Re: The nature of the beast

From: "Kerry Harrison" <kerryh@texas.net>

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

David desJardins wrote in message ...

>I personally agree that games which use email to deliver binary turn
>reports only intelligible to a front-end program shouldn't be called
>"PBEM"; I've posted on this in the past (although I've received little
>support, and you shouldn't expect this view to be accepted by many).
>But you can't exclude games which send text reports and receive text
>orders from being "PBEM games" just because the players have all
>discovered that it's more convenient to play the game all electronically
>than it is to print the turns out.  Or because they have devised various
>tools and helper programs that they use in conjunction with their turn
>reports.

Err, what about games like Dungeon (and the upcoming Starjammer & Steel
Fury)?  We offer both PBM & PBEM play, but the reports we send out via email
are in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files  - and look identical to the
postal turns if printed - and I imagine most of the 100 or so email players
in Dungeon print out their turn results - but the email turn results do
require a front-end program to make use of (the Acrobat Reader).

Kerry

References

Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
Andrei Jirnyi <jonn@i-connect.ru>
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
"Kerry Harrison" <kerryh@texas.net>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
Andrei Jirnyi <jonn@i-connect.ru>
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
"Kerry Harrison" <kerryh@texas.net>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000