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Hello
I'm so glad I remembered this place existed!
I have returned to the Amiga 'scene' after several years, and without wanting to get on too much of a downer, I've made these observations:
AOrg is a shadow of its former self and seems to have turned into 'Trevor's cult of personality'. Even the most enduring members such as Karlos seem to have vanished. We never had it so good when Wayne was webmaster. I will always remember the time I used A.Org in the early 00s, full of intelligent people, lively debate and Amigans from all over the world (one of the things for me that really made it so great was the good mix of Americans, Canadians, Europeans and Australians, etc).
The Amiga scene itself seems to be just as full of infighting as ever it was, and now it seems the rip-off merchants have come to the fore on ebay selling copies of Shadow of the Beast for £500. Have people taken leave of their senses? It seems Amibay seems like a good place to buy hardware, although I have read some criticisms that all the stuff is 'picked clean' by the moderators and a guy called Fitzsteve, and that they read your PMs? Is this really what the Amiga community has come to? Its a wonder anyone is still part of the community, oh wait....
Anyway, so glad to see some familiar faces here, and look forward to connecting with some of you I haven't spoken to in 10+ years.
Regards
Cyberus
I'm so glad I remembered this place existed!
I have returned to the Amiga 'scene' after several years, and without wanting to get on too much of a downer, I've made these observations:
AOrg is a shadow of its former self and seems to have turned into 'Trevor's cult of personality'. Even the most enduring members such as Karlos seem to have vanished. We never had it so good when Wayne was webmaster. I will always remember the time I used A.Org in the early 00s, full of intelligent people, lively debate and Amigans from all over the world (one of the things for me that really made it so great was the good mix of Americans, Canadians, Europeans and Australians, etc).
The Amiga scene itself seems to be just as full of infighting as ever it was, and now it seems the rip-off merchants have come to the fore on ebay selling copies of Shadow of the Beast for £500. Have people taken leave of their senses? It seems Amibay seems like a good place to buy hardware, although I have read some criticisms that all the stuff is 'picked clean' by the moderators and a guy called Fitzsteve, and that they read your PMs? Is this really what the Amiga community has come to? Its a wonder anyone is still part of the community, oh wait....
Anyway, so glad to see some familiar faces here, and look forward to connecting with some of you I haven't spoken to in 10+ years.
Regards
Cyberus