| DC 345: Anarchy some other day - AceRimmer (Oct 08, 2010, 12:33 pm) |
I realized when I posted my message that noon today might be a bit tight, and I am proven right. I am not going to penalize players for not being able to meet a short deadline.
So...
The deadline will be moved back to this evening, 6:00 CST. I may not adjudicate until sometime this weekend.
Winter 1900 will be due at 3:00 p.m. CST (2000 GMT) on Tuesday, October 12th.
Spring 1901 will be on Monday, October 18th... unless folks want it Friday of next week.
Adam[Reply] |
| DC 345: Clarification on 'Tie-Breakers' - AceRimmer (Oct 07, 2010, 9:35 pm) |
I want to clarify my methods here, so that nobody is confused or upset by tomorrow allocation...
In allocating SCs for Round 4 (as for all rounds), my primary goal is to minimize the difference between all players' picks and their actual SC. [If you number picks 1 through 8, where the most desired center is 1, then I am going to try to minimize the sum of SCs as actually allocated across all players]. As a tie-breaker between equally good allocations, I will consider which players have lost out in ties already (yes, there have been a few).
For example. Let's be hypothetical. Assume a five-player game. Frodo has lost out on one of his picks in an earlier round. Nobody else has. Everybody picks Hobbiton as their #1 pick. Everybody has Barad-Dur as their last pick... except Frodo, who has it at #2. Picks for other SCs are evenly distributed so that everybody can get their #2 pick so long as Frodo gets Barad-Dur.
If my first consideration was the remedy of previous ties, I would grant Hobbiton to Frodo. But I won't. (Instead, I'll give it to Saruman, who speaks so smoothly). Instead, Frodo will get Barad-Dur, because it minimizes the SC ranks across all player sets.
In other words: just because you've missed out on an earlier round does not mean you're sure to get your choice in this round!
Adam[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy Round 3 - npfthunfan (Oct 07, 2010, 5:12 pm) |
Well currently the Democratic Roman Empire has as many contradictions as the HRE... must be doing something about that... at least it's Roman
Emperor Nathan
On 7 Oct 2010, at 22:51, Alex Maslow wrote:
Wasn't the Holy Roman Empire neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? Will the DRE have the same fate? Or will it be a force to be reckoned with? Perhaps it will go into the medical field and become Dr. Dre. That's right. I went there.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Due to the time delay, I again have no time to be cute... awww...
Deadline for tomorrow must be moved up to noon (CST) or 1700 GMT. I'm sorry, but I have an unexpected schedule change. I appreciate your patience.
[If we miss the noon deadline, I'm afraid we'll clock all the way back until first-thing Monday].
Things are getting crowded. They'll be very crowded for Round 4.
We have a new country name... explanation below:
Budapest: Warren Fleming
Edinburgh: Michael Penner
Greece: Michael Hoffman
Kiel: Loki Falcon (Itea)
Liverpool: Alex Maslow
Rome: Nathan Edwards (Democratic Roman Empire)
Rumania: Philip King
Sweden: John Reside
Faction name: The Democratic Roman Empire (DRE)
Over 100 years ago, the Holy Roman Empire was a loose conglomeration of principalities and baronies. With the rise of Napoleon at the end of the 18th Century the "Empire" was split, any bonds of fellowship between men was broken. Over the last century many alliances between the princes and barons, and the have been brokered and broken. In late 1898, Nathan of Venice declared the creation of a new Empire, one to emulate the Roman Empire of centuries ago. Slowly, neighbouring houses have declared their allegiance to this new empire, Marseille is first, the men of southern Gaul tire of the ageing French Republic and long to be part of a great empire once again. A Senate has been setup in Venice but this only has limited control over civil matters. Emperor Nathan is spending much of his time spreading propaganda to local countries in the hope of peacefully enlarging the empire.
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy Round 3 - Blueraider0 (Oct 07, 2010, 4:51 pm) |
Wasn't the Holy Roman Empire neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? Will the DRE have the same fate? Or will it be a force to be reckoned with? Perhaps it will go into the medical field and become Dr. Dre. That's right. I went there.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Due to the time delay, I again have no time to be cute... awww...
Deadline for tomorrow must be moved up to noon (CST) or 1700 GMT. I'm sorry, but I have an unexpected schedule change. I appreciate your patience.
[If we miss the noon deadline, I'm afraid we'll clock all the way back until first-thing Monday].
Things are getting crowded. They'll be very crowded for Round 4.
