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PBM is dead! Long live PBM!
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I will admit that the Access-based interface for Empyrean Cluster Wars is prickly and non-intuitive. Vern and his team are working out the kinks during this beta period. I myself have a strong preference for web-based interfaces which do not require me to run client software locally on my machine. (I made an exception for Vern.) I also think it's clunky to require users to send their turns in via FTP.

A web interface should be well designed and perhaps even customizable by the player. It should handle everything server-side. And as such, it would not present much of a problem for even a dial-up connection unless you're doing heavy animations or Flash-based stuff. Since PBM is print-based, it can readily be delivered via HTML, without needing to resort to animated/dynamic images. We're not talking World of Warcraft, here.

Your point is well-taken, especially considering that most applications and web sites don't have good user-interface design.

For simple PBM-like games (like Mafia Wars), the interface is very tight and simple (perhaps frustratingly so). It would be a challenge to deliver a richer PBM-like experience through point-and-click forms, but certainly doable. I intend to try, anyway.
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PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 04:58 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 06:16 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 06:26 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 06:47 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 01-07-2011, 07:04 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 01-07-2011, 07:25 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Toppers - 02-06-2011, 02:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 02-22-2011, 09:09 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-27-2011, 06:31 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-29-2011, 02:26 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-29-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Hatch - 03-30-2011, 10:09 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-12-2011, 08:12 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 03-22-2011, 07:23 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-26-2011, 09:43 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by GrimFinger - 03-27-2011, 03:03 AM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by JonO - 03-27-2011, 04:45 AM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-27-2011, 02:06 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by ixnay - 03-29-2011, 08:48 PM
RE: PBM is dead! Long live PBM! - by Ramblurr - 03-30-2011, 03:16 AM

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