Re: sloooow group.

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:04:09 +0000

>>I like to skim through the new games - I find it very interesting to see what
the new GMs think will interest potential players.<<

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

>>  If these regular 'new' listings give an impression that this is all
rec.games
exists for,<<

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)

>>Depends a bit how people measure 'big'. The number of startups ever issued?
The
number of active positions? The number of active players? <<

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.)

>>Not to mention (call me
a cynic if you like) the size of the number to divide any answers by...<<

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.

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>

Steve T.

References

Re: sloooow group.
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:14 +0000

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Re: sloooow group.
Carol Mulholland <carol@flagship-pbm.co.uk>
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:14 +0000