allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (12/18/85)
Expires: Quoted from <2054@phri.UUCP> ["Re: New Newsgroup (FRP on the NET)"], by roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)... +--------------- | In article <128@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: | > Just taking a poll on how many people would be interested in a FRP news- | >group where you don't talk about FRP games, but you PLAY them. | | As I pointed out a while ago on net.games.pbm, it is absurd to use a | newsgroup to communicate with the small number of people in a particular | game. Not only is it far more expensive than email, it's slower and less | reliable. Use the newsgroup to look for players, but once you have the | game organized, use email to distribute each turn's results. No reason why +--------------- How about a program which maintains email-driven FRP games? It might do so via emailed game scripts (which are interactively modified by the game?) or, more easily perhaps, simply act as a mail front-end to allow one to say: % netfrp Which game (RETURN for list)? net-adventure Last moves: Bungo (mark@mrstve.UUCP): strike the dwarf with his long sword. [DM: The dwarf swings his axe and misses.] Enter your move, end with ^D: throw my spear at the dwarf ^D [Your move has been mailed to the net-adventure DM.] % _ --Brandon -- Lord Charteris (thurb) ncoast!allbery@Case.CSNet (ncoast!allbery%Case.CSNet@CSNet-Relay.ARPA) ..decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!allbery (..ncoast!tdi2!root for business) 6615 Center St., Mentor, OH 44060 (I moved) --Phone: +01 216 974 9210 CIS 74106,1032 -- MCI MAIL BALLBERY (WARNING: I am only a part-time denizen...)