Re: Moving to PBEM

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:42:41 +0000

"MadCentral" <madcentral@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000906060420.29095.00000527@ng-ba1.aol.com...
> >>I find it amazing that the thought of using email creates so much
> controversy. <<
> >> Is there a
> disadvantage to being able to quickly email an ally to set up a plan?<<
>
> lots of people like to communite the old fashioned way, by mail and phone,
> because its got more pizazz.  email is quick and easy, but quick and easy
has
> no style or atmosphere.  theres room for both.

Quick and easy often leads to poorly thought out plans too.

> >>While people can go overboard with fancy graphics, it is hard to beat a
> simple text email turn report with perhaps one graphic in it for a map.<<

And why does this beat the same one that is printed?

> lucky for me that most commercial players dont agree with you, or id be
wasting
> a lot of time and money <g>  in the commercial hobby, the trend has been
for
> higher and higher levels of presentation and graphics in turns, because of
> consumer demand in that respect.  these days, if you put out a commercial
pbm
> that looks like an accountants notebook, you dont get any players.  in the
old
> days, loads of games were like that.

A good game can still sell if its output is like that. It has to be a GOOD
game though.

> >>Other advantages of email....
> - it is free (to most at least)<<

Which is one of the disadvantages for companies. If players get their turns
sent to them for free, it becomes increasingly important to them to make
everything free, and sooner or later they resent actually playing for their
turns at all.

>>- simplifies partial or full computer moderation<<

How does an email turn always do this, exactly? How does it do it in
preference to a paper turn entered by hand? Attachments are notoriously
awkward with different ISP's.

References

Re: Moving to PBEM
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:04:20 +0000

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Re: Moving to PBEM
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:04:20 +0000