Re: Fantastic Football PBM Game

From: Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Steve Walker <summit@easynet.co.uk> writes
>
>If you're running a game without any computer moderation at all then I
>would cancel any social life you might have at the moment! Try working
>out a set of match results and updating the league table and player
>statistics by hand and see how long it takes you.. and of course
>that's just a small part of any game.

Statistics... if there's no computer moderation there's no need for
statistics. What are Gianfranco Zola's statistics...

The best ever football game, without ANY shadow of doubt, was Complete
Football, which had no computer moderation whatsoever. Anyone who ever
played it would agree with me I am sure.

As the manager you were actually expected to role play being a manager,
giving teamtalks, dealing with the chairman, dealing with the players as
individuals, and so on. My turns that I sent in were usually three or
four pages of text, the results were usually longer. It really was like
being a football manager, I still remember seven years later the shock
when I read my turn and saw that my team of prima donnas had been
knocked out of the Cup by a non-league team! That really did lead to
some role playing. And so refreshing that there WERE NO statistics.

It wasn't cheap at four or five pounds a turn, but it was worth it.
Unfortunately it was too much work for the GM, so he closed it down.
Someone tried to revive it under the name In Off The Post, but it didn't
last long.

If anyone out there fancies giving over their life to running such a
game (and they've got the ability to write to go with it) let me know!

Phil Shulkind
PHILDEE ENTERPRISES
Professional Play By Mail since 1990
http://www.phildee.demon.co.uk

References

Re: Fantastic Football PBM Game
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve Walker)
Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Fantastic Football PBM Game
student_life@hotmail.com
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 00:00:00 +0000