Excellent response Clint. I think that says it all.
I for one appreciate the effort you and the team have put in to try to advance this already great game
John Simpson
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From: Middle Earth PBM Games <me@MiddleEarthGames.com>
Reply-To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] FS 25/4
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:13:07 +0100>I thought it was a bit rich of MEPBM to juxtapose a suggestion that we
>vote for them with all the
>stuff about delayed startups*** To the best of my knowledge there have been no delayed startups. Have
I missed something here? If there any delayed and players feel aggrieved
then please get back to me - my apologies. We generally start up two games
a week. Feel free to bring any complaint to me off list if you prefer so
that I can respond in depth.>and still no fruit on "projects" such as the PRS and MEOW.
*** Um MEOW is in the Beta (or later) playtest. AM is out, XML is out, new
variants of games are out, accounting bits and pieces are out, error
checking before turns is out, turn not in warning is out. GWCs are 99%
ready - it's a matter of dotting the "i"s on most of the projects and
letting you guys lose on them.We demoed MEOW at the convention as well as the MeMapmaker (expected
release in 3wks - so triple that!) programmer. Anyone who works with
programmers knows that things don't always go to schedule. As most of them
are working for free or minimal rates we know that there'll be delays. I
try to keep you guys upto date with the situation and on limited budget
this is what we can do. But we could go back to the old days of no
development if you wish, no variant games etc. Unfortunately we were left
in the lurch by one programmer for MEOW so our apologies for that - outside
our sphere of influence. Unfortunately I have not been in the office much
recently due to holiday, trip to US, EuroGencon and various family matters
so haven't been able to keep the pressure up on these to get them upto
date. PRS is ready but I need to error check it for consistency and the like.For those not aware Harlequin Games has just bought the rights to Legends
to licence it (as well as the games from 3 companies), along with all the
work that means. So we're trying to complete the bits and pieces that we
have left for ME. This means that looks rosy for the stability and future
of our PBM game as there will be no doubt some crossover and mutual skills
shared. From a marketing perspective alone it's great.We also want to develop our game in the future but that's put on hold for
the time being once we have completed the projects we have set
ourselves. For Middle Earth I have some ideas that I think players might
like but for now we're putting them on hold temporarily (say a few months).> How on earth can such a competition have any value when the judging
>is open to people who haven't played (or in my case haven't even heard of)
>most of the shortlisted games? Well worth a miss IMO.*** My take on this is that players can vote for games that they like -
simple. If not, don't vote. We're not forcing any of our players to vote
- but assume that most players who play the game with us enjoy it and what
we can offer and consequently would like to support the game in whatever
manner they can. Voting brings awareness to the public and gets more
players in - ie it rewards you lot in the long run.Have fun and help make it fun for others.
Clint
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