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ASVS

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:44pm
by haas mark
What is it?

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:48pm
by Evil Sadistic Bastard
The birthplace of Wong, SirNitram, Dalton, and all the other great people we know and love. SD.NEt is basically an extension of ASVS, except in MB format.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:48pm
by haas mark
Yeh, but what IS it?

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:49pm
by Dalton
It's a newsgroup. alt.startrek.vs.starwars

Re: ASVS

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:50pm
by Stormbringer
verilon wrote:What is it?
alt.starwars.vs.startrek.

It's the usenet version this board. It's where Mike began his illustrious trekkie bashing career. Generally considered the roughest newsgroup on the 'net. More flames the devil's living room, more fucks than a vietnamese whorehouse, and insults beyond count. There are a lot of ASVS regulars here. Such as Shep, RayCav, Dalton, Weemadando, and His Divine Shadow.

We really ought to find a way to lure Chuck over here too.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:53pm
by Dalton
Good luck. Chuck's busy enough as is :)

Re: ASVS

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:53pm
by Enlightenment
Stormbringer wrote:Generally considered the roughest newsgroup on the 'net. More flames the devil's living room, more fucks than a vietnamese whorehouse, and insults beyond count.
Worse than alt.flame, alt.atheism.*, soc.culture.[insert radical fruitcake group here], alt.config, or news.groups? I doubt it.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:55pm
by Stormbringer
Dalton wrote:Good luck. Chuck's busy enough as is :)
I know it's unlikely. I'd just like to see him show up here though. He's one of my favorite writers and one of the all time great wise asses.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:56pm
by haas mark
Dalton wrote:It's a newsgroup. alt.startrek.vs.starwars
Can you link it?

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:57pm
by Stormbringer
verilon wrote:
Dalton wrote:It's a newsgroup. alt.startrek.vs.starwars
Can you link it?
It's a usenet group. It doesn't work like that.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:59pm
by Enlightenment
verilon wrote: Can you link it?
phpBB can't create links to NNTP news URLs. Copy and paste
news:alt.startrek.vs.starwars into your browser's address bar.

Note that this will only work if you've configured a news (NNTP) server in your network preferences.

Posted: 2002-10-27 11:59pm
by The Yosemite Bear
We really need to get his lord of Darkness (L.T. Hitman) to come over here. Of course Wong would have to give him a special coustom Title within 48 hours (Or Else).

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:00am
by XaLEv
Here are the Google archives: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&g ... s.starwars

New posts are added every few hours.

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:01am
by Raxmei
http://groups.google.com/groups?&group= ... s.starwars

This is not the best way to access ASVS, but I think it is the only one you can understand at this time.

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:01am
by haas mark
Enlightenment wrote:
verilon wrote: Can you link it?
phpBB can't create links to NNTP news URLs. Copy and paste
news:alt.startrek.vs.starwars into your browser's address bar.

Note that this will only work if you've configured a news (NNTP) server in your network preferences.
Says that no group is found at that address...Image

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:03am
by Raxmei
XaLEv wrote:Here are the Google archives: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&g ... s.starwars

New posts are added every few hours.
Grr. My URL's shorter! :evil:

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:04am
by XaLEv
Raxmei wrote:
XaLEv wrote:Here are the Google archives: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&g ... s.starwars

New posts are added every few hours.
Grr. My URL's shorter! :evil:
Get off my ass.

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:52am
by Slartibartfast
verilon wrote:
Dalton wrote:It's a newsgroup. alt.startrek.vs.starwars
Can you link it?
I personally don't have a news server (usually either you pay for it, or it comes with your dialup account, or you can get a crappy free one). I always use Google.

Just open http://groups.google.com and in the search box type it. If you type it exactly you get straight there (as opposed to a list of possible matches)

It's alt.startrek.vs.starwars (startrek first, starwars second). I suppose because it's some kind of subgroup to the startrek group.

Posted: 2002-10-28 12:58am
by Darth Wong
Slartibartfast wrote:It's alt.startrek.vs.starwars (startrek first, starwars second). I suppose because it's some kind of subgroup to the startrek group.
There was once a time when it was almost completely dominated by rabid Trekkies. Some of the insane ideas that both sides swiftly dismiss as the ravings of morons today (eg- the "E-D can shrug off a Deathstar superlaser with its nav deflector" idea) were quite widely accepted as perfectly reasonable logic at the time.

It was during those dark days that a few intrepid flame warriors such as Lord Poe and myself waged the fierce battles of old, slaying the greatest of the trolls, scattering their minions, and forcing them to retreat to their underground lair. In effect, the most successful invasion ever undertaken. Most invasions seek only to cause havoc; ours was undertaken without formal organization, but with the larger goal of conquering the target, occupying it, and driving out its oppressors.

To this day, even the Trekkies on the group (with the exception of the occasional idiot like Darkstar, who will soon be kill-filed and relegated to obscurity) recognize that an all-out war between the Empire and the Federation would easily result in Imperial victory, and they have reduced their goals to smaller victories.

