Spritely Years - SOLD OUT
by John Sprinzel
We're both happy and sad to announce that autographed copies of "Spritely Years" are now sold out and no longer available. John's extended his thanks to everyone who's purchased a copy, and he appreciates the ongoing support of Spridget enthusiasts throughout the world.
There **may** be a few copies still available directly from Tom Coulthard. Please drop him an email if you're interested--but don't wait too long--once these are gone....
More information on John, his "Sprinzel Sprites" and his book can be found on our "John Sprinzel" page on SpriteSpot, as well as in our SpriteSpot Wiki.
Mk 1 (Bugeye) Owner's Manual Reprints - Special Offer!
One of the things I'd like to do more this year is to try and make our membership aware of special opportunities and offers that may be available to SpriteSpot members. We've been quite successful helping John Sprinzel with advertising for his "Spritely Years" hardcover (I know quite a few have ordered a copy).
I've noticed that one of our partners (eCampus) has an excellent deal on reprints of the Mk 1 (Bugeye/Frogeye) Owner's Manuals:
These normally retail for around $20 (if you can find them in stock--current price on Amazon is $20 + shipping). eCampus currently has them for only $11.66--and discount shipping is only $3.97!
I'm not sure of how long this price will last, nor how many copies they have in stock, but if you've been looking to add this to your library, or just want to pick up a clean copy, this is a deal you shouldn't pass up.
Note that this is a special offer, and is not yet available on our "Books and Manuals" page. I'll be adding it there as time permits.
SpriteSpot.com Wiki Now Available!
We're happy to announce our latest addition to SpriteSpot.com--our very own "wiki".
Check it out: OUR NEW WIKI
If you're wondering what the heck a wiki is, well it's essentially an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit (some of you might already be familiar with wikipedia). What this means is that each of us can contribute what we know, and (over time) the wiki will grow to become a "Spridget Reference Manual".
Check out our wiki for some more hints, as well as the wiki thread in our forums.
NEW USERS PLEASE READ
We continue to have a rash of "spam" users registering on the forums. These are folks who register solely for the purposes of posting messages advertising products or websites totally unrelated to Sprites & Midgets.
Despite quite a few programming modifications to the board designed to stop automated registrations, our board remains vulnerable to "real people" registering. Most of the time, the registrations are relatively easy to spot (with bogus names, or obviously fake email addresses) but sometimes it's difficult...so in order to help the easy identification of bogus users, please try and adhere to the following rules when registering:
- Pick a username that "makes sense"...either a name (JohnSmith) or a handle (SpriteJohn59) that would "fit" the spirit of our community. Another suggestion would be to have your SpriteSpot username be the same as your email name (i.e. "PaulSmith@gmail.com" for your email, and "PaulSmith" for your SpriteSpot ID). Quite a few of our members have registered this way, and it makes it easy to identify "real" members this way.
- Make sure you register with a "real" email address (i.e. yahoo, gmail, hotmail, comcast, etc.) Please avoid 3rd party services (like mailinator, or the like). If you have your own website and URL (i.e. dan@spritespot.com) then PLEASE be sure that the website is up and running--if it's not, it's a "red flag" that it's a spam site.
- Finally (and MOST IMPORTANTLY) please post on the forums--even if it's just a "Hi--I'm John, and I've got a 1960 Bugeye" or "I'm Paul and I'm interested in maybe buying a Midget" or "Hi, I'm George and I'm just curious as to what this site is about" or even "I'm Ringo and I play the drums." -- Pretty much ANYTHING so that I can see that you're posting and it's a "real person".
Thanks--I'm hoping that a few simple guidelines like this will help minimize the amount of spam and spam users on the site. While it's likely it'll be an ongoing problem, I'm hopeful we'll be able to keep them to a minimum using these techniques.
As always, thanks for your patience, and for your continued support of SpriteSpot.com!
And please remember to tell your friends about us!
