Re: Play games by e-mail ?

From: Ed Taychert <elt-notreally@irony.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Karen J. Cravens wrote:
>
> In article <34E82425.A1EBEA2@virgin.net>,
> Paul Baldowski <p.baldowski@virgin.net> wrote:
> >Um... that's kind of an overstatement about www.pbem.com isn't it - it covers a
> >fairly high proportion of all the Play-by-E-mail games available. "every other
> >RPG in the known universe" - I think not. Not covering PBM (as well as PBeM)
> >means it doesn't cover an awful lot of other high quality RPG games that can be
> >played via e-mail (even though they might not be specifically designed for
> >PBeM).
>
> Um... given that the subject line says *E* mail, I think I was
> pretty safe in excluding PBM.

[Hi Karen, my news server chopped this thread ... I went Deja News and
read
 the entire but this is the only place I can jump in, the reply realy
goes
 up the thread ...]

I did notice the a "pbm" in the original post text, since everything
else was "pbem" I assumed it was a typo! Even if it wasn't:

I realize that there are RPG's traditionally done PBM now available
as PBeM ... I just don't know what "not covering PBM" means.

1) Is it that there's not a FAQ or list of "every known PBM" on the
site? I
link to Greg's in a fairly high-level way so why should I waste the time
to make one myself? (In this regard, I think I cover "PBM" a lot better
than Greg covers "PBeM".)

2) All the resources of The PBeM News are available to PBM players (by
"eM"
or other means) as well ... I don't make those entries up!!! People post
them there and PBM's _ are _ posted there too - although there aren't
many,
the numbers are growing.

3) If I can serve the PBM community better (in a way that doesn't
duplicate
current efforts) please let me know.

4) If there's a better starting point for PBeM on the net than
http://www.pbem.com
please let me know, I'll pass the baton without fuss ... and if PBeM
isn't you're
cup of tea, I'm happy to help you on your way (Check
http://www.pbem.com/moresites.html)

With best regards,

Ed.

References

Re: Play games by e-mail ?
Paul Baldowski <p.baldowski@virgin.net>
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
Ian Stephenson <ian@gsymud.demon.co.uk.nospam>
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
Paul Baldowski <p.baldowski@virgin.net>
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
Paul Baldowski <p.baldowski@virgin.net>
Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play games by e-mail ?
cvag@tinet.fut.es (Carles A. Vallve)
Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000