Re: The PBM Report

From: "Juggernaut Press" <pbm@gamesbymail.com>

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000

MAXNBR1 wrote in message
<1998072600035900.UAA04553@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>Joey Browning,
>  As far as I know, I have not heard that you were in any way unethical.
The
>editor at the time was Bob Boost. The "dirty deeds" he preformed are
numerous,
>and I don't want to dredge up old news, but irregardless of your
stewardship of
>Flagship, which I am sure was ethical and honorable, it had sustained a bad
>reputation under the leadership of Bob. That negative Image did hurt the
>magazine.  I am aware that Hansen has the rights to publish flagship in the
US,
>but there wasn't a large subscription base for him to market to.
>  That was the reasoning behind my comment on the ethical history of
(American)
>Flagship. I do apologize for accidentally dragging you into this.

Not that it really makes much difference, but you're confusing your
Flagships...

American Flagship didn't have time to develop an ethical history, good or
bad, since it published just two issues (#1 and #2). You're referring to US
Flagship, the predecessor of American Flagship, which ceased publication
with issue #58 and which Bob Bost edited around issues #30 - #40. I wasn't
involved with Flagship at the time, so I don't have any 'insider
information' about the Galactic Prisoners episode, apart from the fact that
it wasn't the finest hour for either party.

I can say that American Flagship had more than a 'few hundred subscribers'
when I sold it to John Hansen, and that whatever his reasons for not
publishing the magazine, its alleged 'negative reputation' wasn't one of
them. I believe most people were smart enough to subscribe Bost's misdeeds,
if any, to Bost, and not to Joey Browning or myself, and certainly not to
the magazine, especially after Bost resigned as editor.

I think it's rather senseless to delve into the past and revive this
'controversy'. Galactic Prisoners has been successfully run by Ed Grandel
for over ten years. It's his game, and he can institute any policies he
wants for its operation and for the conduct of its players. It seems now
that he wants to be left alone. I don't think that's unreasonable...

Bob McLain

References

Re: The PBM Report
Joey Browning <jbrowning@stc.net>
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The PBM Report
maxnbr1@aol.com (MAXNBR1)
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: The PBM Report
Joey Browning <jbrowning@stc.net>
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The PBM Report
maxnbr1@aol.com (MAXNBR1)
Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:00:00 +0000