On further thought, maybe a way to get MegaZone to update the
newsgroup on a more regular basis would be to challenge his position
or capability.  Maybe start a group like alt.anime.creative.fast
and update it once a day.  This action in itself will probabally
piss him off to the point where we'll either see r.a.a.c updated
daily or so, or he'll just stop altogether.  I don't accually have
any real plans set up for doing this since it is just a thought.

On the other hand...

When you think about it...


Why do some people always make a confrontation out of everything? Why 
*should* we "piss him off"? Megazone is a *volunteer*. He isn't getting 
paid for this, and he's doing it in his spare time. I can't speak for the 
poster, but in the last year or two, I've realized (much to my chagrin) 
that I don't have the time to do everything I want to do -- or even 
everything I *promised* to do; on my web sites, for example. Sometimes 
things work out that way. We're all human. (Or... hmmm, on this list, 
better make that "more-or-less human." <g>) How many of us have written 
fanfics, gotten stuck in something else, and haven't been able to finish 
them when we promised?

Sure, I'm concerned about the long droughts on RAAC, especially in the 
last couple of months. But I'm willing to look at his situation with an 
open mind, and I'm not about to go into vindictive flaming mode for 
something I know d*mn well that I might end up doing in similar 
circumstances. There is a problem, I'd say, and something needs to be 
worked out to fix it -- but I don't think any of us have a right to flame 
Megazone without knowing the circumstances. I personally would go 
further; I wouldn't flame him without evidence of deliberate, vindictive 
intent, and probably not even then.

Besides, one almost always gets better results from understanding 
sympathy (as long as it's honest!) than from flaming tirades.



Travis Butler
(The Professor, formerly of Myth and Magick!, Lawrence, KS;
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