Re: Money.

From: dagibbs@qnx.com (David Gibbs)

Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <5q07mn$poo$1@usenet.bham.ac.uk>,
Mr D Lovett <phy3dxl3@sun1.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>Ya know, there would seem to be a fair amount of cash out there to be
>made for very little work, if you are willing to put the set-up-work in.
>I'm saying this after a few quick sums, from the Olympia game i've recently
>joined.
>222 players x 52 weeks x $2.50/week = $29k/yr!
>Now i don't know whether the guy running it tells the taxman about this (i
>certainly would not!), but even after deducting say, $2k for a leased line,
>this is not a bad wage for coming into the 'office' once a week, and
>running the server program!

I think you are severely underestimating the amount of work involved
in running Olympia.  I would be the GM is putting in at least 40
hour weeks, probably more, and with noticeably higher costs than you
estimate.

As far as I can tell, PBM/PBeM is the opposite of a get-rich-quick
scheme, it is more like a get-poor-slowly.  The people who do this,
generally do it because they like it, and try to make a bit of money
at it, so they can continue to afford to do what they like doing.

-David
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-David Gibbs
dagibbs@qnx.com

References

Money.
phy3dxl3@sun1.bham.ac.uk (Mr D Lovett)
Wed, 09 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Money.
phy3dxl3@sun1.bham.ac.uk (Mr D Lovett)
Wed, 09 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000