There is a potential to keep the current Deft boards
operational. Players have taken their own initiative
on this.
facade has also taken the initiative to have a seperate
company host new message boards, free of cost (with
banner ads...)
I believe that this shows the spirit of our players and
a willingness to put some effort into making the New
World work better, instead of sitting back and
complaining (considering WE are the ones who have to do
the changing here, I think kudos all around....).
I would assume that Harlequin can now focus their
efforts entirely on the smooth transition, and not have
to worry about these changes. Players like myself who
want to be on top of it ALL can sign up for the list,
and also peruse the board (-s-?).
Also, I am assuming that regular 1 week games will be
offered AND filled. Once the set ups go out, the
allegiance email addresses are distributed, and the
individual players invest as much time as they care to
to communicate. While not as "perfect" as team games,
I personally prefer the unknown....more realistic. I
have played 1 week games where allegiances have
collapsed due to personality conflicts between the
nation leaders.........I would assume that these things
can happen in such a world as Middle Earth, no? Better
than expensive and complicated checkers........where's
the fun in that........??
BB the NORTH American, not American.........
···
On Sun, 31 December 2000, Colin Forbes wrote:
Hi,
I'm with Laurence on this one, don't like the idea of a
message board! Although I pay a fixed rate for internet
access, I still much prefer to do stuff offline.
Yep - my personal preference is to have one board/list/whatever you want to
call it. Having 3 b/l/w will cause some confusion - I would like to get an
officially sanctioned one and then if others want more then we can with
that - and attempt to support it as best we can.
As for one week games - we'll be looking through all the various styles of
games and see what we can offer.
340 North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BP
Tel 029 2062 5665 12-6.30 Weekdays
Fax 029 2062 5532 24 hours
****************************************************************
Middle Earth - Legends - Serim Ral
CTF 2187 - Starquest - Crack of Doom
Battle of the Planets - Exile
----- Original Message -----
From: <ditletang@canada.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 6:01 PM
Subject: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
Beautiful world!
We can all be happy!
There is a potential to keep the current Deft boards
operational. Players have taken their own initiative
on this.
facade has also taken the initiative to have a seperate
company host new message boards, free of cost (with
banner ads...)
I believe that this shows the spirit of our players and
a willingness to put some effort into making the New
World work better, instead of sitting back and
complaining (considering WE are the ones who have to do
the changing here, I think kudos all around....).
I would assume that Harlequin can now focus their
efforts entirely on the smooth transition, and not have
to worry about these changes. Players like myself who
want to be on top of it ALL can sign up for the list,
and also peruse the board (-s-?).
Also, I am assuming that regular 1 week games will be
offered AND filled. Once the set ups go out, the
allegiance email addresses are distributed, and the
individual players invest as much time as they care to
to communicate. While not as "perfect" as team games,
I personally prefer the unknown....more realistic. I
have played 1 week games where allegiances have
collapsed due to personality conflicts between the
nation leaders.........I would assume that these things
can happen in such a world as Middle Earth, no? Better
than expensive and complicated checkers........where's
the fun in that........??
BB the NORTH American, not American.........
On Sun, 31 December 2000, Colin Forbes wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm with Laurence on this one, don't like the idea of a
> message board! Although I pay a fixed rate for internet
> access, I still much prefer to do stuff offline.
>
> Colin.
>
>
>
>
> Middle Earth PBM List - Harlequin Games
> To Unsubscribe:www.onelist.com
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Yep - my personal preference is to have one board/list/whatever you want
to
call it. Having 3 b/l/w will cause some confusion - I would like to get
an
officially sanctioned one and then if others want more then we can with
that - and attempt to support it as best we can.
RD: In theory, one list is a great idea. The problem is that with the
increased player base, readers are going to have to trawl thru a huge number
of emails for the ones they want. Today, for example, I had 30 emails, only
2 of which were about games I'm playing. It's time-consuming to zap or
transfer all the others, time which would be better spent on the game with a
deadline 2 days hence!
So, if you can come up with a better system, whether it means more than one
list or not, let's see it!
Regards,
Richard.
···
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harlequin Games" <pbm@harlequingames.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
I think I like the idea of one board/list but like you said it might get a
little hectic. Supporting 3 boards is going to be difficult for us (ie
posting to all, reading the messages etc.) From what I saw of the facade
board it was very much like the DGE board but better.
So I guess the board might be the best place for in-game messages, and the
mepbmlist for messages about the games- information and easy access? I'll
wait to get some feedback from the DGE list and see what happens there when
things get moving properly.
