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- Date: Sunday, 15 November 1992 05:11:29 PDT
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- From: "Anton Dovydaitis" <anton@anton.infoserv.com>
- Organization: Ishi Press International
- Subject: Re: GO on The Sierra Network
- References: <765286d7868208t9@anton.infoserv.com> <1992Nov10.200507.8389@adobe.com> <765290d7683010t12@anton.infoserv.com> <BxK9FA.Br2@nic.umass.edu>
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- In <BxK9FA.Br2@nic.umass.edu>, s9874203@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s9874203) wrote:
- >
- >
- > I hope Sierra Network would be an alternative to IGS, rather that a
- > replacement. I don't want IGS to die. For us poor students, IGS is the
- > only place we can play go for fun without worrying about our pockets.:-)
- > Futhermore, it is reasonable to expect connection fee goes up if Sierra
- > Network pay pros. Or is Sierra going to adopt the policy that whoever
- > loses a game pays the connection fee? The games would smell bloody.
- >
- > bn 2k
-
- They haven't mentioned how special events will work, but I am working with
- them on this. I don't want TSN to supplant IGS anymore than I want IGS
- to undercut TSN. And it won't. IGS is for information workers with cheap
- internet access and the technical knowledge to exploit it. TSN is for
- commercial computer game players and is prepackaged, with technical support.
-
- I think the goal with having pros play, or tournaments or other special
- events, is just to get people to use the service more. Besides, $12.95
- for 30 hours per month is a pretty good deal. I pay almost that much
- for internet newsgroup access.
-
- There's obviously room for both, and I hope both prosper.
-
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- Anton Dovydaitis
- Ishi Press International
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