Re: BSE: What is it?

From: kerry@io.com (Kerry Harrison)

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 17:30:23 +0000

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

> I sent you *email* (which you so graciously posted) to point this out.
> Re-posting the game information twice more when others asked you is
> not The Way To Do It -- send them email. If your mailer (pine) is
> over-enthusiastic about posting things, then stop it from doing so.

> No, it's polite to send email to them. I understand that it's normal
> on CIS for very little personal mail to be sent, and for postings
> asking "what game shall I play" to get an answer from every company on
> the forum. Neither of these practices are common on Usenet. Instead,
> folks wondering about new games have access to documents which
> describe a bunch of games, plus there's an ftp site with detailed
> rules (which includes an old copy of the BSE rules). If your
> affiliation wants more players, post and say so, but it's not
> necessary to post (repeatedly) a long description of the game.

Greg, give it a rest and stop trying to play netcop, the net is changing,
like it or not.

Kerry

References

Re: BSE: What is it?
Richard Chiang <richc@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Sat, 10 Dec 1994 06:08:39 +0000
Re: BSE: What is it?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 05:53:42 +0000

Referenced By

Re: BSE: What is it?
Richard Chiang <richc@ocf.Berkeley.EDU>
Sat, 10 Dec 1994 06:08:39 +0000
Re: BSE: What is it?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 05:53:42 +0000