Re: Communication ethics in PBW
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actaully what my friend was bothered by that caused me to start this thread is because the other player e-mailed him on the very first trun.

Re: Communication ethics in PBW
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">indeed, i would consider it foul play to communicate with someone before actually meeting them in the game, and would never consider doing that myself.

on the other hand, i think it is unproductive and silly to restrict communications to one message a month, and have to wait an extra month to get an answer back. if those were the rules of the game, i would certainly abide by it. and i think you will find most PBW games stipulate wither or not email use is encouraged.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Was this me in the Junkyard game? Because I would be real honored if you wasted your long distance money trying to pull the rug out from under the Gremlins. Hey, and I just put in a good word for your mod in another thread. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Seriously, I feel email communications should be agreed upon before the start of a PBW game. I have utilized them in some games extensively and none in others. I don't view it as cheating, but it can give you an edge if other players are not coordinating their strategy. In game messaging is just painfully slow.

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No the telephone conversation was with me...

And I am damned sorry we never got around to springing that trap.

Ah, the good ole days, when I wasn't involved in so many PBW games that I could actually concentrate on one turn for 30 minutes.

Re: Communication ethics in PBW
 

[quote]Originally posted by docshane:

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Originally posted by Puke: Because I would be real honored if you wasted your long distance money trying to pull the rug out from under the Gremlins.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">who still pays for long distance these days? seriously, this should be the topic of an OT poll or something. doesn't everyone have free nation-wide long distance these days?

Re: Communication ethics in PBW
 

Well, or they just make all their long distance calls from work. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you kidding? Not over here!

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Free long distance? Hell, we pay for all local calls. It is only North America which has the free stuff.

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Oh, you can get 'free' local calls in England but I believe you pay a fee of about £25 a month to get them.. given that we only make local calls at weekends or evenings when it is about 1p a minute, my basis maths implies you would need to talk for about 2 days solid per month to get to this...

As they are local, I just tell the current Mrs Gt to go round and see them

Re: Communication ethics in PBW
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well local calls maybe free here but free long distance has not move into the north part of the continent. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif
Of course 'free local' calls is really just a phone company ad slogan since we pay a monthly fee.

[ August 13, 2002, 01:52: Message edited by: DavidG ]