Subject: Re: [stella] New list: Update From: Manuel Rotschkar <cybergoth@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:56:28 -0500 |
Hi there! > I think it was already a bad idea to create the > homebrew forums on AA because it split discussions > between here and AA. Sort of, yes. But while two 2600 programming mailing lists would indeed be totally redundant, the homebrew forum at AA serves hombrewing from a totally different perspective. On [Stella] you get almost zero response to messages without assembly code. If you want direct feedback from gamers, discuss game design ideas or need artwork or music, you will only get that from the audience at AA. What I think goes wrong with the forums at AA is the increasing number of discussions about hardcore 2600 programming. They are more or less naturally spawned from Andrews excellent programming lessons there. In former times I and others didn't discuss any of the "advanced" stuff there, but rather pointed them to [Stella]. Lately, with [Stella] becoming more and more unreliable and without a working archive, we more and more stopped sending people to [Stella] but instead tried to help 'em right where they asked. Well, to sum it all up: While I personally would prefer to see the programming and "tech-talk" return to [Stella], I wouldn't want to miss the feedback from the AA boards. What would I suggest for the future? Hm... I'm for a complete move to AA. Biglist has shown us long enough that they don't care about us and that we're located at the bottom of their support priorities. I'd also suggest that there was some easy subscription to [Stella] possible straight from the homebrew/programming forums, so that we can start concentrating the programming discussions on [Stella] again. I'm not sure if this would be technically possible, but the best of both worlds would IMHO be a 2 in 1 solution for 2600 programming discussion, a merger between forum and mailing list, so everyone interested can either participate via web-forum or mails, just as prefered... Greetings, Manuel Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://stella.biglist.com
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