Re: Free vs. Professional PBMs, and how to pick 'em

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

Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <19970407042200.AAA22087@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
vettranger@aol.com (VettRanger) wrote:
>Hi Karen,
>
>In the context of my subject, there really is NO difference between a
>sports, RPG, War, or any other kind of PBM/PBEM. Either the moderator has
>talent and the ability to make a go of it in the long haul, or they don't.
>This is true whether the game is moderated by use of a program or creative
>writing. I am very familiar with both types of games.

<blinkblink> So there's no difference between loading up all the
files and typing "run" every week and creative writing?

>By the way (BTW), Laughing out Loud (LOL) is one of the many shorthand
>acronyms used online (on and off America Online), by people writing
>Emails, Message Board posts, etc. If you'd like a long list of shorthands
>and Emoticons, let me know and I'll send you one ... I've got the list
>saved around here somewhere.

Er, no.  I've been around pretty much every online service or
network there is (or was), and LOL is one that's pretty much
restricted to AOL, girls trying to be cute, and grandmothers.
It's not something that self-respecting people do on Usenet,
generally speaking.

Of course, there's some question as to whether self-respecting
people do *anything* on Usenet, but that's another issue...

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Re: Free vs. Professional PBMs, and how to pick 'em
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000