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DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadli... - psychosis1973 (Jan 07, 2010, 9:25 am)

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DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline (dc281) vegas_iwish Jan 07, 04:31 pm

But I can't recal those brilliant, game-winning moves I sent!!?

--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com> wrote:

From: Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com>
Subject: DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline
To: Blueraider0(at)gmail.com, EdBailey1946(at)yahoo.com, krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com, matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com, wtfleming(at)msn.com, kelly058(at)verizon.net, untitled36(at)hotmail.com, vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com
Cc: mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net, dc281(at)diplomaticcorp.com
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:26 AM
And we have a new English
player...welcome Matthew Kelly! Hopefully we can move
on from our recent difficulties and get the game running
smoothly again!

Our third Spring 1903 deadline is 14 January at 2100
GMT. Existing players will have to resubmit moves - I
won't use moves sent in for previous deadlines.

Players:
Austria...John Reside untitled36(at)yahoo.com
England...Matthew Kelly kelly058(at)verizon.net
France...Kyle Rudge krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com
Germany...Michael Boutot vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com
Italy...Alex Maslow blueraider0(at)gmail.com
Russia...matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com
Turkey...Will Fleming wtfleming(at)msn.com

DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline (dc281) blueraider0 at gmail.com Jan 07, 04:35 pm

Michael, how many times have I told you, you CAN'T move to Switzerland. And no, if I support you, that doesn't change anything. Those mountains are just too damn big. Even the Al Qaeda would get lost!

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:31 PM, MICHAEL BOUTOT <vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com ([email]vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com[/email])> wrote:

But I can't recal those brilliant, game-winning moves I sent!!?

--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])> wrote:

[quote:d46542109a]From: Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])>
Subject: DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline
To: Blueraider0(at)gmail.com ([email]Blueraider0(at)gmail.com[/email]), EdBailey1946(at)yahoo.com ([email]EdBailey1946(at)yahoo.com[/email]), krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com ([email]krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com[/email]), matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com ([email]matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com[/email]), wtfleming(at)msn.com ([email]wtfleming(at)msn.com[/email]), kelly058(at)verizon.net ([email]kelly058(at)verizon.net[/email]), untitled36(at)hotmail.com ([email]untitled36(at)hotmail.com[/email]), vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com ([email]vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com[/email])
Cc: mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ([email]mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net[/email]), dc281(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]dc281(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:26 AM

And we have a new English
player...welcome Matthew Kelly! Hopefully we can move
on from our recent difficulties and get the game running
smoothly again!

Our third Spring 1903 deadline is 14 January at 2100
GMT. Existing players will have to resubmit moves - I
won't use moves sent in for previous deadlines.

Players:
Austria...John Reside untitled36(at)yahoo.com ([email]untitled36(at)yahoo.com[/email])
England...Matthew Kelly kelly058(at)verizon.net ([email]kelly058(at)verizon.net[/email])
France...Kyle Rudge krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com ([email]krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com[/email])
Germany...Michael Boutot vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com ([email]vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com[/email])
Italy...Alex Maslow blueraider0(at)gmail.com ([email]blueraider0(at)gmail.com[/email])
Russia...matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com ([email]Russia...matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com[/email])
Turkey...Will Fleming wtfleming(at)msn.com ([email]wtfleming(at)msn.com[/email])

[/quote:d46542109a]

--
"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."

DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline (dc281) psychosis1973 Jan 13, 11:25 am

The third Spring 1903 deadline is Thursday 14th January at 2100GMT - just over 27 hours away. I haven't got a full set of orders yet. Please get your orders in!

Michael

--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com> wrote:

From: Michael Thompson <psychosis(at)sky.com>
Subject: DC281 - New England and another Spring 1903 deadline
To: Blueraider0(at)gmail.com, EdBailey1946(at)yahoo.com, krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com, matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com, wtfleming(at)msn.com, kelly058(at)verizon.net, untitled36(at)hotmail.com, vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com
Cc: mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net, dc281(at)diplomaticcorp.com
Date: Thursday, 7 January, 2010, 15:26
And we have a new English
player...welcome Matthew Kelly! Hopefully we can move
on from our recent difficulties and get the game running
smoothly again!

Our third Spring 1903 deadline is 14 January at 2100
GMT. Existing players will have to resubmit moves - I
won't use moves sent in for previous deadlines.

Players:
Austria...John Reside untitled36(at)yahoo.com
England...Matthew Kelly kelly058(at)verizon.net
France...Kyle Rudge krudge(at)goldenwestradio.com
Germany...Michael Boutot vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com
Italy...Alex Maslow blueraider0(at)gmail.com
Russia...matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com
Turkey...Will Fleming wtfleming(at)msn.com

dc291 game start! - Godzilla (Jan 07, 2010, 9:12 am)

Hmmm, interesting, never thought of that as automatic disclosure, but as long as we're all doing it:

I am brand new to this club, and to the best of my recollection have never played with any of you. Feel free to remind me if my aging brain has forgotten any of you!

Good luck to all (but more to me!)

Marc

-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Knemeyer
Sent: Jan 6, 2010 11:20 AM
To: 'Michael Sims' , coryfucius-at-yahoo.com, 'Garry Bledsoe' , madpeters-at-earthlink.net, ndeily-at-yahoo.com, nephilli99-at-hotmail.com, paetunya-at-orange.fr, psychosis-at-sky.com, jonathan-at-deepsheep.com, 'blitz'
Subject: RE: dc291 game start!

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Hi Everyone,

I assume we are disclosing previous playing partners: I have played once each with all of Michael Thompson, Nathan Deily and Nigel Phillips.

Good luck (as long as you stab the other guy!)

Dirk

From: Michael Sims [mailto:mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:04 AM
To: coryfucius-at-yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe; dirk-at-knemeyer.com; madpeters-at-earthlink.net; ndeily-at-yahoo.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; paetunya-at-orange.fr; psychosis-at-sky.com; jonathan-at-deepsheep.com; blitz
Subject: dc291 game start!

