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"Bob Perez" <myfirstname@thecomdomaincalledSHADOWPIKE> wrote in
news:10rkaqo54mja599@news.supernews.com:
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> "Gary Beldon" <g.beldon@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:hq8kr09pc251ktrqaeol1d583lvgktkt6p@4ax.com...
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>> Bob (and others), please please don't change the subject line of
>> messages with 'EQ2' in them. This is the EQ (not EQ2) newsgroup. Most
>> people are (thankfully) managing to flag their posts appropriately,
>> then people come along and change the subject.
>
> First, my apologies for forgetting that my newsreader does that
> automatically when it sees a colon in a title. I've tried to remember
> to watch for this, but some slip through. A better convention for
> subject prefixes might be to use brackets [EQ2] rather than a colon. I
> know that another solution would be for me to use another newsreader
> and I've tried every one that has been recommended to me but I found
> them all lacking. Until something better for me comes along, I'll
> continue to use this one and will try to watch for the problem. But
> even if I were to switch, enough people still use my newsreader that
> it will continue to be a problem if the topic header contains a colon.
>
> Second, there is no real EQ2 newsgroup yet and it's not clear to me if
> there ever will be one. Many of the same people I've interacted with
> over the years in EQ1 are now playing EQ2 and posting here. There's an
> unchartered EQ2 group that is not likely to get much traction, and
> unfortunately that makes it even less likely that a proper one will
> form up any time soon. Until one does, however, this really is the
> main newsgroup for information about both EverQuest I and II. From
> what I see of people coming into EQ2 from EQLive (including many of
> the old diehards from my EQLive guild who swore they'd never come), I
> suspect that it won't be long before EQ2 becomes the primary topic of
> discussion in this forum (if it hasn't already), and information about
> EQ1 becomes the one requiring the [EQ1] header.
>
> I'm open to suggestions for a happier resolution for everyone, and
> have raised the question myself in the past and have always tried to
> honor conventions that allow people to distinguish the two topics. But
> for now it appears that this is indeed the primary newsgroup for
> information about EQ2 and it's my first stop on Usenet to read about
> the game.
>
/agree
It doesn't make much sense to me to start a new group when even some of
the most loyal EQLive players have been among those to predict its demise
within a year or so. It's not like Baldur's Gate or Morrowind. When EQL
is over, it's over. There will be no one playing it and no need for
discussion.
I'm still of the belief that a.g.e. is the best place for discussion of
both. I try to denote EQ2: on any such posts (will change to [EQ2] now,
thanks for the tip), but there will come a point when it won't be
necessary.
--
Rumble
"The floggings will continue until morale improves."
-- Blackbeard
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