PROFESSOR:

I've decided to leave Pentagram.

Now since some of you might wonder why a Senior Staff member would leave
a group he helped form.  I'll explain.

There is a fundamental view that is not shared by me & one of the other
Sr. Staff members, Bandieto.

For example.

On SimCity 2000, razor's version was out first.  Bandieto decided to
release a PTG version late & try to out spread them.  This had worked
before since PTG has some dedicated spreaders.  Razor beat us.  Bandieto
nuked the Razor version  and posted something about problems with it.
Leaving the PTG version online.  Problems with an unprotected game?  I
tested  the razor version, it was fine.  I put it back online.  And I
deleted Bandieto's message about the game.  Bandieto called and told
me to edit my file listing to show that PTG had been first.  I said I
couldn't play that game.  I called YoungBlood (the 3rd Sr. Staff member)
and he agreed with me.  But Bandieto didn't care.  Then I asked if he
would go along with a group (All members) vote.  And he said what they
thought didn't matter.  He said "all that matters is releases no matter
how they happen, go along or I'll try to move the whq."   Remember this
if you bother to UL to a PTG bbs.  If PTG bothers to release a late
version, it will cost you your credits.

This is only part of the problem.  For over past month, nearly all of our
sites had gotten no support.  Ask the sysops.  I called several times to
get input/help in working this out.  And was only told that he didn't
care about the sites or boards.  YoungBlood has just started a new job
and is (for now at least) out of the scene.  That left it to me &
\X/erner & Tardy (the euro courier co-ordinator) to work out the mess.

I tried quite hard for over a month to get this worked out.

Pentagram still has quite a few quality members left.  I'm sure they'll
continue to release.  But I don't want to be part of a group when honor
and loyalty mean less then being able to 'stories' about releases.

Professor/Ice Station Zebra
former Pentagram Sr. Staff & WHQ sysop.


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BANDIETO:

I've decided to leave Pentagram.
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    |_  Hah, I guess you haven't noticed that you were'nt in the last NFO?

        Bjorn, face it you have NEVER done anything worth while for the
group and I think it was very cheap of you to write a text file with a pack
of lies to make your exit look a little more grand then the fact that you
where demoted.

        Where do I start with your incompetency?  You told me MONTHS ago
that you payed The Driver for a game he supplied.  If that's the case why is
he STILL not payed about 3 months later?  There are so many more incidents
like this it makes me sick.  Let me bring up another example.  Remember the
time I was owed money for Xanth?  How long did it take you to pay me?  You
are a joke.  You had a single responsibility and you couldn't even do that.
You where given the rank of senior member and responsibility for PTG funds
and you failed miserably.  The charade went on long enough.  I was even
taking the slack for your board.  I don't know if you know or not but your
board is slow, pain in the ass to connect to and seems to have an aura of
dislike around it, and I choose nothing to do with it anymore.  

ABOUT SIMCITY 2000:

        You bringing up Simcity 2000 is quite ironic.  The reason we lost
on our own WHQ was because of YOUR board.  Werner & Tardy was having problems
getting on, just like the other half or your users.  We did not release the
game late and the proof is the fact that we won EVERYWHERE else, does that
tell you something?  Maybe not but I don't care anymore about your bickering.

ABOUT PTG SITES:

        Sites with no support?  Our sites get the best support of any group
on the scene.  If they don't get support why are they still contributing
and still a part of PTG?  Others have been taking care of and making sure
the sites get there due, but you wouldn't know because you haven't been doing
your job, calling the sites.  Again and again we see the same pattern of
incompetency.  Did you really think that I wouldn't know you where not
observing the sites?  I new months ago and had somebody else do YOUR job.
Don't bring Youngblood into this, you know very well that this is between
you and me and since he's sitting here right next to me telling me to add
things to this file.....

PENTAGRAM MEMBERS:

        PTG has more members contributing now and the outlook is better than
it has ever been before.  I'm sure the rest of the scene will see what I'm
talking about soon enough.

        What is this Bjorn:

PENTAGRAM IS OFFICIALLY DISBANDED
-- PROFESSOR HAS QUIT THE GROUP
-- YOUNGBLOOD IS OUT OF THE SCENE
-- THE GROUP IS DEAD

        This being the file_id.diz for your lies.  Do you REALLY think that
PENTAGRAM is disbanded because you are no longer part of us?  GET REAL dude,
you did nothing you where nothing and you will be nothing.

ABOUT PENTAGRAM:

        To say the least we are NOT dead, but then again I couldn't care less
if you thought that in the first place since in my book, releases talk and
bullshit text files like Professors walk.


P.S. I got to hand it to you Bjorn, you finally got a release out (PROF.ZIP)


Later dudez, an idiot is an idiot is an idiot... See ya soon in a release!


           THE DIGIAL UNDERGROUND - PENTAGRAM WORLD HEADQUARTERS!
                        5 NODES AND LIGHTNING FAST!
