Re: sloooow group.

From: Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:28:05 +0000

MadCentral wrote:

> I'd like it even more if over half of them weren't dead links  : )

I get a bit depressed that so many of them look poor quality. Which is
sad when the blurbs are written by the GMs.

> Rec.Games also exists to allow people to suddenly reappear and surprise
> everybody by letting them know they still read PBM stuff.  (Thats a cue, Kerry,
> Bob, etc etc)

Quick, out with the garlic cloves!

> Personally, I think any of these is misleading.  I would say big in a
> commercial PBM should be viewed in a similar way to big in any other company...
> commercial viability, Soda Pop Sponsors and Scantily Clad ladies in TV adverts.
>  (God, Im writing myself into a grave here.)  Free PBM, of course, has its own
> methods of determing a 'big' game.  (One that doesnt have a dead link,
> presumably.)

What a fun idea. But don't forget the sky-writers with their 'Play PBM' slogans
in the summer! Not to mention the Lloyd-Webber musical...

> Depends on how long the company has been running.  I've found that the longer a
> company runs, the smaller the bullshit divider needs to be.

Er, um, well...

> For instance, a new startup firm who takes out a big ad in Flagship (such a
> thing did used to exist, I promise) advertising their four new commercial games
> probably is multiplying their players nos by about 500.  As each six month
> period passes, they either fold under the weight of their own nonsense, or they
> begin to reduce the BS-divider in line with player growth.  By the time a
> company has been around for a decade they are probably down as long as they are
> ever gonna get.  How long is that?  That'd be telling.  <chuckle>

But not many ads report a number of existing players. Besides, I think it's hard
for a firm to know whether to be truthful or to exaggerate on the understanding
that readers will always divide the number anyway. Can't win! Basically, players
will believe what they want to believe.

Carol
www.pbmgames.com/flagship

References

Re: sloooow group.
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:14 +0000
Re: sloooow group.
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:04:09 +0000

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Re: sloooow group.
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:14 +0000
Re: sloooow group.
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:04:09 +0000