Comunity V's Computer.

Zetr0 · 15 July 2005, 18:05

So here is the question.

What do you think MADE the Amiga the experience that it was and a short WHY

*remeber i said short... *.

A) The Community

OR

B) The Computer

and if someone wants to add a poll in here... please do so... it would be interesting from a social standpoint to know.

Z.

jmmijo · 15 July 2005, 19:53

Well actually it's much more accurate to say both did

gifgit · 15 July 2005, 20:05

The computer had to come first so that there could be a community,so that would make it more important.(In my humble opinion)

jmmijo · 15 July 2005, 22:16

Logical, however, if you have something that is pure crap, unless you have endless resources to promote said fecal matter, then there will still be no community supporting it, well perhaps an insignificant amount

BippyM · 15 July 2005, 22:39

The community made the Amiga and the Amiga made the Amiga!

You couldn't have one without the other!

jmmijo · 15 July 2005, 23:01

Ah yes, Bippy is correct, neither is mutually exclusive

BippyM · 15 July 2005, 23:04

OOps I got that wrong

I meant

The Community made the Amiga and the Amiga made the community.

Without Amiga there wouldn't have been the "same" community, but without the community there would have been no Amiga!!!

Peanutuk · 16 July 2005, 01:34

Obviously.

Without Amiga Power, and before that ZZAP!64 the respective machines wouldn't have kept my interest for so long and it is also that era's relation to the present that keeps my interest in that time.

16 July 2005, 10:39

The computer obviously.

Zetr0 · 16 July 2005, 14:22

I feel the amiga expeience was more than the SENSI SOCCER THRASHING, TURBO GOAL DESTROYING APACHE GUNSHIP ANIHILATING, BAB5 RENDERING platform we shared with our friends and family, raved about at school or work etc.

To me the amiga is more than just a platform... for a lot of us Die-Harders it was a way of life.... only the cool kids had Amiga's and from 1989 to 1997 the domination of MY platfrom, my community... dare i say it... my amiga-naught brothers and sisters, reigned supreme....

I Learned German, French and Dutch, not from school.... oh no.... but from the Demo Scene Baby!!!!.. "Das Und De World" or something like that.

The Amiga Experience for me was being part of what became somethin so big (WORLD DOMINATING) that dispite cheap and nasty consoles combined with the goss mis-managment of CBM, Escom (and the such like) that proves to me atleast the Amiga Experience was more about the comunity than the computer, however not to discount the computer as this pol kinda shows so far (atleast) the Amiga computer was the HAM8 IFF campfire we all gathered arround, bantered, played and comunicated.....

remeber the BBS sence ? ... was the Gnome at home... i am trying to remeber a time he wasn`t lol....

*phew... might have to shed a tear..... *

Shoonay · 17 March 2007, 16:13

Thanks for bringing this thread back, dunno why i've missed it

Looking from the perspective of time, the community - obviously - MADE the Amiga what it was. At least at the time and place I've started

View Poll Results: What MADE the Amiga the Experience ?
The Community	11	27.50%
The Computer	29	72.50%
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15 July 2005, 18:05	#1
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Comunity V's Computer. So here is the question. What do you think MADE the Amiga the experience that it was and a short WHY remeber i said short... . A) The Community OR B) The Computer and if someone wants to add a poll in here... please do so... it would be interesting from a social standpoint to know. Z.

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15 July 2005, 19:53	#2
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	Well actually it's much more accurate to say both did

15 July 2005, 20:05	#3
gifgit Retarded and dribbling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Immingham Age: 50 Posts: 443	The computer had to come first so that there could be a community,so that would make it more important.(In my humble opinion)

15 July 2005, 22:16	#4
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	Logical, however, if you have something that is pure crap, unless you have endless resources to promote said fecal matter, then there will still be no community supporting it, well perhaps an insignificant amount

15 July 2005, 22:39	#5
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	The community made the Amiga and the Amiga made the Amiga! You couldn't have one without the other!

15 July 2005, 23:01	#6
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	Ah yes, Bippy is correct, neither is mutually exclusive

15 July 2005, 23:04	#7
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	OOps I got that wrong I meant The Community made the Amiga and the Amiga made the community. Without Amiga there wouldn't have been the "same" community, but without the community there would have been no Amiga!!!

16 July 2005, 01:34	#8
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,082	Obviously. Without Amiga Power, and before that ZZAP!64 the respective machines wouldn't have kept my interest for so long and it is also that era's relation to the present that keeps my interest in that time.

16 July 2005, 10:39	#9
oldpx Posts: n/a	The computer obviously.

16 July 2005, 14:22	#10
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I feel the amiga expeience was more than the SENSI SOCCER THRASHING, TURBO GOAL DESTROYING APACHE GUNSHIP ANIHILATING, BAB5 RENDERING platform we shared with our friends and family, raved about at school or work etc. To me the amiga is more than just a platform... for a lot of us Die-Harders it was a way of life.... only the cool kids had Amiga's and from 1989 to 1997 the domination of MY platfrom, my community... dare i say it... my amiga-naught brothers and sisters, reigned supreme.... I Learned German, French and Dutch, not from school.... oh no.... but from the Demo Scene Baby!!!!.. "Das Und De World" or something like that. The Amiga Experience for me was being part of what became somethin so big (WORLD DOMINATING) that dispite cheap and nasty consoles combined with the goss mis-managment of CBM, Escom (and the such like) that proves to me atleast the Amiga Experience was more about the comunity than the computer, however not to discount the computer as this pol kinda shows so far (atleast) the Amiga computer was the HAM8 IFF campfire we all gathered arround, bantered, played and comunicated..... remeber the BBS sence ? ... was the Gnome at home... i am trying to remeber a time he wasn`t lol.... phew... might have to shed a tear.....

17 March 2007, 16:13	#11
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,105	Thanks for bringing this thread back, dunno why i've missed it Looking from the perspective of time, the community - obviously - MADE the Amiga what it was. At least at the time and place I've started

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