Marcio D. Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amigaglobalalliance/announcing-a-brand-new-aga-for-2023-amiga-global-alliance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 (edited) During this year's Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, David Pleasance spoke about the AGA initiative. You can find video of it athttps://youtu.be/ZqCH5jUAWDU Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan June 24-25 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2023 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex Edited June 3 by RobertB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio D. Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 2 hours ago, RobertB said: During this year's Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, David Pleasance spoke about the AGA initiative. You can find video of it athttps://youtu.be/ZqCH5jUAWDU Thanks for that link. I'm watching the video right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio D. Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 Please help out if you can! The rewards include a 1-year AGA membership, several Commodore books, documentary films, a C64 game, and music to enjoy. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnyhill10 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 On 6/2/2023 at 9:47 PM, Marcio D. said: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amigaglobalalliance/announcing-a-brand-new-aga-for-2023-amiga-global-alliance I usually lurk on here but had to find my login to post because I am so furious at you spamming this across every forum known to man. It's one thing to spam it onto Amiga boards, but Atari boards? It isn't 1997. The project sounds much like a directory site hosted on Geocities. Why does the Amiga community need this? It all exists. Looks like a blatant cash grab and attempt to appoint certain personalities 'the king of all Amiga'. Is the irony of spamming this stuff onto boards that have offered the same services for FREE for 20+ years lost on you? You spammed it onto various Amiga boards that offer discussion groups and even Amibay whilst you are also offering a marketplace? The entire thing looks like an attempt to undermine the community that has been managing fine for years. Please go away. [logs out and goes back to lurking. Might post again in 2027] 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, chinnyhill10 said: I usually lurk on here but had to find my login to post because I am so furious at you spamming this across every forum known to man. It's one thing to spam it onto Amiga boards, but Atari boards? It isn't 1997. The project sounds much like a directory site hosted on Geocities. Why does the Amiga community need this? It all exists. Looks like a blatant cash grab and attempt to appoint certain personalities 'the king of all Amiga'. Is the irony of spamming this stuff onto boards that have offered the same services for FREE for 20+ years lost on you? You spammed it onto various Amiga boards that offer discussion groups and even Amibay whilst you are also offering a marketplace? The entire thing looks like an attempt to undermine the community that has been managing fine for years. Please go away. [logs out and goes back to lurking. Might post again in 2027] And I believe, only something like 56% of the money raised, will actually be spent on the project itself? Is this normal for Kickstarter projects? It does seem extremely ego driven and the sort of thing that would of been needed some 30+ years ago, but not now. As you make clear, the Amiga community itself has been doing just fine, why would this been seen as a necessity? It's just bizzare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreCEO Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 As CommodoreCEO, I hereby denounce this nonsensical project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreCEO Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) Also, here is an Amiga related directory that didn't cost thousands of pounds... https://boing.directory Edited June 7 by CommodoreCEO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I haven't been following the topic, but I read that David Pleasance got quite upset on Facebook on all those questioning his project. 🙄 More to the point, the Amiga never was an 8-bit computer so posting the link in this section is highly off-topic, on the verge of spamming as you already have been called out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Actually, the Amiga Global Alliance was supposed to be called the Commodore Amiga Global Alliance encompassing all Commodore 8-bit and Amiga computers. However, the resulting acronym of that latter name was derogatory in Spanish and Italian (and others?). So, the C was dropped in favor of the rest of the acronym. Even with the acronym, AGA, the initiative still encompasses all Commodore 8-bit and Amiga computers. See the above Youtube video in which I directly question David on this matter. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan June 24-25 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2023 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 To his great regret, David has cancelled the AGA initiative. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan June 24-25 Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2023 - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I still don't know what it was about, except people keep mentioning the same stuff has been online for free for decades, and it was an attempt to wall in otherwise free information in a pay solution. Also the name of the project was very misleading if it was meant to cover everything Commodore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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