Re: Any UK PBM Magzines

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

>>There doesn't seem to be a decent, frequently updated Magazine on the
Internet for PBM. I know that PBM Loco in Italy were planning on something,
but how about someone start something in the interim with breaking news
about PBM related games and info?<<

First of all ... you'd need to find enough companies/individuals  who were
interested in participating... because without them you would have have no
*news*.

Secondly, you'd have to find somebody prepared to do the work ofcompiling the
mag from the news, checking its all accurate to at least *some* degree, and
sorting it from the nonsense.

Thirdly, you'd have to decide what you wanted include in the rather-broad
(these days) term 'PBM'.  Commercial games? Free Games?  Mail Games?  E-Mail
Games?  Computer Turn-Based games?  Message board games?  Etc etc.

Then you'd need toget enough people interested in what you were writing or
producing to bother logging on and looking at it, or subscribing, if you were
running it that way.

And you'd have to do all of that, essentially,
for free.

>>I've a mention about something I want to do on the Wyvern website<<

I'd be interested to see if you get it off the ground.  It's been tried before
by some very good people and never lasted long.  Its either going to be (a) a
lot of work for no reward or (b) a lot of rubbish that nobody takes seriously.

Unless you have some commercial plan for it?

An interesting idea, but not one I feel is very likely to go far.  But that's
just my gut reaction... I very much hope I'm wrong.
All good exposure for PBM is always welcome.

Steve Tierney
-Madhouse UK

References

Re: Any UK PBM Magzines
"Roy" <roy@the-isles.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Any UK PBM Magzines
"Roy" <roy@the-isles.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000