Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Chris H
You go boy! If you are using Mailman you shouldn't have any problems dealing with the offender(s). On 14/12/2013 23:44, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello, List: The spam that has been sent to this list is appalling. I am disgusted, like all of you. This was a clear, targeted attack against us, and

[Audyssey] Ios game design was: Re: The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Hi Che. Appologies for the name mess up, I do actually know how your name is spealt that was just a slip of the fingers. Interestingly enough, Scansoft Daniel actually pronounces it correctly as well. I could actually imagine a racing game like RR on Ios working extremely well. Since it

[Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Shane Davidson
Hello; My name is Shane Davidson, owner of the company that provides hosting services for both the Audyssey and USAGames interactive websites. My staff became aware both yesterday and early this morning of some very despicable behavior by one member, (or x-member, this is yet to be determined).

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Hello. Thanks for the appologgy. While I won't deny that seeing the huge volume of insulting and s/xually explicit mesages, (especially those supposedly from myself), was not pleasant, I do know this was obviously one idiot, and I am glad steps are being taken to stop them from doing such

Re: [Audyssey] Games We Like to Play [HAIRY BUTTHOLE INCLUDED]

2013-12-15 Thread Ken Downey
I see somebody's at it again, posting in my name. Oh boy. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . Also, check out, The Believer and Skeptic Show, at iTunes! If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend

Re: [Audyssey] WEDHESDAY WEBHESDAY ukkjyvcdmf

2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
I keep having the samemessage from this stupid topic over 100 times in fact, very spammy. -Original Message- From: Philip Bennefall Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 11:23 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] WEDHESDAY WEBHESDAY ukkjyvcdmf BGT SUCKS FUCK YOU RON AND TOMMY

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Kenneth Downey
The freakiest part for me was that the very first message I saw was supposedly from me. For a second or two, I actually thought I had some kind of virus it freaked me out… Good is the worst enemy of best. Ken On Dec 15, 2013, at 4:27 AM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hello. Thanks for the

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
So did i,it really scared me especially as the message itself was very badly written incontent. -Original Message- From: Kenneth Downey Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:15 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider. The

[Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread Matteo Hapta
Hello everyone, Anyone knows any online games where i can build a company? I only know kapilands and kapiregnum. are there any other games? Matteo. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes

Re: [Audyssey] Howdy Folks!

2013-12-15 Thread Angela Delicata
Please, stop that! thanks much. Angela from Italy Il 14/12/2013 22:41, Cara Quinn ha scritto: Audysseyers, As a job, I model in the nude. This is because I cannot code good things. But, I am a good voice actress when it comes to being pounded with a cock in the vagina and the ass. I do this

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Hi. Well there are a couple listed over on the games to play online page at www.whitestick.co.uk. These including the game perfect competition, and the scifi business mud Federation Ii, (set in a sf universe but very much economics based). Indeed, in terms of business it's also worth

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
and even starmule and trucker too. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] business games Hi. Well there are a

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Well darren to be honest I never really got into any of the reset games since most of them are things like Ogam that were heavily based on pvp which I just don't find interesting. The only game I ever fancied that did appear interesting and have resets was waring factions, but I've never been

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Indeed Lisa, in fact you mentioning truckers reminded me of trucking sim which can also be found on whitestick's directory. There is then also Mississippi (though I wasn't as keen on that one, however I think this was specifically a request for information about online games. Beware the

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread Tyler
There's also Reign, but that's more like running a country, but basically the same thing. http://www.reign.ws Tyler Z On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:14:43 -, dark wrote: Indeed Lisa, in fact you mentioning truckers reminded me of trucking sim which can also be found on whitestick's directory.

[Audyssey] Moderator: Please Ignore the Spam

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, I know Shane has addressed this subject, but as list owner and moderator I thought I would stress this again. Sometime yesterday an individual posing as various upstanding list members sent a number of sexually explicit and demeaning posts to the list. If you get any of these messages

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Yes, I forgot about reign, although with the mnilitary attacks etc I'm not sure how much it'd count as business. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Tyler programmer...@comcast.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:17 AM

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Uh? I did not send this message, but someone sent this message for me. Talk about insane. Now the spammer is spoofing the moderator? On 12/14/13, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, List: The spam that has been sent to this list is appalling. I am disgusted, like all of you.

