Re: PBeM

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

>Sol III GM <soliiigm@aol.com> writes
>>
>>  Really?
>>  News to me!

>Is your game completely hand moderated, with you writing 1000 words or
>more for each player, each getting a unique turn?

Yes, Sol III has been completely hand-moderated since we went on-line in
December of 92.  America2020 (Sol III's Predecessor) was also hand
moderated from the time it went on line in 88 until it was replaced with
Sol III.
  1000+ words for a turn?  I think that is more than a bit excessive...Our
turns for the last month run between 19 and 721 words, and average about
400, according to my monthly reports.  I think that 1000+ words would
severly limit the number of options that a character has in affecting his
destiny, and would advance the story past crucial points that the
character needed to respond to.
  Yes, each one of our players get's a unique turn, even if they are in a
group adventure.  After all , each character has different skills, which
means that they can not possibly all be seeing the same thing..

>That's what I think of as an RPG.

With the exception noted on turn lengths, that is also what we think of
as an RPG.

>Phil Shulkind
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Re: PBeM
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000