a few thoughts about people’s reactions on some recent stuff…
first, regarding vaga and his new faq…first i think vaga should have credited dark_shiki for condensing the stuff on that ugly 1000-post thread (imagine the time and effort needed when i had to scan through the posts and filter out any inappropriate content), but i think he added credits already so i will leave it at that. however, i would like to talk about this matter from vaga’s position, in regards to some people’s reactions towards him directly (as in vaga the person, not gc the company).
vaga did say it’s “not very official”, so i dont think you should let your anger out at vaga (at least on the vmate issue), at least calm yourselves down. vaga is just one of gc’s minions, and i dont think bashing him will do any good (at the company’s scale). he is not paid to watch over the bbs (i am, however), so he is not obliged to answer anything, let alone keeping an eye on this bbs (hell, i dont even bother look at gc’s bbs from the beginning). please keep in mind that he is doing all these on good will, and he can choose not to write any faq at all. plagirism put aside, yes there are issues on that faq that are still a bit blurry and need clarifications, but rather than bugging vaga for a response (and he may or may not have the answer to begin with), dont you think it’s more constructive to post on gc’s bbs, or better yet, spam them with emails regarding that matter?
if you guys take everything so seriously then i’ll be damn sure i will keep my mouth shut from now on and not reveal anything at all if someone asks me “what’s the progress on title A?” or anything about peapri (althogh of course i tend to be careful at what i say on this bbs even if you guys are as easy-going as before). i cant speak for vaga himself, but i’m sure to some extent he will be less inclined from now on to answer any questions (and keep in mind he is not obliged to answer ANYTHING) on gc’s games…now that he has received some hostility from people here.
i cant help it but i keep thinking about the malibu “easy-going” commercial when i thought about this 
anyways, keep in mind that vaga is not in the same position as myself or dave/kumiko. he did say he is NOT the official representative/mouthpiece. he is just one of gc’s many minions/spies who is just kind/nice enough to bother glancing the bbs and answering questions (much like made in dna and ex-woo on our end). i think this is an presumption you should take when reading his posts.
lastly, italicus, i am not sure if i like what you are doing on this bbs, a majority of your posts (more on the recent ones) on this vmate issue has been more destructive than constructive, meaning that they are nothing more than a bunch of whines, flame and anger posts with no real content.
i have no problems with anti-vmate people (such as dark_shiki or scdawg…and correct me if i am wrong) complaining about vmate but at least they are doing so in a civilized manner and generate discussion. italicus’ posts, however, has been a bunch of short posts about whining and with no meaningful content, and sometimes with italian to begin with (and not everybody can understand it). i dont think they are very constructive at all.
i mean, a couple of posts like this is alright at the beginning, but if you keep repeating the same thing over and over for a week then i see that as spam/polluting the boards. italicus, i cant recall how many times i have warned you with the content of your posts, but consider this as your FINAL WARNING or i’m afraid i will have to ban you.
…and to all, please stop talking about anything about an unofficial patch/crack, whether it’s discussion about if you have found it or not, how to get it, how to make one…WHATEVER. keep them amongst yourselves please.
[This message has been edited by Lamuness (edited 10-30-2004).]