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Issue 62 - January 20, 1999
 
Feature
The Future Gamer Forum Special page 2 of 4

Sunday
The quiet day, when most are in bed or still in the pub. FGC_Macca pops into the Forum and reports on their latest match: "They were a bit good. We, erm... lost". Attica suggests that FGC_Macca should hotkey the words 'FGC' and 'lose'. Kaneda finally finds time to catch up on the Forum using Outlook Express.

Monday
Early morning users find a sea of "RE:" posts from Kaneda who has just about replied to every message through OE. The start of the week usually sees the most game-related posts. Zeddx81 asks whether cartridges are any good, and a well-structured debate opens up and the Forum has its first decent thread of the week.

Tuesday
The cartridge debate continues. Several year-12s cheekily access the Forum while in an IT class, explaining how dull their lesson is. They are later rumbled when teachers access the Forum (hey, they like Future Gamer too!) and see several posts from Hiltono@school. Felix begins his weekly round-up of the Forum for Thursdays Future Gamer. His job is to sift through all the posts, trying to determine which are either suitable or funny enough. After five minutes he becomes bored and plays Unreal Tournament, saying to himself, "I'll do it tomorrow." The report is emailed the following day, normal about four hours late.

Wednesday
The cartridge debate ends with CDs the clear winner and Zeddx81 is congratulated for the thread. A thread which has no conceivable link on games pops up: "Cheese or Sausages - which do you prefer?" Strange as it may seem, the thread is more popular than the cartridge thread, smashing the record 30-post mark (previously held by "Which toilet roll for you?") and providing some heated and sometimes quite vicious replies. Mikfoz and Hiltono take the thing all a bit too seriously. A newbie to the Forum brings up the PSX vs N64 thread. No-one replies.

Thursday
The newbie returns to ask why nobody replied to his thread. Mikfoz explains but the Newbie doesn't accept the reason and starts shouting abuse at most regulars, so he is quickly "flamed" out of the Forum, never to be seen again. The cheese/sausages debate continues to the disbelief of veteran HOOKED. "Isn't this a games forum?" he asks. AndyXL begins "Guess That Game 34", but within three minutes of the post, Hiryu is quickly in with the correct answer.

Continued...