Re: Designing a new Football PBM

From: Steve Pritchard <Steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

> 	As I am planning to run a free pbem football league when (hopefully
> not if!) I have coded it, there is no real limit on what could or
> couldnt be included. One idea I have had is random events, e.g. Jack
> Walker invests in club, player involved in nightclub fracas etc Any
> ideas for these as well would be appreicated, in fact I welcome any
> kind of discussion on the subject!

The very best of luck to you Andrew. I'm still coding bits of my PBM
Football game some seven years+ after it was started. A word of warning
about the random events though; most players see football PBM's as a
competition, and anything that gives one position a great advanatgae over
another one (i.e the Jack Walker reference) will probably be heartily
frowned upon by everyone but the beneficiary! Very few football PBM's
have ever managed to be successful while combining the "roleplaying"
features such as the "nightclub fracas" you described. I sincerely hope
your is, as the PBM Football world needs a new design type to attract a
different set of players.

Steve Pritchard

References

Designing a new Football PBM
amb1@amb1.demon.co.uk (AMB)
Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000