To: Subject: Message from Judas of Emuchrist (long time no speak) ;) Date sent: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 20:41:01 -0000 -feel free to post this or whatever- E M U C H R I S T . C O M Hi there, I saw the message Cronos sent to you which you kindly posted on the front page (I've only realised today that EC has been shut down as I'll explain later). I just thought I'd try and let everyone know what went on in this last fortnight (Roclobsta told me there is a huge thread on the General messageboard which I haven't had time to check). Ok, here goes, I'm sorry if this bores u but there is no point saying anything like this and not going into detail - Judas MIA - yep, unfortunately my dad has run my phone bill up to the tune of approx $672 (£420) which he is refusing to pay, so I've had to let the phone get cut off temporarily until I can "resolve" the situation (no internet access except for 10mins a day @ work :( ). I'm looking at probably being back online in the next week or so but I can't say for sure. The Higher Power leaving - last weekend I did manage to get some internet time in by using a friends computer and so was online for a couple of hours checking what had happened on the site and the emu-scene in general. When I saw what was happening with some "EC rom site merger" thing I was like well why fuck wasn't I consulted - I personally find no interest in hosting roms apart from unemulated stuff to help out prospective emulator authors and MAME stuff because it gives me a buzz to help out and get them up before anyone else does ;) Having 10gig of roms online is not what EC was started out to be, any shit site can host roms. Anyway, I got onto Roclobsta straight away and he told me to go speak to Cronos pretty damn quick - it transpired that ToxicCreep (one of the nicest guys I've met in the emu-scene) had been told by The Higher Power that his site wasn't needed any more so he might as well quit unless he could write another, Cronos had his site, ACPS, moved to another server without his permission, there was all sorts of other shit that other people were saying to me about him updating the site drunk and other stuff that I can't be bothered to mention. I'd personally had a problem with him having a go at you (Prophet), Atila and GuruChoc about a month ago for no reason and posting some appalling rubbish on the site. Everyone said fire him then but I didn't because I actually think he's a nice guy when he's sober. Anyway, it was a mutual decision between myself and the rest of the other guys involved because everyone was fed up of making excuses for his sloppy attitude. Whether or not it was his idea originally, the amount of time and money I ploughed into the site certainly excuses me from feeling guilty. The site being shut down - read the above and think about it. I have had no contact from Thistleweb at all regarding this, so I'm in the dark as much as anyone. I can guess if someone squeals to a space provider about illegal files on their space, they don't even ask before pulling the plug. Yes its a sad day when former comrades stab each other in the back but I sure that I can live with it. The future - I'll be back soon and EC will be back up when I find some space to put it on. That is a promise to all the people who've supported me in the last fortnight (specially to RocLobsta / Cronos / TC / RCade / PSI etc etc). I still own the domain name so even if it goes up without any roms for a start its better than nothing. Wanna contact me? - EMAIL: ratfink@dial.pipex.com ICQ:13556685 - I do check my emails every day so if u wanna tell me not to bother with the site again, please feel free ;). Love, peace and empathy, JUDAS