Subj : Re: Universal Mayhem BBS Door
To   : mikesla
From : esc
Date : Sun Sep 18 2022 01:37 pm

 mi>  This door is something I have enjoyed since 1993. When it was big back
 mi> in it's day many people played it, and it's actually one of the most
 mi> complex space games made for BBS's.

I installed it late last night and had a brief look, and yeah, definitely seems complex :P

I'm somewhat of a layperson with some of these more strategic games like Ultimate Universe and TW2002. So I assume this will be a tough one for me to wrap my head around as well.

 mi>  I suggest that you read the manual because it will come in handy, and
 mi> I'm sure you will see how much you can do in this game.

Something I am admittedly terrible at doing, ha!

 mi>  Outside of the obvious (at least I think is obvious) you are able to do
 mi> something I haven't come across for any other BBS or even todays online
 mi> games which is you can setup a special profile for your ship, and how it
 mi> will react when you are away. You might be amazed on how solid this
 mi> particular game option is if you ever decide to use it.

Sweet, I'll give this a look. I think some games have "default behavior when attacked" or some such construct but this is interesting.

 mi>  My hope is that this game will be brought back, and supported by BBS's
 mi> again. I literally spends thousands of hours playing it back when it
 mi> came out, and when I took part of Fido in 93.

It looks to me like this game is designed intentionally for some sort of FTN aspect; I don't know how well independent games would work. That said I have very little familiarity with it at this point anyway.

 mi>  Well, great to know you picked it up, and I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks!

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