Re: Turn fees (was Crime Games)

From: aneal@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Adrian Neal")

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <rvT5vCAzchv0EwHz@phildee.demon.co.uk>,
phil@phildee.demon.co.uk (Phil Shulkind) wrote:

> KJC are the most successful PBM firm in Europe, they are obviously doing
> something right. And unlike what would seem to be the majority of
> people, I don't resent either their success nor the fact that they don't
> feel any obligation to share their players with other firms.

I`ve always been puzzled, why do so many people dislike KJC, is it simply
because they are so successful? Or is there more to it? I haven`t played
any of their games for quite a few years now but I don`t have any bad
memories of them from when I did.

> I've not researched this, so I could well be wrong, but my gut feeling
> is that PBM turn fees haven't risen anything like in line with either
> wages or inflation in the past ten years.

You`re not testing the water here for a price rise in your range of games
are you?

> In my opinion - speaking from the point of view of a full time GM -
> service, reliability and accessability are more important than how well
> our games might fare in the "Value" column of Flagship ratings, which is
> obviously going to be heavily in favour of part time GM's running cheap
> games. As a player, I'd take most notice of a high "Anticipation"
> rating.

I`m not so sure that part time GM *should* always get the higher marks as
regards `value` after all you get what you pay for. Having said that I
also tend to ignore that ranking as the most subjective one of them all.
Anticipation is also my primary rating.

Adrian Neal

References

Turn fees (was Crime Games)
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Turn fees (was Crime Games)
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:00:00 +0000