Re: PBM design and formulae - a summary

From: gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1993 10:51:18 +0000

Graham Matthews <gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk> writes:
> > And if you read the article that initiated the new thread (the one that
> > "made a new start") you will note that I was quite explicit in stating
> > that we were *not* assuming any particular game type. Or maybe you didn't
> > read the article - strange since you replied to it.
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) writes:
> We naturally assumed that since you were posting under the subject, "PBM
> design and formulae", and since you were posting to the PBM newsgroup,
> that you were talking about PBM games.  If you don't wish to discuss PBM
> games per se, you should (1) change the subject, and (2) not post to the
> PBM group.

Lighten up David. Have you never been in a newsnet discussion where the
topic of discussion changes slightly underfoot. If not then try reading
any high volume newsgroup.

Moreover if you had actually read the articles in the thread you will remember
that I explicitly wrote at the beginning of the new thread,

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>Assumptions :-
>
>a) we are talking about simulation games.
>b) the type of game could be anything (eg: boardgame, PBM, ...)
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If you didn't want to generalise the discussion you should have said so at
this point.

graham

References

Re: PBM design and formulae - a summary
gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)
Sat, 03 Jul 1993 17:16:24 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a summary
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sat, 03 Jul 1993 22:18:38 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a summary
gym@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graham Matthews)
Sun, 04 Jul 1993 18:01:33 +0000
Re: PBM design and formulae - a summary
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 05 Jul 1993 02:22:35 +0000