Re: Wargamers' accessibilty

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:02:07 GMT


chris ward on me on Richard Crawley on 'signal to noise':

> It's probably not my place to reply, but I think Alex has misread the
> emphasis of what Richard said.

Never mind the emphasis; I see nothing in your take of Richard's post to suggest I was mistaken about the content.

> Richard's 'signal-to-noise' analogy is a good summary of the reasons I gave
> for my suggestion. But in Richards post he underlined the disclaimer "
> _from a wargamer's point of view._". I don't see any judgements being made
> here.

And if a Napoleanic wargamer complained about the 'noise' on a Napoleanic gaming list where people were, For Some Bizarre Reason, discussing the Napoleanic background, you'd feel the same way?

Richard Crawley:

> Alex questions my happiness to recommend the Glorantha-Board
> list to miniatures gamers

No, just your stated reasons.

> and teeters towards accusing me of
> being judgemental about wargamers' interest in the minutiae of
> Gloranthan mythology.

I think the gist of it was rather, that your remarks would bear the interpretation of being judgemental _about the Digest_.

Cheers,
Alex.


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