Re: MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?

From: jasper@peak.org (Jasper Phillips)

Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:00:28 +0000

In article <433ffd38.0301091836.1a364660@posting.google.com>,
steve <spambucket666au@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>Hi.  Im researching the potential audience for a Massively Multiplayer
>Online Game that would be run like a PBEM game.  i.e. a week or so
>between orders, but a webpage GUI to parse, validate and send the
>orders rather than having to enter text orders manually.  Also the
>orders would be processed by the game engine, rather than a person.
>
>The emphasis of this game would be on politics and 'empire' building,
>in that order, and unlike most other games, I mean in_that_order.  The
>'empire' part of the phrase 'empire building' can mean an empire that
>is geographical, economic or religious in nature (or a mixture of all
>three).
>
>The game would allow for thousands of players, and be never-ending, in
>the MMOG traditon.
>
>So I have two questions:
>
>1) How many people would be interested in such a game, AND paying a
>subscription to play it?  (In your opinion from playing MMOG games)
>
>2) How much would be a good subscription price?  We are thingking of
>US$25 per quarter.
>
>thanks for your opinions, please reply to this thread, not my email
>address.

There is some such game already in existance, but I can't remember it's
name, and my bookmarks got corrupted. :-/  Something that started with
an E?...  Hopefully someone else will chime in, as they'd be good to ask.

In any event, there was a persistant world, with new players coming in
continously gaining territory in an area with other new players.  Players
could choose from various races for their empire, with seperate talents
that encouraged cooperation as well as competition.  The docs talked about
the game having a long continous history, with old empires still remembered
in legend.

It was free I believe...  I think it may have been originaly in German, but
as it grew into thousands of players spread further.

-Jasper

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MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?
spambucket666au@yahoo.com.au (steve)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:36:15 +0000

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MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?
spambucket666au@yahoo.com.au (steve)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:36:15 +0000