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jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "GAMERS is dead...." 12-07-01, 14:29z  Today, December 7th in the year 2002, when I logged on to CompuServe at 0630 EST, OzWin reported that GAMERS FORUM was closed. She lived nearly seven days after life support was withdrawn. It was FDR who called December 7th "the day that shall live in infamy" ....somehow seems appropriate... ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      RE: GAMERS is dead.... vgbaron 12-07-01 1    RE: GAMERS is dead.... andrewluck 12-07-01 2         RE: GAMERS is dead.... TD 12-08-01 6              RE: GAMERS is dead.... andrewluck 12-08-01 7                   RE: GAMERS is dead.... TD 12-08-01 8   RE: GAMERS is dead.... James 12-07-01 3   RE: GAMERS is dead.... PL965Melo 12-08-01 4    RE: GAMERS is dead.... Mike_Greenwood 12-08-01 5         RE: GAMERS is dead.... PL965Melo 12-15-01 16   RE: GAMERS is dead.... normster 12-08-01 9    RE: GAMERS is dead.... Mike_Greenwood 12-08-01 10         RE: GAMERS is dead.... Ben Chiu 12-09-01 11              RE: GAMERS is dead.... Mike_Greenwood 12-09-01 12                   RE: GAMERS is dead.... jerryrosie 12-09-01 14    RE: GAMERS is dead.... jerryrosie 12-09-01 13         RE: GAMERS is dead.... vgbaron 12-09-01 15              RE: GAMERS is dead.... Tarmack 12-16-01 17                   RE: GAMERS is dead.... vgbaron 12-16-01 18                   RE: GAMERS is dead.... Vulcan 12-16-01 20              RE: GAMERS is dead.... TD 12-16-01 19

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vgbaron Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-07-01, 16:19z  R.I.P. Vic Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

andrewluck Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-07-01, 20:11z  Just rang Customer Services and cancelled my account. Feels like the end of an era, I've been with them since 1992. Andrew Luck 18 SW EGSH Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

TD Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 6. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 15:32z  >Just rang Customer Services and cancelled my account. >Feels like the end of an era, I've been with them since >1992. > >Andrew Luck >18 SW EGSH So did they do the, "Mr. Luck, I see you have been a member with us since 1992. Before we cancel the acct., do you mind if I ask why? <insert answer here> Ahhh. Yeah, I remember my times with Compuserve, it really was magic back in <insert year here> Do you remember the <insert forum name here> Forum? Man, I was in there at all times of the day and night when I first got on.." schpiel/Schtick? "TD - VFAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!" Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

andrewluck Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 7. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 20:04z  >So did they do the, "Mr. Luck, I see you have been a >member with us since 1992. Before we cancel the acct., do >you mind if I ask why? ><insert answer here> >Ahhh. Yeah, I remember my times with Compuserve, it >really was magic back in <insert year here> >Do you remember the <insert forum name here> Forum? Man, >I was in there at all times of the day and night when I >first got on.." schpiel/Schtick? > >"TD - VFAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!" The first bit anyway<g>. Not that they care. Andrew Luck 18 SW EGSH Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

TD Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 8. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 21:13z  That is the standard training all saves-que agents get. Be sure to keep your deactivation number close-by, and watch your credit-card statement. Based on the age of the acct., and payment method chosen, you might see one more charge due to it being Last-Saturday Arrears methodology, but with the #, you have proof that they should end. "TD - VFAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!" Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

James Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-07-01, 20:18z  Hi Jerry, Yep, they switched the lights off for the last time James. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

PL965Melo Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 4. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 04:40z  Hi Jerry, >Today, December 7th in the year 2002, when I logged on to >CompuServe at 0630 EST, OzWin reported that GAMERS FORUM >was closed. Oh N000! Not another disaster on my Birthday. >It was FDR who called December 7th "the day that shall >live in infamy" ....somehow seems appropriate... Unfortunately, yes. Melo Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Mike_Greenwood Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 5. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 05:55z  >>Oh N000! Not another disaster on my Birthday.<< Hope you had a good one at any rate! --Greenie **6 miles SSE KSJC** Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

