People take PBEM to seriously?

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by Skirmisher

Why is it whenever things are going to well in a PBEM,the opponent drops out?

Do you need to get beat up in order to keep an opponent interested in a game?

One particular game comes to mind where I was able to knock out 4 Abrahms tanks in one turn,then the other player "disappeared",aparently to bruised to continue...

Similar happened to me in a game of SP3 back before 2000. Opponent who was very talkative etc in the set-up walked into a nicely timed barrage in turn 2 or so that whacked his advancing panzers hard and then he just disappeared off the face of the planet.

Basically, you have to build up a set of trusted opponents.

That can be easier to do if the player is a member of a wargaming site like the blitz say. If he is established then he'll have a track record on whatever scoring system they may have.

Newbies though are always a bit of a shot in the dark. But that was always the case in say a tabletop club - some guys would turn up for a week or three, and then wander off if they got too much of a drubbing. At least in a tabletop club you could get an idea of the other players character "visually", but in the electronic world it may be difficult to tell if a random prospect has the attention span of a gnat or not - until you have expended time on the initial set-up and a few turns.

So it is worthwhile to go to somewhere like the blitz and hook up with some established players. http://www.theblitz.org/message_boar...lay.php?fid=14

Andy