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Originally Posted by DaddyO
DMB has one guy who does PbP. He's good at it. People respond to his PbP. They are always posting PbP that they run across that's context specific and rare, but beautiful. DMB PbP is not perfect. The long-awaited update to version 9 is supposed to be out soon, and it is supposed to include significant additions to the PbP pool. If it actually comes out within the next couple of weeks, I'd strongly suggest someone in OOTP put it through it's paces. It has just the right mix of routine and color. Sometimes your left in suspense, but not constantly hyped. And it lets the game itself be the drama. Face it. Many real-life baseball games are boring. But the beauty of baseball is its rhythms. You put up with all the boredom because you are slowly building story lines that eventually build to a deep, deep drama that manifests itself in a particular play, game, or series. The PbP needs to be a window on that drama, not the drama itself. If the window has stained glass for effect, the drama can actually be diminished.
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Excellent, excellent post. I hope this part of OOTP 2007 receives the attention it deserves. Too many times the PbP in 2006 reads like a novice broadcaster trying too hard to be dramatic. OOTP 6.5, while the PbP was a bit stale, felt more "natural" than 2006. MOO