Re: EMG's Imperium

From: Qryph <qryph@geocities.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Just a comment - if you want RPing, look for a FREE game. For some reason
people are more willing to have fun in them.
	For starters, try Elyria (roleplaying is the point of the game)
	http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/link.elyria/
	and Lorenai (roleplaying by virtue of having 600+ players)
	http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/lorenai/

William

Grant Gainey wrote:
>
> JChromis wrote:
> >
> > While I love EMG's Global Diplomacy, I am unable to help you with Imperium.  I
> > am simply writing to congratulate you on what has to be the most entertaining
> > post I have yet seen on this NG.  If more of the posters had your sense of
> > style and humor perhaps there would be more posts which actually discuss PBEM
> > games.  Bravo!
>
> Thank yew, thank yew, thank yew verra much...
>
> I play games to have fun, dammit.  Sometimes, on Usenet, no-one can
> hear you laugh.  One of the reasons I posted my note was exactly
> because I realized that a) rec.games.pbm showed a LOT of new messages,
> and b) NOT ONE of them was actually about games - they were all
> about the newsgroup itself.  Desiring more conversation about the
> games themselves, I decided that starting threads was the best
> response.
>
> Here's another thought on PBM Games: as mentioned, I'm currently in
> IMP041.  Imperium is a finite, computer-moderated, email, space opera.
> It's gonna end, at +- 50 VPs and/or +/- 30 turns.  Many folk view
> such wargames much like one would view chess; any communication at
> all between players is in "gamespeak", and tends towards the dry
> and analytical.
>
> _I_ like to roleplay a bit, even in wargames.  For IMP041, I have
> two characters - "Ellington of Ellington", the pompous, egotistical,
> air-headed windbag who runs my House Major, and "Grant, Head Tech",
> who runs the communication console and likes to make comments about
> his clueless boss.  This is fun (for me) - although it takes extra
> time, and sometimes I can't pay as much attention to the two of them
> as I'd like.
>
> Now, I have met some gamers who are really put off by roleplaying
> in any game other than one clearly labelled "RolePlaying Game".
> "Just play the damn game," they grumble.  And the fact that I can
> on occasion have even _more_ fun when being utterly smashed has
> been taken as some kind of personal affront - "Can't you be more
> serious about this?!?"  Short answer - no, I can't <g>.  It's A
> Game, and while winning is good, and I'll bend all my efforts towards
> it, it's _not_ critical to my self-esteem.
>
> Anybody have any opinions on the responsibilities of players to
> respect the preferences of the other players, when it comes to this
> kind of question? Opinions, comments, brickbats?
>
> Grant
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References

EMG's Imperium
Grant Gainey <ggainey@widget.com>
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: EMG's Imperium
jchromis@aol.com (JChromis)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: EMG's Imperium
Grant Gainey <ggainey@widget.com>
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000