Re: why noone plays best game around?

From: Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>

Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) wrote:

> I think the main reason is that WC is not really playable by email.  As
> I understand it, you can only play the game in two ways: (1) sending and
> receiving paper mail; (2) sending and receiving binary files and viewing
> them using a proprietary PC viewer program.  Most of the discussion here
> revolves around games which are playable by sending and receiving
> text-formatted turns and orders by email, because historically most of
> the people who had access to Usenet interacted with it through Unix
> machines rather than PCs.

Dave; this is the 1st time I've ever had anyone request a text-based
version of WC! According to all the stats I've seen regarding the
the "Type" of machine people own, clearly the majority of users these
days use a PC. MACs make up maybe 10%?? Unix systems... who knows?

I'd love to built a MAC client and reformat my game's output to a
text-based version. Someday I may have the resources to do so.

BTW; I do have one or two MAC users who use the existing ASCII output
and actually play by that means, but I have to assume that it detracts
from the playability of the game.

- Bill

References

Re: why noone plays best game around?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
why noone plays best game around?
GEORGE CAMPBELL <70523.2375@CompuServe.COM>
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: why noone plays best game around?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: why noone plays best game around?
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
why noone plays best game around?
GEORGE CAMPBELL <70523.2375@CompuServe.COM>
Mon, 01 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000