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LPMiller
09-14-2001, 12:07 PM
Most of the mail I get is wonderful. 'cept this one.

" Enough with your mindless prattle. Get on with what you do best, report the Hardware news. We're inundated with this stuff 24/7 and I don't go to "Got Apex?" to hear more. I know you mean well, but you're not That good of a writer. I want deals and hardware news. SlashDot you are not, but I usually gleam some good info from your site at least once a week. You are in my 3 daily "Must read" sites along with "BluesNews" and "SlashDot". If you want to rant off topic ,do it in the forums, like all of us have to. God forbid we put something that doesn't belong into one of the forum sites. We are quickly modded down and told to "Post it in the appropriate Forum". Live by what you preach, and don't be a hypocrite, there's enough of those in this country already. My 2 cents.

{name deleted} MCSE, CCNA
MIS Manager
Meshnetworks Inc
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
Mitch Ratliffe

chrissy
09-14-2001, 12:09 PM
Write him back and tell him to go to Tom's Hardware.

LPMiller
09-14-2001, 12:52 PM
I'm so angry and annoyed right now, I could spit teeth.

ironchef
09-14-2001, 01:06 PM
Careful, he pointed out several times he reads slashdot. Clearly we're dealing with a supreme inteligence.

What a pretentious ass. :rolleyes:

IronChef, MCSE, CCNA, A++++, DiCK, MCP, PCP, LSD, ASS

hapoo
09-14-2001, 01:12 PM
guys, thats just his opinion, doesn't mean you have to listen to him, also doesn't mean you should insult him.

Jeffbx
09-14-2001, 01:14 PM
Eh, ignore him. I, for one, enjoy your mindless prattle ;)

LPMiller
09-14-2001, 01:23 PM
yeah well, lets just say he hit me at the exact perfect moment to hit every button I have and 3 I didn't know I had. Lets pretend I rather told him off, and his next email was vile, that I then responded with words and bile that would peel the paint off the next county.

Let's say I'm not proud, but I feel much better. For some reason I was just itching for a fight.

hapoo
09-14-2001, 02:30 PM
hehe
Everyones a little edgy right now.
Just keep up the good work LPM.

OC
09-14-2001, 06:17 PM
Write the guy off as an insensitive jerk (I HOPE YOU READ THIS) and be done with it.

I like the news and reviews at GA as much as the next guy, but what keeps me coming back to GA is the feeling of community and family. The people and members of Got|Apex? are a close-knit group. Like all families we have our quarrels, but we come together when the chips are down. When one member expresses pain or grief over something, we all rally to support them.

LPM was expressing his pain among friends, and I applaud him for it. That someone would tell him "Enough with your mindless prattle" is nothing but cruel.

LPM, way to go! Keep it up buddy, we're all with you.

Jeff

TheLoneGunman
09-15-2001, 01:11 AM
<clueless look> Why aren't you posting hardware reviews? Did something happen? </clueless look>

StonedWheat
09-15-2001, 08:53 PM
LPM, don't let one ******* get you down. Just keep on doin what you're doin...adding flavor to this site. I think you're pretty funny (most of the time).

Burzhui
09-16-2001, 09:59 AM
Originally posted by hapoo
hehe
Everyones a little edgy right now.
Just keep up the good work LPM.

yea, i for one enjoy it :)

sbp
09-17-2001, 12:07 AM
from http://www.3dgpu.com/

"This morning, I woke up to a message from jeffche[email protected] saying this:

Leave the news to cnn and other professionals. Your no good at it.

Now how a person who doesn't know the difference between "you're" and "your" in the grammar context is supposed to judge if we're good at something or not, is beyond me. In any case though, it just surprises me that some people would do anything to make a total stranger feel bad. To be honest, I don't feel bad, or feel that we here at 3DGPU were out of place posting these news. I've received numerous emails from a lot of people thanking us for taking the time to post the information. Around 40% of our visitors are foreigners, and some of these people are still quite new to the English language. A few people expressed that they cannot understand a lot of what CNN.com or ABCNews.com were saying, due to the journalists there using big words or words they don't know yet. Here at 3DGPU, they're used to my style of writing, and can understand what I'm trying to get across.

