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

[Roger]

Nope... we'll just move to a  more exclusive group where intelligent 
"posters" and lurkers can hang out.

heheh

Roger

Gregory Paul Stolze wrote:

> 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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