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:e173ed5184]important[/u:e173ed5184] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya-at-orange.fr ([email]paetunya-at-orange.fr[/email])
England: Nathan Deily, ndeily-at-yahoo.com ([email]ndeily-at-yahoo.com[/email])
France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan-at-deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan-at-deepsheep.com[/email])
Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99-at-hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99-at-hotmail.com[/email])
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters-at-earthlink.net ([email]madpeters-at-earthlink.net[/email])
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis-at-sky.com ([email]psychosis-at-sky.com[/email])
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk-at-knemeyer.com ([email]dirk-at-knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

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WB DC295 START 1/11/10 s01 - untitled36 (Jan 07, 2010, 8:22 am)

Italy! Why does it always have to be ITALY!?!?! Smile

Hey all, I've been out of the loop for the past few days with a crazy sickness, but now I'm ready to roll! So if you haven't seen any emails from me yet, it's not a prelude to a stab (or so I want you to believe!). Have fun, and remember, Italy is your friend!

John

Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:31:22 -0800
From: vegas_iwish-at-yahoo.com
Subject: WB DC295 START 1/11/10 s01
To: catsfather-at-gmail.com; daanschr-at-yahoo.com; olson.gregoryscott-at-gmail.com; dec126-at-hotmail.com; m_don_j-at-hotmail.com; Maxatrest-at-yahoo.co.uk; untitled36-at-hotmail.com
CC: blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com

My time: PST Will do turns at 4PM which is 12Mid Greenwich. There will be no seperate ret/adj phases which I love as should be combined. After a Fall turn you must send rets & adjs within 24 hrs. The builds may be conditional based on the rets only. IE if ger rets to Bur then B A Par else B F bre. I have always been an auto-retreater if only 1 option & that is a rule here. Monday - spring. Thurs - Fall. Every week.

Have had good luck running such tournies elsewhere so should be no prob. Mikael very familiar from mult sites. Have certainly seen Hamish & greg. Max was in my ship-to-ship game some yrs back & I believe I am in a game with John now so many known quantities. Don't forget to cc to orders-at-Diplomaticcorp.com in case of trouble. It is possible you may get mail from me -at- vegasiwish-at-cox.net . That is the only other offical GM mail to pay attention to. Can't recall anything else they told me to tell you. Read the WB start mail for yourself to be sure. Please have WB in your e-mail subj. There is only a general blitz mail box on the site; not 1 for DC295 by itself. There is an active game database for DC295 that you should ck before qs on game.
Player list for dc295

ID : chota_catsfather
Ctry : AUSTRIA
Name : Hamish Williams
Email : catsfather-at-gmail.com
Location : Edinburgh, UK

ID : Daan
Ctry : RUSSIA
Name : Daan Schrama
Email : daanschr-at-yahoo.com
Location : Leiden, ZH, NL

ID : evapollo88
Ctry : ENGLAND
Name : Greg Olson
Email : olson.gregoryscott-at-gmail.com
Location : Providence, RI, US

ID : Meme
Ctry : FRANCE
Name : David Cross
Email : dec126-at-hotmail.com
Location : Charlotte, MI, US

ID : m_don_j
Ctry : GERMANY
Name : Mikael Johansson
Email : m_don_j-at-hotmail.com
Location : SE

ID : pieandmash
Ctry : TURKEY
Name : max victory
Email : Maxatrest-at-yahoo.co.uk
Location : Brighton, SUSS, UK

ID : untitled36
Ctry : ITALY
Name : john reside
Email : untitled36-at-hotmail.com
Location : US

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dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! - untitled36 (Jan 07, 2010, 8:17 am)

Hey all,

Huge apologies from me! I came down with the old stomach flu Monday, and it's kept me down the past three days. But I think the worst is over, so it's time to sally forth! (And thanks to Garry for getting us jumpstarted).

I think Garry hit most of the high points, but here are some important update/reminders:

1. Deadlines: My official deadlines are:
Spring - Mondays at 7:00 AM CST (I think that's 1:00 PM GMT)
Spring retreats (if needed) Tuesdays at 7:00 AM CST
Fall - Thursdays at 7:00 AM CST
Fall retreats and winter - Friday at 9:00 AM CST (Note the difference!)

2. Garry noted this, but I'll repeat. Please cc orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) when sending in your moves. I will do my best to confirm reciept of orders, but with early morning deadlines like this if you send it in the middle of the previous night, you might not get a reciept.

3. Prelims are your friend. Send in a set of orders as soon as possible. You can always change them later, but if something comes up (like a stomach flu, for instance!) at least you avoid the dreaded NMR.

4. The GM has the final say on all issues.

Have a great time! Stab Away!

John
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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast - Kenshi777 (Jan 06, 2010, 11:20 pm)

Not me. I have no idea who the hell you are. Who is this guy, and
how did he get in our game? Smile

On 1/6/10, Michael Sims <mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net> wrote:

Indeed!

My god that was a nightmare to GM, having to tally up the neutral orders
and figure out what the barbarians would do.

So I guess I know you all then...

-mike

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:11 PM
To: Michael Sims; screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com;
gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Garry
Bledsoe; dc288
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

I'm just wondering what I've got myself into here! Mike, I think you
may have taken over GMing a game I was in at some point - the ancient
China one perhaps, which ended in something like a 5 or 6 way draw?

Hopefully I'll be an interesting ally to some of you, or if not, at
least go down in an amusing fashion!

Ross

________________________________

Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:42:12 -0600
From: mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net
To: rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; screwtape777-at-gmail.com;
alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com;
allen.york-at-cchmc.org; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; dc288-at-diplomaticcorp.com
CC: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net

Hi all,

I saw the lineup of this one and had to join, despite being exhausted
from WB preparations. Some old friends here that go way back. Couple
new faces too, or maybe just one, Ross. I think I've known everyone
else for a long time.

-mike

Romania

________________________________

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/6/2010 6:16 AM
To: screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com;
gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org;
Michael Sims; Garry Bledsoe
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Greetings everyone,

Pleased to be in a game with you all! I'll be contacting you all a
little later, once I've got some more work done, but I thought I should
send out a little welcome message!

Ben, I'll have my prelims with you shortly Wink

Ross,
Bulgaria

[quote:54e22efd84]Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:46:11 -0600
Subject: Re:005 - Balkans1860 Country Assignments and Gamestart!
From: screwtape777-at-gmail.com
To: alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com;

nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com;
mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com

CC: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net

Welcome to 1860 players - please see your country assignments below.
With one exception, all players that submitted preferences received
their first or second pick (the one exception received their third
pick). Hope all are content with the outcome... Please also note
that we have observers in this game, in the CC line.

