03-18-2011, 05:45 PM
I'm a little late to the party, but I couldn't disagree more with Grimfinger's premise.
My first experience with PBM was with computer moderated games, and at least for me, I continued to be attracted to computer moderated games for a number of reasons: consistency of quality and longevity (I knew that the game wouldn't suffer or disappear if the person running the game had a personal or professional crisis) and impartiality (despite our best efforts, humans are rarely capable of complete impartiality) foremost among them.
My first experience with PBM was with computer moderated games, and at least for me, I continued to be attracted to computer moderated games for a number of reasons: consistency of quality and longevity (I knew that the game wouldn't suffer or disappear if the person running the game had a personal or professional crisis) and impartiality (despite our best efforts, humans are rarely capable of complete impartiality) foremost among them.