The moral of the story - Form a team then talk to all those around you
Geoff
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Lindahl <lindahl@pbm.com>
To: Ian Sparks <isparks@wmute.u-net.com>
Cc: g2-list@pbm.com <g2-list@pbm.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Churn rate...
>> 2. There appears to be little or no new land an independant can call
home.
>
>Not true. PLATO gave away a big chunk of land to a group of new
>players recently. No matter what Cendage would have you think, there
>is land available, even on Camaris. We also re-settled the Harn
>refugees. Cendage has an even lower population density in his
>territory. And that's just one little corner of the world.
>
>> 3. Its too easy to lose vital parts of a small faction to crossfire and
fog
>> of war between squabbling giant factions.
>
>But it's pretty easy to stay out of the way of war. New factions have
>nothing to lose; an old faction can easily replace their claim gold,
>and NPs can't be destroyed.
>
>> These reasons are all opinion and can no doubt be refuted at length but
if
>> that is the impression new players get then high-drop out rates will
result
>> among new players.
>
>That _is_ true; people will drop out because of opinions, or because
>they aren't clever enough to play well enough to catch the big boys.
>
>-- greg, not Oleg
>