Posted: 2002-10-28 01:56am
by Enlightenment
verilon wrote: Says that no group is found at that address...
As I said you have to have a news server address configured in MS Outhouse (I'm assuming you're using Windows) for news: URLs to work from Exploder's address bar.

Most ISPs do offer news/NNTP services. Check the information slips you got from your ISP with your userid and password (etc) and see if the information is there. While you can use Outhouse to read newsgroups it's a really, really bad idea to do so because of OE's security flaws. Once you've found the server information for your ISP go download XNews from http://xnews.newsguy.com and set it up to use your ISP's news server.

Reading newsgroups via google is awkward at the best of times. If you want to read ASVS on a regular basis you'll be glad you went to the trouble of setting up a proper newsreader.

Posted: 2002-10-28 07:16am
by Stuart Mackey
Darth Wong wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:It's alt.startrek.vs.starwars (startrek first, starwars second). I suppose because it's some kind of subgroup to the startrek group.
There was once a time when it was almost completely dominated by rabid Trekkies. Some of the insane ideas that both sides swiftly dismiss as the ravings of morons today (eg- the "E-D can shrug off a Deathstar superlaser with its nav deflector" idea) were quite widely accepted as perfectly reasonable logic at the time.

It was during those dark days that a few intrepid flame warriors such as Lord Poe and myself waged the fierce battles of old, slaying the greatest of the trolls, scattering their minions, and forcing them to retreat to their underground lair. In effect, the most successful invasion ever undertaken. Most invasions seek only to cause havoc; ours was undertaken without formal organization, but with the larger goal of conquering the target, occupying it, and driving out its oppressors.

snip
Yup, and thanks to your, and others, efforts those of us who have been at ASVS for only a couple of years, now have no serious opposition to entertain us. You first ones culled off the trekkies to such a degree that I am thinking that we need to declare the rabid trekkie a endangred species, and preserve them so our grandchildren can mock them, as we ourselfs once mocked them. I am not sure if I should thank you or curse you.

Posted: 2002-10-28 07:54am
by Stormbringer
Stuart Mackey wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:There was once a time when it was almost completely dominated by rabid Trekkies. Some of the insane ideas that both sides swiftly dismiss as the ravings of morons today (eg- the "E-D can shrug off a Deathstar superlaser with its nav deflector" idea) were quite widely accepted as perfectly reasonable logic at the time.

It was during those dark days that a few intrepid flame warriors such as Lord Poe and myself waged the fierce battles of old, slaying the greatest of the trolls, scattering their minions, and forcing them to retreat to their underground lair. In effect, the most successful invasion ever undertaken. Most invasions seek only to cause havoc; ours was undertaken without formal organization, but with the larger goal of conquering the target, occupying it, and driving out its oppressors.

snip
Yup, and thanks to your, and others, efforts those of us who have been at ASVS for only a couple of years, now have no serious opposition to entertain us. You first ones culled off the trekkies to such a degree that I am thinking that we need to declare the rabid trekkie a endangred species, and preserve them so our grandchildren can mock them, as we ourselfs once mocked them. I am not sure if I should thank you or curse you.
How about both? Thank him for showing them the light and driving away the evil trekkies. Curse him for denying us the pleasure of crushing them ourselves.

Posted: 2002-10-28 07:57am
by Vympel
Darth Wong wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:It's alt.startrek.vs.starwars (startrek first, starwars second). I suppose because it's some kind of subgroup to the startrek group.
There was once a time when it was almost completely dominated by rabid Trekkies. Some of the insane ideas that both sides swiftly dismiss as the ravings of morons today (eg- the "E-D can shrug off a Deathstar superlaser with its nav deflector" idea) were quite widely accepted as perfectly reasonable logic at the time.

It was during those dark days that a few intrepid flame warriors such as Lord Poe and myself waged the fierce battles of old, slaying the greatest of the trolls, scattering their minions, and forcing them to retreat to their underground lair. In effect, the most successful invasion ever undertaken. Most invasions seek only to cause havoc; ours was undertaken without formal organization, but with the larger goal of conquering the target, occupying it, and driving out its oppressors.

To this day, even the Trekkies on the group (with the exception of the occasional idiot like Darkstar, who will soon be kill-filed and relegated to obscurity) recognize that an all-out war between the Empire and the Federation would easily result in Imperial victory, and they have reduced their goals to smaller victories.
*Sitting with legs crossed* with many other disciplies

Tell us more master!!! :)

Posted: 2002-10-28 08:00am
by haas mark
Teller, would be more appropriate in this instance, but High Lord will probab;y work, too! :D

Speak, O High Lord Wong! Pray tell us of your Trekkie-bashing days!

heh heh

Posted: 2002-10-28 01:49pm
by The Yosemite Bear
ASVS Wrath of the Troll King (THE MOVIE)

Whose going to play whom?