Re: Letter to RSI

From: mhughes@garnet.msen.com (Mark Hughes)

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 03:30:58 +0000

Just Me (look_out@delphi.com) wrote:
:  This is a letter that I am planning to send to RSI. I would like to make
: this a community letter, so any input would greatly be appreciated. If you
: have ever played Duelmasters, or have attempted to play it, let me know what
: you think.
:......
: Let me know what you think.

I haven't played Duelmasters, but I have played The Next Empire (RSI bought it
from Cyborg Games). I bailed out when RSI took over the game because of turn
processing errors, slow turnaround time, and they charge the full $7.50 if you
miss a turn (which I did because I was so pissed off with one turn they
completely screwed up).

A few comments on your letter:

1. Clean up the grammar before you send it.
2. They will not believe you solicited the opinion of many of their customers
   unless you get several of them to put their name on this. Sorry, you can't
   use my name because I haven't played Duelmasters.
3. Play-by-mail games, including Duelmasters, are cheap entertainment. Don't
   complain about the price. If you demand too much for such little amounts
   of money (from their perspective, perhaps not yours), they will be happy to
   see you quit their games.
4. Keep the letter concise.
5. Remember that most play-by-mail game companies are not "real" companies.
   Most are "basement operations", run by people who do other things for a
   living. RSI is one of the larger companies, but probably still only has
   a couple of employees. They, and most (probably all) other pbm companies
   certainly don't have a quality control department, or any other "department"
   for that matter.
6. Don't be too disappointed if nothing comes of this. They will only bend over
   backwards so far for your couple of bucks per week. If you are really
   dissatisfied, find another game.

Mark

References

Letter to RSI
look_out@delphi.com (Just Me)
Wed, 10 Nov 1993 21:09:32 +0000

Referenced By

Letter to RSI
look_out@delphi.com (Just Me)
Wed, 10 Nov 1993 21:09:32 +0000