Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme

From: "Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>

Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:44:24 +0000

> I can not imagine how you could stop it.

Exactly. Traditionally, play-by-mail games have had one frontend: the
players pen. That changed to his email program sending in turns when we went
PBEM, and most of the popular games still do exactly that: Atlantis,
Olympia, Galaxy all let you submit the turn as a simple email. Players have
written tools for them from day one, and even games that do supply their own
clients have player-made addons, complete clients, etc. The most popular
client for Eressea was written by a bunch of players that took a set of
classes I provided and continued to grow into something we couldn't dream of
making - not with the manpower we have.

You shouldn't ask yourself how to STOP players from doing it, you should ask
yourself how to ENCOURAGE it. That's why we were thinking of XML in the
first place, because of it's interchangeability.

If there are no tools for your game made by players, then your players don't
like the game enough to make the effort. And that's a bad sign.

Enno.

References

Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"KC Satyr" <sbrown79@kc.rr.com>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:54:22 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:38:47 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 18:34:01 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:15:36 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:21:07 +0000
XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
Tim Lomas <tim@nospam.antsnest.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:14:14 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:12:13 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:32:51 +0000

Referenced By

Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"KC Satyr" <sbrown79@kc.rr.com>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:54:22 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:38:47 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 18:34:01 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:15:36 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:21:07 +0000
XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
Tim Lomas <tim@nospam.antsnest.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:14:14 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Enno Rehling" <schick.mir.spam@gmx.de>
Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:12:13 +0000
Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
"Talisman Games" <jon@paladin.net>
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:32:51 +0000