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Davy Kager
Oh dear, I never knew! As I said I use VS Pro because I have easy and legal access to it, and one of the first things I always do is set up an x86 and x64 cross-build. In fact, I'm almost tempted to go x64 exclusively. Not sure why Microsoft thinks VS Express is good for you. :) Davy

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Well, that is just it. I know a blind user can use the Mac without a monitor, but I also have a son who is sighted. I try to make sure anything I have can be used by my son and any other sighted users in my family just in case they want to use it. So if the Mac Mini was just for myself I

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Davy, That is hard to say, but I think VS Express is just another half-hearted attempt by Microsoft to compete with Mac and Linux. Microsoft knows if someone buys a Mac they can get and install XCode for free, and they are good to go. A Linux user can install various command line compilers and

Re: [Audyssey] What's going on here?

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Tommy, As you may already be aware some one has been spamming the Audyssey list faking real member addresses. The messages are not coming from Cara, Ken, Dark, Philip, or anyone else who has been a long standing member of this list with a good reputation. The hosting company and I are doing

Re: [Audyssey] BGT, Mac and More

2013-12-15 Thread Cara Quinn
Davy, Corona, as with other cross platform SDKs can also break accessibility. Just something to be aware of. Thanks, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter!

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
Um, i must strongly disagree with Che’s point about the lack of replayability in IoS games. I replay Papa Sangre games and (lord help me) Soul Trapper a lot. Also, Papa sangre II has been very popular in the “mainstream” community as well. I think that in order to market accessible games, it’s

Re: [Audyssey] BGT, Mac and More

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Cara, good point. One reason I chose to write my own game engine was for precisely that reason. I found a lot of game engines, toolkits, etc that were cross-platform but they always seemed to be inaccessible in one way or another. I can't speak for Corona specifically, but I do know

Re: [Audyssey] impersonating game developers and posting leud message to the list

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Stephen, As has been stated on list before we are working on the problem. Please, be patient. Thanks. On 12/14/13, Stephen whocr...@internode.on.net wrote: Can someone please get rid of this disgusting individual? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Davy Kager
Hi, I bought my Toshiba about five years ago. The only thing that needed servicing, after two years, was the keyboard - Q9 and Pipe2 had me hittin' that Control key and spacebar a little too much. I arranged pick-up on Friday, they came to collect on Monday, and came to return four days

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Hi Teresa. I agree with you on replay, even in some of the basic games. I've replayed choice of the dragon three times over and still haven't seen all of the game, simply because as a gamebook it is highly replayable, and lets not forget king of dragon pass with it's random set of events and

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Davy Kager
Hi, In all fairness, Eclipse is an excellent IDE on Windows too. I use it all the time for Java and am told that it is just as awesome for C++. The only reason I have VS 2012 installed is because I was working on a plugin project whose binaries had to be compiled with VC++ in order to work.

Re: [Audyssey] ATTENTION: Moderator Notice!

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Sabahattin, Thanks. This creep seriously needs to get busted. Not only has he been spamming the list by faking e-mail addresses and sending porn to the list he also sent a number of fake moderator messages too which might have given some people here some false sense of security given that he

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yep, that's certainly true. windows based computer companies, are, if anything, worse then apple, when it comes to repairs. you may, or may not, get a fully working system back. lol. herd stories from a friend of mine of sending his laptop in for repairs, only to have it come back with more

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Davy, You will get no argument from me on that. Eclipse by and large is one of the best IDES out there for C++ or Java on any platform. There are times though where binary compatibility requires Visual C++ so having it is necessary for certain projects. Otherwise Eclipse with MinGW all the

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
Now i am confused you didn't send that thomas? who the dickens did/ Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice:

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
oh true, but they are still good games even though not played on line. Their was also a trade game for the old eureka computer written in cpm can't recall the name their was an adult and a normal version if i recall. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message -

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Cara, Smile. You misunderstood what I meant by my comment. Of course, I know Mac's come with the OS and the developer tools are free. My comment was meant to convey the point that you can't just buy the software and run it in a virtual machine as that isn't legal. You have to actually own the

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Josh
I wondr who this person was that was sending so many unwelcome messages to the list? Last time a list was spammed it was coming from some blind person in the middle east somewhere. using windows7 laptop On 12/15/2013 4:27 AM, dark wrote: Hello. Thanks for the appologgy. While I won't deny

Re: [Audyssey] ATTENTION: Moderator Notice!

