Re: Moving to PBEM

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:37:57 +0000

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

Yep, thats true.  I make our games pretty simply because I think it gives them
an edge.  If they are competing against an equally good game, but they are
better looking... it might win them the player.

>>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.<<

An extremely true statement!

>>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.<<

An another example which concurs with your point is a 2-character DungeonWorld
turn (which is how everybody starts).  Because we've been writing games and
entering orders for a decade (nowhere near as long as you, Steve, I know) we've
learnt how to make a pretty cool order entry program.  Its actually quicker to
type in the average players orders by hand than it is to download and important
them!  Tested and confirmed recently.

Steve T.

References

Re: Moving to PBEM
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:42:41 +0000

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Re: Moving to PBEM
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:42:41 +0000