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Old 07-01-2004, 07:01 PM   #1
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Unhappy Techtv- The screensavers - Patrick's last day :(


I'm going to really miss this guy, on behalf of the screenlover fan I am. He was an all around, knew his stuff kinda guy. Didn't really mention tips on behalf of the linux users, but he gave me an excellent understanding of a lot of applications, how stuff works... from bittorrent to partitioning hard drive.

Pat, You'll probably never read this, but I salute you man. You'll be missed.
 
Old 07-01-2004, 08:02 PM   #2
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yeah that sucks. I met Martin Sargent and the chick from Unscrewed. They were both cool as hell.
 
Old 07-01-2004, 08:11 PM   #3
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That's bad. I thought the show took a turn for the worse when Leo left, but now Pat? Now the show will consist of
  • Yoshi showing us more 'mad modding' which is really just some guy gluing wood grain siding onto his case
  • Kevin telling us another one of his simple 'dark tips' like kismet
  • Sarah finding another freeware app that adds 'functionality' to windows xp
Now I don't even watch the channel anymore, its a bunch of stupid gaming shows, so sad.
 
Old 07-01-2004, 09:36 PM   #4
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G4 kinda screwed up the whole channel. I miss call for help and everything, now, as you said, nothin but gaming crap. If I want to play a video game, I'll fire up the ps2... not watch it on TV.
 
Old 07-01-2004, 09:59 PM   #5
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I hate Robot Wars and I hate the tag team lan parties they show on G4. I like new game reviews, ICONS and a few others but alot of the stuff is wack!
 
Old 07-01-2004, 10:56 PM   #6
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unscrewed is the only show that channel has going for it....that and the occaisional x-play


martin sargent used to be on the screen savers, he REALLY knew his shit
 
Old 07-02-2004, 03:58 AM   #7
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I had no idea! I can't believe Pat's leaving! That's everybody then yeah. I have to admit I didn't like Leo's know-it-all attitude (sometimes he would step all over guests, interjecting this and that), but Leo and Pat -were- the Screen Savers, a great duo.

Kevin is alright, he seems like a nice kid but some of the off-hand things he says are incorrect. It used to be one of my absolute favorite shows (I've watched since the ZDTv days), but it's changed so much since then. I only catch the daily repeats in passing now.

G4 is just crap, they are way too MTV to have anything to do with computers or video games. It's obvious that some of these hosts don't even play video games (or have been for only a year or two). X-Play is so much better. I'll take those nerds any day, that show has some absolutely hilarious moments.
 
Old 07-02-2004, 09:15 AM   #8
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Originally posted by Ikebo
I had no idea! I can't believe Pat's leaving! That's everybody then yeah. I have to admit I didn't like Leo's know-it-all attitude (sometimes he would step all over guests, interjecting this and that), but Leo and Pat -were- the Screen Savers, a great duo.

Kevin is alright, he seems like a nice kid but some of the off-hand things he says are incorrect. It used to be one of my absolute favorite shows (I've watched since the ZDTv days), but it's changed so much since then. I only catch the daily repeats in passing now.

G4 is just crap, they are way too MTV to have anything to do with computers or video games. It's obvious that some of these hosts don't even play video games (or have been for only a year or two). X-Play is so much better. I'll take those nerds any day, that show has some absolutely hilarious moments.
>Word.
 
Old 07-02-2004, 12:48 PM   #9
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Well it had to happen, the show was basically cancelled when G4 took over, it's kinda too bad, but it's here we go again with the money based decisions
 
  


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