Re: Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players

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

Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <snortonEAuvJL.MMt@netcom.com>,
snorton@netcom.com (Scott Norton) wrote:
>	Just today, I saw a favorable post about one of my favorite
>games.  I refrained from posting a followup precisely because I had
>done that two or three times in the past, within the space of the last
>six months.  It seemed to me that such a posting would approach a misuse.
>If not for the Tribe Vibes postings, I might not have felt that way.

If it was artificially done, then it's pretty cheesy.  But I
wouldn't go avoiding a topic just because you've talked about it
before.

r.g.frp.misc goes through a similar cycle whenever anything new
comes out.  It goes something like this:

Step 1.  "Anybody know anything about that new game X?"

2.  "I just started playing X. It's really cool!  I have a few
questions..."

3.  "Doesn't anybody in this newsgroup talk about anything but
X?"

4.  "I vote we start a rec.games.frp.X newsgroup."  "I vote yes,
too."  "Me too."  (A lengthy side thread on how newsgroups
*really* get created follows, usually accompanied by rants about
how everyone from AOL is an idiot.  "Yes" votes continue
trickling in for 12.7 months, on the average.)

5.  "I've started playing game X using the game Y mechanics.
Here's my conversion notes.  (long)"  The 300K attachment is
bincancelled promptly.

6.  "I just started playing X. It's a great game, but I noticed
nobody talks about it here."

7.  "Anybody know anything about that new game Z?"

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References

Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
Patrick Travers <ptravers@flash.net>
Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
thor@netwit.net.au (ME!!!)
Wed, 28 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
snorton@netcom.com (Scott Norton)
Tue, 27 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
Patrick Travers <ptravers@flash.net>
Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
thor@netwit.net.au (ME!!!)
Wed, 28 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
snorton@netcom.com (Scott Norton)
Tue, 27 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000