Observers: your commentary on the game is most welcome. Please submit
it privately to me only though, for compilation and publication at the
completion of the game.

Spring 1860 will be due on 14 January, 2010 at 23:00 GMT (17:00 EST).
Please send in prelims!!!

Player list for re005

ID : dtcounselor
Ctry : Italy 0
Name : Adam Levy
Email : alevy-at-arubanetworks.com
Location :

ID : garry.bledsoe
Ctry : Serbia 0
Name : Garry Bledsoe
Email : kielmarch-at-hotmail.com
Location :

ID : Nigs
Ctry : Greece 0
Name : Nigel Phillips
Email : nephilli99-at-hotmail.com
Location : Leeds, UK

ID : poobaloo
Ctry : Romania 0
Name : Michael Sims
Email : mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net
Location : San Jose, CA, US

ID : rodtheworm
Ctry : Bulgaria 0
Name : Ross Webb
Email : rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com
Location : Leicester, LEICS, UK

ID : teflongnome
Ctry : Austria 0
Name : Allen York
Email : allen.york-at-cchmc.org
Location : Cincinnati, OH, US

ID : Tirerndil
Ctry : Ottomans 0
Name : Gregory Bim-Merle
Email : gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Location : IN, US

Semicolon delimited for easy addressing of emails (Copy & paste):

alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net;
nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net;
rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com;

Tab delimited for easy export to Excel (Copy & Paste):

ID Country Sequence Name Email Location
dtcounselor Italy 0 Adam Levy alevy-at-arubanetworks.com
garry.bledsoe Serbia 0 Garry Bledsoe kielmarch-at-hotmail.com
MattKelly _Unassigned 0 Matthew
Kelly kelly058-at-verizon.net Fredericksburg, VA, US
Nigs Greece 0 Nigel Phillips nephilli99-at-hotmail.com Leeds, UK
poobaloo Romania 0 Michael Sims mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net San Jose, CA,

rodtheworm Bulgaria 0 Ross Webb rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com Leicester,

LEICS, UK

teflongnome Austria 0 Allen York allen.york-at-cchmc.org Cincinnati, OH,

Tirerndil Ottomans 0 Gregory Bim-Merle gbimmerle-at-gmail.com IN, US

Thanks!
B.

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American Supremacy, and DarkAges Diplomacy Variants

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DC-272 Adjudication Tomorrow - TheWhiteWolf (Jan 06, 2010, 10:01 pm)

Guys,
Sorry I'm not adjudicating tonight - I let the time get away from me, and now it's far too late to do anything but pass out. I'll send it out as soon as I get home from work tomorrow.

Wolf

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Dc 277: Winter 1999 Adjudication - AlanRFarrington (Jan 06, 2010, 8:31 pm)

Here it is, sorry I ran late been getting a lot of Winter Blitz stuff ready. Everyone got your Y2K pack ready? Here comes the new millenium!

Next Deadline:
Spring 2000 is due Monday, January 11th at Midnight GMT (7:00PM EST).

Orders:
Britain:
Remove F Straits of Gibraltar
Remove F Murmansk

Egypt:
Build F Alexandria
Build A Cairo

France:
Build F Bordeaux

Germany:
Build A Munich

Poland:
Build A Warsaw

Players:
Britain: Andrew Tanner ( damienthryn(at)gmail.com ) [Replaced]
Jack McHugh ( jwmchughjr(at)gmail.com )
Egypt: Mick Cox ( mickstagman(at)aol.com )
France: Michael Thompson ( psychosis(at)sky.com )
Germany: Isaac Zinner ( isaac.zinner(at)gmail.com )
Italy: Manos Tagar ( etagarakis(at)hotmail.com )
Poland: Joey Pedicini ( bobbarkerfan1ped(at)yahoo.com )
Russia: Jeffrey Clay ( jmc66(at)mac.com ) [Eliminated]
Spain: Michael Sims ( mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net ) [Eliminated]
Turkey: Joshua Tag ( sanjat312(at)yahoo.com ) [Civil Disorder]
Ukraine: Mikael Johansson ( m_don_j(at)hotmail.com )

Thanks guys,
Alan Farrington
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DC289: Game Start - Rocketship (Jan 06, 2010, 7:31 pm)

Hi Everyone,

We have seven confirmed players, so it's time to begin. We are now game DC289.

The country list is thus:
DucatiRider Germany ecommander0 Italy JeffreyK England jmc66 France Marlowe Austria tanvirabs Turkey trooper Russia

The deadline for Spring 1901 will be two weeks from today on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 05:00GMT. I will thereafter attempt to keep intervals between major seasons at just one week.

We'll be using the DC default house rules, with just a couple of modifications:
1. I'll send a confirmation whenever I receiver your orders. I'll try to check that they're valid, but I make no promises. Please remember that you're welcome to send multiple sets of orders in a given season (labeled numerically so that I know which to use), so it never hurts to send preliminary orders early.
2. Each of you will be allowed one 24-hour grace period for a missed deadline. Any further missed deadlines will be treated as NMRs.
3. I reserve the right to immediately replace any player registering an NMR in the year 1901.
4. I will attempt to find replacements for any abandoned countries.
5. I'll attach a game map and realpolitik file with each adjudication.
5. Because this is the first online game for many of you, I reserve the right to be just a little soft when enforcing rules 2 & 3.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Happy stabbing!

Matthew

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DC289: Game Start (dc289) Rocketship Jan 11, 12:50 am

Hi Everyone,

There was some confusion regarding e-mail addresses, so here they are. I apologize for not doing this earlier, but I was fairly busy this weekend.

DucatiRiderGermany markj18-at-gmail.com ([email]markj18-at-gmail.com[/email])ecommander0Italy ecommander0-at-hotmail.com ([email]ecommander0-at-hotmail.com[/email])JeffreyKEngland diplomacy-at-jeffreyk.com ([email]diplomacy-at-jeffreyk.com[/email])jmc66France jmc66-at-mac.com ([email]jmc66-at-mac.com[/email])MarloweAustria necaalor-at-gmail.com ([email]necaalor-at-gmail.com[/email])tanvirabsTurkey tanvirabs-at-yahoo.com ([email]tanvirabs-at-yahoo.com[/email])trooperRussia john.c1arke-at-btinternet.com ([email]john.c1arke-at-btinternet.com[/email])

If anyone feels like they need the deadline extended due to this confusion, please let me know.

