Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices

From: Benjamin Foy <bfoy@access2.digex.net>

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Paul M. Brillantes wrote:

> MadCentral wrote:
>
> > >>In the diplomacy world, the consensus is that PBEM will save the PBM
> > hobby.<<
> >
> > Steve Tierney is:-
> > <Rolling about and laughing!!!!!>
> >
> > Anybody who feels that the PBM hobby
> > needs saving is either (a) playing the
> > wrong games or (b) running the wrong games.

Well I clearly said that its in the diplomacy world.  You have to remember
that the Diplomacy PBM industry used to be much bigger than anything else.
Now it is much smaller.

>         I am rolling about chuckling myself though at Ben's suggestion
> that there is any kind of consensus in the Diplomacy world about
> anything!  :^)  Please do not bring that up on rec.gmaes.diplomacy Ben, I
> have too much to read as it is!

Please, I lost interest in that newsgroup during the silly, endless male
vs female debates.  No I am hearing this from my diplomacy friends (who
play PBM diplomacy).  But it has been mentioned in rec.games.diplomacy.
Of course, the "but he's a good dip player and he doesn't play PBM"
comments immediately pop up.

>         As far as moving to PBM Dip after reaching a certain level of
> skill, I think that many PBEM Dippers will opt instead for playing games
> with other good players who have been encountered or association with
> groups such as the Vermont group for judge Diplomacy or the Academy for
> the CAT 23 Diplomacy group.  These groups offer games for players of
> proven dedication to the game, very high standards of dependability as far
> as getting turns in and unfortunately a high degree of skill at the game
> itself, thus ensuring that I will not be joining for some time to come, if
> ever!

Those are other options.  But the Vermont group gives you people who are
not likely to abandon a position, not neccesarily a good player.  And
playing with the same people all the time is no fun.  I don't know about
CAT but I think PBM diplomacy will be a very viable option for some time
to come.

- Ben

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References

Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices
"Paul M. Brillantes" <pmbrill@usit.net>
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices
Benjamin Foy <bfoy@access5.digex.net>
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Survey of PBM games: email, snail mail, and prices
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000