2013-12-15 Thread Josh
maybe they'll disconnect his internet? using windows7 laptop On 12/15/2013 9:09 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Sabahattin, Thanks. This creep seriously needs to get busted. Not only has he been spamming the list by faking e-mail addresses and sending porn to the list he also sent a number of fake

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, The same jackass who has been sending all the other trash. He sent a load of messages pretending to be Ken, Philip, Cara, etc and then turn around and sent at least three moderator messages pretending to be me saying we are working on it. For the record I didn't even know about this mess

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Angela Randall
I saw about 3 pages of messages. We had a problem similar to this on the sightexchange email list. On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Lisa, The same jackass who has been sending all the other trash. He sent a load of messages pretending to be Ken,

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Hi Dallas. To be honest I wouldn't trust any major coorporation with repares, just because when you send your computer or phone or whatever off to somewhere else you have no idea where it is, when you get it back or what's going on with it. If I ever need a repare I know a very nice local

[Audyssey] Threshhold mud question on making a character

2013-12-15 Thread K
Hi, logged into threshhold mudd for the first time and am trying to make a character. first step is picking a name. I noticed that it gets to step 6 wich is about not picking a name that is a modern name, and then it says press enter to continue. I hit enter but the same thing is on the

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
Whoever it is should be banned from using the list. -Original Message- From: Josh Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 2:40 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider. I wondr who this person was that was sending so many unwelcome

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Draconis
Well, Dark, you don’t trust any corporations with anything. I mostly don’t either, but I think that taking middle ground on such things puts people more in the ballpark of reality. Not *all* corporations are evil, any more than *all* people are. To answer the question you posed, you can

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread hayden presley
Aside from outside sighted individuals who might just want to use it, I'd have a monitor simply because you never know what may or may not happen to the computer. I've had instances where I'll boot up my PC and have no screen reader for whatever reason, and it's nice to just have a screen on hand

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Draconis
Fortunately, in over 8 years of being a Mac user, I have never had to resort to a sighted person for help. It’s one of the advantages of ditching Windows. :) On Dec 15, 2013, at 11:23 AM, hayden presley hdpres...@hotmail.com wrote: Aside from outside sighted individuals who might just want to

Re: [Audyssey] ATTENTION: Moderator Notice!

2013-12-15 Thread Chris H
Hi i was going to suggest this, put us all on emergency moderation until this has all been stopped, i am not playing moderator here, just offering a suggestion. Regards Chris. On 15/12/2013 14:09, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Sabahattin, Thanks. This creep seriously needs to get busted. Not only

Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question

2013-12-15 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yeah, Apple are very good with repairs in my experience. They replaced the same optical drive in my oldest Mac Mini, twice, with just seventeen days left on the warranty. For desktops, they'll come to your home, and if you don't have packing material, they'll also send along the box with the

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread Support
Ah, I loved Secret of Mana on the SNES. I beat it, multiple times I think. Secret of Mana happens to be a game that would be very difficult to make accessible, even on a computer. And when doing so an accessible game author would likely make heavy use of extra shortcut keys for the player to

[Audyssey] SPACE ATTACK Installer

2013-12-15 Thread Ken Downey
Hey Charles, see if you have better luck with this. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96692612/SpaceAttackDemoSetup.exe Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . Also, check out, The Believer and Skeptic Show, at

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread Darren Harris
hi, yes i know games of this type do have a form of rinse and repete style of play to some degree. i don't mind that so much if you can make a mark and have something to show for it. right now i'm playing furry paws. initially i completely dismissed it because of what i thought the game was.

