Re: PBM vs. PBeM (costs)

From: bigmac@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com (Bryan McDonald)

Date: Fri, 08 Jun 1990 16:24:25 +0000

In article <619@aio.jesnet.jsc.nasa.gov> hack@aio.jesnet.jsc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Edmund Hack) writes:
>(As to those who claim that one turn every 2-4 weeks is too slow, I say
>"Get a life!".  If you work a real job, have a family, own a house or
>any combination of the above, 2-4 week turnaround is about right.  I
>shudder when I think of what would happen if I joined up to one of the
>Empire games I see discussed in rec.games.empire that have 6 hour
>deadlines!

Hate to disapoint you, but empire is a continuous update game.  The 6 hour updates
only control the action early in the game.  Latter, it make almost no difference
except in combat raids.  Back in my college days, I was in two empire games one
quarter that I spent so much time on that it seriously affected my school work
(call it empire addiction ;-).  I once spent 10 hours a day for a week logged
in to empire, during a particularly nasty little war.

On turn around time, it very much depends on the game whether 1 week or three
is an optimum time.  I am in 2 major pbm games right now, ane on a 1 week
schedule and one on a 3+ week schedule.  Both are about right, because the
1 week game is very easy and painless to manage, while the three weeker
has a lot of rules and things to calc. and ... well, you get the picture.

My point is, evaluate the game system in total, not just on turn around
time.

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References

Re: PBM
deej@nvuxr.UUCP (David Lewis)
Tue, 29 May 1990 15:45:45 +0000
Re: PBM
wbock@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Bill)
Tue, 29 May 1990 20:25:01 +0000
Re: PBM
gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 31 May 1990 15:17:20 +0000
Re: PBM vs. PBeM (costs)
jim@world.std.com (James D. McNamara)
Wed, 06 Jun 1990 04:37:52 +0000
Re: PBM vs. PBeM (costs)
bryan@stiatl.UUCP (Bryan Donaldson)
Wed, 06 Jun 1990 12:27:57 +0000
Re: PBM vs. PBeM (costs)
hack@aio.jesnet.jsc.nasa.gov (Edmund Hack)
Thu, 07 Jun 1990 20:20:24 +0000