Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game

From: rorschak@daimi.aau.dk (Jesper Lauridsen)

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1992 21:34:30 +0000

sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin) writes:

>}} In article <1992Mar21.004047.17322@erg.sri.com> bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald) writes:
>}}
>}} Other then that, many people won't play a $$pbem since there are so
>}} many free ones.  I know I would not.  I also know I am a dedicated,
>}} long term player.  I just refuse to pay for such a game.  I pay enough
>}} for professional PBM games on the side.

>The above statement implies that any game run as a PBEM is not a
>professional game.  Do you believe this?  Do you think that

>a) "professional" PBM companies don't have the technical expertise (or
>whereithal, or ...) to hook up to a network

They are not allowed to.

>b) those people with a network connection are not creative enough to
>write a good game?

You seem to assume that professional=good. That is not the case.
Professional only means that people are payed to do what others
are doing for free.

>My point is:  if a game is good enough to pay for, what does it matter
>if it's run electronically?

As said by others: the net is not there to provide commercial services.
Also the fact that orders are sent as ascii files and not as symbols on
paper makes the running of game a lot easier for the game master.
All he has to do (assuming format error free orders..) is to write
(or get) a program that does the running for him.

>In short, I challenge Bryan McDonald to defend his implication that a
>pbem could not be of professional quality.

He didn't say such a thing.

Jesper Lauridsen - not speaking for Bryan McDonald or any other entity.
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References

Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000
Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
elliott@halley.est.3m.com (Scott J. Elliott)
Fri, 20 Mar 1992 16:08:34 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000
Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
elliott@halley.est.3m.com (Scott J. Elliott)
Fri, 20 Mar 1992 16:08:34 +0000