Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted

From: Lance <emporer@success.net>

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000

I wasn't mocking the idea, really, just curious.  Do you think this is
really the reasoning?  Are you playing by US mail rather than email because
it is cool, or hip, or nostalgic, or a victory in a war against the machine?

I've been gaming since '78, so I've certainly lived thru part of the time
when paper mail based games were prevalent; I never got invovled because of
my perception of what I would now call "lag time."  I could see that it
would take far too long for anything to happen foor this to be enjoyable for
me.  I can sit and play chess, say, for a couple hours, and have a good
time.  But the same sequence of moves via mail could take over a year at one
week per.

Even email gaming is not particularly satisfying for me, as it can still
take days for the other party to respond, but at least the medium eliminates
the problems of once a day pickup times, once a day delivery times, several
day transit times, and 6 out of seven day service.  I can be reasonably sure
that my opponent (s) will be able to recieve my turn within moments of my
sending it, as soon as (s)he is next interested in checking for email.

As for setting up your turn on the bus et al, if you feel it is complex
enough that you don't wish to respond while sitting at the computer, why not
just print out the form and take it with you, then sit down for some quick
data entry next time you are at the terminal.

I'm not rejecting the idea of life beyond the terminal, rather I am looking
for a way to participate in the gaming hobby from my home, as it is no
longer practical for me to go to a friend's house with a group of similarly
minded individuals, or even to have them over for a late night gaming
session.  Between wives, jobs, and kids, the sort of things I used to be
able to do are no longer practical, so I'm looking for a substitute.

Steve Pritchard wrote:

> Plod wrote in message <3546226b.0@news.saqnet.co.uk>...
> >What amazes me is that people these days don't seem to see a life past
> the
> >off switch on their PCs and MACs - it is soooo cool that a game genre
> played
> >for so many years on pieces of paper is looked at as if its a novelty.
> >Does this mean that we PBMers are becoming hip and cool then, Steve? Or
> is
> >it that we see Email as a tool and PBM as the real fun?
>
> Okay, I prefer being "hip" to being old. I'll go with that one!

--
Lance Berg
http://empyre.net

References

SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Plod" <NOSPAMYAGIT@buggeroff.co.jp>
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
Lance <emporer@success.net>
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Plod" <NOSPAMYAGIT@buggeroff.co.jp>
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Plod" <NOSPAMYAGIT@buggeroff.co.jp>
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
Lance <emporer@success.net>
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Plod" <NOSPAMYAGIT@buggeroff.co.jp>
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: SPACE POSTAL RPG - Help/Ideas/Suggestions wanted
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000