XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > You know, a working killfile is a wonderful thing. I don't see anything   
   > from a few posters unless they're quoted in other people's posts, and then   
   > nothing at all if one of them starts a new thread. :)   
      
   True, but he changes his identity and email address so often that it's   
   hard to keep up. As you know, he does this so his pathetic posts can get   
   through people's filters and thus allow for the attention he so   
   desperately requires. ;)   
      
   > I think that for RGVS in particular, the group's relevance faded fast when   
   > Sega left the hardware business.   
      
   Agreed.   
      
   > Without a console for advocates to   
   > defend, or a clear platform strategy that was transparent to the public,   
   > there really ceased to be anything worthwhile to talk about. Conversation   
   > about preservation and repair is necessarily limited to specialized web   
   > forums, and talk about specific games tends to happen in the other groups   
   > that are specific to a particular platform.   
      
   Good call. Honestly though, I just think we've run out of stuff to talk   
   about. I mean, over the years I think I've talked about virtually every   
   Genesis game in existence, be it in a post I wrote up or in just a   
   casual response to something else.   
      
   Thing is, even when new Genesis/Sega CD games come out...there's nothing   
   about them here, I mean we don't even kind of talk about it, you know?   
   You'd think a new game on the platform we all love would garner some   
   sort of conversation. That's another reason why I think these groups are   
   done: We don't even discuss stuff that's directly related to the group   
   we're in anymore. :(   
      
   > Still, I don't know that it's completely done. Newsgroups wax and wane   
   > with the public interest. They should reflect what's going on in the rest   
   > of the world, and not be an end unto themselves. In that spirit, I'm going   
   > to keep RGVS at the top of my .newsrc file in anticipation of Sega's next   
   > big move. You never know what's coming.   
      
   Well, don't get me wrong, I'm not removing them from my newsgroup list,   
   I just don't think I'll be adding any new posts.   
      
   Bel   
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