Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post

From: silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <5o0qe6$qud@leaphome.demon.co.uk>,
tim@leaphome.demon.co.uk (Tim Franklin) wrote:
>If either yourself or Phil (or any other of numerous GMs who are
>regulars, lurkers or whatever in here) were to post an ad, a call for
>players, or similar every so often, I would not have a problem with
>that.  The reason being that you have a presence in the group, I get the

Heh... apparently not, since I've posted an announcement for each
game as they've started, plus a couple of extras when one of the
games has needed more players (a rare and fleeting moment, so I
never bother putting them on Greg's list) or, once recently, when
a game needed a new gamemaster.

(Apparently Phil and I suffer from occasional invisibility...
this is the second time in a week this kind of thing has come
up.)

>impression that you would be available here to answer player queries,
>provide further information on request, accept suggestions and the like.
>You're contributing something to the group - 'giving' to balance the
>'taking' of free advertising.
>The problem, which hadn't seemed to appear in this group until the recent
>trading card spams, is companies who just auto-post an ad every so often
>iwth just a phone contact number, and have no intention of even reading,
>let alone contributing to the group.

There is always that.  Howsomever, it's generally
counterproductive, because when they hit-and-run they don't get
to defend themselves from any snide commentary the rest of us
might make (I'm quite good at that when the mood strikes, and I
don't sponsor any sports or wargames so there's no conflict of
interest), or answer any questions like "Excuse me, but did you
mean to completely leave out your URL when you suggested we all
hit your web site?" and so forth.

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References

Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)
Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Sat, 14 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
tim@leaphome.demon.co.uk (Tim Franklin)
Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000