| The new forum look - FuzzyLogic (May 26, 2010, 9:17 pm) |
Hi Charles,
I have to wonder if it's harder to read w the serif font we have now vs the (boring?) verdana we had before. Verdana seems to be the most popular for easy-on-the-eyes reading.
Threads[Reply] |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) dknemeyer May 27, 09:09 am |
| The main issue absolutely is the contrast. Peach on grey just ain't easy to read. |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) FuzzyLogic May 27, 08:58 pm |
Since we have the picture frame look what would ppl think if we went to a canvas-colored background, and black text? A lighter canvas than we have on the left side, in the currently dark frame?
Or |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) dknemeyer May 27, 09:37 pm |
| It would take some testing. The key is lots of contrast; the optimal is near-white on near-black or vice-versa for readability, but you don't need to be that pure. Given the aesthetic that you've esta |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) sunchung May 27, 06:54 pm |
| The issue I've been having with the threads is that it's embedded versus "flat". On one hand, you can see who is responding to whom, but it forces you to click through each message in order to see th |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) FuzzyLogic May 27, 08:53 pm |
| Ok, so that is something we can change... I clicked thru how you said, and yes, "Variants vs Standard" fills approx 40% of the messages on the 1st page of the Community forum. So what would you rathe |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) FuzzyLogic May 27, 09:02 pm |
Notice this, too...
With the concept of only the most recent post in a thread being shown, it is too easy to never see the older ones, unless you show them all.
E.g. I just posted 3 messages in th |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) dknemeyer May 27, 09:43 pm |
| I think post volume matters. Traditionally DC has a very LOW post volume outside of the games themselves. Thus, if you only show the most recent single post of n topics you are going to have a small g |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) sunchung May 27, 11:23 pm |
| I think having the summary of the message also confuses things a bit. You only get a glimpse of the topic, and sometimes things can meander in a thread. My 2 cents (and by the way, I really apprecia |
| The new forum look (Help & Suggestions) sunchung May 27, 11:17 pm |
I think a single line per topic, how many postings, and the date of the last post makes sense.
In terms of threaded versus flat (I think that's the term) I realize it's a personal preference. It's |
| Camel Spotting - w07 builds! - FuzzyLogic (May 26, 2010, 8:53 pm) |
NEXT: June 1, 3pm Central! Keep in mind Monday is a US
holiday.
From: Michael Sims
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:56 PM
To: 'alley_cat_1990(at)hotma[Reply] |
| (DC 324) A Stab in the Dark - Autumn 1904 Results - Corrino (May 26, 2010, 8:52 pm) |
Players,
I'm giving my wit, and hence your stomachs, a break this time. Am I lazy or merely uninspired? There was a lot of mixing it up in 1904, but when we look at the numbers at the e[Reply] |
| Camel Spotting - w07 builds! - FuzzyLogic (May 26, 2010, 8:49 pm) |
Egypt retreats to Bay
Roman F Mess goes OTB and rebuilds A Rome
Persia builds A Dam
Sorry I’m late on this one! Totally slipped my mind that I had a
game due today, with Ben se[Reply] |
| Camel Spotting - w07 builds! (dc304) FuzzyLogic May 26, 08:53 pm |
NEXT: June 1, 3pm Central! Keep in mind Monday is a US
holiday.
From: Michael Sims
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:56 PM
To: 'alley_cat_1990(at)hotma |
| Camel Spotting - w07 builds! (dc304) AlanRFarrington May 30, 11:52 pm |
that army in Dam only has one purpose -- and its not to fight the Romans.
--Alan
Subject: Camel Spotting - w07 builds!
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:49:52 -0500
From: mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net
To: a |
| Camel Spotting - w07 builds! (dc304) Kenshi777 May 31, 02:57 pm |
Intersting that Arm-Che-Sar is the quickest route to the front against
Rome then (convoys included). Also that Damascus is the only Persian
home SC that allows access to Armenia. Also interesting |
| DC290 fall 1905 adjudication - bobbarkerfan1 (May 26, 2010, 8:46 pm) |
Good evening everybody,
Hope you are all doing well! The chaos that was my life is now over, I can now devote 100% of my attention to this game. I thank you all for getting adjustments in by the dead[Reply] |
| (DC 326) Gumball - Spring 1902 Results - Corrino (May 26, 2010, 8:28 pm) |
Hi Players,
So now it's year two of our little adventure. If last year was jostling for position, this is the year that punches get exchanged. At least, that's what happens in the east.[Reply] |
| DC290 fall 1905 adjudication - neversawthatcoming (May 26, 2010, 8:01 pm) |
Just back in town...my sincere thanks for finishing the game out...and yes...I do look forward to seeing what your EOG Report looks like.
