Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000

>I think you need to take off your rose tinted specs if you think
>Spellbinder are paragons of virtue in the world of PBM. Your claims are
>quite simply untrue. You *have* released games with bugs in, and you
>*have* stopped running games before the end of their commercial life.

Erm, sorry Phil, but who said anything about products being bug-free? I
doubt there's a game out there that hasn't had bugs in it on release, and I
certainly wouldn't claim that mine are! Was today a bad one for you? Are you
grouchy for a reason? As for stopping running games before they reached the
end of their commercial lives, can you tell me which game we've pulled
midway through play then? Sorry, I can't think of anything that we've done
that to. Even if we kill off a product (generally because it proves to be no
longer financially viable - this is what I call being at the end of its
commercial life) we tend to run the existing games to an end, only halting
that those that have, say, two players left in them and are likely to run
for another year or so. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

> Up to you, either admit you're no more perfect than anyone else, or
>challenge me to post examples to support up my statement, which I'll
>gladly do.

Again, I never claimed to be perfect, nor did my post suggest as such. It
merely said that we playtest games for between 6 months and a year before
release, so that we know that they work. If you yourself do not, then fine,
but don't snap at me for that reason.
FACT: We have *never* released a game without considerable playtesting - the
point of my posting.

>Sorry, but I *hate* 'holier than thou' postings like that one!

If it was, then it's not so much a rose-tinted specs view from me, but a
"I'll prove you wrong, you git!" attitude from yourself. Now go back, read
the message and snap away all you will after that, eh?

References

Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
travpbm@aol.com (TravPBM)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 09 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
travpbm@aol.com (TravPBM)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Traveller PBM (was Re: Writing new PBeM software and need a programmer)
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00:00 +0000