Re: Origins PBM Winner

From: "Charlie CheeseBurger" <choc@la.te>

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:01:36 +0000

Oh, dear...

"Gary" <auto266250@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b4b5ddb.3002656@eressea.upb.de...
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:45:39 +0000 (UTC), lindahl@pbm.com (Greg
> Lindahl) wrote:
>
> > In article <3b49192e$0$12827$272ea4a1@news.execpc.com>,
> > Hugh Bayer  <hughb@vbe.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I'd like to know what folks here think of the Origin awards process in
> > >general.
> >
> > Well, for PBM games, it sucks, because most people have only played a
> > couple of PBM games, and so there is no "community" that can actually
> > compare games with one another.
>
> No community? You jest, shirley? Its unfortunate that the pro- and
> amateur ('zine-based) side of the hobbies rarely crossover, because
> the latter has quite a community (or at least there was, I'm a bit out
> of touch these days, but since that side of the hobby is still around
> I see no reason it would have changed). Its difficult to say why -
> people feel involved, I suppose; there is a feeling that it is "our
> thing", perhaps; the format helps too, many people write to the
> editors each issue and yatter about everything and anything that takes
> their fancy. But you know all this already! Anyway, that's something
> that Flagship never generated for me - sorry Carol!

References

Origins PBM Winner
jasonm@spamkiller.mindshiftdesign.com (Jason Paul McCartan)
Sat, 07 Jul 2001 03:49:31 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 07 Jul 2001 20:24:52 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 08 Jul 2001 12:09:14 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
Hugh Bayer <hughb@vbe.com>
Mon, 09 Jul 2001 02:30:43 +0000
Re: Origins PBM Winner
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 09 Jul 2001 02:45:39 +0000