We have a new country name... explanation below:
Budapest: Warren Fleming
Edinburgh: Michael Penner
Greece: Michael Hoffman
Kiel: Loki Falcon (Itea)
Liverpool: Alex Maslow
Rome: Nathan Edwards (Democratic Roman Empire)
Rumania: Philip King
Sweden: John Reside
Faction name: The Democratic Roman Empire (DRE)
Over 100 years ago, the Holy Roman Empire was a loose conglomeration of principalities and baronies. With the rise of Napoleon at the end of the 18th Century the "Empire" was split, any bonds of fellowship between men was broken. Over the last century many alliances between the princes and barons, and the have been brokered and broken. In late 1898, Nathan of Venice declared the creation of a new Empire, one to emulate the Roman Empire of centuries ago. Slowly, neighbouring houses have declared their allegiance to this new empire, Marseille is first, the men of southern Gaul tire of the ageing French Republic and long to be part of a great empire once again. A Senate has been setup in Venice but this only has limited control over civil matters. Emperor Nathan is spending much of his time spreading propaganda to local countries in the hope of peacefully enlarging the empire.
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy Round 3 - AceRimmer (Oct 07, 2010, 4:40 pm) |
Due to the time delay, I again have no time to be cute... awww...
Deadline for tomorrow must be moved up to noon (CST) or 1700 GMT. I'm sorry, but I have an unexpected schedule change. I appreciate your patience.
[If we miss the noon deadline, I'm afraid we'll clock all the way back until first-thing Monday].
Things are getting crowded. They'll be very crowded for Round 4.
We have a new country name... explanation below:
Budapest: Warren Fleming
Edinburgh: Michael Penner
Greece: Michael Hoffman
Kiel: Loki Falcon (Itea)
Liverpool: Alex Maslow
Rome: Nathan Edwards (Democratic Roman Empire)
Rumania: Philip King
Sweden: John Reside
Faction name: The Democratic Roman Empire (DRE)
Over 100 years ago, the Holy Roman Empire was a loose conglomeration of principalities and baronies. With the rise of Napoleon at the end of the 18th Century the "Empire" was split, any bonds of fellowship between men was broken. Over the last century many alliances between the princes and barons, and the have been brokered and broken. In late 1898, Nathan of Venice declared the creation of a new Empire, one to emulate the Roman Empire of centuries ago. Slowly, neighbouring houses have declared their allegiance to this new empire, Marseille is first, the men of southern Gaul tire of the ageing French Republic and long to be part of a great empire once again. A Senate has been setup in Venice but this only has limited control over civil matters. Emperor Nathan is spending much of his time spreading propaganda to local countries in the hope of peacefully enlarging the empire.[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy Round 3 (dc345) Blueraider0 Oct 07, 04:51 pm |
Wasn't the Holy Roman Empire neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? Will the DRE have the same fate? Or will it be a force to be reckoned with? Perhaps it will go into the medical field and become Dr. Dre. That's right. I went there.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Due to the time delay, I again have no time to be cute... awww...
Deadline for tomorrow must be moved up to noon (CST) or 1700 GMT. I'm sorry, but I have an unexpected schedule change. I appreciate your patience.
[If we miss the noon deadline, I'm afraid we'll clock all the way back until first-thing Monday].
Things are getting crowded. They'll be very crowded for Round 4.
We have a new country name... explanation below:
Budapest: Warren Fleming
Edinburgh: Michael Penner
Greece: Michael Hoffman
Kiel: Loki Falcon (Itea)
Liverpool: Alex Maslow
Rome: Nathan Edwards (Democratic Roman Empire)
Rumania: Philip King
Sweden: John Reside
Faction name: The Democratic Roman Empire (DRE)
Over 100 years ago, the Holy Roman Empire was a loose conglomeration of principalities and baronies. With the rise of Napoleon at the end of the 18th Century the "Empire" was split, any bonds of fellowship between men was broken. Over the last century many alliances between the princes and barons, and the have been brokered and broken. In late 1898, Nathan of Venice declared the creation of a new Empire, one to emulate the Roman Empire of centuries ago. Slowly, neighbouring houses have declared their allegiance to this new empire, Marseille is first, the men of southern Gaul tire of the ageing French Republic and long to be part of a great empire once again. A Senate has been setup in Venice but this only has limited control over civil matters. Emperor Nathan is spending much of his time spreading propaganda to local countries in the hope of peacefully enlarging the empire.
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." |
| DC 345: Anarchy Round 3 (dc345) npfthunfan Oct 07, 05:12 pm |
Well currently the Democratic Roman Empire has as many contradictions as the HRE... must be doing something about that... at least it's Roman
Emperor Nathan
On 7 Oct 2010, at 22:51, Alex Maslow wrote:
Wasn't the Holy Roman Empire neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? Will the DRE have the same fate? Or will it be a force to be reckoned with? Perhaps it will go into the medical field and become Dr. Dre. That's right. I went there.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Due to the time delay, I again have no time to be cute... awww...
