Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO

From: fadden@netcom.com (Andy McFadden)

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4nvt1k$a7a@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>,
Alec Habig <ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu> wrote:
>Whoa now, the king of spacewar multiplayer games is by all means Netrek.

RONK!

>Your argument here seems to be that VGAP is better than stars because of all
>the 3rd party support available.  While some would opine that much of the 3rd
>party stuff exists simply to cover the glaring deficiencies in the basic
>planets programs, I'll concede your point here.

In the end, debating whether one is "better" than the other is irrelevant.

People who want to play a game should try them both and play whatever they
enjoy.  I don't have time to do PBEM right now, but I play Stars! since it
works very well as a single-player game, and one of these days I'm going to
get a "normal" job...

I downloaded VGAP once, and discovered that it wasn't going to do much
without opponents, and that was the end of that.  I was also a bit concerned
about references to subtle features that you wouldn't know existed unless
you tried all sorts of weird things... having "hidden" features can add
depth to a game, but if taken too far the game becomes unpleasant to learn
and starts to loose marketshare as old players drift away and newer players
are turned away.

(I'm not saying that's a characteristic of VGAP -- remember, I haven't played
the game.  Just making a general observation as a warning: expanding a game
too far can be self-defeating.)

--
fadden@netcom.com (Andy McFadden)    [These are strictly my opinions.]     PGP

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is
        supposed to be doing at the moment.        -- Robert Benchley

References

Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO
"<your name>" <"<your e-mail>"@wpo.sosc.osshe.edu>
Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO
cg@primenet.com (mystro)
Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: VGAPLANETS v. MoO
ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig)
Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000