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
I just don’t think that complexity of the game necessarily correlates with replayability. I happen to prefer first-person shooters, trivia, and word games, and these are games I can play over and over again. I played Terraformers so many times i can’t count. I also don’t think accessibility

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Lori, It isn't quite that simple. The people responsible for the spam attacks were faking e-mail addresses of various legitimate list members, and obviously the e-mails did not actually come from those members themselves. However, Mailman, the list software we use, has no way of knowing if

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Ken Downey
He did this crap a few years ago. Just look for a lister who has consistantly bad grammar and poor use of punctuation. I already have a theory as to who it is, but I'm not pointing any fingers just yet. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at

[Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
This topic has come up on another thread, and it jogged my memory of seeing an interesting article while looking at some other things. I find this fascinating. http://tinyurl.com/FirstPersonPsych Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman --- Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Lindsay Cowell
I think that anyone who jeopardizes such a wonderful lists, security should be forcibly removed, once they are found. This type of behaviour just, isn't, acceptable. Lindsay Cowell -original message- Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider. From: Thomas Ward

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
I am not sure how the genre of games are classified, but I do know one thing for certain, there has been a lot of controversy about violence and stuff like that over games like this, and in my previous research I discovered that the long you are exposed to it, the more hard-wired it is going

Re: [Audyssey] business games

2013-12-15 Thread James Howard
I'm interested in this truckers, and trucker sim, where can you find both of these? On 12/15/13, Darren Harris darren_g_har...@btinternet.com wrote: hi, yes i know games of this type do have a form of rinse and repete style of play to some degree. i don't mind that so much if you can make a

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
I don’t think games have to be about killing people. Killing monsters and zombies is fine. :) Or you could make it somewhat abstract and have to react to something in a split second. Change reaction comes to mind. It has some elements of both a puzzle and a shooter. I play that game quite a

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread Support
I agree that complexity does not necessarily correlate with replayability. And it's obvious that many games can be made accessible without a keyboard, especially if the only interface is a menu. And the gyroscopes can definitely make up for some of the loss of a keyboard in games like Papa

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
How do you define a monster, in theory? A monster is a dehumanised creature with characteristics of evil. A zombie is a legendary creature from which a human once died. When it comes to playing things to dehumanising a creature, it allows us to feel less tender-hearted towards that creature so

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh, I have to admit that I love horror and a certain amount of violence. It gets the adrenaline flowing and scares the crud out of me, and i get a rush. If I still get a rush from it, and I play the same amount at the same level, I suppose I’m not getting terribly desensitized. :) Teresa

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
Also love reading horror books because I enjoy foreshadowing what is going to happen next. A few years ago I got caught up on reading all of the R. L. Stine books. I still believe that we can enjoy whatever we want as long as we are open-minded. I know a few individuals who have been affected

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Charles Rivard
I would like to see the perpetrators cut off from the Internet entirely. Can't be done, though, unless they were imprisoned, which isn't too bad of an idea, either. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Charles Rivard
The decisions you make in life should not be based on those you make in a violent game. If you cannot separate the two, you shouldn't be playing the games. That's where self control and or supervision at a young impressionable age are necessary. --- Be positive! When it comes to being

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
I agree, and the same goes for those stupid hackers and cheaters on Swamp and other games. -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 8:19 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider. I would like to

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
Exactly, I enjoyed playing games like that but because my attention was distracted elsewhere, I never got addicted to those games, though I know a few who have and they say because it has a lot of replay value. On 12/15/2013 12:22 PM, Charles Rivard wrote: The decisions you make in life should

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
Sopme folk are just criminals. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 1:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Sky Mundell
I wouldn't be surprised if it was Ivan Fegunduz. Remember that man who tried to take Liams game and pass it off as his own a few years ago? -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Hayes Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 12:54 PM To: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
I know someone from the playroom who had similar mannerisms. I forgot his user name, but he said he was Steve and he was forty--two. He liked crashing everyone's screen readers. On 12/15/2013 1:00 PM, Sky Mundell wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if it was Ivan Fegunduz. Remember that man who

