Re: DM: Long article sort of on why I play DM.

From: burgesmw@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1993 20:57:58 +0000

In article <9yLH5B2w165w@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca>, crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner) writes:
>
>      The other day, Matt dropped a note asking me to expand on why I (as he puts it)
>  insist on playing DM after all these years.

I didn't mean that.  I am suprised things haven't become boring for you.
From reading your article, I would say it was your outlook on the game.  8)

>      While AG may hold some of the competition aspects that I like about DM, they ch
> aracterization without role-playing that makes my teams what they are just won't cut
>  it in AG, unless I had a million to spend.  Character development in AG is nice, bu
> t I have no real qualms with DM's system (Yes it sucks, but I live with it).  One th
> ing I do dislike about AG is the fact that the game is always changing.  You design
> your character for a certain set of rules, then next week, the rules all change and
> are left holding the bag.  Although it didn't happened to me, a friend got stuck wit
> h a inferior character, which could have been much better had he started a month or
> two later.

What rule change affected him?  I really don't recall any rule changes.
There are many new skill additions but they don't affect your character.

>The rule changes may or may not impact the top level characters much, be
> cause they ought to be able to do a little bit of everything well, and they can cove
> r of on the newly created options much quicker than beginning characters can.  Why n
> ot just have a fixed set of rules, and if you want to change the rules send everyone
>  back to square 1.  As far as I can tell, AG is the only game that changes it's rule
> s on a regular basis.  Could you imagine football if the rules changed everytime.  N
> o thanks, give me a set of parameters, a challenge of what to try and do, and eventu
> ally, I will come out on top.  It's that cycle which has kept me motivated with ever
> y character that I have run.
>
>      Sorry, Matt, I don't think it really answered your question, perhaps I can expl
> ain myself better with a series of questions and answers.

No, that gave me a pretty good idea why you still enjoy DM.  Thank you for
taking the time to answer.  You have played far longer than I did in DM and I
was just curious as to what still interested you in the game.  I still like the
DM format (managers with many characters, wars between teams) but I've already
posted many times why I don't play.  8)

Matt

References

DM: Long article sort of on why I play DM.
crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)
Tue, 01 Jun 1993 18:36:19 +0000