Raking in the cash? (was - Need programers)

From: Colin Forbes <colin@timewyrm.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:24:27 +0000

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>Make a few commercial PBM games, and you'll run into all sorts of people who
>dont have any money! <chuckle>
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Such as fellow GMs ... :-)  PBM is notable for the fact that many of the
players are far better off that the majority of the GMs.Some people tend
to assume that GMs of commercial games are raking in the cash. This is
simply not the case - I know one GM who runs a very successful company
(let's just say one of the top three or four in the UK)  who, after ten
years in the business, has finally reached an equivalent salary to that
of a poorly paid company secretary.

And that's pretty good compared to many others. The number of GMs out
there with degrees and extensive qualifications in other fields is
surprisingly large - the point being that GMs generally run games
because they enjoy doing so.

Does this mean theat PBM games don't charge enough? Is it in the nature
of gaming that PBM will not pay? Does the advent of mass internet gaming
offer hope that game designers and GMs will be able to make some money
from their talent? Perhaps and perhaps not ...

Colin

References

Re: Need programers
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 22 May 2002 09:11:43 +0000
Re: Need programers
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 21 May 2002 18:45:40 +0000

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Re: Need programers
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 22 May 2002 09:11:43 +0000
Re: Need programers
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 21 May 2002 18:45:40 +0000