11-04-2015, 04:06 PM
(11-04-2015, 12:49 PM)BobMcLain Wrote: It also describes hopscotch, which you don't play by mail, so not very useful - and entirely useless in encapsulating the appeal of the "industry" to newcomers, of which, admittedly, there are few. Even though the term "play by mail" is like dragging your 8-track player to an iTunes party, it's here to stay.
Oh, I don't think that we're getting away from the PBM term anytime in the foreseeable future, and I don't see a tremendous need to, but I do acknowledge that some younger people fear the term "mail" and run away before they have a chance to be newcomers and find out what it's about.
I just thought I'd chime in with a random thought to contribute to those on that side of the discussion. After all, the term "turn" isn't meaningless when there's hardly a modern-day computer game out there with "turns", and that's nearly all the gaming most of these people play.