Re: The Death of PBM

From: nospam@here.please (Evilb)

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

On 17 Sep 1999 09:45:39 GMT, madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral) wrote:

>>>You have no idea of my programming or gaming skills, and  make the
>assumption I have little experience in either. I seem to remember an
>earlier post where I asked people not to assume.<<
>
>I base my assumptions about your PBM-creation skills on the incorrect
>statements you keep making.  Since I am in a position to know rather a lot
>about PBM design and GMing, many of your comments show a fairly obvious lack of
>knowledge in these things.  As for your programming skills... I make no
>assumptions.  But I do know that PBM-programming is rather specialist and I
>have seen very good programmers fail to make a game quite dramatically that
>they were *sure* they could make.
>
>>>In any event, the problem which you described was not related to
>gaming in itself. I have several years of commercial programming
>experience, and of designing and implementing workflows, so I think I
>am reasonably well qualified.<<
>
>Of course you do.  All programmers seem to.  Best of luck.  We'll see what
>happens.
>
>>>If you insist on continuing to be hostile, its only yourself you are
>hurting.<<
>
>Nobody is *hurt* by frank discussion here, I doubt.  If you keep saying
>inflammatory things I will keep responding in kind.  You are hardly the soul of
>good-humour yourself, however you try and paint yourself in hindsight.
>
>Steve
>-Madhouse UK

Thats how you want to paint it, thats fine.

References

Re: The Death of PBM
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000