Sorry if you don't get these - you just had to be there. :-)
Enjoy.
From: swashin@eis.calstate.edu (Steve Washington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: void MarathonMessage(void)
Date: 17 Nov 1994 10:23:03 -0800
Organization: California Technology Project of The Calif State Univ
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void MarathonMessage(void) /* sends daily message to csmg newsgroup */
{
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen( "mar.txt", "w" );
fprintf(fp, "I called Bungie today. I talked to a guy who sounds like ");
fprintf(fp, "he knows whats up. He said that the demo will be here ");
fprintf(fp, "%s night, or %s at the latest.\n", Tommorrow(), DayAftTom());
fprintf(fp, "Boy-o-boy!\n");
fclose( fp );
send_news( "Marathon Tomorrow!", comp.sys.mac.games, "mar.txt" );
}
/* Hate mail to swashin@eis.calstate.edu */
--
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From: john.hirsch@mixcom.com (John Hirsch)
Subject: Re: Marathon Demo Today For Sure
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 11:50:01 GMT
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In article <win5kwy00iV2IE_48X@andrew.cmu.edu>, Robert Alan Danforth
<rd2b+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> >In article <3adad3$nbn@apollo.it.luc.edu>
> >dcorsi@orion.it.luc.edu (David O. Corsi) writes:
> >
> >> If it's up on AOL today when do ya all think it will be on sumex?
> >> I wish I had kept my free intro membership disk for AOL.
> >
> >I have a nice quick T1 connection to AOL and the Internet so as soon as
> >it is posted on AOL, I will grab it and post it wherever the consensus
> >thinks would be fastest site to check it and release it.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> How about comp.binaries.mac??
>
How about alt-folklore-urban??
--
John.Hirsch@mixcom.com
Hi there.
From: thomas@pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com (Tim Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Marathon Bug Fixes from Bungie
Date: 8 Dec 1994 17:22:13 GMT
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In <trentmd-0712940342040001@azathoth.beloit.edu> trentmd@stu.beloit.edu (Michael Trent) writes:
>In article <3bo4ht$i6u@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, bungie1@aol.com (BUNGIE1) wrote:
>> launch the game, it will default to Keyboard. This is a bug that will be
>> fixed. (You can tell how much our beta tester used mouse control)
>DUH! That's what's taking Bungie so damned long! They only have _ONE_ beta
>tester!
That's because they've shot all the other ones:
"Tester 1, you leaked the Beta!" <Blam!> "Aahhhhhhh!"
"Tester 2, you leaked the Gamma!" <Blam!> "Aahhhhhhh!"
"Tester 3, .... Hey! Come back here!" :-)
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Tim Thomas
thomas@urbana.mcd.mot.com
In order to prevent network flames this message has been carefully checked
with a spell cheeker.
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From: bungie1@aol.com (BUNGIE1)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Bungie's Apology
Date: 24 Nov 1994 00:15:40 GMT
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After endless delays due to massive debugging, we are sorry to state that the
Marathon Demo has been canceled. Due to your endless begging, bickering, and
bulls--t, several of our programmers have worked 20 hour shifts to resolve
programming problems to appease the Macintosh gaming public. As a result,
several of our programming staff have undergone tramatic stress breakdown.
They are now recooperating, under doctor's orders, and will resume programming
and debugging in mid-December. We all express great regret to announce the
climatic cancelation of the Marathon Demo. However, this must be done in order
to alleviate the tremendous stress-load of our hardworking, dedicated
programmers. This was a difficult decision to make but remember you brought
this on to yourselves. On the other hand, the full Marathon game will be
expected to release no later than January 30, 1995. This full version will be
by far superior to the Demo.s
From: koesel@engin.umich.edu (Mark Koesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: How do I get a demo or beta of Marathon?
Date: 8 Nov 1994 23:47:54 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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In article <39p08j$io2@omnifest.uwm.edu>,
Christian Handsack <handsack@omnifest.uwm.edu> wrote:
>I have heard some talk of a beta version and demo of Marathon. If there is one
>could someone tell me where it is. I would be greatly appreacitive.
It comes on the Sys7.5 CD. It's in a folder called 'Ilegal Stuff'.
