aria
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Well, I posted this at the end of BonusKun's thread at first, but I thought its a seperate issue (and I'd continue the "my 2 cents" thing going on here):
Shawn and Dion do share a level of Capitalistic "Bloodlust"
but, it feels like everyone is equating NeoStore.com with Neo-Geo.com... but they're really seperate animals.
I really think its bad to drag Neo-Geo.com's whole rep into what's done in the NeoStore. They are different entities that share similar colors, fonts, and the same owner -Shawn's ownership of this page is very, very loose (people like me, SamX, Biomotor, DolphinLord, Mouse_master, etc. do most of the work). Do we all buy from the Neo Store? No. In fact, I've only bought 2 things (MS3 and Sengoku3) simply because I've always thought its too expensive.
If you want proof that this site is unbiased in regards to the NeoStore -look at the reviews section. I put work in on that reviews page (which, as of now only has a review that pans Sengoku 3), and there's not outside influence. There are reviews up there by people I don't necesarily get along with in the forums, but that doesn't come into play in its administration -it remains focused on unbiased reviews (incidently, one of the main reasons I got into writing Neo Reviews was to counter Dion's attempts to sell converted copies of Ganryu, which I had on MVS and thought was a POS he was over praising just to sell).
When newbies come by and ask, people are quick to recommend mdgamesales, cosmic company, and other great dealers with -never- any reprecussions.
I think most can agree that these forums are, believe it or not, pretty damn liberal in how we judge terms like "abusive" and "spam." Heck, having a place called the War Room is proof enough.
People argue hostily over
EMU/ROMs
NGF
The Neo Store
SNK's Demise
!Arcade!
Buyrite
and dozens of other things and 99% goes off without to big of a hitch.
Yet now we're being all accused of fucking up Neo-geo.com because Shawn sold some expensive stuff on NeoStore.com? The forums/reviews/etc have nothing to do with that website. All we have is a very ordinary link that is on the left side of the screen (right above the ever-popular neo polls <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0"> )
I just think that the line between the sites starting to get blurry with all of these arguments when it isn't.
Neo-Geo.com remains independent from NeoStore.com (in the way CNN is free from the corporate-family owned WB)
Shawn and Dion do share a level of Capitalistic "Bloodlust"
but, it feels like everyone is equating NeoStore.com with Neo-Geo.com... but they're really seperate animals.
I really think its bad to drag Neo-Geo.com's whole rep into what's done in the NeoStore. They are different entities that share similar colors, fonts, and the same owner -Shawn's ownership of this page is very, very loose (people like me, SamX, Biomotor, DolphinLord, Mouse_master, etc. do most of the work). Do we all buy from the Neo Store? No. In fact, I've only bought 2 things (MS3 and Sengoku3) simply because I've always thought its too expensive.
If you want proof that this site is unbiased in regards to the NeoStore -look at the reviews section. I put work in on that reviews page (which, as of now only has a review that pans Sengoku 3), and there's not outside influence. There are reviews up there by people I don't necesarily get along with in the forums, but that doesn't come into play in its administration -it remains focused on unbiased reviews (incidently, one of the main reasons I got into writing Neo Reviews was to counter Dion's attempts to sell converted copies of Ganryu, which I had on MVS and thought was a POS he was over praising just to sell).
When newbies come by and ask, people are quick to recommend mdgamesales, cosmic company, and other great dealers with -never- any reprecussions.
I think most can agree that these forums are, believe it or not, pretty damn liberal in how we judge terms like "abusive" and "spam." Heck, having a place called the War Room is proof enough.
People argue hostily over
EMU/ROMs
NGF
The Neo Store
SNK's Demise
!Arcade!
Buyrite
and dozens of other things and 99% goes off without to big of a hitch.
Yet now we're being all accused of fucking up Neo-geo.com because Shawn sold some expensive stuff on NeoStore.com? The forums/reviews/etc have nothing to do with that website. All we have is a very ordinary link that is on the left side of the screen (right above the ever-popular neo polls <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0"> )
I just think that the line between the sites starting to get blurry with all of these arguments when it isn't.
Neo-Geo.com remains independent from NeoStore.com (in the way CNN is free from the corporate-family owned WB)