Re: Haven't been here for a while.........

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 01:16:28 +0000

>>It's a pbm football (soccer) game. I don't know if it's cool - I don't even
know if pbm as a whole is 'cool' any more - but it's been running
continuously for 8 years now so somebody must like it - the mad fools.<<

Eight years is certainly a pretty neat achievment.  As for whether PBM is or is
not cool these days, well I doubt it ever was in the 'fashionable' sense.
<grin>  But imagination, creativity and diplomacy certainly qualify as cool for
me, whatever century we are in.

>>I'm thinking that it will need to become more 'web based' to survive another
8 years. Do you think that applies to pbm as a whole or will people still
want bundles of paper dropping through their doors in the year 2010?<<

Hard to say.  We still have far more mail than email players for *receiving*
turns, although loads like to send by email.  I can't see why this will change,
but who knows?  I wouldn't even be surprised to see a rise in mail players.
When computers and email dominates everything else, sometimes its nice to get
something in the letterbox. <g>

Steve T.

References

Re: Haven't been here for a while.........
"summitsoccer" <summitsoccer@ntlworld.com>
Mon, 05 Mar 2001 19:33:49 +0000