340 North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BP
Tel 029 2062 5665 12-6.30 Weekdays
Fax 029 2062 5532 24 hours
****************************************************************
Middle Earth - Legends - Serim Ral
CTF 2187 - Starquest - Crack of Doom
Battle of the Planets - Exile
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard John Devereux" <devereux@lineone.net>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harlequin Games" <pbm@harlequingames.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
> Hya
>
> Yep - my personal preference is to have one board/list/whatever you want
to
> call it. Having 3 b/l/w will cause some confusion - I would like to get
an
> officially sanctioned one and then if others want more then we can with
> that - and attempt to support it as best we can.
RD: In theory, one list is a great idea. The problem is that with the
increased player base, readers are going to have to trawl thru a huge
number
of emails for the ones they want. Today, for example, I had 30 emails,
only
2 of which were about games I'm playing. It's time-consuming to zap or
transfer all the others, time which would be better spent on the game with
a
deadline 2 days hence!
So, if you can come up with a better system, whether it means more than
340 North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BP
Tel 029 2062 5665 12-6.30 Weekdays
Fax 029 2062 5532 24 hours
****************************************************************
Middle Earth - Legends - Serim Ral
CTF 2187 - Starquest - Crack of Doom
Battle of the Planets - Exile
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavinwj" <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
Richard John Devereux wrote:
> Today, for example, I had 30 emails, only
30!? Ha! I had 162... and I was only away less than a week, including
Christmas!
340 North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BP
Tel 029 2062 5665 12-6.30 Weekdays
Fax 029 2062 5532 24 hours
****************************************************************
Middle Earth - Legends - Serim Ral
CTF 2187 - Starquest - Crack of Doom
Battle of the Planets - Exile
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavinwj" <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
Harlequin Games wrote:
> Not sure if you want to know how many we have had over the last week....
Now *that* would be a good poll question. Maybe a free turn or two for
whoever is nearest?
RD: I'm talking 30 emails in ONE DAY. Today it's 48! Where will it end?
If you away for 'less than a week' you must expect your inbox to be
overflowing when you come back.
This is exactly my point: there is now too much traffic on the mepbmlist for
me (and I suspect many other players) to handle comfortably.
I'm beginning to think about unsubscribing. Sure I'll miss some interesting
debates amongst the dross, but at least I'll be able to concentrate on the
games I'm actaully playing.
Regards,
Richard.
···
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavinwj" <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
Richard John Devereux wrote:
> Today, for example, I had 30 emails, only
30!? Ha! I had 162... and I was only away less than a week, including
Christmas!
> Not sure if you want to know how many we have had over the last week....
Now *that* would be a good poll question. Maybe a free turn or two for
whoever is nearest?
Gavin
RD: Good idea Gavin... that's all the mepbmlist, all the game turns and
individual queries over 7 days (of course the exact number depends on WHICH
7 days we're talking about) but I can't see it being much less than 500,
probably more. 575?
Regards,
Richard.
···
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavinwj" <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
340 North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BP
Tel 029 2062 5665 12-6.30 Weekdays
Fax 029 2062 5532 24 hours
****************************************************************
Middle Earth - Legends - Serim Ral
CTF 2187 - Starquest - Crack of Doom
Battle of the Planets - Exile
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard John Devereux" <devereux@lineone.net>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavinwj" <gavinwj@compuserve.com>
To: <mepbmlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Message Boards and 1 Week Games
> Richard John Devereux wrote:
>
> > Today, for example, I had 30 emails, only
>
> 30!? Ha! I had 162... and I was only away less than a week, including
> Christmas!
>
> Gavin
>
>
> Middle Earth PBM List - Harlequin Games
> To Unsubscribe:www.onelist.com
> http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/harlequin.games/list.htm
>
>
>
RD: I'm talking 30 emails in ONE DAY. Today it's 48! Where will it end?
If you away for 'less than a week' you must expect your inbox to be
overflowing when you come back.
This is exactly my point: there is now too much traffic on the mepbmlist
for
me (and I suspect many other players) to handle comfortably.
I'm beginning to think about unsubscribing. Sure I'll miss some
interesting
debates amongst the dross, but at least I'll be able to concentrate on the
games I'm actaully playing.
If you away for 'less than a week' you must expect your inbox to be
overflowing when you come back.
This is exactly my point: there is now too much traffic on the mepbmlist for
me (and I suspect many other players) to handle comfortably.
Actually, most of it *wasn't* MEPBM stuff! However, having had it pointed
out that we can change the option to "digest", I may well do so... (Of
course, then you have to burst it, so no real gain there then.)
