Re: PBM Games

From: O73@PSUVM.BITNET

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1989 17:02:39 +0000

Maybe some people should read before they flame.
In article <4786@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> pa1005@sdcc.ucsd.edu (Richard Penner) writes:
>>In article <830@ariel.unm.edu> seattle@hydra.unm.edu.UUCP (David Adams) write
>>I am amazed that there are so few people who talk about REAL PBM games here.
>>I actually tried to get people to join one of mine but most of the netters
>>here jumped down my throat when they noticed that it COSTS to play in it.
  <<flames deleted>>
>>(An aside to those people: GET REAL.  A PBM company must charge players
>>for the use of their time and moderation, otherwise there would be
>>no company)
>Why should friends charge for running an enjoyable play-by-electronic-mail
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>game?

Gee Rich, if you carefully read Dave's article, you will find that he is
talking about PBM's, not PBeM's.  As a player in one of Dave's campaigns, I
know that NOT all of the players have access to the net, therefore the game is
run through, however slow, USmail.  That's what the discussion here was about,
Play-By-Mail and NOT Play-By-Electronic-Mail.
     If that still doesn't clear it up for you, you might want to remember that
USmail requires PAPER, and other things that must be paid for like photocopies
and even stamps.  There you have charges that don't even begin to consider the
amount of time someone is devoting to keep the game running smoothly.

>>I really think they should create a new newsgroup called rec.games.pbem
>>since this group is wrongly named...
>NO! "Real" mail is much to slow to adaquately roleplay. I see
>plenty of room in this news group to cover the standard traffic and
Patience is a virtue Rich.  We don't need a new newsgroup, what we need is
tolerance from people like Rich to those of us who have limited net-access
and to those out there who have none.

Mike Orbin, hapless student in PSU-Swingtown

--->My opinions aren't those of Penn State, or if they are they won't admit it!

References

PBM Games
fb0h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Fred Ahban Bradbury)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 19:14:15 +0000
Re: PBM Games
seattle@hydra.unm.edu (David G. Adams)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 22:59:25 +0000
Re: PBM Games
pa1005@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Richard Penner)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 23:57:07 +0000

Referenced By

PBM Games
fb0h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Fred Ahban Bradbury)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 19:14:15 +0000
Re: PBM Games
seattle@hydra.unm.edu (David G. Adams)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 22:59:25 +0000
Re: PBM Games
pa1005@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Richard Penner)
Thu, 26 Oct 1989 23:57:07 +0000