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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: I-F Contest Postmortem for 1996 (and some SPAG info.)
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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:27:09 GMT
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James Cole (jrcole@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) wrote:

> >James Cole (jrcole@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> >> If a game of mine were to
> >> be ranked high enough I (probably, depending on the conditions) wouldn't want
> >> to let Activision/Infocom use it, nor let it be associated with them.

> >It's entirely up to you. But hey -- it's money. It's also your name on a 
> >commercial game product, which doesn't hurt the resume if you're in the 
> >programming business, or whatever.

> >It's also a free copy of the commercial game product, or at least it was 
> >last year. That didn't hurt. :)

> I agree that what I've said might seem a bit strange, but I do have a good
> reason.

I will also point out (very damn tentatively) that if our IF CD project is
a big hit, we might consider creating a sequel. If we do, that second CD
would include all the entries from the '95 and '96 contests -- and
probably the '97 contest as well, since it'll definitely be that long if
it happens at all. 

And we also pay real live money. 

On the third hand, there'd be no reason not to take money both from us 
and from Activision. The '95 contest winners would be doing so.

On the fourth hand, that's way in the future, and hypothetical.

(For the record, the *current* IF CD project is coming along nicely. And, 
for the record, I still have no comment about when it'll be done. More 
news as it develops.)

--Z

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