Calling all Sysops ================== Become an official Epic MegaGames release point! Be the first in your area to carry the MegaGames file area with all our latest releases, news, and more. This is a great way to attract callers to your board and make your customers happy -- so sign up now. Getting Started =============== All sysops are welcome to run the Epic MegaGames file area. Please give us this information: Your BBS's name and phone numbers (2400 & high-speed) Your BBS's type (PCBoard, Galacticomm, etc.) Number of lines Your name, mailing address, and voice phone number Cost -- can you offer callers free access to the Epic area? >> Put this info in a message to Tim Sweeney on The RunWay (215-623-6203) >> OR: 70451,633 on Compuserve >> OR: tims@wam.umd.edu on Internet >> OR Write to: >> Epic MegaGames >> Attn: Release Points >> 10406 Holbrook Drive >> Potomac, MD 20854 Next, after calling your BBS to say "Hi", Epic MegaGames will mail you (free) disks containing all of our current releases to get you started. Once you get the disk, here's what to do: 1. Create a file area titled "MegaGames" on your BBS. 2. Place the Epic MegaGames releases in that file area, along with the file descriptions we supply. 3. If you want, put this line in your opening screen: ** Epic MegaGames release point ** 4. Also, if you want, put our fancy ANSI information screen in your bulletins. How to become "Official" ======================== Now that you have the Epic MegaGames file area, we'll be happy to list your BBS as an official release point. As an offical release point, you receive the following benefits: * News about all new Epic releases, which you can download from The RunWay for the cost of a long distance phone call. * Your BBS will appear in the Epic Release BBS list, which is bundled with all our new shareware releases (a great way to attract callers to your BBS!) * You will be eligible for our sysop promotions -- special discounts on our commercial games, and whatever awards we can think up for our best release BBS's. Any 24-hour BBS can become an official release point if callers have free, instant access to the Epic file area (with enough time to log on and download). This requirement is needed because lots of new users will call after seeing your BBS in the official list. Need to keep the customers happy by letting them download right away! :-) Notes ===== FOREIGN BBS's: We'll be happy to work with release points around the world! Pay-For-Access BBS's: If it's not possible to run a free Epic download area, you can still be a release point, without a listing in the official list. We encourage you to try running a free download area, though. We believe it will bring you a lot more callers, and pay off in the long run. Coming up next: We'd really love to start an Epic MegaGames echo conference on RIME or I-Link, and are looking into the possibilities now. Lots of other great plans are in the works, which will become possible as we and our sysops grow together. Cost ==== Your only cost in being an Epic release point is the phone time it takes to download new releases. The benefit is far greater -- new callers, a popular file area for your current users, special promotions from Epic MegaGames. Go for it ========= Be the first in your area to get in on this great opportunity by signing up now. Let's take the BBS world together! Tim Sweeney Founder, Epic MegaGames Epic MegaGames Release Point Application Sysop name: _______________________________________________________ Mail Address: _______________________________________________________ City, ST Zip: _______________________________________________________ BBS Name: _______________________________________________________ Number of lines: _______________________________________________________ BBS Software: _______________________________________________________ Speed Phone Number (list v.32, HST, etc. if available) 2400 Baud ______________________________________________ _____________________ ______________________________________________ _____________________ ______________________________________________ We need your voice number: ___________________________. This is needed for our records, and will be kept totally confidential. Give E-mail addresses if available: Compuserve: ____________________________________ Internet: ____________________________________ Does your board run any echoed message conferences? [ ] RIME [ ] I-Link [ ] Other: ______________________________ Will all callers have immediate, free access to the MegaGames file area? [ ] Yes [ ] No Thanks! Please return this to Epic MegaGames, Attn: Release Points, 10406 Holbrook Drive, Potomac MD 20854; or RunWay BBS, 215-623-6203; or Compuserve 70451,633.