Re: [Audyssey] Threshhold mud question on making a character

2013-12-15 Thread Shannon Dyer
I tried to find this mud on mud connector, but it wasn't listed. Do you have the information for it? Shannon On Dec 15, 2013, at 10:28 AM, K ks.steinbac...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, logged into threshhold mudd for the first time and am trying to make a character. first step is picking a name. I

Re: [Audyssey] qcibtuyvvlyckymfrura

2013-12-15 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
who is using my name!!! - Original Message - From: Ken Downey kenwdow...@thepionear.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 12:21 AM Subject: [Audyssey] qcibtuyvvlyckymfrura HAIRY BUTTHOLE HAIRY BUTTHOLE HAIRY BUTTHOLE! THOMAS WARD THINKS HE CAN MOD THE LIST BUT I

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
Why do they like doing it though, it doesn't make sense to me at all. -Original Message- From: Ulysses Garcia Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 9:04 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages I know someone from the playroom who had similar

[Audyssey] Moderator List Status

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello List, As all of you or at least most of you know by now yesterday around 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time an unnamed perpetrator/perpetrators began sending various sexually explicit messages disguised as legitimate list members to the list. Along with the sexually explicit messages they also

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lori, Cheap thrills. Some people have really antisocial behaviors like hurting people, messing things up for others, or just breaking things because they can. It doesn't make sense to you because you are a kind, caring, and decent person. They lack those qualities, and for that reason are

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Bryan Peterson
Probably because they have no life and can think of nothing better to do with their time. That and they're just perverted. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! -Original Message- From: loriduncan Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 2:49 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
There must be a reason, Thomas, why they feel this way. I try to take the perspective of a scientist. What would they say, that they lacked serotonin or something of the sort? I talked a lot about this on my blog at http://sensationexperience.wordpress.com/ If you have any more to say I

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
In my opinion, they didn’t get addicted to them because they have a lot of replay value. They got addicted to them because those folks had little or no self-control. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Dec 15, 2013, at 12:36 PM, Ulysses Garcia birdlover2...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] BGT, Mac and More

2013-12-15 Thread Davy Kager
Hi, I don't doubt it. I don't have personal experience with that toolkit, I just heard LWorks used it. The only cross-platform tools I have experience with revolve around Java, and I can say that providing an accessible GUI on Mac and Windows from one code-base isn't too hard. Now to see

[Audyssey] Back on list

2013-12-15 Thread Philip Bennefall
Hi all, I hope it is safe to resubscribe again at this point. I started receiving enormous amounts of horrible spam around 4 AM this morning where some immature individual with way too much time on their hands impersonated list members including myself. I unsubscribed after removing the first

Re: [Audyssey] Back on list

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Philip, Yes, it should be safe to resub to the list. If you receive my status message it explains where we are right now in this situation. I believe we have stopped or at least slowed the spam for the time being and we are keeping an eye on things to make sure our perp doesn't get away with

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Tyler
I think it's because the people who make games for the blind don't include video. When I first heard about games for the blind, I imagined a video game where you don't need the video part, but it's there. Like a mainstream game that sighted people play that also has accessible features. So

Re: [Audyssey] L-Works Partnership with USA Games

2013-12-15 Thread Christopher Bartlett
This bears a striking resemblance to the behavior of someone on a couple of other lists that goes on for a couple of days, then is squashed. My advice, ignore it, don't leave the list, don't respond, even when he begins threatening people or trying to slag their good names. He's mentally ill and

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2013-12-15 Thread Darren Harris
hi chris what is it some kind of torettes syndrome or and ADHD combination? Sent from my iPad On 15 Dec 2013, at 22:23, Christopher Bartlett atouchofrevere...@gmail.com wrote: This bears a striking resemblance to the behavior of someone on a couple of other lists that goes on for a

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2013-12-15 Thread amanda burt
The slight worry I have is that, because some of the emails appeared to come from known members, I opened a few and one said that if you open this one you will get a virus on your computer. will this happen? I didn't open any more once I relised that the emails were spam? Amanda