Joe
-----Original Message---[Reply] |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline R... - Nigs (May 26, 2010, 4:28 pm) |
I'll post my orders and votes to the orders box so you can read them in advance if you like Mike.
There ain't no fighting city hall.
Nigs
Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Fre[Reply] |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline R... - teflongnome (May 26, 2010, 4:13 pm) |
I voted it down...eliminate me first, then you can roger each other in your 3-way.
Allen
>> "Michael Sims" 05/26/10 5:11 PM >>>
I thought it was over -- What happened to the 3-way? Nigs vote it d[Reply] |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline R... - FuzzyLogic (May 26, 2010, 4:09 pm) |
ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline Reminder
I thought it was over -- What happened to the 3-way? Nigs vote it down already?
From: Benjamin Hester [mailto:screwt[Reply] |
| DC319: Winter 1938 Retreats/Adjustments - charlesf (May 26, 2010, 3:45 pm) |
Hallo zusammen,
I'm afraid Michael just missed the deadline and
thus uses up one of his two six-hour grace periods. The only previous instance
of a player entering grace period te[Reply] |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline R... - Kenshi777 (May 26, 2010, 3:41 pm) |
Spring 1867 is due tomorrow, 1700 EST!
B.
--
Diplomacy in Texas!
www.texasdiplomacy.com
http://www.dipwiki.com
Realpolitik files available here for the Sengoku, Balkans1860, South
American Sup[Reply] |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline Reminder (dc288) FuzzyLogic May 26, 04:09 pm |
ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline Reminder
I thought it was over -- What happened to the 3-way? Nigs vote it down already?
From: Benjamin Hester [mailto:screwt |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline Reminder (dc288) teflongnome May 26, 04:13 pm |
I voted it down...eliminate me first, then you can roger each other in your 3-way.
Allen
>> "Michael Sims" 05/26/10 5:11 PM >>>
I thought it was over -- What happened to the 3-way? Nigs vote it d |
| ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867 - Deadline Reminder (dc288) Nigs May 26, 04:28 pm |
I'll post my orders and votes to the orders box so you can read them in advance if you like Mike.
There ain't no fighting city hall.
Nigs
Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Fre |
| DC301 - TTP - Fall 1905: End of Game - LinDav123 (May 26, 2010, 3:34 pm) |
Blimey, enjoy your break Michael....I hope the next women you find is more of a looker 
[Reply] |
| Realpolitik help - dknemeyer (May 26, 2010, 3:30 pm) |
| Just refreshing this - I'm trying to get Realpolitik installed on my Mac but it keeps throwing errors and not installing. Any Mac Realpolitik users out there who might be able to help? I'm wanting to [Reply] |
| Realpolitik help (Help & Suggestions) Rocketship May 28, 01:23 am |
Hey,
I have Realpolitik running on my Mac without problems. What OS version are you using?
Matthew |
| Realpolitik help (Help & Suggestions) dknemeyer May 28, 09:13 am |
| Kind thanks for the reply Matthew. Mike Sims actually replied to me privately and pointed out an old forum thread that showed how to overcome the issues I was having. My Mac appeared to have it proper |
| Realpolitik help (Help & Suggestions) Sean2010 May 30, 02:10 pm |
| How do I go about downloading and unzipping variants that didn't come with the initial realpolitik download? |
| Realpolitik help (Help & Suggestions) dknemeyer May 30, 02:11 pm |
| Mac or PC Sean? |
| Realpolitik help (Help & Suggestions) Sean2010 May 30, 02:14 pm |
| PC I think. It's a emachine with Windows XP. |
| DC 302 Fall 1907 - psychosis1973 (May 26, 2010, 3:21 pm) |
Fall 1907 sees us lose two more powers, with the Austrian civil disorder finally ended, and Italy breathing his last breath (with an NMR to boot).
We move straight to Winter 1907 adjustments, due Fri[Reply] |
| DC290 fall 1905 adjudication - bobbarkerfan1 (May 26, 2010, 3:02 pm) |
Alright,
got a few more orders in, along with the retreat, so I'll throw that out there, hopefully it doesn't change anything. If it does feel free to send me another set of orders.