Cheers,

Matthew

On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Rocketship wrote:

RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast - FuzzyLogic (Jan 06, 2010, 7:05 pm)

Indeed!
My god that was a nightmare to GM, having to tally up the neutral orders and figure out what the barbarians would do.
So I guess I know you all then…
-mike

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:11 PM
To: Michael Sims; screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Garry Bledsoe; dc288
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

I'm just wondering what I've got myself into here! Mike, I think you may have taken over GMing a game I was in at some point - the ancient China one perhaps, which ended in something like a 5 or 6 way draw?

Hopefully I'll be an interesting ally to some of you, or if not, at least go down in an amusing fashion!

Ross

Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:42:12 -0600
From: mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net
To: rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; dc288-at-diplomaticcorp.com
CC: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Hi all,

I saw the lineup of this one and had to join, despite being exhausted from WB preparations. Some old friends here that go way back. Couple new faces too, or maybe just one, Ross. I think I've known everyone else for a long time.

-mike

Romania

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/6/2010 6:16 AM
To: screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Michael Sims; Garry Bledsoe
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Greetings everyone,

Pleased to be in a game with you all! I'll be contacting you all a little later, once I've got some more work done, but I thought I should send out a little welcome message!

Ben, I'll have my prelims with you shortly Wink

Ross,
Bulgaria

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:46:11 -0600
Subject: Re:005 - Balkans1860 Country Assignments and Gamestart!
From: screwtape777-at-gmail.com
To: alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com
CC: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net

Welcome to 1860 players - please see your country assignments below.
With one exception, all players that submitted preferences received
their first or second pick (the one exception received their third
pick). Hope all are content with the outcome... Please also note
that we have observers in this game, in the CC line.

Observers: your commentary on the game is most welcome. Please submit
it privately to me only though, for compilation and publication at the
completion of the game.

Spring 1860 will be due on 14 January, 2010 at 23:00 GMT (17:00 EST).
Please send in prelims!!!

Player list for re005

ID : dtcounselor
Ctry : Italy 0
Name : Adam Levy
Email : alevy-at-arubanetworks.com
Location :

ID : garry.bledsoe
Ctry : Serbia 0
Name : Garry Bledsoe
Email : kielmarch-at-hotmail.com
Location :

ID : Nigs
Ctry : Greece 0
Name : Nigel Phillips
Email : nephilli99-at-hotmail.com
Location : Leeds, UK

ID : poobaloo
Ctry : Romania 0
Name : Michael Sims
Email : mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net
Location : San Jose, CA, US

ID : rodtheworm
Ctry : Bulgaria 0
Name : Ross Webb
Email : rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com
Location : Leicester, LEICS, UK

ID : teflongnome
Ctry : Austria 0
Name : Allen York
Email : allen.york-at-cchmc.org
Location : Cincinnati, OH, US

ID : Tirerndil
Ctry : Ottomans 0
Name : Gregory Bim-Merle
Email : gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Location : IN, US

Semicolon delimited for easy addressing of emails (Copy & paste):

alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net;
nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net;
rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com;

Tab delimited for easy export to Excel (Copy & Paste):

ID Country Sequence Name Email Location
dtcounselor Italy 0 Adam Levy alevy-at-arubanetworks.com
garry.bledsoe Serbia 0 Garry Bledsoe kielmarch-at-hotmail.com
MattKelly _Unassigned 0 Matthew
Kelly kelly058-at-verizon.net Fredericksburg, VA, US
Nigs Greece 0 Nigel Phillips nephilli99-at-hotmail.com Leeds, UK
poobaloo Romania 0 Michael Sims mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net San Jose, CA, US
rodtheworm Bulgaria 0 Ross Webb rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com Leicester, LEICS, UK
teflongnome Austria 0 Allen York allen.york-at-cchmc.org Cincinnati, OH, US
Tirerndil Ottomans 0 Gregory Bim-Merle gbimmerle-at-gmail.com IN, US

Thanks!
B.

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast - rodtheworm (Jan 06, 2010, 5:11 pm)

I'm just wondering what I've got myself into here! Mike, I think you may have taken over GMing a game I was in at some point - the ancient China one perhaps, which ended in something like a 5 or 6 way draw?

Hopefully I'll be an interesting ally to some of you, or if not, at least go down in an amusing fashion!

Ross

Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:42:12 -0600
From: mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net
To: rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; dc288-at-diplomaticcorp.com
CC: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Hi all,
I saw the lineup of this one and had to join, despite being exhausted from WB preparations. Some old friends here that go way back. Couple new faces too, or maybe just one, Ross. I think I've known everyone else for a long time.
-mike
Romania

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/6/2010 6:16 AM
To: screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Michael Sims; Garry Bledsoe
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Greetings everyone,

Pleased to be in a game with you all! I'll be contacting you all a little later, once I've got some more work done, but I thought I should send out a little welcome message!

Ben, I'll have my prelims with you shortly Wink

Ross,
Bulgaria

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DC291 welcome from your GM - coryfucius (Jan 06, 2010, 5:03 pm)

Sorry to start off the game with a punt to the tournament directors, I have been in off-site meetings each of the last two days.

For those of you who don't already know me, my name is Cory Burris, and I have been a member of DC for over 3 years. Most of my Diplomacy activity recently has been limited to GM duties, as the task of locating billions of dollars for a cratering state budget has taken up a fair amount of my time in recent months. I have the (mis)fortune of working in the budget office of the Governor of Illinois, who took office a year ago after our previous Governor was impeached and removed from office! No, I am not related to our state's junior US Senator, who was appointed by that former Governor before he was sent packing. Incidentally, given our state's backlog of unpaid bills, does anyone know a good way to find $4 billion fast?

Mike Sims has taken care of the pre-game announcements, so you should all know what to do. (Thanks for stepping in, Mike!) The tentative deadline he set, 3pm Central (US) / 21:00 GMT, works well for me. Don't forget that the spring 1901 deadline is Monday, January 11. Preliminary orders are strongly encouraged! And please be sure that you cc: the Orders box, which provides the only evidence that you sent orders in case I am away or Yahoo mail goes haywire, as it has been doing while I have been trying to compose this message.

If you have already sent prelims to Mike, please forward them to me. Now that I have returned, I plan to fulfill my GM duties.

