the one next door, promising a much better return when you come
- to withdraw your money and then suddenly changing its mind!
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- There are certain sysops on the scene who would be happy if no-one
- EVER downloaded anything and instead had 5 or 6 guys permanently uploading
- stuff. The kind of sysops who have "upload-only nodes".
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- What the fuck is the point of uploading stuff if no-one gets the
- chance to download and use the bastard. There are too many people on the
- scene who are only interested in Megs and not programs.
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- So if you are a sysop, who promises people a certain return on what
- they upload, please remember your promise when these people come to download.
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