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To: james d. hargrave who wrote (556)	5/16/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 633

from gamecenter: article by Bill Meyer May 14, 1998, 4 p.m. PT "It's been in development for two years, and now you finally get to try it for yourself. Of course, we're talking about MicroProse and FASA Interactive's MechCommander..." gamecenter.com (fm me): I think this is a good strategy, people like to pick up things in the store, and having spent a buck it is more likely they will try and get their money's worth and play the demo--I mean, how many times have you got your issue of Strategy Plus or PcGamer, only to read through, yet leave the CD to do coaster duty. Plus this exposes the game to a wider audience--the folks who don't subscribe to gaming mags, I think it is a good plan. Hmm, stock is getting very cheap, hey james, if you sell now maybe you will be selling to me, too bad about your loss, if you're not in too deep maybe time to double down? Maybe the reverse split gives it the breathing room to test old lows of early March quote.yahoo.com and it can now bounce of those lows? Good luck, Mike

To: james d. hargrave who wrote (556)	5/18/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: Filbert	Respond to of 633

Sometimes, and I am not saying it is the case here, but sometimes, the stock goes down because people cannot find the stock quote easily and panic. When the stock symbol gets the "D" attached to it for some reason, people start to sell. After it gets back to the normal symbol it seems to recover. This is my fourth time with a stock doing this, (although the other three were for "good" reasons, I disagreed with the stock split in this case), and each time the stock dropped in price during its "D" phase, only to reacquire its price after the "D" was dropped. I don't think that is going to happen in this case, but it might. If it does, I may use it as a trading strategy in the future. Good Luck to all, Filbert