__
__/\_\ Mark G. Koesel - koesel@engin.umich.edu
__/\_\/_/ Computer Engineering - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
/\_\/_/\_\
\/_/\_\/_/
\/_/\_\ Instruction Set <Computer> Personal Computer... err,
\/_/ something like that.
From: ez023826@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (!!Norm!!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: GAMMA MARATHON
Date: 12 Nov 1994 02:51:03 GMT
Organization: Knuckleheads-R-Us
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Justin Johnson (johnson@macline.com) wrote:
: Does anyone know where Marathon GAMMA is on the Internet?
: ***********************************************************************
: Mac Line BBS: (608) 233-9487 - A FirstClass System in Madison, WI USA
: **********************************************************************
127.0.0.1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
From: meggs@virginia.edu (Andrew Meggs)
Subject: Re: How to get MARATHON beta legally
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 18:23:47 GMT
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In article <tuncer-011194094936@tuncer.pr.mcs.net>, tuncer@mcs.com (Tuncer
Deniz) wrote:
>
> The Marathon demo will have network play.
>
> Tuncer
>
You mean the demo that came out yesterday, right?
--
__________________________________________________________________________
andrew meggs i got no problems, man
meggs@virginia.edu i live in TV land
From: tfinley@en.com (Tom Finley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Marathon Crisis day number?
Date: 21 Nov 1994 20:57:39 -0500
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Stevo (smazer@gpu.srv.ulberta.ca) wrote:
: What day is it in the Marathon Crisis? When was the first date that they
: said that it was "definately" going to be released? Wasn't it two weeks
: after Macworld in August? So what does that make it? If we count day 1 as
: being September 1, 1994, that would make this Day 82 in the Marathon
: Crisis. Does anybody have a closer guess?
August 23 was when they said it would definatly be out. So that's..
90 days since the Marathon crisis started. On the end of the month we
should pray, since it'll be 100 days since the crisis began.
--
Tom Finley
tfinley@en.com
From: tuncer@mcs.com (Tuncer Deniz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Marathon Demo coming Wednesday!
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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 21:59:07 -0600
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Just got off the phone with Jason, lead programmer at Bungie. Tomorrow
night the demo will be posted on AOL, eWorld, CompuServe, and of course,
the Internet.
Please don't e-mail me, I don't have it.
Tuncer
From: johnsonr@hoshi.Colorado.EDU (Richard Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Marathon Demo coming Wednesday!
Date: 23 Nov 1994 08:00:08 GMT
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Tuncer Deniz (tuncer@mcs.com) wrote:
> Just got off the phone with Jason, lead programmer at Bungie. Tomorrow
> night the demo will be posted on AOL, eWorld, CompuServe, and of course,
> the Internet.
Hahahaha. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Tell
Jason and Doug that I don't believe them. Too much 'wolf', not enough
herding. :)
Rich
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Phonenet: +1.303.492.0590 | Internet: Richard.Johnson@Colorado.EDU
RIPEM and PGP public keys available by server, finger or request
Speaker to avalanche dragons. Do you really think they listen?
From: hyongel@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Hyong Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Marathon Demo coming Wednesday!
Date: 23 Nov 94 04:55:47 GMT
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In <tuncer-221194215907@tuncer.pr.mcs.net> tuncer@mcs.com (Tuncer Deniz) writes:
>Just got off the phone with Jason, lead programmer at Bungie. Tomorrow
>night the demo will be posted on AOL, eWorld, CompuServe, and of course,
>the Internet.
>Please don't e-mail me, I don't have it.
>Tuncer
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................
Huh? What's that? You've found Godot?
--
- hyong
hyongel@merle.acns.nwu.edu
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From: kc003d@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Stupendous Man)
Subject: Re: Marathon Demo coming Wednesday!
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In <hyongel.785566547@merle> hyongel@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Hyong Lee) writes:
>In <tuncer-221194215907@tuncer.pr.mcs.net> tuncer@mcs.com (Tuncer Deniz) writes:
>>Just got off the phone with Jason, lead programmer at Bungie. Tomorrow
>>night the demo will be posted on AOL, eWorld, CompuServe, and of course,
>>the Internet.
>>Please don't e-mail me, I don't have it.
>>Tuncer
>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................
>Huh? What's that? You've found Godot?
Who are we waiting for again?
--Stupendous Man