Re: The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy

From: gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1989 11:46:25 +0000

This game/project has in the magnitude of 100 people
from California through most of the continental United States
and 2 people in Europe.  I have people joining the game
before I've even noticed their presence, and they fit in
relatively smoothly for a few days before
I notice someone out of the ordinary.  I then take it
to email and notify 2-5 meta-players to review the character
while supplying the person with the history and basic ground rules
review.  most of the people involved any where in the game
(meta-meta-meta-PC through PC's) have their mailboxs swamped
nearly all the time.  The amount of space used to run
this game/project, w/o my defences of it, is about the
same as that for diplomacy's end of turn moves.

Abstracting a country's move for a year takes about
as much text to abstract a PC's move for some 1 minute periods
(or six seconds if combat breaks out).
This is rec.games.pbm, be glad that they email their conversations
(an integral part of the game).

I've asked people to post just their character sketches
and all publicly viewed moves, since each of the others could
see this.  Conversations then go through constantly changing
mailing-lists, if someone sees a bunch of huddles bodies talking,
they have the options:
ignore
eaves-drop(through me, and if needed I could delegate this)
walk-over&join-in (w/o my intervention, I've got 50 other things to do)

I have anticipated the possibility of trying to get
our own newsgroup, but even if we could twist their arms,
I thought it was net policy to have a discussion period
of two weeks, followed by a voting period of two weeks.
I'm busy enough as it is, CAN I DELEGATE THIS TO SOMEBODY
WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE/INCENTIVE.  How about one of the
8(?) people that have complained w/o doing anything
productive to help fellow netters?

(and now I'm off to a CPR course)
have fun!
Steven
the meta-meta-meta-PC

References

Re: The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
dwilson@bnrmtv.UUCP (Douglas Wilson)
Wed, 21 Jun 1989 22:47:11 +0000
The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 17 Jun 1989 13:51:03 +0000