Deadline for tomorrow must be moved up to noon (CST) or 1700 GMT. I'm sorry, but I have an unexpected schedule change. I appreciate your patience.
[If we miss the noon deadline, I'm afraid we'll clock all the way back until first-thing Monday].
Things are getting crowded. They'll be very crowded for Round 4.
We have a new country name... explanation below:
Budapest: Warren Fleming
Edinburgh: Michael Penner
Greece: Michael Hoffman
Kiel: Loki Falcon (Itea)
Liverpool: Alex Maslow
Rome: Nathan Edwards (Democratic Roman Empire)
Rumania: Philip King
Sweden: John Reside
Faction name: The Democratic Roman Empire (DRE)
Over 100 years ago, the Holy Roman Empire was a loose conglomeration of principalities and baronies. With the rise of Napoleon at the end of the 18th Century the "Empire" was split, any bonds of fellowship between men was broken. Over the last century many alliances between the princes and barons, and the have been brokered and broken. In late 1898, Nathan of Venice declared the creation of a new Empire, one to emulate the Roman Empire of centuries ago. Slowly, neighbouring houses have declared their allegiance to this new empire, Marseille is first, the men of southern Gaul tire of the ageing French Republic and long to be part of a great empire once again. A Senate has been setup in Venice but this only has limited control over civil matters. Emperor Nathan is spending much of his time spreading propaganda to local countries in the hope of peacefully enlarging the empire.
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet - untitled36 (Oct 07, 2010, 4:32 pm) |
next time that happens, I'll be happy to submit prefs for any country that misses the deadline. I'm a nice guy like that. I have some great, innovative ideas about where people should pick their next centers...
John
[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet - ilovethechiefs (Oct 07, 2010, 4:18 pm) |
I apologize everyone. That was me. We discovered termite damage in my duplex a while back, and now that the contractor is in there working, our landlord has moved us to another unit. So, we're dealing with having everything switched over, and who is responsible for paying what between my landlord and I. Long story short, my internet access has been sketchy. Everything should be all better now, we got it back on a few hours ago. But with everything going on, this slipped my mind. A thousand apologies, it won't happen again.
--Phil
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Alex Maslow <blueraider0(at)gmail.com> wrote:
As disasterous as that would be, it would be a fair penalty for not getting in draft. Especially since there were two days. But it also might ruin someone's strategy to the point they don't want to play..................... But that would be awfully shallow - and we're all better players than that!
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Michael Penner <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet - Blueraider0 (Oct 07, 2010, 4:12 pm) |
As disasterous as that would be, it would be a fair penalty for not getting in draft. Especially since there were two days. But it also might ruin someone's strategy to the point they don't want to play..................... But that would be awfully shallow - and we're all better players than that!
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Michael Penner <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet - Viper (Oct 07, 2010, 4:04 pm) |
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58
PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet - AceRimmer (Oct 07, 2010, 3:58 pm) |
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam[Reply] |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet (dc345) Viper Oct 07, 04:04 pm |
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58
PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
|
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet (dc345) Blueraider0 Oct 07, 04:12 pm |
As disasterous as that would be, it would be a fair penalty for not getting in draft. Especially since there were two days. But it also might ruin someone's strategy to the point they don't want to play..................... But that would be awfully shallow - and we're all better players than that!
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Michael Penner <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet (dc345) ilovethechiefs Oct 07, 04:18 pm |
I apologize everyone. That was me. We discovered termite damage in my duplex a while back, and now that the contractor is in there working, our landlord has moved us to another unit. So, we're dealing with having everything switched over, and who is responsible for paying what between my landlord and I. Long story short, my internet access has been sketchy. Everything should be all better now, we got it back on a few hours ago. But with everything going on, this slipped my mind. A thousand apologies, it won't happen again.
--Phil
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Alex Maslow <blueraider0(at)gmail.com> wrote:
As disasterous as that would be, it would be a fair penalty for not getting in draft. Especially since there were two days. But it also might ruin someone's strategy to the point they don't want to play..................... But that would be awfully shallow - and we're all better players than that!
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Michael Penner <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" <dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Nathan Edwards" <npfedwards(at)gmail.com>, "Loki Falcon" <zyxw59(at)gmail.com>, "Warren Fleming" <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com>, "Mike Hoffman" <mrh(at)panix.com>, "Philip King" <ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com>, "Alex Maslow" <Blueraider0(at)gmail.com>, "Michael Penner" <mvpenner(at)yahoo.com>, "John Reside" <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." |
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet (dc345) untitled36 Oct 07, 04:32 pm |
next time that happens, I'll be happy to submit prefs for any country that misses the deadline. I'm a nice guy like that. I have some great, innovative ideas about where people should pick their next centers...