Ownership:
Aust[Reply] |
| DC287 - Will adjudicate tonight - Viper (May 26, 2010, 2:53 pm) |
Hey guys... I've got most of the orders in, but some are still missing. I will adjudicate tonight at 11pm CDT whether I've got them all or not.
mvp[Reply] |
| FLWC w05 builds! - Githraine (May 26, 2010, 2:51 pm) |
You mean no more public prelims?
Have fun!
From: John R <untitled36(at)hotmail.com>
To: gm haven <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>; Rogues <twelvewarrens(at)gmail.com>[Reply] |
| FLWC w05 builds! - untitled36 (May 26, 2010, 2:47 pm) |
Hey all,
I will be out of town until a week from today. I will still have sporadic email access between now and then, but not as much as normal. I will be completely away from [Reply] |
| DC313 Spring 1909 Adjudication - untitled36 (May 26, 2010, 2:44 pm) |
Hey all,
I am going to be gone starting now through Friday. I'll actually be on vacation till wednesday, but I'll still try to check in on occassion. Thanks all.
John[Reply] |
| DC309 Autumn 1904 results (official) - TheWhiteWolf (May 26, 2010, 2:34 pm) |
I'm still convinced it's "beginner's luck" or "new player pity" or some such...
From: Sean Cable <blueinva(at)cox.net>
Rachael plays, Andy, well, I'll le[Reply] |
| DC289: End of Game - Rocketship (May 26, 2010, 11:51 am) |
Hi folks,
Well, the end-of-game proposal has garnered unanimous support, so this spells the end of DC289. Congratulations to Pontus for the solo victory.
Thanks to everyone for a well-played game w[Reply] |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) JeffreyK May 26, 10:44 pm |
Thanks for a fun game everyone! It started out a bit rough (I find Matthew's "no NMRs" amusing given the first year and our couple of abandons  ), but after we got a good s |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) Rocketship May 26, 10:49 pm |
Oh yeah. Whoops. Well, after we got past the rough beginning it was good though, eh?
Matthew
On May 26, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Jeffrey Krauss wrote:
Thanks for a fun game everyone! I |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) DucatiRider May 27, 09:35 am |
| Congrats to Pontus. Turkey seemed to sneak up in this game as the dominate nation. I guess with most of us concentrating on France and Austria it allowed Turkey to grow without too much resistance |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) txurce May 27, 10:40 am |
| As a curious observer on the outside looking in, why didn't the survivors look at the big picture (as one of you mentioned) and contest a solo that wasn't close to being a sure thing? |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) trooper May 27, 12:40 pm |
Congratulations to those who survived, but especially to Pontus/Chochem - the Balkans certainly lived up its reputation in this one, and he managed it better than any of us.
Personally, after a |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) chochem May 27, 04:38 pm |
| Thanks for an exiting game guys. II got into it a little late and first round i was terrified that everyone where plotting against me. Then Austria decided to attack Russia without telling me which th |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) DucatiRider May 27, 08:01 pm |
| I initiated the vote this time around because a Turkey win looked inevitable. If England, Germany and Russia joined together to push Turkey back then I'm sure that would have worked. But I' |
| DC289: End of Game (dc289) JeffreyK May 27, 09:27 pm |
| I agree with Mark on this one - I thought we had a decent chance at controlling Turkey about a year or so ago when I was advancing on the Med and Austria was almost out - then |
| TTP - Turkey's EOG thoughts - Numty (May 26, 2010, 6:59 am) |
Hi all,
First let me add my thanks to you Douglas for GMing the game.
I don’t agree that the map was hard to read though I do agree that the
ships where easily confused as we talked a[Reply] |
| DC319: Fall 1938 Moves - Realpolitik file - charlesf (May 26, 2010, 6:51 am) |
Hi Jimmy,
yeah, I hadn't saved it properly. Discovered that
when reloading myself, but not knowing whether any of you actually use it I
didn't bother to resend it. Glad to see it's being[Reply] |
| DC301 - TTP - Fall 1905: End of Game - livinglifeforothers (May 26, 2010, 1:49 am) |
| I'd like to echo what everyone has said about the flavor text and role playing that Doug wrote, it was very enjoyable. I'm only sorry I didn't have more time to add little details about my [Reply] |
