Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

From: Mark@mmj-ent.com

Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:23:58 +0000

On Jul 1, 7:12 am, Stephen Weir <s...@sweir.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> Greg Lindahl wrote:
> > There's no way to get any evidence either way, but then again, there's no evidence that anything other than the general
> > decline of Usenet was responsible.
>
> And yet any newsgroups pertaining to relatively popular subjects have been
> pretty constant in their level of support.
>
> > Most of the newsgroups that I read have gone way downhill.
>
> I'm sure that's just coincidence.
>

Don't mind me for jumping in here, but actually I would expect that
Usenet groups would have dropped off with the increase of easy to use,
easy to install, web-base forums. Not that one is better then another,
but any John Doe can register a website and have a forum set up all
their own in about half an hour. Many forum software packages boast
downloads/installs well into the thousands if not the 10's or even
100's of thousands.

As a side note to this "conversation", I posted an honest to goodness
thread a few weeks back and got zero response from anyone. I see now I
should have just reposted Greg's FAQ to get a response. <lol> That's
not a slam on anyone, just a comment on what it takes to get a
discussion started around here.

Now this brings up a question in my mind. Is there a web presence
where PBM gamers could be found? I came back here after a leave of
absence because I remember this as a place where many different PBM
gamers came. But that was back in the early to mid 90's, and since
that time the web has grown. Which leads back to my argument that web
forums have drawn people away from Usenet groups.

So to recap, I believe that easy to set up web forums have drawn
people from Usenet groups. My attempt to start a discussion a few
weeks ago met with less of a response then re-posting Greg's FAQ has,
and is there a web-based portal that focuses on PBM gaming?

Have a nice day.

~Mark

References

Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:12:58 +0000
rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:40:43 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:38:17 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:07:56 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:35 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:53:07 +0000

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Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:12:58 +0000
rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:40:43 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:38:17 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:07:56 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stephen Weir <sweir@sweir.free-online.co.uk>
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:56:35 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:53:07 +0000