Thanks, and happy stabbing!

Cory

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DC224 Slaughter At StoryTime - Fall 14 - What a Tr... - Nigs (Jan 06, 2010, 4:21 pm)

Guys,

good to get it over with. I came in as a replacement, and didn't expect to last until Christmas, so i've met my aims.

good luck to you all in the New Year

Nigs

From: kielmarch(at)hotmail.com
To: dc224(at)diplomaticcorp.com
CC: sandiegosmith(at)hotmail.com; matthew.kremer(at)yale.edu; kelly058(at)verizon.net; mvpenner(at)yahoo.com; mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net; mrh(at)panix.com; ndeily(at)yahoo.com; congressofvienna1814(at)yahoo.com; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; rbristol(at)cogeco.ca; sucastag(at)wanadoo.fr; alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com; maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk
Subject: DC224 Slaughter At StoryTime - Fall 14 - What a Tragic Tale We Weave!
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:35:23 -0500

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Our Archers' Quivers Run Dry and Realize that Avalon Is Not Paradise...May They Rest in a Land Where Bowstrings are Always Tight!
Our Elven Marauders Finally DO Get Lost in the Woods and Cannot Find a Safe Haven at Last
Races Vote Against Troll/Ogre Domination So War Continues
The Ogres Take Over the Whole Southern Hemisphere (or so it seems...)
The Dwarves Probably Wish They Were Back Under the Mountain
"Parlay" Apparently Does Not Work Where Ogres are Concerned...Penner's Pirates are Punished (don't you love alliteration in a StoryTime!?)
The Trolls are Pushed Back But Advance While the Rogues Seem to Move Homelands...

Whew! Much action as we bid adieu to several this turn and many more seem to be on the brink (don't look over your shoulder Knights and Dwarves). Thanks to our Archers and thanks to our Elves (including their new captain who lived long enough to fail at a position doomed to fail).

Sorry for the delay. Our lost orders actually came in in rapid fashion; however, your new storyteller got diverted writing the plot for an equally interesting new play called WinterBlitz 2010.

We have a few retreats due. Let's target these for Sunday the 10th at 6pm CST. IF I get them sooner AND they are marked FINAL I will move us along. Our retreats are as follows:

Elven A Aur can retreat to Mom or Anh or Ilt (irrelevant and no retreat needed)
Dwarf A Zhe can retreat to Drc or Pwy
Troll F ESS can retreat to Erg or Pal
Troll F SFS can retreat to Nnl or WTH or Enc

As another note...I apologize that our game is behind on the dc site. I will be making every effort shortly to catch this up so we can follow along and post real results there. However, we are a few seasons behind so I will have to go back to my archives to recreate this. It is a priority though so give me a bit and I promise to jump back on point!

PLEASE PLEASE double-check to make sure I got the orders right...this is a new program/board for me and I may have made a mistake (I know...not likely for a talented ex-Elven marauder but has been known to happen...after all, we DID just get lost in the forest and disbanded..sigh).

I think that covers our business for now. Thanks for your patience in our transition to your new and slightly less entertaining GM!

Garry

The Deal:

Archers:
F Pry - Lox (*Disbanded*)
F Dry - Hun (*Bounce*)

Dwarves:
F Ggl - Myt
A Zhe Supports F Drc - Ggl (*Dislodged*)
F Drc - Ggl

Elves:
A Aur Hold (*Dislodged*)

Faeries:
F Lox Supports A Str - Pry
A Koh Supports A Par
A Spi Supports A Koh
A Los - Dra (*Bounce*)
F Sae Supports A Par
A Fio Supports A Los - Dra
A Str - Pry
A Coi Hold
F CHU - RAZ (*Bounce*)
F NMO - WMO
F BAY Supports A Str - Pry

Knights:
F GuT Supports A Bre - Par
A Bre - Par (*Fails*)
A Win Supports A Hea (*Cut*)
A Ice Supports A Win
A Hea Supports A Bre - Par

Ogres:
A Car - Tem
A Lin Supports A Two - Roh
A Mag - Fjo
A Wat Supports A Thd - Can
A Fae Hold
A Dev - Pow
F Cos - Aur
A Kri - Two
A Two - Roh
A Can - Bal
A Pow - All
A Anh - Foc
A Thd - Can
A Now - Bra
A Sil - Zhe
A Dhu - Sil
A Kha - Dra (*Bounce*)
A Ear - Car
F BIK Supports F BAB
F MAW Supports F BIK
F ROD - RAZ (*Bounce*)
F ROA - ROD (*Fails*)
F TRL Supports F Cos - Aur
F BAB Supports A Lin

Pirates:
A Mor Hold
F Roh - SFS
F Pan Hold
F Slg - Aca
A Nem - Slg
F Kar - RAZ (*Bounce*)
A Yui Supports A Mor
F Riv Supports F Roh - SFS
A Elo Supports F Riv
A Cam Supports A Nem - Slg
A Ele - Ava
F PIR Supports F Pan

Rogues:
A Par Supports F Sha - Hea (*Cut*)
A Arb Supports F CRY - Win
F Grw Supports F Sha - Hea
A Tsc - Pyg (*Fails*)
A Orb Supports A Cal - Grs (*Cut*)
F Kee Supports F Tim - ESS (*Cut*)
A Ona Supports F Kee
F Asl - Anv (*Fails*)
A Cal - Grs (*Fails*)
F Sha - Hea (*Fails*)
F CRY - Win (*Fails*)
F SUN Supports A Cal - Grs
F POR - Tsc (*Bounce*)

Trolls:
A Anv, no move received
A Tum Supports F Grs
F Grs Supports F Pyg - Orb (*Cut*)
A Nim Hold
F Rik Hold
A Imm - Sle
A Ord - Ner
F Pyg - Orb (*Fails*)
A Moo - Tsc (*Bounce*)
A Woo - Kee (*Fails*)
F Thw Supports F SFS - Riv
F Far - HIS
F Pap - Pan (*Fails*)
F Sta - Hun (*Bounce*)
A Knu Supports A Kha - Dra
F GRR Supports A Ord - Ner
F LAG Supports F Pap - Pan
F WTH - Ans
F WSS Supports F ESS
F ESS Supports A Woo - Kee (*Dislodged*)
F SFS - Riv (*Dislodged*)

Undead:
F Tgr Hold
F Eve Supports F Tim - ESS
A Ske Supports F Eve
F Old Supports F ZEB - Ter
F Tim - ESS
F Ist Supports F Tim - ESS
A Thr Supports A Sil - Zhe
F ZEB - Ter

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Unknown - FuzzyLogic (Jan 06, 2010, 3:25 pm)

Where is everybody?

