META: Open-Ended Adventure PBEM Questions

From: morrow@gandalf.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 21:09:30 +0000

I have a few questions for those who have played (or are playing) any
of the open-ended adventure PBEM games over the Internet (e.g. Olympia
[1 or 2], Atlantis [1.0, 1.1, etc], T'Nyc).  Send replies via e-mail
or post them if you think it might be informative for everyone.  I
would appreciate replies as long and complete as you have time for.
You can even send multiple responses.  I have no objections to reading
through pages of ramblings and there are no right or wrong answers.
The more you send, the more information I get out of it.  I will
probably make the replies available to anyone who wants them.  The
questions are:

1) What sorts of things do you want to be able to do in open-ended
   adventure (OEA) PBEMs?

2) What sorts of things do you think shouldn't be possible in OEA
   PBEMs?

3) What features of past or existing OEA PBEMs did you particularly
   like?

4) What features of past or existing OEA PBEMs did you particularly
   dislike?

5) What level of activity and/or detail to you want in an OEA PBEM?

6) What kind of information do you want to get on your turn reports
   and how would you like it organized in an OEA PBEM?

7) Why do you enjoy/dislike playing OEA PBEMs?

Thanks ahead of time for your time,

John Morrow
morrow@gandalf.rutgers.edu