Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game

From: bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1992 02:17:56 +0000

In article <18194@ector.cs.purdue.edu> sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin) writes:
>}} In article <1992Mar21.213430.8671@daimi.aau.dk> rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen) writes:
>}} As said by others: the net is not there to provide commercial services.
>
>"The net" is an amorphous entity.  Usenet (done via telephone lines
>and UUCP) is a true communist system, and taking advantage of it is
>frowned upon.  The NFSNET has specific rules about the use of its
>backbone.  However, there is no proscription against commercial
>traffic on the Internet.

Unfortunately, most Internet traffic in the United States flows over the
NSFNet at some point or another.  The NSFNet is still the single best connected
networking entity in the U.S., and thus serves the rest of the networks
as a convenient routing mechanism.  Of course, many networks are intentionally
re-routing around the NSFNet, and the NSFNet is considering changes itself,
but most of this is irrelevant.  And many ignore the restrictions...witness
the occasional email that flows from client to vendor, or ftp access to vendors
distributing software, etc.  I know I send email for PBM's occasinally via
that route, mostly to hit the Compuserve gateway.

>}} He didn't say such a thing.
>
>Consensus seems to be that I read more into Bryan's statement than was
>there.  Upon rereading, I can see how I could have misinterpreted.  My
>apologies.

That's OK, upon re-reading my note I realize that I was less then clear,
and in fact may have slewed my real point out of the conversation.

What I object to is paying for a pick up game, just because the people
running it want "serious" players.  I freely pay professional companies to
play their games, but I also get fixed turn around times and a financial
motivation on the part of the GM to serve me well.  With a pick up
game here via USENET, I expect erratic turns since we all have our work and
lives to live, I expect 95% of all games run from an educational institution
to die in June, and more then 50% of those run from companies to end
near fiscal year boundries or during hard times like now.   And I expect
the GM's to give me the benefit of the doubt.

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References

Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 21:34:30 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sun, 22 Mar 1992 03:47:16 +0000