Re: Are web based games the future of pbm/pbem.

From: Hugh Bayer <hugh@bigspider.net>

Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:41:47 +0000

in article 65be3a3b.0305190606.6ace3087@posting.google.com, evilb at
google@gameskingdom.co.uk wrote on 5/19/03 9:06 AM:

> I'm sure I've read this thread before, but I thought it would be worth
> sharing my recent experiences with the rest of the die hards that
> lurk/post here.
>
> In the early 90's, I ran a reasonably successful hand moderated rpg
> pbm in the uk (that was a mouthful!) At its height, it had around 120
> active players and made me a smallish but regular income.
>
> I'm now considerably older, fed up with hand moderation, and have
> several years of software development experience behind me. Hence
> k00l.net was born earlier this year.
> In less than 2 weeks since the first game has gone live, I now have
> approaching 400 registered users and over 200 active players. The game
> is completely automated, so I spend my time tweaking it and answering
> messages in the forum.
>
> Isn't this the way to go ?
>

A big factor in answering that question is how you've been doing with
donations.

Best wishes,

Hugh

References

Are web based games the future of pbm/pbem.
google@gameskingdom.co.uk (evilb)
Mon, 19 May 2003 14:06:34 +0000