MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Marble madness 2 wip haze

> > Nobody has a "right" to any of this. It's just emulator pokerom entitlement, over and
> > over again. The "hoarded" ROMs are safe, in multiple hands.
>
> Dude, I used to believe your talk, but twenty years of this crap has changed my
> opinion.

Dude, not sure why I'm bothering to argue with someone who cries "racism" without providing a shred of evidence to back it up but whatever....

The point is, there are people out there who have stuff you desire. Call them "hoarders" or whatever. I don't care. They own the items, they've decided not to share, that's their prerogative. You don't like it? Boo hoo.

Some of those folks have asked me to help them out. I decide, sure, why not? Maybe eventually I can convince them to release their stuff. Maybe not. But it's worth a try, and I'll get to check out some cool stuff. So I agree to help them out, and agree not to share the dumps they have. Nothing is lost, nothing is gained.

What you're claiming is that I should say, "Haha, fooled you! Fuck you and your hoarding ways, I'm going to release this shit on the internet for all! Bwahahahaha!" And burn all bridges and friendships I've created along the way.

Fuck that. Maybe you're that kind of person, but I'm not.

> You guys talk like you’re doing the world a service by showing stuff at California
> Extreme.

I've never talked about any of this shit publicly, and that's where you're wrong. I never said I was doing anyone a service. I've pretty much laid low and helped out where I could behind the scenes. For all your complaining about hoarders, you complain that they lord it over you. Never once have I done so. You're imagining things coming from me, and that's where I firmly (pun intended) believe you have a hate boner for me.

> Sure, one can travel to a country that officially has a policy that rights
> don’t exist at the border, with an absurdly high homicide and violent crime rate
> (especially school shootings), an almost unbelievable incarceration rate, where
> murder-by-police (“SWATing”) is a thing, where getting cancer basically bankrupts
> you, where whites-only “sundown towns” were apparently legal within living memory, to
> see a video game that didn’t pass location test. I’ve already had to spend time in
> the US for business – not going to do that again if I can avoid it.

LOL, and you call me "racist" with no evidence, where I have this anti-U.S. rant to demonstrate just how biased you are. Nice.

FWIW, our country is a shithole in many ways, so you don't need to try and educate me on that. However, it has no bearing whatsoever on the issue at hand. The fact that you brought it up just means your hate slip is showing.

> I don’t have a “hate boner” for you. I’m just not prepared to fawn over you.

No one asked you to, but you've repeatedly singled me out and leveled unfounded accusations at me. And that's why I will never contribute another line of code to MAME until you are out of the project. Life is much happier and less toxic on the other side of the fence.

Cheers,
Aaron

Edited by AaronGiles (05/28/22 09:56 AM)