[UA] Re: [UA] Re: UA List

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 08:02 PM 11/20/2000 +0800, you wrote:
>I'd just like to add that this is _the_ best mailing list I've ever been
>on. A couple of other RPG lists I _was_ on (and probably don't have to
>name) picked up in traffic recently and they were just too cluttered
>with useless posts and senseless pissing contests, respectively, to
>waste electrons storing on my hard drive. You guys keep me entertained
>_and_ abreast of world news ;) all without a single, appreciable flame
>or waste of bandwidth.

Have I ever told y'all my secret fear/theory about the success of UA and
the quality of the UA list?  I believe there is an underlying but probably
present inverse relationship.

UA, for all the lovin' it gets from reviewers, is selling in fairly small
numbers.  The audience for it is, at this point, a fairly small group.  You
can use the word 'elite' if you like.

If UA became more popular -- say, to the 10,000 sale level -- sheer
mathematics makes it very unlikely that all its purchasers will be
thoughtful folks of the type who dominate this list.  Once you get a number
of nimrods buying the game -- which, at that level of success, is
inevitable -- they'll start to post.  And since it's easier to be a nimrod
than to be thoughtful, they'll soon outnumber the intelligent posts on the
list.  Then the intelligent people will do the intelligent thing and
unsubscribe...

-G.

Fears change.

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