Re: Adventurers Guild FAQ v1.1

From: dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 21:02:26 +0000

In article <CK61Go.DnG@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
Greg Lindahl <gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU> wrote:
>
>Yeah. Too bad your FAQ doesn't have anything in it that isn't already
>in my FAQ. The Legends FAQ has much more in it than just the prices &
>gamemaster address. Legends discussion is quite common on the group.
>Discussion about AG is pretty rare.  So I would opine that this
>additional FAQ for Adventurer's Guild is not really necessary. After
>all, the goal here is to maximize information and minimize bandwidth
>use, both electronic and human -- Usenet is not an advertising medium.

I am afraid that I do not agree.  The address, costs, and personal
statement about AG are a very small portion of the AG FAQ.  I dont see
how anyone who has read the two FAQ's could conclude that yours has
anywhere near the game info in it that the AG FAQ has.  Where does yours
have skill charts, treasure charts, scroll lists, etc?  I would guess that
the prices/address is less than 1% of the AG FAQ.

I also do not think we should guage the traffic of all pbm's against
one of the largest games in the industry.  Sure, there is more traffic
in this group about legends than all the other games out there but I do
not think that should give legends any sort of special status on this board.
The AG FAQ is maintained voluntarily without compensation of any sort for
the purpose of helping new players and introducing others to the game.

In going through the general rec.games.pbm FAQ, I would be hard pressed
to decide on a game to play.  There are many games out there and it has
been said before that the summaries are written by players who enjoy
each game.  I can not tell much from little summaries other than the
basic nature of the game.  The game specific FAQ's are also glowing but
show a much larger dimension to the game.  I believe that the people
who maintaintain FAQ's provide a service to those who are looking for
a game.  I enjoy reading through the FAQ's to the games I do not play
but may play in the future.  I would ask that everyone who is maintaining
an FAQ keep up the good work.

I would like to state a little disclamer here.  I have not read
the recent rec.games.pbm FAQ.  Perhaps it has changed significantly from
when I read it.  If it contains much more info than cost, address, and
short game summary, I will have to re-evaluate my opinion.

David Saville

References

Re: Adventurers Guild FAQ v1.1
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 25 Jan 1994 03:24:24 +0000
Re: Adventurers Guild FAQ v1.1
khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)
Mon, 24 Jan 1994 19:23:17 +0000