Subj : Re: Lord IGM's
To : Donald Tidmore
From : Jason Hud
Date : Sun Jan 24 2010 10:10 am
> > 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.
>
tidmore, bbsing is dead pretty much. these games you are talking about were at
their heyday 15 years ago.
you are ignored from most door developers because you have a bad reputation
amongst them. you develop these strange issues with them due to unorthodox
methods and then trash talk the authors in public.
that being said, you are not a bbs user and you couldnt set up ANY doorgame
that us sysops setup; you dont have the computer knowledge to do so.
name one bbs doorgame that requires 'support'. i cant think of one.
they come with pretty explanatory documentation , and when that doesnt help,
us sysops help eachother out.
