Re: Non-commercial emphasis

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:00:41 +0000

> I notice that this news group seems to have a bias against commercial
> games.

If you'd like to help the group, then please do so. A good start is
doing constructive things. Talking about whether other people are
biased or not isn't such a great idea. In the past, it's usually
turned into a flamewar, and even if it didn't, it's boring.

> The information in the FAQ is mildly flippant when it comes to the
> commercial games, for example Legends is described as :

That description was provided by a Legends player. If you don't think
it's appropriate, then you know where to send email to get it changed.
I use what I get from other people, because I haven't played Legends,
or most other games.

> However, I think the emphasis for this group should be on current
> information and news worthy stuff, both for non-commercial games and
> for commercial games.

I agree.

> Perhaps a request to the companies that run PBMs asking them to advise
> what games are about to start (and giving them a posting format),
> rather than having to advise Greg would increase the newsworthy
> content of this group (albeit with more commercial postings)

"rather than having to advise Greg"? Eh? I'm all for worthwhile
postings. I'm happy to help GMs who are new to Usenet learn how to
make good postings. I also have an announcement system in the PBM List
useful for new game starts.

> For those interested, this newsgroup and Greg's web page, were where I
> first came looking for a commercial fantasy PBM with strategic,
> tactical and roleplay elements that was about to start a new game,
> preferably with good complexity and world background. I didn't find
> that here,

So when you used the PBM List, and clicked on "commercial" "rpg" and
"wargame", there are 23 games in that category. The announcements
contain 4 new game entries and 1 announcement of a new start to an
existing game. If you have suggestions for improving it, I'm all ears.

greg

References

Non-commercial emphasis
gamerman12@usa.net (GamerMan12)
Thu, 01 Nov 2001 11:31:44 +0000