Re: i don't understand

From: Jesse.Taylor@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Jesse Taylor)

Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 20:36:11 +0000

In article <1992Oct15.192143.14095@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> jblonon@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jason B Lonon) writes:
>I'm sure I am missing the point.. but my question is why go to all this
	I'm sure you are too.

>trouble for a PBM game through internet, when there are literally 100's
	For one thing, as I recently discovered, not everyone has telnet
access, you silly person... And, of those that do have telnet, many don't
have time for a MUD. It's one thing to think for a minute, check the
rules, and send out a turn for a PBM. It's quite another to go, find a
mud, get set up, find a group of people to adventure with (assuming you're
on a Diku, but adventuring in a group is good policy regardless.) and then
find something to do. And you haven't even actually *done* anything yet!

>of MUDS scattered throughout the net. I mean a MUD is free, and its
>quicker than PBM (its real time folks)
	See my paragraph above. Real time don't mean it's quick. It means
it's real time. The game may still *go* slow! And who said PBM games were
not free?

>I can understand how the fun might be in creating the game, but if thats the
>case create your own MUD.. I did.
	Huh? The way the rest of your paragraph is phrased, you were
talking about people *playing* the PBM's, not running 'em. If you program
a MUD, unless you're a real hot-shot who can write your own code for the
thing (hell, I couldn't), you're building on someone else's code and
ideas. If you write a PBM, it's (hopefully) unique. It's *yours*.
	Plus MUDs are annoying. IMHO.

As an aside, something nifty I found out was that a friend of mine ran a
"PBM" ADnD game *on* a MUD. Twas cool.

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i don't understand
jblonon@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jason B Lonon)
Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:21:43 +0000