Busily blitzing away?

Don't MAKE me post again... I'll do it!

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast - dtcounselor (Jan 06, 2010, 1:45 pm)

Mike,

After all this time I still got a considerable chill when I saw your name on the roster. I have absorbed some solid beatings from you that still give me nightmares. Good luck in this one – especially since Romania is such a long way away from Italy….

Adam

From: Michael Sims [mailto:mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM
To: Ross Webb; screwtape777-at-gmail.com; Adam Levy; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Garry Bledsoe; dc288
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Hi all,

I saw the lineup of this one and had to join, despite being exhausted from WB preparations. Some old friends here that go way back. Couple new faces too, or maybe just one, Ross. I think I've known everyone else for a long time.

-mike

Romania

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/6/2010 6:16 AM
To: screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Michael Sims; Garry Bledsoe
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Greetings everyone,

Pleased to be in a game with you all! I'll be contacting you all a little later, once I've got some more work done, but I thought I should send out a little welcome message!

Ben, I'll have my prelims with you shortly Wink

Ross,
Bulgaria

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast - FuzzyLogic (Jan 06, 2010, 1:42 pm)

Hi all,
I saw the lineup of this one and had to join, despite being exhausted from WB preparations. Some old friends here that go way back. Couple new faces too, or maybe just one, Ross. I think I've known everyone else for a long time.
-mike
Romania

From: Ross Webb [mailto:rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/6/2010 6:16 AM
To: screwtape777-at-gmail.com; alevy-at-arubanetworks.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; Michael Sims; Garry Bledsoe
Cc: brn2dip-at-yahoo.com; kelly058-at-verizon.net
Subject: RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast

Greetings everyone,

Pleased to be in a game with you all! I'll be contacting you all a little later, once I've got some more work done, but I thought I should send out a little welcome message!

Ben, I'll have my prelims with you shortly Wink

Ross,
Bulgaria

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast (dc288) dtcounselor Jan 06, 01:45 pm

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Bulgaria

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast (dc288) rodtheworm Jan 06, 05:11 pm

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Bulgaria

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast (dc288) FuzzyLogic Jan 06, 07:05 pm

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Bulgaria

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RE005 - Balkans1860 Bulgarian broadcast (dc288) Kenshi777 Jan 06, 11:20 pm

Not me. I have no idea who the hell you are. Who is this guy, and
how did he get in our game? Smile

On 1/6/10, Michael Sims <mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net> wrote:

nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; allen.york-at-cchmc.org; rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com;
mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com

rodtheworm Bulgaria 0 Ross Webb rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com Leicester,

LEICS, UK

teflongnome Austria 0 Allen York allen.york-at-cchmc.org Cincinnati, OH,

dc291 game start! - Russia - Nigs (Jan 06, 2010, 12:41 pm)

I've played with Dirk and Nathan, but never with either in this tournie.

I do like the fast play
i live in the UK, so reply based on GMT

cheers

Nigs

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:33:56 +0000
From: psychosis(at)sky.com
Subject: Re: dc291 game start! - Russia
To: mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net; coryfucius(at)yahoo.com; kielmarch(at)hotmail.com; dirk(at)knemeyer.com; madpeters(at)earthlink.net; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; paetunya(at)orange.fr; jonathan(at)deepsheep.com; blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com; ndeily(at)yahoo.com

I've played against Dirk in a game last year. Other than that, everyone else seems new!

Michael

--- On Wed, 6/1/10, Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: dc291 game start! - ENGLAND
To: "Michael Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>, coryfucius(at)yahoo.com, "Garry Bledsoe" <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>, dirk(at)knemeyer.com, madpeters(at)earthlink.net, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com, paetunya(at)orange.fr, psychosis(at)sky.com, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com, "blitz" <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Date: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010, 16:35

.ExternalClass #ecxyiv388825373 DIV {;} Hello all:

I have had the pleasure of playing with Dirk and Nigs before as well. The other names don't look familiar.

Nathan

From: Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
To: coryfucius(at)yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; dirk(at)knemeyer.com; madpeters(at)earthlink.net; ndeily(at)yahoo.com; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; paetunya(at)orange.fr; psychosis(at)sky.com; jonathan(at)deepsheep.com; blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 8:03:41 AM
Subject: dc291 game start!

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Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:9cf9862504]important[/u:9cf9862504] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya(at)orange.fr

England: Nathan Deily, ndeily(at)yahoo.com

France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com

Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters(at)earthlink.net
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis(at)sky.com
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk(at)knemeyer.com

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

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dc291 game start! - Russia - psychosis1973 (Jan 06, 2010, 12:33 pm)

I've played against Dirk in a game last year. Other than that, everyone else seems new!

Michael

--- On Wed, 6/1/10, Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: dc291 game start! - ENGLAND
To: "Michael Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>, coryfucius(at)yahoo.com, "Garry Bledsoe" <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>, dirk(at)knemeyer.com, madpeters(at)earthlink.net, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com, paetunya(at)orange.fr, psychosis(at)sky.com, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com, "blitz" <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Date: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010, 16:35

Hello all:

I have had the pleasure of playing with Dirk and Nigs before as well. The other names don't look familiar.

Nathan

From: Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
To: coryfucius(at)yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; dirk(at)knemeyer.com; madpeters(at)earthlink.net; ndeily(at)yahoo.com; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; paetunya(at)orange.fr; psychosis(at)sky.com; jonathan(at)deepsheep.com; blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 8:03:41 AM
Subject: dc291 game start!

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:2114cc4bc2]important[/u:2114cc4bc2] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya(at)orange.fr ([email]paetunya(at)orange.fr[/email])

England: Nathan Deily, ndeily(at)yahoo.com ([email]ndeily(at)yahoo.com[/email])

France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan(at)deepsheep.com[/email])

Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99(at)hotmail.com[/email])

Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters(at)earthlink.net ([email]madpeters(at)earthlink.net[/email])

Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])

Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk(at)knemeyer.com ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

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dc291 game start! - Russia (Winter Blitz) Nigs Jan 06, 12:41 pm

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WB 2010 is a go! - FuzzyLogic (Jan 06, 2010, 12:15 pm)

Hello everyone, and welcome to the WB 2010 – the 3rd Annual Winter Blitz!

