Re: what happened to Monster Island

From: tandmb@sierra.net (Tony & Marcia Baldacci)

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950914105828.26684F-100000@matrix.eden.com>,
Ken Mikolaj <kenm@eden.com> wrote:

> I don't know what's going on at ABM now, but I do know that they are
> distributors for Magic: The Gathering card game.  I can only guess (and
> probably correctly) that they make more off the CCG market than they do
> with PBM games.  When I used to play some of their games (MI & IAC), I
> found that they really didn't care too much about the customer
> (especially Jack Everit).  So, it would not supprise me to hear that they
> would just leave their customers hanging without informing them of delays
> caused by pursuit of money from other sources.
>
> This, of course, is only my opinion.  I'm sure that there are those that
> think of the ABM people as gods or something.

It's an opinion shared by a lot of people - you should have seen the flame
wars going on in the ABM section over on America On-line from some past &
present BSE players.

RTG's taking over was the best thing that ever happened to BSE - at least
in my humble opinion.

OTOH, if you want to get ABM's attention, tell them you're interested in
distributing "Fastbucks: The Fad" cards...(grin)

--
*** The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!! ***

References

what happened to Monster Island
jvinson@cheux.ecs.umass.edu (Jack Vinson)
Wed, 13 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: what happened to Monster Island
Ken Mikolaj <kenm@eden.com>
Thu, 14 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

what happened to Monster Island
jvinson@cheux.ecs.umass.edu (Jack Vinson)
Wed, 13 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: what happened to Monster Island
Ken Mikolaj <kenm@eden.com>
Thu, 14 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000