PL965Melo Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 16. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-15-01, 18:33z  Hi Greenie, >Hope you had a good one at any rate! Yes, it was a good one. Went out to dinner with my family. Came home and had cake and ice cream and a few presents. (One of them was the registration for FSNav 4.5 ) Also, the bithday boy got to pick out the videos at the video store. Watched "The Malta Story". Lots of spitfire's including a PR version. Recommend the movie. Regards, Melo Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

normster Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 9. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 22:14z  Hi Jerry! Good to be on here...even if I can't use Old faithful OZWin2! Yeah, I found exactly the same thing when I tried to log in to the GAMERS forum last nite. But let's face one fact...it was truly great while it lasted and I will miss many of the "faces" that we used to have on FSFORUM and GAMERS. At least - and I say this with great anticipation - we DO have this nifty web site where we can hang out. Has anyone thought about doing another rallye here? Regards, Norm Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Mike_Greenwood Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 10. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-08-01, 23:06z  Hi Norm, >>Has anyone thought about doing another rallye here?<< You bet!! We'll fire up monthly rallies once again once the dust settles a bit. Most likely January, maybe February. The main hurdle is getting the Flight Rooms functioning the way we'd like. It's great to have you here! --Greenie **6 miles SSE KSJC** Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 11. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-09-01, 01:31z  >The main hurdle is getting the Flight Rooms >functioning the way we'd like. Actually, that shouldn't be a hurrdle. While they don't operate the way we'd ultimately like them to, they are servicable and work well once you get past the registration bits. Vic, Randy, and Jerry seem to have it working already. Ben Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Mike_Greenwood Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 12. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-09-01, 04:01z  >>Actually, that shouldn't be a hurrdle. While they don't operate the way we'd ultimately like them to, they are servicable and work well once you get past the registration bits. Vic, Randy, and Jerry seem to have it working already.<< Oh, I agree, but that's the "Fly-Now" software working there. I was talking about the flight rooms themselves. You have to admit, there would be alot less confusion if we didn't need "Fly-Now." I say though, no matter what's functional, we start the rallies back up in Jan. --Greenie **6 miles SSE KSJC** Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 14. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-09-01, 14:38z  >>I say though, no matter what's functional, we start the rallies back up in Jan.<< I second that. After all, the ralleys in GAMERS were unsupported by anything but our imaginations... ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jerryrosie Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 13. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-09-01, 14:33z  >>Good to be on here...even if I can't use Old faithful OZWin2!<< Yep! I am becoming more familiar with the workings here but it still bugs an old Sig Corps communicator to be "poking the tape while on-line" >>Has anyone thought about doing another rallye here?<< Yep - but we wanted to get some of the "kinks" worked out first. There are so many features available here that it could really improve the experience once we all figure out how to use them. I think they were shooting for sometime in January for the first ralley..... Good to see you here. Any chance that you'll finish the Rio ferry trip and post it to the magazine here? ***Reality - the refuge of those who can't handle simulation*** Cheers, Jerry (N94) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

vgbaron Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 15. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-09-01, 21:18z  Well, I bit the bullet and called CIS and cancelled my account after quite afew years. Don't recall exactly when I signed up but I recall paying 22.50/hour. Tapcis hadn't been released yet so all was done online. Of course, I remember using programs like Lynx, Telnet and gopher to zip around the net - and it was FAST - even at 14.4k. Couldn't believe the rep, he tried to get me to switch to C2000. Failed to grasp what my gripe was about. Finally gave up when I described to him what I thought the letters AOL stood for. Ah well, the end of an era........... Long live the VPC! Vic Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Tarmack Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 17. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-16-01, 16:56z  Vic, I had several months where my total Compuserve bill was over 200 bucks....the months I would log on from Tokyo or Hong Kong.....and that was not all.....there was also a local hotel charge for those same times! As much as it used to cost....at the time it sure seemed worth it ! Regards, Cap'n Tarmack Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

vgbaron Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 18. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-16-01, 19:43z  Cap'n >As much as it used to cost....at the time it sure seemed >worth it ! AT the time, with the quantity and quality of the forums, especially as compared to other sources(MSN, PRODIGY, etc) it was worth it. Vic Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Vulcan Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 20. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-16-01, 20:39z  Hey Cap'n, What a very pleasant surprise to see that sig again. I frequently popped into your forum at Avsim until you closed it and I thought we had lost a very valuable member of the community. Very pleased to see you in here. Best wishes to and yours for the holiday season. 'Vulcan' 8nm NE of EGCC Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

TD Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 19. "RE: GAMERS is dead...." 12-16-01, 20:35z  Vic, You were logging in on the supplemental network were you not? "TD - Virtual FAA investigators are on line 2, AGAIN!!!" Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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