Re: PBM deposits & value for money

From: Ken Mulholland <Ken@timepatternspbm.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

In article <936605439.6560.0.nnrp-08.d4e5b7aa@news.demon.co.uk>, Roy/DAYone
wrote:
> To all intents and purposes PBM in its current form is dead. The hobby has
> always been shoddy in appearance, design and GMing quality and in the future
> will be no match for online interactive War- and RPG- games. The only growth
> part of PBM are the free games - A lot of them are short term and even more
> amateur in look and feel than the 'pro' games, but THEY ARE FREE so WHAT THE
> HELL?
>
The reason for this is simple and obvious. Customers are not prepared to pay
for what it really costs to run a PBM game. Why? because there are many
amateurs out there who think it would be fun to run a PBM game. They do so for
peanuts or free (FREE!) but they soon get bored when their ego-trip hobby
turns into real regular work and then they quit. However the customers are
always suckers for cheap deals...

Ken Mulholland.

Telling the truth gets you into just as much
trouble as telling lies - only it's quicker.

References

Re: PBM deposits & value for money
"Roy/DAYone" <roy@dayone.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
PBM deposits & value for money
ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: PBM deposits & value for money
"Roy/DAYone" <roy@dayone.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
PBM deposits & value for money
ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000