Re: For PBM game moderators

From: Hugh Bayer <hugh@bigspider.net>

Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:12:52 +0000

Add my vote to that of Mr. Johnson. Give the Origin Awards some serious
study before jumping in. I'm pleased to find out I'm not alone in seeing the
OA PBM awards as flawed. I now regret submitting my game for nomination, and
have asked it be withdrawn. My thanks to Mr. Johnson for speaking out.

I received that OA announcement separately as one of a multiple "To:"
sending. Below is the message I sent out to the others on that list of email
addresses.

Hello fellow pbm person,

The recent email encouraging participation in the Origin Awards hit a sore
nerve with me.

I've tried the OA contest, and found it lacking. I've tossed my game into
the running for being nominated again about a month ago anyway, and hope you
will give the OA's your consideration as well. Enter a game for nomination
by all means, but take some time to study the GAMA and Academy organization,
and the mechanics of this contest before joining the Academy.

And if the 2002 nominees and winner end up about the same as the last four
years or so consider who is actually getting the "FREE PUBLICITY". After the
2001 awards I was told that there were only four nominees (as opposed to the
usual five) because there was a tie among all the other entrants. This has
me thinking that Game Systems and Flying Buffalo desperately need us to
enter our games for nomination, otherwise the contest looks very little like
a contest (and rightly so).

Now getting into how to measure the "Best" pbm game as opposed to the most
popular... that's worth getting into... and probably deserves lengthy
discussion and debate.

Best wishes,

Hugh

References

For PBM game moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 04:38:03 +0000
Re: For PBM game moderators
"Ryan S. Johnson" <dowrie@guildofblades.com>
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 04:58:07 +0000

Referenced By

For PBM game moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 04:38:03 +0000
Re: For PBM game moderators
"Ryan S. Johnson" <dowrie@guildofblades.com>
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 04:58:07 +0000