net.gamers needed? From: ghost@ra.UUCP (Glenn Host) Date: Sun, 05 May 1991 03:30:17 +0000 I have noticed that there is a lot of gamers out there (including myself) who are looking for people to game with. This includes fantasy role playing of all sorts, board gamers, strategy gamers, minitures, etc. What I wish was their was a net.gamers directory listing for gamers listing games they played, names, Email addresses, phone numbers and cities. And a side note if they were looking for a game to join or looking for gamers to join their game. Since I don't know of one, I am willing to create one. I will supply a program to access the data (In C on a generic UNIX system; perhaps some kind soul will do the converting to VMS/DOS/etc.) and gather information into a ascii database. Unfortunately, since I don't have a anomyous (sp?) ftp site to post it on I will have to send it to all people on a mailing list periodically or have it posted it if the traaffic warrents it. Step One: Gather the data Format (please try not to modify the format since I don't want to retype every entry) START <end of games marker> Name: <your name> Phone: <optional> Email Adress: <optional> Area: <city/town>, <state/providence>, <Country> Notes: <option text> Until: <date (yy/mm/dd) this information is good too - maximum will be 1 year> Game1 Game2 Game3 END <end of games marker> Example: ------------------------------------------------------- START Name: Glenn Host Phone: 716-620-1141 Email Address: ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil Area: Reston, VA, USA Notes: Looking for game to join Until: 91/05/01 AD&D Titan TFT Diplomacy King Maker Shadow Run GURPS DC Heros END ------------------------------------------------------- Comments, Suggestions? -- Glenn Host - Senior Systems Analyst (ghost@ra.nrl.navy.mil) NRL Code 5800, 4555 Overlook Ave.; Washington, DC 20375 (202) 767-3884 12307 Tigers Eye Court ; Reston, VA 22091 (703) 620-1141 ----- Don't mind me - I don't run the place, I only live here. ----- Up