RE: Scirocco video clips, online!!

[Tim Ebling <tim@surreal.com>]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up Shawn.  End of case :)  If I over-reacted it
was simply because we did put a lot of effort into making the video
available to everyone, and we have yet to hear anything positive about it.
Sorry for the bad vibes :)

- -tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: skerocdriver@juno.com [mailto:skerocdriver@juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 6:23 PM
> To: Tim Ebling
> Cc: scirocco-l@privateI.com
> Subject: Re: Scirocco video clips, online!!
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:13:06 -0700  Tim Ebling 
> <tim@surreal.com> writes:
> >
> >Ok, I have *never* responded in a hostile manner to any post 
> before, but
> >this time I have to speak up, and not just because the 
> videos are on my
> >site.  Both Andre and I (and others here in Seattle) put a 
> LOT of work
> into
> >that video, and we did it because we love Sciroccos.  
> 
> 
> Whoa dude, I NEVER condemned your site. Show me where I did 
> that? Didn't
> happen. I never told anyone to NOT go DL these files and watch them. I
> didn't not say anything negative about the site at all dude. 
> All I know
> is, I went there a few weeks ago, waited for the files to DL 
> and when I
> got it and opened it up, I got this message saying I needed a 
> new version
> of RealPlayer. (Which you can only USE with win95/98.)
> Now, I spent ALOT of time going thru the process of viewing 
> your video's
> only to come up short. Im not blaming anyone for this, BUT, 
> had I known I
> would of been wasting hours of MY time, I would have not DL 
> the files. I
> was simply attempting to save anybody who might still use 
> win31, like me
> for example,  some time is all I was after in my post. N-Kay.
> FWIW, my reply wasn't even about you, Andre, the video OR your site.
> N-kay. Don't read too much into it. N-Kay.
> :)
> 
> 
> >I don't believe Shawn
> >has any right to so casually condemn our site or our Scirocco videos
> (which
> >are the best 'rocco videos on the net to my knowledge), just 
> because he
> has
> >a personal grudge against Bill Gates.
> 
> 
> I have the right to voice my opinion any which way I like. If 
> I chose to
> condemn your site, I absolutely have the right to do so. OK? 
> Its a free
> forum and free speech is still in effect AFAIK. Just so we 
> understand our
> rights here dude. 
> I have no personal grudge against Bill Gates. Its his companies -so
> called- lame upgrades I have an issue with.
> 
> 
> 
> >Come on, this is about our cars, and about supporting them!  I would
> think
> >that any gesture which involves enthusiasm for the Scirocco 
> (submitting
> >posts, URLs, whatever to the list), should be met with praise rather
> than a
> >negative attitude.
> 
> 
> You got it all wrong. Completely wrong. 
> Id love to see the vids. AFIK its the only video with more 
> than one roc
> in it. (Someone else has some footage but the site is 
> extremely slow to
> DL the files. At least for me it was.)
> I Don't even see where you get any negative attitude towards 
> you, Andre
> or your site from my post?  
> 
> 
> >Ok, got that out of my system.  Now back to our regularly scheduled 
> >program
> >:)
> >
> >-tim
> 
> 
> Well I hope your feeling better. Its just too bad you got all 
> worked up
> over nothing. LOL!
> 
> 
>               Shawn Meze
> 86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
> http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm
> 
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