Subj : Re: Lord IGM's
To : Greg Goodwin
From : Donald Tidmore
Date : Thu Dec 31 2009 07:09 pm
> Thanks for pointing at least one active WT LORD Door game author out
> there. Hard to believe so many of them have just poofed!
You're welcome for the info about Joseph Watson. The saddest thing about
the BBS door games "world" is that probably only 10-25 percent or less of the
games that are still in use have real technical support available today. And by
"real", I mean stuff like an author who actually RESPONDS to feedback on
his/her programs regardless of whether its good or bad. An author you can
actually TALK to via email, ICQ/Trillian, or BBS/web-site. Authors who
actually release updates to their programs periodically in response to bug
reports.
One of the sad facts about a lot of door games is how the programmers won't
respond to requests for help from registered users. Or how they outright
ignore any bug reports that come from people who use a game in its Local Mode.
Then there are the programmers who continue to require you to pay for
registrations for igms/door games, but who won't ever release new versions.
What's the point in paying for a program if the programmer doesn't provide
technical support for it? In many cases, you can easily find another program
that does the same stuff that is freeware or whose programmer does respond to
requests for help. We all can probably think of several programmers
who don't give a damn about providing support, but who still want you to send
them money for their programs. Most of which are in the BBS programs
category. But there are also Internet utilities that have been abandoned in
some cases that people come to rely on. I often wonder how many programs
are out there that BBS sysops rely on for which they can't get tech support.
Donald.
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