Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

>>Actually, these don't really make a big dent in your bottom line. Why?
Because these elements are not a large cost in an email business.<<

I'm sorry... you missed my point... which is likely because I wasn't clear
enough, for which I apologise.

What I *meant* wasn't that those costs are particularly high for the PBM
company, but that the costs are enough to discourage *players* from taking part
and from the average person getting online.

We have a lot of people online, yes, but
not many who want to play that way.  And while I am well-aware that with E-Mail
we could take players from anywhere in the world, it is also my experience that
people like to play games with companies in their own countries where
possible... more ways to pay for your turns, easier to reach the company if you
want to talk to them phone-wise, no language problems and just plain
patriotism!!

That's why the E-Mail scene hasn't taken off in the UK.  You think not... take
a look... see how many PBM games we have and how many PBEM games.....  the
figures speak for themselves.

Steve Tierney
-Madhouse UK

References

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000