02-22-2011, 02:11 PM
While Baibars and Paway debate the "winning formula" of Reality Simulations, Inc. over on The Road of Kings website, with regards to the running of successful play by mail games, I have continued to add to the PBM Hivemind section located on the home page of this website. I used a bright yellow highlighter color on the title of this section, to help ensure that it stands out and catches the site visitor's eye.
The most significant fact of their rather limited debate on this subject, to date, is not anything specific that either of them have said. Rather, the most significant thing about this debate is that it is even taking place at all, within the forums of one of play by mail's remaining bastions of postal gaming players. In the midst of this debate, Frostking interjects that he recently started playing Legends, again, and that it is fun.
And where are the remaining captains of the PBM industry, during this fledgling discussion? They are all oblivious to it, of course. Little surprise there, though, eh?
It is true, of course, that play by mail games and the play by mail genre of gaming have been discussed by many different people in many different venues, down through the years. So, what makes this particular discussion of any greater significance than those that preceded it in years past in other online discussions?
I believe that it has to do with timing, location, and participants. What you are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, is something that James T. Kirk might describe as the Genesis Effect.
The most significant fact of their rather limited debate on this subject, to date, is not anything specific that either of them have said. Rather, the most significant thing about this debate is that it is even taking place at all, within the forums of one of play by mail's remaining bastions of postal gaming players. In the midst of this debate, Frostking interjects that he recently started playing Legends, again, and that it is fun.
And where are the remaining captains of the PBM industry, during this fledgling discussion? They are all oblivious to it, of course. Little surprise there, though, eh?
It is true, of course, that play by mail games and the play by mail genre of gaming have been discussed by many different people in many different venues, down through the years. So, what makes this particular discussion of any greater significance than those that preceded it in years past in other online discussions?
I believe that it has to do with timing, location, and participants. What you are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, is something that James T. Kirk might describe as the Genesis Effect.