Wow, and the games grind to a halt.

[Lingchih]

pbem has it's advantages. You have a whole list of old turns that you can look at, if need be. That's the main thing, I think.

Network games are nice, but they seem to be more suited to blitz type quick games.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Lingchih

pbem has it's advantages. You have a whole list of old turns that you can look at, if need be. That's the main thing, I think.

Network games are nice, but they seem to be more suited to blitz type quick games.

True.
On the large games (such as all_nations megagames) Ive had users request to have their turns sent in email. They tended to still play their turns by direct connect but liked having their old turns stored in their mail folders by date.

[Jazzepi]

Originally Posted by Lingchih

pbem has it's advantages. You have a whole list of old turns that you can look at, if need be. That's the main thing, I think.

Network games are nice, but they seem to be more suited to blitz type quick games.

I used to dislike pbem because of the slowness of downloading the attachment, overwriting the old .trn file, reattaching it, etc. But at the end of the day, the ability to just work on the turns in pieces, and then submit it when you're done is too valuable to me.

Jazzepi