https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/Ei0OWPwszQ0/m/N2DKnjDXhPIJ
Back when everyone on the internet was naive.
How many of these collectors are still in the hobby or alive
Let alone still have these games in their collections.
who knows
Quoted from jrh7:I'm on that list. Still have my BK2K. Sold the Fathom.
Do you still live in same town and have same email address as listed?
Another blast from the RGP past :
FAQ
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/ZnI5NwJsjtg/m/WxyuZqp6_U0J
Quoted from pinwiztom:https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/Ei0OWPwszQ0/m/N2DKnjDXhPIJ
Back when everyone on the internet was naive.
How many of these collectors are still in the hobby or alive
Let alone still have these games in their collections.
who knows
No one on RGP was "naive" back in the day.
Clive
I didn't post my collection back then but I'm a proud RGP OG ! There is no stronger bond than running into a fellow original RGP Member today in the hobby 
The conversation always starts with the following :
"Remember when TAF's were $1200 ......"
Quoted from Gman3:I didn't post my collection back then but I'm a proud RGP OG ! There is no stronger bond than running into a fellow original RGP Member today in the hobby
The conversation always starts with the following :
"Remember when TAF's were $1200 ......"
Agreed! I bought a LOT of shit from you back in the day.
I joined rgp in ‘93 I think. Before that it was all about the Pinball Trader showing up in your mailbox. Exciting time to get into the hobby and wish I had more cash back then lol. A lot of games I passed on because I couldn’t afford it. I think the first Usenet spammer was a lawyer out out of Colorado. He got a lot of crap for cross posting his ad, but the floodgates opened soon after that.
It is a shame that 95% of messages on Google RGP is now spam and other junk.
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Good old John though is still holding down the fort over there
John Robertson
Dec 5, 2023, 12:07:03 PM
I still keep an eye here.
I'm using Eternal-September.org so I don't see anything but real messages...
I also got a note that giganews has been taken over by the users and
other usenet aficionados so I imagine their filtering is now dealing
with the problem.
google-groups is the joke here...
John :-#)#
Quoted from pinwiztom:It is a shame that 95% of messages on Google RGP is now spam and other junk.
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Good old John though is still holding down the fort over there
John Robertson
Dec 5, 2023, 12:07:03 PM
I still keep an eye here.
I'm using Eternal-September.org so I don't see anything but real messages...
I also got a note that giganews has been taken over by the users and
other usenet aficionados so I imagine their filtering is now dealing
with the problem.
google-groups is the joke here...
John :-#)#
That's a bummer no more posting there. I suppose with all the other places to put your games etc out there it was just a matter of time.
Look at all those Williams 'cookie cutter' collections! Not like the diverse line-up of Stern Spike 2 games today.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Do you still live in same town and have same email address as listed?
Another blast from the RGP past :
FAQ
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/ZnI5NwJsjtg/m/WxyuZqp6_U0J
I'm listed in both the documents referred to in this thread but that was way back when I was still in England.
Clive
Quoted from Mank:The majority of my collection is rec.games.pinball and Mr pinball classifieds.
Is Gary still on rec.games.pinball? I hear you can get a Godzilla premium for $5000 on Mr pinball classifieds.
Gary the Robot Translator 2000 ! LMFAO
Anyone want to dig up a link to that historical video clip ?
Quoted from FrankJ:How about John Shields
Never forget him. Actually showed up at a tournament one time and was photographed. He'd been around for years.
Always going on about pakis. I ran into his posts on a Pakistani newsgroup. They were wondering who he was. Someone posted he was an escapee from a pinball newsgroup.
He once posted that he was coming to my business. And after putting the hoof to all the pins, he'd beat everybody at pool. I posted that when he gets here to go out back and dig a big hole and wait for me. He never showed up.
LTG : )
Quoted from pinwiztom:Gary from Arizona?
The Kaneda of his time, only worse, if that is possible.
Yeah, Gary was far worse, and he even had his own henchmen to help spread the crazy... Karlzona, and The Virginia Bull.
Quoted from MattElder:Yeah, Gary was far worse, and he even had his own henchmen to help spread the crazy... Karlzona, and The Virginia Bull.
Who knows how bad K-man would have been on RGP without moderation. He would probably would have given Gary a run for his money.
For a long while RGP was a wonderful resource of information and personalities. Really enjoyed the newsgroup and all those friendly and helpful people sharing information. Made some good friends through the group as well.
Like every online forum/newsgroup it had it moments, declined and was largely abandoned when other web based forums came into being, including Pinside. I still visit there from time to time.
Quoted from Gman3:I didn't post my collection back then but I'm a proud RGP OG ! There is no stronger bond than running into a fellow original RGP Member today in the hobby
The conversation always starts with the following :
"Remember when TAF's were $1200 ......"
You paid $1200? You got ripped off! 
We need Gary Cubeta to do a podcast about your dealings.
There were definitely some characters good, bad and in-between. CARGPBs, Frankfurter, there is no spoon.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Almost makes one miss all those old timey trolls.
Here on Pinside, you do not get much of a chance to get exposed to that vitriol.
Thank God.
Frank Furhter's non-stop toxicity drove me away from RGP.
Quoted from FrankJ:Who was the guy (I think from the Atlanta area) that always told us about his Disney trips?
Joe Grenuk?
Quoted from RandyV:The only name from Atlanta I remember is Jonathan Dietch. As I recall, he seemed to offer a ton of repair advice on TZ and was maybe a repair tech at an arcade in the Galleria.
I was in the Marietta area (north of Atlanta), and Dietch and I hung out a lot. I maintained a location up in Alpharetta while he was at the Namco Galleria.
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