Re: Scramble boards

[Eric Shultz <swift_4@yahoo.com>]

One of the coolest developments recently (sort of) in
gaming is when you join a multiplayer game that uses a
map/skin/whatever you don't have, the program
downloads it for you and puts it in it's appropriate
directory.

I think it would be phenomenal if someone could create
something like that for board games.  You'd need
different boards, game rules, and graphics for pieces.
That would be the ideal future for Gamerz.  Too bad I
can't program worth a lick and have kids.  I'm having
a hard time typing this email.  Maybe some single
person with no life and lots of skill could pick this
idea up.  Gotta go.

Eric Shultz
swift
>  I have been thinking about something lately.  I
> know that plain text
> is supposed to be the standard for the internet
> because in the early 
> days we all used various "dumb terminals"; some with
> various shades of
> green! :-)   I even use a terminal program on my 320
> x 200 x 16 resolution
> AtariST made in 1985 that I am typing on right now. 
> But the thing is, many
> people are moving on to newer computers.  Should we
> not prepare and upgrade
> this server as well?  I have 2 questions: is there a
> new universal graphics
> format that we could use to display the boards as
> actual high resolution
> graphics?  and, Could we provide an option for those
> of us with older
> computers to use "plain text" and those of us with
> newer computers to display
> high resolution graphics?   Eventually 80 column
> mode terminal emulation
> will fade away.  I wonder what others feel about
> this.  Please note that
> I am not saying that Play by email games will fade
> away.  As long as people
> are awake at different times around the globe, I
> think an email server is
> a great solution for playing games with opponents
> around the world. 
> The thing [I am complaining about] is we are
> restricting ourselves to an
> old format that some newer players may find
> unattractive and it may not 
> capture and hold potential new players.
> 
> --
>  Douglas Zander                |  
>  dzander@solaria.sol.net       | 
>  Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA     |  
> 
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