Subj : Re: where did it all go?
To   : alt.bbs.allsysop
From : rhythmnp@aol.comSTOPSPAM (RhythmNp)
Date : Sun Jul 06 2003 06:43 am

>If you don't take the community that will fill your pockets into account
>when you consider your registration/crippling design, then you are not a
>door game developer, and you most certainly ARE an opportunist

I think you are making the incorrect and invalid assumption that door authors
ignore their player base and sysop base.  Look around at most of the
still-supported doorgames' websites and you'll see message boards for ideas and
suggestions which the door author reads, responds to, and incorporates.  Need
some examples?  Check out the web sites for Ambroshia, TradeWars, Usurper, or
DoorMUD to name a few.  

I can think of very few door authors that even remotely fit the description of
an "opportunist" who ignores their player base, charges money for upgrades, and
uses bizarre registration schemes designed to screw people over.  Can YOU name
any door authors like this?  Okay, so you've repeatedly posted that you have a
beef with John Dailey.  That's understandable.  People send him registration
payments and it takes him 6 months to respond, and that just plain sucks.  But
can you name any other door authors who are "opportunists" trying to rip people
off, or are you just making this stuff up to be a pest or a troll?  So far you
have mostly failed to provide any substance or evidence for your rantings.

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