Re: "Serious" IF (was Re: Gareth's competition comments)


Wed, 18 Oct 1995 18:45:48 GMT

In article <45rpju$idh@echo2.echonyc.com>,
Neil Demause <neild@echonyc.com> wrote:
>
>For some reason, this competition has loosed a lot of tongues in this
>newsgroup. Used to be, everyone bent over backwards to praise authors
>just for having produced a game. Lately, though, there's been a lot more
>sniping at games and less constructive criticism, and this latest trend
>of arguing over what constitutes "real" i-f similarly seems more likely
>to scare people off from writing games than to encourage them to do so.

I've actually enjoyed reading people's criticisms of the entries.
Most of the critiques have been well-reasoned and well-presented, and
have given me some insight into the varying reasons that people are
interested in IF. I think it's a valid discussion, and can't do
anything but help. So keep it up, guys, and if I think of something
intelligent to say, I'll chime in too.

-Groos