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Notice: Recent Mesages

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
You're probably right ihave my own suspicions as to who it is, but i'm not saying except in a private note to thomas, i can't affor the liable suite, grin. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Sky Mundell s...@shaw.ca To: 'Gamers Discussion

Re: [Audyssey] The Psychology of First Person Shooters

2013-12-15 Thread Bryan Peterson
It really depends. Some people do indeed get hooked because they believe a game has replay value. Then of course you do have the other sort. They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! -Original Message- From: Teresa Cochran Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 3:01 PM To: Gamers Discussion

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2013-12-15 Thread Christopher Bartlett
If this is who I think it is, and it is a similar enough modus operandi to be likely, he is mentally ill. Please be kind, even though you have suffered some annoyance, and in the cases of the people he has impersonated possible actual harm, since the messages are now forever and findable on the

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2013-12-15 Thread Philip Bennefall
This is an interesting point, actually. Can the messages be removed from the archives? I would not particularly enjoy having these things found when doing a Google search for my name. Kind regards, Philip Bennefall - Original Message - From: Christopher Bartlett

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2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
Hi Chris, lol that last line of your email sent me into fits laughing, I hardly ever fly into rages, but hackers spammers and cheaters really make me mad. -Original Message- From: Christopher Bartlett Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:52 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re:

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2013-12-15 Thread loriduncan
Hi Philip, isn't there a program you can run which automatically removes spam before it can reach the list? Maybe it could be re-directed to bounce back to the owner? From Lori. -Original Message- From: Philip Bennefall Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:57 PM To: Gamers Discussion

[Audyssey] Did you play the wave of text adventures released in late September?

2013-12-15 Thread Tyler
Hello! Did any of you play the text adventures in the IF Comp this year? http://www.ifcomp.org/comp13 Tyler Z --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web,

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2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Philip, Yes, they can, but it will take a bit of work. It will require grabbing the archive file, and manually deleting them from the archives and then replacing the archives with the edited ones. It is possible to do and I was strongly considering something like this anyway. Cheers! On

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2013-12-15 Thread Philip Bennefall
Hi Lori, The spam wasn't actually sent from the email accounts from which it seemed to originate. The email addresses were set correctly, but the SMTP server of the sender is entirely different from mine and this is how they can potentially be traced. So there is nothing that I can do locally

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2013-12-15 Thread Philip Bennefall
Great to know, Thomas. I, and I'm sure the other people who's names were used, would appreciate that. I imagine a regular expression could be used to speed up the procedure considerably. Kind regards, Philip Bennefall - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com

Re: [Audyssey] L-Works Partnership with USA Games

2013-12-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Amanda, No. None of the messages were infected with viruses. We have Mailman configured to strip attachments, and remove any potential infected files before reaching the list. It was just the perp's way of messing with your head, scaring you, and taking advantage of your lack of knowledge

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator List Status

2013-12-15 Thread Darren Duff
Thanks to you and anyone else that takes the time to fix these issues! We are most grateful for all that you all do to keep us safe so that we can enjoy this list. Now lets get back to gaming! -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward

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2013-12-15 Thread Ulysses Garcia
I am intending on newer methods of mental illness that are more comprehensive, more effective and naturopathic than the ones pharmaceutical companies claim they do. http://sensationexperience.wordpress.com/ On 12/15/2013 2:37 PM, amanda burt wrote: The slight worry I have is that, because some

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator List Status

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
I second this message thank the gaming gods for thomasss, the real thomas, Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Darren Duff duff...@gmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 10:25 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] The future of mobile accessible gaming, was: : mac versus windows

2013-12-15 Thread dark
Well secret of Mana I know very well. As a teenager I combined playing cooperatively and watching a sighted friend of mine, (since I could see most of the characters providing they weren't in a zone with low contrast). There are several interesting points about the mobile version of secret of

Re: [Audyssey] a message from this lists hosting provider.

2013-12-15 Thread Lisa Hayes
What a good idea and destroy their net access in the process really give them some curry to deal with. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com To: Philip Bennefall phi...@blastbay.com; Gamers Discussion list

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