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ë The BëM Squad Presents ë
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"WaReZ d00dz and H/P/A/V: A Failing Mixture"
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by Mr. Sandman
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08/21/93
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I have noticed a very sad thing occur recently. Wares and
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H/P/A/V have mixed together on the same boards and this has damaged
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rather than helped the scene. I never really thought this was bad
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at first but what I've started to notice is that most Wares Boards
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have started to advertise that they are also H/P/A/V to either
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attract more callers or so the sysop can feel like he is a complete
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BaD aSS because not only does he have WaReZ but he also has H/P/A/V
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which makes him "MoRe Elite" than most other boards. This is crap
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and is really hurting the scene.
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Nothing pisses me off more when I see a board advertising
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H/P/A/V support, CCInet, NuKE, etc. and yet it is totally geared
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towards Wares so no matter how much you know about the H/P/A/V
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scene you will not be granted access to the board because the users
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and sysops favor the WaReZ d00dz. This is really quite sad because
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there are less and less total H/P/A/V Boards almost every year and
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you have to have Wares in order to enjoy the H/P/A/V scene. I am
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not saying that this is true with all Wares/HPAV Boards but it
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seems to be true with most at the moment. For example, I have not
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had access to CCInet ever since High Voltage went PD.And sad to say
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you had to have an abundance of Wares in order to gain access to
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High Voltage in order to gain access. The only reason I had access
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there was because I helped him set up his BBS from day one when he
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had about five users. Then there was one other board in the same
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areacode that used to carry both Wares and H/P/A/V who did not
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discriminate towards any user if they knew what they were talking
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about. Unfortunately he went down. The use of improper Infoforms is
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to blame for most of this. When I see a BBS advertising H/P/A/V and
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it's New User Voting Infoform only has questions pertaining to the
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Wares scene I think it is really unfair to the good H/P/A/V User.
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It does not give him a chance to prove his worth to the BBS and the
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Users will normally vote him off. Personally, I see no excuse for
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having an unbalanced Infoform if you are supporting both Wares and
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H/P/A/V because it is hurting the scene. If you are a sysop and you
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run a BBS which carries both Wares and H/P/A/V then please balance
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your Infoforms. If you don't then it looks like you really don't
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give a shit about the H/P/A/V users and are only using H/P/A/V to
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make your BBS look á’ddEr than the others.
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The other thing which has really started to bother me is when
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Wares Boards or Wannabe Wares Boards start advertising that they
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have an abundance of H/P/A/V when they really have jack shit and
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don't ever care if they get any H/P/A/V files. Once, you have
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called you have accomplished their goal because you have made their
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BBS look one user bigger. For example, I called another Wares BBS
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recently, which shall remain nameless, which was advertising that
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it had CCInet and loads of H/P/A/V. When I gained access the
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first thing I did was go to the message section. All the users were
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complete WaReZ d00dz and the subs that dealt with Wares were
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thriving. Then I reached one sub titled "H/P/A/V Discussion" which
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had one post by the sysop explaining what it was for and then all
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the remaining posts were d00dz warring with each other. I was so
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pissed to see the one thing I called for which I expected to be
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somewhat intelligent being used as a warring sub. Then my Message
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Scan ended and I hadn't hit any subs that were on CCInet. I paged
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the sysop and when he broke in he said that he didn't have it yet
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but he knew that he could get it if he asked for it. I was really
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pissed off at that point but I hadn't yet checked out the file
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section so I kept my cool and went into it. He had a great supply
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of Wares but the thing that surprised me most was that he had only
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ONE FILE dealing with H/P/A/V which was on how to build a Gold Box.
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At this point I was so pissed I chatted with him again and totally
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went off on him. The dick started calling me a lamer and tried to
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make me look like I'd done something wrong. He then proceeded to
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tell me that if I didn't upload him a new Ware he would revoke my
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access to the board. Using the Nowhere Utilities I disguised the
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Crazy Trojan as a Ware and gave it to him. I know he ran it because
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Balin later called back the board and he posted a Bulletin about it
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yet this did not help solve the problem. It was merely one asshole
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who just started everything over again after he reformatted his HD.
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I have even less respect for these losers so if anyone runs across
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another board like this send a virus or trojan their way for me. If
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a BBS is actually trying to get a good H/P/A/V section then it
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won't require you to upload Wares. If they required uploads of
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H/P/A/V to keep access to their board, even if they only had a few
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H/P/A/V files or posts you would at least know that they were
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genuine about wanting to get a good H/P/A/V board going because you
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would be contributing to the board. However, if they require you to
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upload a Ware then you know where their mind is.
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The only other problem I've noticed that is also hurting the
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scene are the egos among H/P/A/V and Wares Users who think they are
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greater than everyone and were born with their knowledge and never
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had to learn everything. If someone with less experience posts a
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message like, "What does a Red Box do?" or, "What does INC stand
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for?" they are immediately attacked by these egotistical users in
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the subs who insult them and call them lamers. This doesn't help
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anything. We all know that those of us who do know what we are
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talking about had to learn at one point what all these things stood
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for and what their functions were. We didn't just know it! And that
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is why we should not belittle someone because they don't know what
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something is because it doesn't help the situation. If someone asks
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a basic question like that why not just give them the answer
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instead of giving them an attitude. It will help out everybody much
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better in the long run.
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I am not going to point the finger at any BBS's in this file
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for doing anything that I mentioned above because that was not the
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purpose of this file. However, if you happen to be the Sysop or a
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User on a BBS that commits what I've expressed dislike to in the
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above then please change your BBS to meet the above or have a talk
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with the sysop about what I've said. If we could get the Wares and
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H/P/A/V Community to truly come together then so much more could be
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accomplished. Please take into consideration what I've said in this
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file.
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Mr. Sandman
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BOM Squad Members
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ë-ë-ë-ë-ë-ë-ë-ë-ë
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Mr. Sandman
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Raven
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Neuromancer
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The AntiChrist
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Phat Klown
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Cop Killer
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Balin
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BOM Squad Sites
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The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test ú 908-813-2738 ú BOM WHQ!
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2112 ú 518-272-8753 ú BOM 518 HQ!
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The Dark Side of the Moon ú 215-396-0177 ú BOM 215 HQ!
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Secluded Nihilists ú 401-521-2923 ú BOM 401 HQ!
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If you are interested in either writing or being a site for the
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BëM Squad then please read the BOM.APP file and contact Mr. Sandman
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on the above boards or look for any for us on other good H/P boards.
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