Re: Bugs and cheating - From the Times

Dragon Lord (ssifu@hotmail.com)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:17:15 GMT

Do you really need him to tell you how to pay ??

Just pay with your VISA card or if you don't have one,
send him money by mail like I do

Dragonlord

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>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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