| From: | David Stroud |
| Date: | 29 Oct 2000 at 01:14:33 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Active |
Following up what David Connolly said on 28-Oct-00 00:48:14:
> Let's just take a look at a few basic facts.
Here we go again.
> 1) Has CS&E as the largest (statistical fact) games publisher in the
> UK been mentioned in Amiga Active?
Where do these statistics come from?
> No.
Incorrect. Issue 4, page 52.
> Isn't that remotely suspicious?
Nope, because it isn't remotely true.
> Would they not have covered Carmageddon if Hyperion or
> Epic had given them the news. This is unfair to CS&E. Evidence: all
> issues of AA.
Obviously exculding issue 4.
> 2) Eyetech and Power pay just £1,000 for 3 pages of adverts in Amiga
> Active
I'd like to know where these figures come from.
> yet Hinton requests £1,800 for the same from us. HE OFFERED
> CREDIT TO ALIVE MEDIASOFT (who of course didn't pay)and his other
> advertisers BUT REFUSED US?!!! This is unfair to CS&E. Evidence: page
> 52 Issue 14.
> However this is not what's made me go public. A couple of days ago
> Hinton threatened my terminally ill mother with taking her to court
> (she can't remember what for) after sneakily phoning my home during
> office hours. This is not only unfair but disreputable, disgusting
> and quite the most obnoxious piece of behaviour I've EVER been
> subjected to.
Oh, please.
> I'm not going to take Hinton to court myself because I don't have a
> case. It's something I either tell the public or keep quiet. And he's
> SO obnoxious that I must tell his customers.
Well, referring to Mark Hinton as merely "Hinton" in an email to the
Amiga Active mailing list is disturbing. As is all of Mr. Connolly's
correspondance that I have ever, personally, read.
Regards,
Dave.
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