As one of the creators and co-moderators of the Winter Blitz, I’d like to take a moment to welcome you all.

First off, we have truly crushed all expectations for this year’s tournament, with 63 entrants - 9 boards of fast-action blitzy goodness. Things got started a day later than we did last year since we held the tournament entry open an extra day (there was quite a flood of last minute interest)… But everything is up and running now.

~~~ You should have your board, country, and deadline assignments! ~~~

If you do not, please reply to me and let me know. In addition, you should take this as a reminder that Spring 01 orders are already due this coming Monday, at varying times set by your GM. Send in prelims, and copy orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com on every set you turn in. This first turn of the game has a whopping 5 days to diplome (Wed thru Mon). This will be the last turn in which you get such a luxurious amount of time! Thereafter, all turns will follow the Monday / Thursday schedule, with retreats and builds due 1 day after the major turn.

Those of you who played last year already know that keeping up with the schedule is not easy. Well it’s even harder for your GMs. There will be times when either Garry or myself will have to cover a game for one of the GMs and when that happens, we are going to use whatever latest set of orders is in the orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com mailbox. This means if you send your prelims there, but you revise mid-turn and only send the revision to your GM – even if your GM confirms receipt – if one of us ends up running the turn, the orders that are in the orders box will be the ones used! It will not be considered valid grounds for any protest if an NMR is enacted or an older set used due to a player failing to cc to orders.

New for this year, we have an earlier hard cutoff for the games. It did occur last year that some games went into the next day before an adjudication came out. This time around, the firm cutoff is 9pm Central US time (0300 GMT the next day), at which time any unposted games will be run one way or another. If you do not have results by 10pm Central time, then please inquire! “Not having received the results” is another reason that will not be considered valid grounds for any protest. The results will be posted online, at the respective game page. Can’t find your page? Just visit the standings (www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz) and click on your game number.

Out of our 63 signups, 15 are new to diplomaticcorp and the Winter Blitz… Here are some tips I’ve picked up from past Blitzes…

1) Time management is certainly key to these games. Those who embrace the fast pace and use the ensuing chaos to the best advantage will do well… The tournament is designed to feel like a tournament – that is, lots of activity, hustle and bustle, and certainly a sense of urgency just like in Face-To-Face games. In those games too managing your time is half the battle.

2) Simply getting orders in timely will set you ahead of a good bunch! There is nothing worse than watching all your units doodle about while you got busy at work or took a weekend trip and missed a Monday turn. Use prelims. You can update later if you want to, up until your GM adjudicates, which should be within about 3 hours of when their stated deadline.

3) NMR’s will occur! This will help some players and hurt others. Be ready to capitalize on the unwary or unprepared. If you do miss a turn, don’t let it discourage you, for that can only turn a bad situation worse. Do damage control, notify players that you are still active, and turn things around.

4) A bad start does not mean a dead experience! Stick every game out, cuz even moreso than in normal 1-week games, these games can turn on a dime. Just cuz an England drops into the Channel or an Italian finds himself in Trieste after Spring 01, never give up! If, after all is done, you truly do find yourself down and out in round 1, round 2 should afford you another chance, playing against others who had a similar first round result. Thus, your chances of winning the round 2 prize are still very good, if not even better!

5) If you are unsure about anything, just ask. Your GM is your first point of contact. You can also reach Garry and myself by emailing to feedback-at-diplomaticcorp.com.

If anyone else who has played before has advice for our newcomers, just REPLY to this message and send to blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com. This is our Blitz forum! Any message you send to the blitz address will automatically post. To read the posts, just visit the message board, at http://www.diplomaticcorp.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=55 (or www.diplomaticcorp.com and see the recent posts on the home page). This forum can be used for any public discussion that is related to the tournament – formalities, press, intros, etc. Every game adjudication will also be cc’d here, so there is no reason one cannot find a copy of the results somewhere.

Good luck and may good fortune find all your games! (if that’s even possible)
-mike
Order of the Lion
www.diplomaticcorp.com

[Reply]

dc291 game start! - ENGLAND - ndeily (Jan 06, 2010, 10:35 am)

Hello all:

I have had the pleasure of playing with Dirk and Nigs before as well. The other names don't look familiar.

Nathan

From: Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
To: coryfucius(at)yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; dirk(at)knemeyer.com; madpeters(at)earthlink.net; ndeily(at)yahoo.com; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; paetunya(at)orange.fr; psychosis(at)sky.com; jonathan(at)deepsheep.com; blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 8:03:41 AM
Subject: dc291 game start!

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:f12c00bd5b]important[/u:f12c00bd5b] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya(at)orange.fr ([email]paetunya(at)orange.fr[/email])
England: Nathan Deily, ndeily(at)yahoo.com ([email]ndeily(at)yahoo.com[/email])
France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan(at)deepsheep.com[/email])
Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99(at)hotmail.com[/email])
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters(at)earthlink.net ([email]madpeters(at)earthlink.net[/email])
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk(at)knemeyer.com ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

[Reply]

dc291 game start! - quozl (Jan 06, 2010, 10:28 am)

This is my first time on this site but I've played plenty on dipbounced.com and PBEM servers.
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Good luck, everyone!

---Jon

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Dirk Knemeyer <dirk(at)knemeyer.com ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])> wrote:

Hi Everyone,
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I assume we are disclosing previous playing partners: I have played once each with all of Michael Thompson, Nathan Deily and Nigel Phillips.
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Good luck (as long as you stab the other guy!)
Â
Dirk

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dc291 game start! - dknemeyer (Jan 06, 2010, 10:21 am)

Hi Everyone,

I assume we are disclosing previous playing partners: I have played once each with all of Michael Thompson, Nathan Deily and Nigel Phillips.

Good luck (as long as you stab the other guy!)

Dirk

From: Michael Sims [mailto:mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:04 AM
To: coryfucius(at)yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe; dirk(at)knemeyer.com; madpeters(at)earthlink.net; ndeily(at)yahoo.com; nephilli99(at)hotmail.com; paetunya(at)orange.fr; psychosis(at)sky.com; jonathan(at)deepsheep.com; blitz
Subject: dc291 game start!

