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#1

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Like to do a X-Twitter lis...

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 09:26

Oh hey I'm back on Mastodon! No idea what happened to my previous id.

@CPCwiki@mastodon.social

#2

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by XeNoMoRPH - Today at 09:06

#3

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Like to do a X-Twitter lis...

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 08:37

Again you misrepresent my point on purpose, which is by now a real classic move when people discuss the merits and pitfalls of alternative media. At no point did I mention a brand, maximizing exposure, metrics for the sake of metrics etc etc. That's your interpretation. I couldn't care less.

What I do care about is finding a medium that will not wither away, losing 5% of its active user base each month and accelerating. You can argue as much as you want about the quality of content, but as I said earlier the best content for me is on my signal group with a handful of friends, that doesn't make it a successful social medium. Sure, "I don't care about numbers" but "there's a lot of interesting people" in that group (around 12). Earth shattering.

By the way, one thing I don't get is, how come the decline of Mastodon has been constant for several months now, but the number of servers is steady? I mean, I'm all for decentralization but... 9000 servers for 900000 active users?

#4

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Like to do a X-Twitter lis...

Last post by chinnyhill10 - Today at 08:15

Critical mass is, of course, about viability, which is slowly bleeding away.

But also, "a lot" is of course about numbers.

You deliberately miss my point just because you like the medium basically, and I really wish you were right because then we'd have an alternative, but we don't, sadly. When Mastodon is down to its last handful of people exchanging quality content we can act surprised.

I'm not missing the point. If I cared about momentum and user numbers I'd have sold my CPC in 1990. It's about where you want to be not where everyone else wants to be.

If maximum exposure and building a social media brand is what is important to someone then they should just be on Twitter. It's not going to die. Decline yes, but not die.

Meanwhile I'll use the platforms where I can talk to interesting people. Like here. Remember when everyone used forums? Kids today don't even know what they are!

#5

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 07:56

Yeah the tune was great. The voice is more like a speech synth than a sample though!


https://youtu.be/t7S0M6qJPg8

#6

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by ervin - Today at 07:50

And that reminds me of Meltdown.
Another game with a nice bit of speech in the intro, and a spectacular tune on the main menu.

#7

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by ervin - Today at 07:42

As @ervin mentioned Tractor had a proper (and lovely) intro. I remember being back from school one day, tape in hand. Nobody else was at home so I proceeded to start loading it straight away as I changed into my PJs and washed my hands and stuff, only to be scared shitless by a voice in the empty house.

LOL that's a great story.
It's a big booming voice as well!

#8

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 07:35

As @ervin mentioned Tractor had a proper (and lovely) intro. I remember being back from school one day, tape in hand. Nobody else was at home so I proceeded to start loading it straight away as I changed into my PJs and washed my hands and stuff, only to be scared shitless by a voice in the empty house. 

#9

Games / Re: Galastrad - [ wip ]

Last post by Gryzor - Today at 07:27

Hi @Gryzor can you replace "WIP" for · release on topic ?, thanks

Done

#10

Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: I found it. My DIY hardwar...

Last post by McArti0 - Today at 06:53

The mouse needs a NOT gate for each direction. And that's all. I once made something similar to ST mouse.

https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Atari-ST_mouse_adapter

"Ideally, software should check the signals more than 500 times per second. FutureOS does that, but not the firmware. Using the CPCs 300Hz interrupt to check the signals might be a bit slow; it would work, but may miss some signals when the mouse is moved too fast."