John
|
| DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet (dc345) ilovethechiefs Oct 08, 01:01 pm |
Wait, why am I in the Delta Quadrant?
On 10/7/10, John R wrote:
next time that happens, I'll be happy to submit prefs for any country that
misses the deadline. I'm a nice guy like that. I have some great, innovative
ideas about where people should pick their next centers...
John
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:18:29 -0500
Subject: Re: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
From: ilovethechiefs(at)gmail.com
To: blueraider0(at)gmail.com
CC: mvpenner(at)yahoo.com; dc345(at)diplomaticcorp.com; npfedwards(at)gmail.com;
zyxw59(at)gmail.com; alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com; mrh(at)panix.com;
untitled36(at)hotmail.com; smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com
I apologize everyone. That was me. We discovered termite damage in my
duplex a while back, and now that the contractor is in there working, our
landlord has moved us to another unit. So, we're dealing with having
everything switched over, and who is responsible for paying what between my
landlord and I. Long story short, my internet access has been sketchy.
Everything should be all better now, we got it back on a few hours ago. But
with everything going on, this slipped my mind. A thousand apologies, it
won't happen again.
--Phil
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Alex Maslow wrote:
As disasterous as that would be, it would be a fair penalty for not getting
in draft. Especially since there were two days. But it also might ruin
someone's strategy to the point they don't want to play.....................
But that would be awfully shallow - and we're all better players than that!
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Michael Penner wrote:
I'd say refer to the previous set... surely their back-up choices were
somewhere in their plans?
mvp
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Adam Martin-Schwarze wrote:
From: Adam Martin-Schwarze
Subject: DC 345: Anarchy hasn't broken out yet
To: "DC 345" , "Nathan Edwards"
, "Loki Falcon" , "Warren Fleming"
, "Mike Hoffman" , "Philip King"
, "Alex Maslow" , "Michael
Penner" , "John Reside"
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
I'm awaiting one more set of prefs... this is twice in a row (different
players). I'm not uber-thrilled about this.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know
the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to
the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a
passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the
stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too
small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know
now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they
didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting
for." |
| DC 345: Yesterday's adjudication - Blueraider0 (Oct 06, 2010, 10:16 am) |
One result worth noting: My pattern changed to vertical so it was more visible.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Folks,
I ran the adjudication yesterday and then sent it to the wrong email address. :p
Sadly, I didn't have time to discuss the results then. And I don't have time to discuss them now. So, I'll let the results speak for themselves in all their heavenly beauty.
Next Round will be on Thursday at 3:00. I'm gone all day Wednesday.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."[Reply] |
| DC 345: Yesterday's adjudication - AceRimmer (Oct 06, 2010, 7:05 am) |
Folks,
I ran the adjudication yesterday and then sent it to the wrong email address. :p
Sadly, I didn't have time to discuss the results then. And I don't have time to discuss them now. So, I'll let the results speak for themselves in all their heavenly beauty.
Next Round will be on Thursday at 3:00. I'm gone all day Wednesday.
Adam[Reply] |
| DC 345: Yesterday's adjudication (dc345) Blueraider0 Oct 06, 10:16 am |
One result worth noting: My pattern changed to vertical so it was more visible.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Folks,
I ran the adjudication yesterday and then sent it to the wrong email address. :p
Sadly, I didn't have time to discuss the results then. And I don't have time to discuss them now. So, I'll let the results speak for themselves in all their heavenly beauty.
Next Round will be on Thursday at 3:00. I'm gone all day Wednesday.
Adam
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." |
| DC 345: The correct map - AceRimmer (Oct 05, 2010, 4:39 pm) |
| I think the other map was the wrong map... [Reply] |
| DC 345: Round 2 - AceRimmer (Oct 05, 2010, 4:36 pm) |
Sorry, ladies and gents. We had a late set of prefs, and now I have to run.
So, there's no cuteness
Next Round will be on Thursday at 3:00. I'm gone all day tomorrow.
Adam
Bulgaria - Warren Fleming
Denmark - Loki Falcon
Holland - Mike Penner
Moscow - John Reside
Paris - Alex Maslow
Portugal - Mike Hoffman
Smyrna - Philip King
Venice - Nathan Edwards[Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! - alwayshunted (Oct 05, 2010, 12:45 pm) |
Well, I was going to change it, but since it annoys you all so much......
