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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

sully_51 wrote:
fathertyme wrote:
Chapter 7 is now up

It's meeeeeeeee!

waytago agent sully!! Cool

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject:

Murphy The Cat wrote:
sully_51 wrote:
fathertyme wrote:
Chapter 7 is now up

It's meeeeeeeee!

waytago agent sully!!

MEOW!

/Akely

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:35 am Post subject:

Chapter 8 has been posted

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:52 am Post subject:

fathertyme wrote:
Chapter 8 has been posted

You're on fyre!

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

Ed, congratulations on a very well-written, extremely comprehensive article. Well done, and if there are dogs who have not yet read it, I strongly urge you to read it soon.

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Murphy The Cat wrote:
sully_51 wrote:
fathertyme wrote:
Chapter 7 is now up

It's meeeeeeeee!

waytago agent sully!!

Where's Agent Mulder?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject:

What a Stupid Game (Star's Empire) Gaaaaaaahhhh!!!
Construct something, then wait a half hour for it to finish.

How in SPAM's Hell do they get people to play this Crap?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

TOMaxwell wrote:
What a Stupid Game (Star's Empire) Gaaaaaaahhhh!!!
Construct something, then wait a half hour for it to finish.

How in SPAM's Hell do they get people to play this Crap?

ever play starcraft

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject:

skildude wrote:
TOMaxwell wrote:
What a Stupid Game (Star's Empire) Gaaaaaaahhhh!!!
Construct something, then wait a half hour for it to finish.

How in SPAM's Hell do they get people to play this Crap?
ever play starcraft

Or Planetarion.... They had 300,000 registered users at one point on that game.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

Tiberious wrote:

Hi, I guess I don't really need to get registered onto your forum, I just needed to have a word with EdisonRex. You see I play the game Stars Empire which you seem to have had quite a bit of trouble with in the past. I found your articles on the subject and found them to be very interesting reading. I was curious to know if anything more on the subject had been discovered. You see (and I can imagine the skepticism this is being viewed with) I have been recently kicked off of the official game forum because I was a little too vocal about my disapproval with the Admin's poor service record. Maybe I crossed a line, maybe not, that really isn't the issue. I am a member of the GLOBAL alliance in that game and posted a link to your articles on their forum. Well our administrator (kev) took it upon himself to post that link on the game forum for all to see. Since I know you have had troubles in the past I thought maybe you guys would want a heads up that there is now a link from LWD to the game's forum there. Since I am not computer whiz I have no idea if this is bad or good or whatever, nor have I any clue if there is anything attached to me like you guys seem to know how to find. At any rate, like I said, I don't really need access to the forum if this message is going to get to the right people. Here's how to reach me and some game info since I know you are going to do whatever it is you do to find out if I'm legitimate or not. If you need more info please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks for your attention.

You know, I was just mentioning today, after the news of that spammer being murdered in Moscow, that I had had a run-in with some spammers once. Funny how that stuff works.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject:

Bloody hell.. Those articles were published over a year ago?

Time flies.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject:

Pretty sure no matter what search engine you go to, we're up in the ranking, close enough to stick like a lil piece of snot on his game's identity.

I warned him about that, you know. back then.

LWD dying? heh.

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject:

Quote:
guys would want a heads up that there is now a link from LWD to the game's forum there. Since I am not computer whiz I have no idea if this is bad or good or whatever,,,

T-i-b-e-r-i-o-u-s

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject:

Intersting online discussion ensues. I'm editing some details, and his identity is now one of our members too. Since he's been banned from their forums.

Funny stuff.

Quote:

Fihsp says:
Hello? How are you?
EdisonRex says:
Good day!
EdisonRex says:
I am fine.
Fihsp says:
Good, so I figured since most of the articles and discussion in your forum were about a year old you might like to know about the link from LWD to the forum in case they decided to start up with you again.
Fihsp says:
At least the articles in the public section.
EdisonRex says:
Appreciated
EdisonRex says:
I really can't imagine Oleg is stupid enough to want to tangle again, but you can't underestimate these people.
Fihsp says:
Heh, I don't know the guy at all and never heard of him until I saw your articles, but the devs of the game seem a pretty vengeful sort. And they simply do NOT want to listen to any sort of criticism. At any rate, I don't know where you are at with them or even if you are still pursuing the matter but
EdisonRex says:
Heh, vengeful. Oh, yes.
Fihsp says:
I noticed in one of the discussion groups that you guys found that they had started to spam some german sites. You might be interested to know that they just launched a third server ... in german.
EdisonRex says:
ooo, that figures
EdisonRex says:
wonder what germans they got on board to help code
EdisonRex says:
one of my forum members just checked google, we're still right behind them for the keywords Stars' Empire Spam
Fihsp says:
Lol, as for whether they have german coders or not I don't think they need them, as far as I understand they just need them for translating the text in the game itself
EdisonRex says:
yeah that computes
EdisonRex says:
it's not like it's any different really
EdisonRex says:
how long did you play for?
EdisonRex says:
I'm just curious.
EdisonRex says:
Sully only really lasted a month or so
Fihsp says:
I am still playing... just got banned from the forum for bitcjing about the incompetence of the admin. I have been playing for about a year and a half. As for Sully lol, if her heart wasn't into it then I am surprised she lasted that long... need tons of patience for this game if you don't plan on spending any cash. Tell her her system "Yorkie" is still there lol.
EdisonRex says:
heh I will
Fihsp says:
To tell you the truth I like the game, it's slow, but that is what I need, something I can walk away from for a week and still be in good shape.
EdisonRex says:
I don't know if you read the part about the other folks that got banned from their forums
EdisonRex says:
and the guy got joe jobbed with me
EdisonRex says:
they got banned for bitching about the admin
Fihsp says:
It was in the articles I think, a couple of guy from Austria?
EdisonRex says:
I tried to register there. I let LonelyK register on our forums but they wouldn't let me register on theirs.
the guys were actually in USA
EdisonRex says:
girl from Hawaii and a guy from Oregon
Fihsp says:
Yup, I believe it. The customer service for it is absolutely atrocious. Sully gave too high of a rating for it methinks. Let me get you the link where LWD is mentioned.
Fihsp says:
Too bad too, the game has potential
EdisonRex says:
that was my conclusion
EdisonRex says:
they have a good idea
EdisonRex says:
just they are inept at managing it
Fihsp says:
Here it is...
Fihsp says:
http://forum.imperz.com/viewtopic.php?t=1848&start=0&sid=276027aea225e3357ac1c13336cd1e3a
Fihsp says:
It's on page 3
Fihsp says:
Well they just make it absolutely clear that they don't care about you, just your money. Unfortunately I got sucked in and enjoy it more, what with the guys I know there now, than I dislike the poor support.
EdisonRex says:
wow, it's still there.
Fihsp says:
If it was run just a little bit differently then they would have a lot more success. Yeah, it's still there, the admin thinks it's good advertising I guess
EdisonRex says:
ha, the admin says
EdisonRex says:
A Russian proverb says: adverse publicity is also a way to advertise...
I think it's the best free advertising I've ever seen
EdisonRex says:
I'll remember that
Fihsp says:
Yup, that's it. If you poke around that forum a bit more you'll notice that she's not very popular, also that for a game that has thousands of players there are really only 10 active people on their official game forum. Looks like they are using it to just pay lip service to the public.
EdisonRex says:
and no, I won't take it down because it's helping him!
EdisonRex says:
haha
Fihsp says:
I don't understand, you won't take what down?
EdisonRex says:
oh, my articles. it occurs to me that the proverb is intended to get the first person's way
EdisonRex says:
adverse publicity is still publicity
EdisonRex says:
he's learning to live with us, I guess
EdisonRex says:
like we're living with him.
Fihsp says:
It's interesting that you would say that
EdisonRex says:
Another russian proverb, is that neighbors are the enemies you live next door to.
EdisonRex says:
I've learned a lot of russian proverbs, since I have a lot of russian friends. Believe it or not.
Fihsp says:
Since playing I have had a lot of private dealings with a lot of Russian players and they REALLY think differently than here. (I am Canadian as well btw)
EdisonRex says:
the shaw.ca gave you away as canadian
Fihsp says:
lol, can't slip anything past you guys. Anyway, I gotta get to work here, feel free to drop a line if you have any other questions
EdisonRex says:
you're in my list now. Can I use part of this conversation on my forums?
EdisonRex says:
if you mind, of course I will not use it
Fihsp says:
I suppose so, lol, so long as it doesn't get me banned from the game, too much time invested to just have it lost.
EdisonRex says:
We have a lot of canadians on board
EdisonRex says:
haha. they won't ban you from the game
EdisonRex says:
they want your money
Fihsp says:
Sure, if they looked hard enough they could probably figure out it's me but I don't think they are that ambitious.
EdisonRex says:
I don't think they care that much, actually. besides, their sites and their ISP can't read our forums anyway
EdisonRex says:
I banned their sorry asses 18 months ago.
EdisonRex says:
they do show up on the error log sometimes
EdisonRex says:
they are still spamming, as far as I know
Fihsp says:
Hehehe! I love it, and I bet they'll keep spamming for as long as they can.
Fihsp says:
God they make me so frustrated sometimes'
EdisonRex says:
so long as they don't spam me, or use my name, I'm not going to go after them
EdisonRex says:
that was the last deal I made them
Fihsp says:
Makes sense, there is only so much effort you can put in before the returns aren't worth it anymore.
EdisonRex says:
yeah
EdisonRex says:
I have multiple sites to run myself, and I have a day job.
Fihsp says:
Exactly, and speaking of day job, I really do have to get going now.
Fihsp says:
There yard work to do and beer to drink
EdisonRex says:
ah yes
EdisonRex says:
welcome to littleblackdog.
Fihsp says:
Cool, I'll probably not post anything for a while anyway, just read and get to know the players
Fihsp says:
er... I mean dogs
EdisonRex says:
we're a pretty good bunch
EdisonRex says:
let me know personally if you have problems.
EdisonRex says:
I don't really read my hotmail...
Fihsp says:
Ok I will, thanks, talk to you later then.
EdisonRex says:
good day sir, enjoy the rest
Fihsp says:
Mmmmmm beer
EdisonRex says:
yup
EdisonRex says:
/me is post beer
EdisonRex says:
it's a bit later over here
EdisonRex says:
anyway, go. ttyl
Fihsp says:
later

So, they're still around, and so are we. Yay! ^_^

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject:

all I can say is... Laughing