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Technology Stocks : GTIS - Will it be a Phoenix or not ? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mister Pink who wrote (1834)	3/24/1998 1:17:00 PM
From: V.	Respond to of 2319

Hi Mr. Pink & Scot H., I am very pleased to have you guys on the thread. Your discussions along with your interactions with the "veteran" posters on this board are very enlightening and informative, though awfully technical at times!! :) This is the sort of discussion that we need here, and I am gleaning a lot of insight from your participation. Thanks! :) As far as Scot's comment about GTIS looking soft today...yes, I'd agree that the volume isn't really there yet. However, it is holding the same range as yesterday, and could be consolidating a bit, which would be good. I will update the technicals later today after the market closes if there is any continued interest in that sort of posting. So as not to clutter the board, feel free to email me at karas@rose.net or private message me if anyone out there would like to continue a T/A discussion of this one. (I'm following it, so it's not a problem for me to post occasionally. :) Have a good day everyone, and thanks for all the kind words from many of you. A real positive aspect to Scoot's presence here is that I have come to know several of you much better in the last few weeks, and I am truly delighted to count you among my friends. :) xoxo, V.

To: Mister Pink who wrote (1834)	3/24/1998 6:07:00 PM
From: Chris McConnel	Respond to of 2319

Hi Mister Pink , >>> No, I haven't. But to be clear... Intel doesn't make the motherboards, they make the chipsets. <<< Are you sure about this? From what I've read Intel is the biggest supplier of motherboards, with Gateway and Dell both using them. CPQ tends to make it's own. >>> This isn't a problem for platform games. <<< Stupid question, but what is platform game. Is that like the Playstation and N64? >>> But I think there will always be a market for FPS games; too many people enjoy it. <<< FPS games get boring unless you're playing against others. Given that it takes a while to learn a game's maps, and given the massive following for Quake and Quake II, do you think the majority of online gamers will just stay with Id's stuff since they are familiar and comfortable with it? I'm just wondering what kind of impact Unreal will have on the market. There seems to be a lot of pent-up demand for it, but will the die hard Quakers buy a copy, too. - Chris

To: Mister Pink who wrote (1834)	3/27/1998 2:56:00 AM
From: RJC2006	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2319

<<<Are you suggesting that the game industry get creative? :) I think you are right, but for the most part the only thing increasing 3D performance is used for is making the next FPS/RTS/sports game look prettier. >>> Agreed. But I can't stop harping about LucasArts. There is a perfect example of character over content. They've used technique over technology IMHO. I've played 'em all folks and I gotta say that kilin' ain't what it used to be. You see FPS can survive quite well provided you stimulate the mind as well as the emotions. Success is going to be easier if you have a good base. Lucas built on Star Wars and the object isn't to kill, kill, kill. With Jedi-Dark Forces II you get a more quest-like feeling as you move from level to level. Killing is a necessity not the object. I don't know, I just got that kind of a feeling from it. Outlaws was similar. You knew what your objective was early on and the levels built on themselves. With Duke and Quake is was on to the next level and kill everything as the objective. It is easy to believe that the majority of gamers are adolescents but if truth be known I would bet the majority are in the 20-40 year old range. And it doesn't take them long to realize if whether a game is condescending. They will appreciate a well thought out game over a mish-mash of the same thing over and over.

To: Mister Pink who wrote (1834)	3/27/1998 10:36:00 AM
From: V.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2319

Good Morning Mr. Pink and All, Just saw this PR on Cavedog, released yesterday. We've had some discussion here on TA2, so thought it might be of some interest to the board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cavedog Entertainment Lets Fans Create New Worlds to Conquer Total Annihilation Map and Mission Editor to Hit the Web Friday" biz.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And, a comment on Good Times: What we need right now is a PR to kick GTIS up a bit. There seemed to be no reaction to the above Cavedog PR in the stock yesterdy. It's basically been accumulating in the low to mid 7s, forming a nice line of support here, and will make a move one way or the other before long. Provided that it does not break below 7 1/4ish, I would hold here for now. Furthermore, the volume here is very slight, simply no interest in it at this point. It's not moving with the market much these days, just independently languishing at these low to mid 7 levels. [yawn] Not too interesting yet, but should make a move shortly based on technicals alone. Any further decent news would help to get it out of the slump as well. techstocks.com Have a nice weekend, everyone. :) xoxox, V.