On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway.
Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of
doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg
So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous >>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of >>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to
appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation.
So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the
video is all about.
If you're a long-time Usenet reader, you may already know who I mean.
If you need a bit more of a hint, he developed a spaceship simulator
back in the 90s.
Yeah, THAT guy.
Anyway, the above is a video about him... and not just his activities
in the 90s, but all the way through recent days. The latter of which I
had little awareness of. I mean, I was here for those famous >>thousand-post-long threads/flamewars that he was involved in back when >>Usenet was still the dominant Internet forum platform, but after that?
I really didn't pay attention to him anymore.
[Actually, even when he was active in c.s.i.p.games.* I didn't
pay much attention to him, but just avoided the threads all
together. They were extremely high noise/low signal threads
and there was enough activity on Usenet back then that you
could skip thousands of posts and still have more than
enough to read every day]
But apparently that don't-ever-mention-his-name person kept at his
usual antics in the intervening three decades, albeit on other
platforms. And if the video is accurate, he hasn't become any less >>agreeable in all that time. He's continued to pick fights over
nonsense, and has managed to bait people into giving him the attention
he so desperately craves. He's also continued developing games (none
of which saw any real success)... or at least promoting games he
promises will one day be released (including an NFT/blockchain game he >>started developing in 2025).
Anyway, the video was a bit of a blast-from-the-past and if there are
any old-timers left from that era, maybe you'll enjoy seeing it too.
Just don't say the name. ;-);-);-);-);-);-)
You mean Derk Schamtas? or was it Derek Smart? or Dirck Schpurtz?
It escapes me... I mean the Phd guy from an educational instution so
valid and prestigious, that he refused to reveal the name of it out of respect for other graduates of the diploma mill?... errr.. I mean fine
alma mater?
That dood was a hoot.
On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I watched the whole thing. My family was like "Is that an AI voice?" and
So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway.
Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of
doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg
So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous >>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of >>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to
appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation.
So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the
video is all about.
I said, "No. He just has a weird accent." They asked, "Why are you
watching it?" and I said, "Sometimes watching a train wreck is fun!"
God damn that guy was/is a dumpster fire. I can't believe for how long he continued with it. I thought he faded into the woodwork around the early aughties.
But more than that, I can't believe someone compiled a 2 hour video on
him. It was like watching a Ken Burns documentary, but a wasted effort
that it wasn't about the Iraq war or something actually important.
Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> wrote at 01:09 this Sunday (GMT):
On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway. >>>Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of >>>doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg
So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous >>>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of >>>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to >>>appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation.
So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the
video is all about.
If you're a long-time Usenet reader, you may already know who I mean.
If you need a bit more of a hint, he developed a spaceship simulator
back in the 90s.
Yeah, THAT guy.
Anyway, the above is a video about him... and not just his activities
in the 90s, but all the way through recent days. The latter of which I >>>had little awareness of. I mean, I was here for those famous >>>thousand-post-long threads/flamewars that he was involved in back when >>>Usenet was still the dominant Internet forum platform, but after that?
I really didn't pay attention to him anymore.
[Actually, even when he was active in c.s.i.p.games.* I didn't
pay much attention to him, but just avoided the threads all
together. They were extremely high noise/low signal threads
and there was enough activity on Usenet back then that you
could skip thousands of posts and still have more than
enough to read every day]
But apparently that don't-ever-mention-his-name person kept at his
usual antics in the intervening three decades, albeit on other
platforms. And if the video is accurate, he hasn't become any less >>>agreeable in all that time. He's continued to pick fights over
nonsense, and has managed to bait people into giving him the attention
he so desperately craves. He's also continued developing games (none
of which saw any real success)... or at least promoting games he
promises will one day be released (including an NFT/blockchain game he >>>started developing in 2025).
Anyway, the video was a bit of a blast-from-the-past and if there are
any old-timers left from that era, maybe you'll enjoy seeing it too.
Just don't say the name. ;-);-);-);-);-);-)
You mean Derk Schamtas? or was it Derek Smart? or Dirck Schpurtz?
It escapes me... I mean the Phd guy from an educational instution so
valid and prestigious, that he refused to reveal the name of it out of
respect for other graduates of the diploma mill?... errr.. I mean fine
alma mater?
That dood was a hoot.
Damn, I kinda wish I was around to see it...
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:10:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Rin Stowleigh <nospam@nothanks.com> wrote at 01:09 this Sunday (GMT):
On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:56:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >>><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
So, I'm hesitant to post the following link, but I'm doing it anyway. >>>>Once you learn what it's about, you'll understand why I'm so chary of >>>>doing so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW70hfHonLg
So what IS it about? Well, it is a video history of a rather infamous >>>>poster whose rants in the c.s.i.p.games.* hierarchy are a thing of >>>>legend... and who, upon the merest mention of his name, was known to >>>>appear suddenly and aggressively defend his products and reputation.
So much so I am hesitant to even mention the name of the person the >>>>video is all about.
If you're a long-time Usenet reader, you may already know who I mean. >>>>If you need a bit more of a hint, he developed a spaceship simulator >>>>back in the 90s.
Yeah, THAT guy.
Anyway, the above is a video about him... and not just his activities >>>>in the 90s, but all the way through recent days. The latter of which I >>>>had little awareness of. I mean, I was here for those famous >>>>thousand-post-long threads/flamewars that he was involved in back when >>>>Usenet was still the dominant Internet forum platform, but after that? >>>>I really didn't pay attention to him anymore.
[Actually, even when he was active in c.s.i.p.games.* I didn't
pay much attention to him, but just avoided the threads all
together. They were extremely high noise/low signal threads
and there was enough activity on Usenet back then that you
could skip thousands of posts and still have more than
enough to read every day]
But apparently that don't-ever-mention-his-name person kept at his >>>>usual antics in the intervening three decades, albeit on other >>>>platforms. And if the video is accurate, he hasn't become any less >>>>agreeable in all that time. He's continued to pick fights over >>>>nonsense, and has managed to bait people into giving him the attention >>>>he so desperately craves. He's also continued developing games (none
of which saw any real success)... or at least promoting games he >>>>promises will one day be released (including an NFT/blockchain game he >>>>started developing in 2025).
Anyway, the video was a bit of a blast-from-the-past and if there are >>>>any old-timers left from that era, maybe you'll enjoy seeing it too.
Just don't say the name. ;-);-);-);-);-);-)
You mean Derk Schamtas? or was it Derek Smart? or Dirck Schpurtz?
It escapes me... I mean the Phd guy from an educational instution so
valid and prestigious, that he refused to reveal the name of it out of
respect for other graduates of the diploma mill?... errr.. I mean fine
alma mater?
That dood was a hoot.
Damn, I kinda wish I was around to see it...
If you had, you'd probably just wish you had back the minutes of your
life you spent reading his rants.
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