Re: why noone plays best game around?

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <1995May8.184025.26836@super.org>,
David desJardins <desj@super.org> wrote:

>By and large it seems to me that Greg has done an adequate job of
>including multiple points of view.  I would be surprised if he were to
>reject adding a short statement about the game from a player who enjoys
>it, which seems like a more useful request than being removed entirely.

I wouldn't reject such a request, especially if we're talking about
opinions in the PBM List. However, what we're talking about is the
couple of words description on the PBM Homepage. If I added "In my
opinion" to all 30+ short descriptions, it would be ugly, not to
mention that "In my opinion, it's like xconq, only it costs money" is
pretty silly. And there's also not much room to say something like
"Like xconq, only it costs money, and players who like the game agree
that it costs money, but think it's worth it, even though they've
never played xconq or Empire Deluxe". Well, you get my drift. I wasn't
asked to add anything to the description, and even if I was, I can't
imagine what addition Bill would think would be useful. What Bill
actually wants is no mention that his game is similar to other games.
Well, I won't help him hide that information.

As for including links without permission, I agree with the AMS that
links should be like citations, but for this particular page, I figure
I'm only going to link people who want to be linked, and I encourage
people I link to to link back to me. Obviously, if a moderator doesn't
want me to list him, he won't include a link to the PBM Homepage, and
I want to encourage cross-links, not dead-ends. Voluntary cooperation
and all that.

References

Re: why noone plays best game around?
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@super.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: why noone plays best game around?
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@super.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000