Somewhere on teh intarweb "wizofwas" typed:
> "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:482a1c77$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "~misfit~" typed:
>>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "EvilBill" typed:
>>>> freemont wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:17:57 -0500, Dave Ryan writ:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not trying to say that alt.games.diablo2 is a moderated
>>>>>> group.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's an odd description for the group.
>>>>>
>>>>> alt . games . diablo
>>>>> Description: Blizzard's fantasy adventure role-playing computer
>>>>> game
>>>>>
>>>>> news . software . readers
>>>>> Description: Discussing software for reading network news
>>>>> (Usenet).
>>>>>
>>>>> alt . games . diablo2
>>>>> Description: alt.games.diablo2.moderated The Official Diablo 2
>>>>> newsgroup alt . games . diablo2 . moderated
>>>>> (No description)
>>>>>
>>>>> *shrugs*
>>>>> Looks like someone screwed up the description in the group's
>>>>> charter way back when, and it just never got corrected.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There actually is an alt.games.diablo2.moderated but it seems to be
>>>> both inactive and without a moderator: it's only had a smattering
>>>> of posts in the last two years and most of those were spam.
>>>
>>> Actualy, now that you mention it, I remember noticing it a few years
>>> back when I was setting up my newsreader.
>>
>> Yup, my server still lists:
>>
>> alt.games.diablo
>> alt.games.diablo2
>> alt.games.diablo.moderated
>> alt.games.diablo.necromancer
>> and
>> alt.games.diablo.tboh (hatever the hell that means).
>>
>> I remember pondering them last time I re-installed and set up my
>> newsreader. I might subscribe to them all and see what happens.
>
> Yep, My server has all of those too.
Hmmm, could be interesting. I'll have to see if anyone's using them when
my
NNTP server catches up with the upstream feed.
Cheers,
--
Shaun.
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