>Speaking of non-participation - I sent him email a couple of
>weeks ago saying that my method of paying was going away
>and that I needed to know how to continue paying him. I have
>not heard from him. I really want to give him money but....
>
>Rodger
>
>
>On 27-Jan-99, Wayne Sheppard wrote:
>>>From: Tom Schmidt <tschmid@stud.uni-goettingen.de>
>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dragon Lord schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this entire story going to start again ??
>>>>> I think Rich is doing a great job running the
>>>>> turns and since he is the GM, he will decide when
>>>>> a bug should be fixed and when it is not nessecary
>>>>> or too difficult to fix a bug.
>>>>
>>>>He does a good job in running the turns. And I do thank him for that.
>
>
>>>Luckily for us, Rich probably has the turns mostly automated. In fact,
the
>>>turns run even when Rich is out of town.
>
>>>>
>>>>> So please let him do his work instead of always
>>>>> complaining.
>>>>> My thought is that if you don't like then quit or
>>>>> start your own PBM if you think you can do it better
>
>
>>>You are absolutely right. If anyone is unhappy with the service they are
>>>getting for their $2.50, they can quit.
>
>>>>
>>>>You get one thing totally wrong here: Rich is selling his product to us,
>>>>and we are his customers.
>>>>I've heard no one complaining, that he could do it better.
>
>
>>>You haven't been listening. Many people have complained about Rich's
lack
>>>of participation. He hasn't been publicly heard from, either on this
list
>>>or in the Times, in over four months. We cannot even get a status update
>>>from him about the bugs. We have players keeping lists of bugs that have
>>>been in the game for over a year. You would think that for $882.50 a
week,
>>>we could get better support than we are now.
>
>>>But it does little good to complain. History has shown that.
>
>
>>>>
>>>>An analogy comes to my mind (and I'm gonna get crucified for this):
>>>>
>>>>Microsoft produces and sells OS's. They do their job. Still they get
>>>>blamed for not fixing the bugs in their products.
>>>>No one tells those who complain: "Why don't you write your own OS".
>
>
>>>I guess you never heard of Linux. There are hundreds of programmers out
>>>there devoting spare time, working together to write this free operating
>>>system. Many people already say that it is better than Windows.
>
>>>>
>>>>Bye, Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dragonlord
>>>>> PS: my thanks to Rich for this great game and all the fun
>>>>> that I have had in the last year and a half
>
>>>I too have had much fun. Rich did an incredible job creating this game.
>
>
>>>Wayne
>
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