Sorry for the website. We’re renovating our office and we have to unplug the server from time to time.

I’m thinking it’s time to add even more to the website. Visit this forum post for information on maybe how you can help.

Sorry the site has been down. We had a major storm and took some damage. Needless to say, um, we’re up again.

Oh BTW Merry Christmas!

Sorry about the service the past few days. We have a service call in to our ISP about our connection’s reliability.

Sorry, I’ve been tweaking the website to improve performance. The site has been gaining popularity again and I’m struggling to keep the machine fast. I may need another memory upgrade. There are times when I max out Apache’s 50 server processes.

Looks like I accidently deleted the original post. We are on a new server. Much faster, more memory, etc. New OS. Debian/Kubuntu Linux instead of Mandrake.

The BBS Documentary does go into door games a little bit, and spends a little bit of time talking about Trade Wars addiction. Check out the video here.

Hello everyone. I just wanted to drop a note about this DVD set I bought, called BBS: The Documentary. If you’re an old-time BBS user, you’ll think it’s well worth the price. I’ve watched only half of the first DVD so far, and it’s great.

It’s really entertaining to watch them talk about the old-school flame wars they had, not unlike what we still experience today. And BTW, when I say “old-school”, I mean predating people my age (28+/-). I’d be a newbie with these old guys!

Great stuff. There are a few video clips in the link above, check it out.

I’m not sure myself if TW is indeed dying. Personally, I think that it’s neither growing or dying… just stagnating. In my view, the new amount of people entering and staying with the game, offset the people leaving. And yes, I am Optimistic.

But the one thing that is dying is the image of Tradewars. Even from my standpoint, Tradewars is still just as fun as it was before, but the image of TW is nothing like it was in the BBS era. This is something we need to work on.

One way we can help the image is by getting younger players… and just more players period into the game. Some of you have probably wondered (As have I) why there are not many new players going into the game. The answer is simple… it’s because of us! A lot of times, we destroy people’s home sectors which pose no threat to us. Why do we do it? Is it because it’s fun? Is it because they destroyed our tolls, or is it because someone paid us to do it? Unfortunatelly, I can say yes to those three examples. Whatever the reason, this is something that needs to be stoped. The only people that pose a threat to good tradewars players are other good tradewars players. TW is like Donkey Kong. Climbing the ladders are easy until the 900 lb. Gorilla starts throwing barrels at you.

That analogy perfectly describes what some newbies are going through. While the concept of TW is easily learned, your not going to stand a chance against the big gorillas Cross-port trading. It takes time to learn the skills of planetary trading, Turn Management and the like. And if there’s a gorilla on your back, how effective will your learning be?

Sorry I’m late for the weekend update to the gallery, but I found a TON of stuff, so it took me awhile to post.

First, the updates:
New MP3’s! Interview with Gypsy, a rant about me, and a shortened Space Ghost interview. Also added time marks to some interesting stuff in the files, however, there’s a lot I didn’t mark that’s interesting, too.

Some new site art.

Here’s some old content that got its images fixed:
Cheap Shots,
DE Corp page,
Las Vegas TW2000 Convention,
Computer benchmarks (with an update!).