Re: My Olympia wish list (and gripe list).. LONG

From: eh1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edwin Huang)

Date: Sat, 23 May 1992 06:28:04 +0000

Excerpts from netnews.rec.games.pbm: 22-May-92 Re: My Olympia wish list
(a.. Scott "TCB" Turner@aero. (5446)

> Speaking for myself, I saw three problems with Starlight Courier.
> First, most people have their units in relatively compact formations.
> They don't need to send things long distances.  Second, there's no
> reason to trust you, or believe you can do what you claim.  Heck, you
> couldn't even protect your units from Seldon the Avatar.  You had to
> resort to complaining in the Times and putting a bounty on his head.
> Who's going to trust you with a large amount of money after that?
> Third, you were charging way too much for the service.

Actually what gave me the inspiration to make a courier service
was that person who offered all the old players units in the new
continent and let them loose if they pay a fee but could not figure
out how to get money over to him.

Well,in my defense for the Seldon the Avatar issue. They weren't
my units. They were my partners'. We had definite sphere's of
influence to operate out of.  He fucked up. I was hardly complaining
to the Times. Rather, I thought  I owed it to him and the name of
the corporation to go and hunt down his killers. Admittedly, it still
did hurt me reputation-wise.

Trust admittedly wasn't going to come right away. With enuf advertising
and the ability of doing a a few jobs I talked my friends into letting me
take, I felt that in time I can and will be a trusted courier service. I mean
why should I rip you off? I doubt you are going to trust me with anything
*that* important. If you do, my honoring my contract can only get me more
jobs. I screw up, I throw months of prepwork down the drain.

10 coins a day I didn't think was that ghastly. I'd have provided avg. 20 men
group which I maintain. I'd also equipt the men, provide the boats and horses
they use and haul your cargo. My main problem was hauling small things
long distances would have bankrupted me.

Imagine: Here, take this 2 weight of pipeweed worth 3 gold to Drassa from Mt.
Something or other. Protect it with your life...  The amount of lost wages and
maintence cost is ridiculous if I didn't have a minimum and that 10 gold was
for my UNIT.

> Personally, I'd be a lot more interested in a remote buying service,
> so that I could put in an order with you for certain goods and a month
> later you'd deliver them to my doorstep.  But could you really deliver
> plate armor to the New World in a timely fashion?  Could you offer
> competitive prices?  You'd have to prove you could do it before I'd be
> willing to risk any money.

I'm gonna have to look into that. Originally I was prepared to
deliver on such requests.  Unfortunately the set back 3 turns
ago *was* a setback in more ways than one. This is why I'm
much more careful about who I choose to be a partner.

References

My Olympia wish list (and gripe list).. LONG
eh1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edwin Huang)
Thu, 21 May 1992 23:42:13 +0000
Re: My Olympia wish list (and gripe list).. LONG
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 22 May 1992 17:26:50 +0000