For my 2 cents.. I'm goign to be playing on

but the constant stream of replacement that affecred the original balance of the game ruined this game for me.


Stephen
aka Deathblade_penguin (Knight of the Lion)
at www.diplomaticcorp.com

Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:17:27 -0600
From: former.trout(at)gmail.com
To: Cat23-1200(at)yahoogroups.com; DC110(at)diplomaticcorp.com
Subject: Guns, Germs and Steel 1264 / DC110 - Late Spring 1872 Orders
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Hi folks,

Apologies for the late notice here. We had two sets of late orders last night - one of which has filtered its way in but the other of which remains outstanding. We are now on a 24 hour grace period for Japan and I will give Bret a further 11 hours to get orders in before seeking a Japanese replacement.

If I can comment in my usual blunt and straight-forward manner... (And of course I can since I'm the GM and its my soap-box here..*grin*) Players .. [u:461ec4e3b7]Suck It Up!![/u:461ec4e3b7]

The winning condition in this variant is 70 supply centers - all of us knew that this game was a behemoth when we signed up to play. Understandably the game is not so much fun any more for those players for which the table has now tilted - but please believe me when I assure you that at least HALF the players in this game VERY MUCH want it to continue and keep going.

I've seen some play in this game now that I don't know if I agree with - and I've seen some players that I greatly respect act out in ways that do not necessarily bring them credit. I will accept a player resignation at any point if you have decided that this game is no longer one that you want to be involved in. Also, draw proposals are always okay to put forward - please don't get me wrong...

However - there remains obvious interest in keeping this one going. And from my side, I have observed that it is FAR from the foregone conclusion that some of you seem to consider it to be...

Nuff said. Cheers!

Trout

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