Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game

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

Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1992 13:16:09 +0000

}} 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 ther 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

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

My point is:  if a game is good enough to pay for, what does it matter
if it's run electronically?  I would even think that is an advantage,
as it would allow me to mung my turn reports (or whatever) with perl,
or awk/sed, etc.

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

}} Bryan McDonald        |   Computer, Hardware, And Operations Support

sjc@cs.purdue.edu             Steve Chapin             Today's Grammar Lesson:
                      I won one game, three to two, too.

"Oh my God!  I shot my eye out!"  (Ralphie Parker, in "A Christmas Story")

References

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
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000

Referenced By

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
Re: Question on starting a new PBM or PBeM game
bigmac@erg.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)
Sat, 21 Mar 1992 00:40:47 +0000