Another thing, all of us here at 3DGPU are Americans - me, Brian, Jack, and Dan. We were born and raised here, and this is our country. What happened in New York, Washington, and the farm near Pittsburgh, affects ALL of us. It may very well change our very lives, it may mess up our economy, and not to mention it's personal to some of us. There a lot of people who died there in New York, and I have a few friends and relatives there. This is our way of dealing with it, acquiring information, and passing it on to those who either missed the news item, or wishes to know how we feel about the incident.

So with that out of the way, if you feel the news is somehow offensive to you, or you're tired of it, then quite simply, don't read it. No one is forcing you to read something you're not interested in. The headlines are there to summarize what the post is about for a reason. Finally, those who take the time to thank us, we sincerely appreciate it. It does lift our spirits and make us feel good -- to know we're part of this global community, gamers or otherwise. Those who write in, trying to make us feel bad and being negative towards what we post, or the incidents that has happened last Tuesday, will further be ignored."

Bladderman
09-17-2001, 12:45 AM
For whatever it's worth, I only STARTED reading the news b/c of you LPM. :D

Keep up the great work!!!!

-B

revil
09-17-2001, 12:56 AM
Originally posted by Bladderman
For whatever it's worth, I only STARTED reading the news b/c of you LPM. :D

Keep up the great work!!!!

-B
Heh, I've pretty much stopped reading the news hear. Don't get me wrong, I love the news here. It's just that lately I've just been going straight to the forums bypassing the frontpage.

Grimm
09-17-2001, 03:43 PM
Gee, LMP the guy was right. You should refund every penny he has paid for the service you provide. :P

Seriously, I believe that last week you demonstrated the best writing you have done in your entire tenure here at GA. I for one appreciate the work you do and know that everything you posted came right from the heart.

Just because one ******* (I know he's not a dickhead 'cause he never comes to the meetings) can't deal with the fact that something terrible has happend is no reason to change in any way. He is lashing out at you because he has no target for his anger and doesn't know how to control it.

When I read what you had to say it helped me deal with the pain caused by all this. GA has been my main source of information about this whole thing. I don't watch much TV and only listen to the radio in the car. I can't stand how dumbed down the newspapers are.

So this is what I have to say about your coverage LMP.

Thank you for providing accurate information in a timely manner.
Thank you for dispelling rumors as soon as you were aware of them.
Thank you for giving me a place to discuss my feelings about this.
Thank you for helping me deal with my pain by letting me know I was not alone in my feelings.

Or in short Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you.

PS, please convey to Mr. "mindless prattle" that he is welcome to kiss my hairy white ass.

ironchef
09-17-2001, 04:46 PM
Originally posted by evilcyclops
harry white ass.
hey, you named yours too? i call mine Alfonz ;)

Grimm
09-17-2001, 08:48 PM
Originally posted by ironchef

hey, you named yours too? i call mine Alfonz ;)

ROFL!:heh:

So I am not the best speller, I fixed it.

Kim
09-18-2001, 11:39 AM
Thanks iron and evil...more coffee on the keyboard :heh: (coffee out the nose hurts!) And keep up the great work LPM!!

ironchef
09-18-2001, 11:48 AM
sorry, i never miss the opportunity at a joke like that :)

LPMiller
09-18-2001, 05:35 PM
thanks everyone. y'all rock.

as an update...and chef read it, I sent this dope one blistering email - I haven't heard from him since.

theHNIC
09-19-2001, 06:38 AM
Well, what did it say?

ironchef
09-19-2001, 06:56 AM
here's LPM's response. note that it's been edited for television:

<begin response>
dear ,




lpmiller
Chief News Editor
http://www.gotapex.com
</end response>

and that's about it, really.

Burzhui
09-20-2001, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by ironchef

hey, you named yours too? i call mine Alfonz ;)
Ok i've been laughing for the past 5 minutes:heh: :heh:

Devhux
09-28-2001, 12:05 AM
LPMiller:

Keep it up, you're doing great.

eSDee
09-28-2001, 03:05 PM
There's news on this site? :P

welfareloser
09-29-2001, 08:44 PM
okay, so i'm late to this p'ticular lovefest, but...

LPM writes good. ;)

Nija
09-30-2001, 06:36 PM
Yeh LPM I think yous iz a grate righter. :P

I just don't know most of the songs you quote :)

keep up the good work, we appreciate it, n stuff

Nija