Once I get up to four centers you might want to put on some sunglasses before opening your mail.
Warren
[Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! - ilovethechiefs (Oct 05, 2010, 12:24 pm) |
Yeah. Stupid green stealing my flood pattern. So many jokes about the Black Death have gone by the wayside now. 
--Phil
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Alex Maslow <blueraider0(at)gmail.com> wrote:
I am getting a kick out of that intense green. I feel my pattern is kind of invisible........
To round 2....... You scum bags :-p
-Maslow
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Warren Fleming <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
[Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! - Blueraider0 (Oct 04, 2010, 7:32 pm) |
I am getting a kick out of that intense green. I feel my pattern is kind of invisible........
To round 2....... You scum bags :-p
-Maslow
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Warren Fleming <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
[Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! - alwayshunted (Oct 04, 2010, 3:50 pm) |
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
[Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! - AceRimmer (Oct 04, 2010, 3:42 pm) |
The excitement. The anticipation. The wonder. The-- Oh %&$(at)! HE DID NOT PICK THAT CENTER! I'm hosed! I'm screwed! I'm screwed! We haven't even made it to Round 2, and I'm screwed!
Yeah. Prepare yourselves
First of all, the color key and official player list in the format of:
Player Name - Color (Pattern)
Nathan Edwards - Red (Random)
Loki Falcon - Navy (Stripe)
Warren Fleming - Green (Flood)
Michael Hoffman - Crimson (Horiz)
Philip King - Black (ThinDiag)
Alex Maslow - Olive (Quilt)
Michael Penner - Forest (Diag)
John Reside - White (Gray)
You will note: you maybe didn't get your color choice. Or pattern. I broke ties randomly, and I randomly assigned patterns to those who did not voice a preference. I will not give any advantage in SC choice to players who did not get their color/pattern choice.
Now that you see what you've got, if you do not like your color or pattern... we can change it. So long as nobody else has claimed it. Just let me know what you'd like instead.
A couple of other items. I am your GM:
Adam Martin-Schwarze - Many Colors (Crazy-Quilt)
Anarchy has a game number: DC 345. Likewise, we have a forum on the website, which has an email address of
And now, the unveiling of your draft (and if I spin this out, it's only because ceremony and anticipation demand that I do so)...
Six SCs were not named on *any* preference list, including Sweden, which would probably have been #1 on your GM's list (though I also fancied Smyrna, Spain, Edinburgh, Berlin, Greece, and Sevastopol). Serbia, unsurprisingly, was also an unwanted.
Two SCs appeared five times. One was awarded. The other (Tunis) is still at-large.
Six SCs were chosen on the western half of the StP-Spa stalemate line. Two on the eastern half.
Interior SCs were by and large shunned.
There were two clusters of SCs: France and Russia. Not a single SC was chosen from the Austrian, English, German, or Italian homelands.
Two pairs of adjacent centers were selected. (Did I just hear somebody say, "Ulp!"?)
Some players may soon be wondering whether to continue in their original course of action or whether to pull up the stakes and move to Austria, Germany, or Italy.
Yes, I am already finding this variant immensely satisfying!
Belgium! Belongs to Michael Penner.
Brest! Goes to Alex Maslow.
Constantinople! Mr. Philip King.
Marseilles! Come on down, Nathan Edwards.
Norway! The fearsome ruler of Itea... Loki Falcon.
Saint Petersburg! The pearl of John Reside.
Sevastopol! Property of one Mr. Warren Fleming.
And Spain! All yours, Michael Hoffman.
Round Two picks are due tomorrow at 3:00 CST. Please find the current map attached![Reply] |
| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! (dc345) alwayshunted Oct 04, 03:50 pm |
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
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| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! (dc345) Blueraider0 Oct 04, 07:32 pm |
I am getting a kick out of that intense green. I feel my pattern is kind of invisible........
To round 2....... You scum bags :-p
-Maslow
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Warren Fleming <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
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| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! (dc345) ilovethechiefs Oct 05, 12:24 pm |
Yeah. Stupid green stealing my flood pattern. So many jokes about the Black Death have gone by the wayside now.
--Phil
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Alex Maslow <blueraider0(at)gmail.com> wrote:
I am getting a kick out of that intense green. I feel my pattern is kind of invisible........
To round 2....... You scum bags :-p
-Maslow
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Warren Fleming <alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
Wow... that green hurts the eyes a bit....
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| DC 345 (Anarchy): Oh %&$@! (dc345) alwayshunted Oct 05, 12:45 pm |
Well, I was going to change it, but since it annoys you all so much......
Once I get up to four centers you might want to put on some sunglasses before opening your mail.
Warren
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