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:02756546cf]important[/u:02756546cf] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya(at)orange.fr ([email]paetunya(at)orange.fr[/email])
England: Nathan Deily, ndeily(at)yahoo.com ([email]ndeily(at)yahoo.com[/email])
France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan(at)deepsheep.com[/email])
Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99(at)hotmail.com[/email])
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters(at)earthlink.net ([email]madpeters(at)earthlink.net[/email])
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk(at)knemeyer.com ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

[Reply]

dc297 / WB10 Game-Start! - dipknight (Jan 06, 2010, 9:48 am)

Ok, folks.

Looks like the confusion is that two of us are reacting to my failure to be prompt with my assignment as GM.

the DiplomaticCorps site has been changed to reflect the Country assignment I put together. Please disregard and delete the second email regarding Country Assignments from me. There is nothing of importance in the second "resend" email. However, there is important information in Mike's email.

So, we will stay with the Country Asignments in the first Email as follows:

The Country Assignments for DC 297:

Austria          Will Fleming          wtfleming(at)msn.com ([email]wtfleming(at)msn.com[/email])
England        Eric Hunter            dip.power.915(at)gmail.com ([email]dip.power.915(at)gmail.com[/email])
France          Joe Babinsack       chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com ([email]chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com[/email])
Germany       Joe Hackett          jhack16(at)gmail.com ([email]jhack16(at)gmail.com[/email])
Italy              Michael Penner      mvpenner(at)yahoo.com ([email]mvpenner(at)yahoo.com[/email])
Russia          Derek Eiler            derekthefeared2(at)yahoo.com ([email]derekthefeared2(at)yahoo.com[/email])
Turkey          Douglas Fresh       douglasefresh(at)gmail.com ([email]douglasfresh(at)gmail.com[/email])

Thanks,
     And I deeply, deeply apologize for the confusion.

Darryl Good (GM DC297)

[Reply]

dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! - garry.bledsoe (Jan 06, 2010, 9:31 am)

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM John (note his email address above - untitled36(at)hotmail.com ([email]untitled36(at)hotmail.com[/email])) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc298. Please make sure that John is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, John will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:75eb099c15]important[/u:75eb099c15] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both John and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc298 - John will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Matt Ruhlen, mruhlen(at)hotmail.com ([email]mruhlen(at)hotmail.com[/email])
England: Rob Bristol, rbristol(at)cogeco.ca ([email]rbristol(at)cogeco.ca[/email])
France: Clark L, clarklandry(at)gmail.com ([email]clarklandry(at)gmail.com[/email])
Germany: Dale Grantham, dmg(at)earthlink.net ([email]dmg(at)earthlink.net[/email])
Italy: Alan Farrington, alley_cat_1990(at)hotmail.com ([email]alley_cat_1990(at)hotmail.com[/email])
Russia: Nick Powell, nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com ([email]nick.s.powell(at)gmail.com[/email])
Turkey: Gregory Bim-Merle, gbimmerle(at)gmail.com ([email]gbimmerle(at)gmail.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Garry
Order of the Raven
WB2K10 Moderator
WB2K09 Champion!
Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.

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dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! (Winter Blitz) untitled36 Jan 07, 08:17 am

dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! (Winter Blitz) untitled36 Jan 14, 07:27 am

Hey all!

Bounces galore this season, including an amazing 3-way bounce in Rumania! This leaves no less that four neutrals unscathed in 1901! It looks like the tension is escalating. I'm excited to see where it goes from here!

No retreats are needed, but remember to sent the builds in (supply center changes are at the bottom of this email). The deadline is 9:00 AM CST, which means 15:00 GMT (i think?).

MOVES:

Austria:
F Albania Supports A Naples - Greece
A Serbia - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F North Sea - Norway
F Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh

France:
A Burgundy - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
A Spain Hold

Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Kiel - Holland
A Ruhr - Belgium (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Naples - Greece
A Naples - Greece
A Venice - Rome

Russia:
F Black Sea - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A St Petersburg Hold
A Warsaw - Ukraine

Turkey:
A Ankara - Armenia
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) (*Fails*)

Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
England: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1

Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich.
Italy: Greece, Naples, Rome, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Unowned: Belgium, Rumania, Sweden, Tunis.

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dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! (Winter Blitz) AlanRFarrington Jan 14, 02:01 pm

So at this point I think we can all agree that it'd just be best to cut our losses and hope for a better game in the second round. All in favor of a 7 way DIAS?

--Alan

From: untitled36-at-hotmail.com
To: blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com; alley_cat_1990-at-hotmail.com; rbristol-at-cogeco.ca; clarklandry-at-gmail.com; dmg-at-earthlink.net; nick.s.powell-at-gmail.com; mruhlen-at-hotmail.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Subject: RE: dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart!
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:26:19 -0600

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Hey all!

Bounces galore this season, including an amazing 3-way bounce in Rumania! This leaves no less that four neutrals unscathed in 1901! It looks like the tension is escalating. I'm excited to see where it goes from here!

No retreats are needed, but remember to sent the builds in (supply center changes are at the bottom of this email). The deadline is 9:00 AM CST, which means 15:00 GMT (i think?).

MOVES:

Austria:
F Albania Supports A Naples - Greece
A Serbia - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F North Sea - Norway
F Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh

France:
A Burgundy - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
A Spain Hold

Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Kiel - Holland
A Ruhr - Belgium (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Naples - Greece
A Naples - Greece
A Venice - Rome

Russia:
F Black Sea - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A St Petersburg Hold
A Warsaw - Ukraine

Turkey:
A Ankara - Armenia
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) (*Fails*)

Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
England: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1

Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich.
Italy: Greece, Naples, Rome, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Unowned: Belgium, Rumania, Sweden, Tunis.

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dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! (Winter Blitz) untitled36 Jan 15, 09:31 am

Hey all.

Builds below! And no NMR's our first year. It's a great start. Keep it up and send those prelims in! Next deadline is Monday at 7:00 AM cst (13:00 GMT?)

Here's the builds

Austria:
Build A Vienna

England:
Build F London

France:
Build F Brest
Build A Paris

Germany:
Build A Munich
Build F Kiel

Italy:
Build F Naples

Turkey:
Build F Smyrna

From: untitled36-at-hotmail.com
To: blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com; alley_cat_1990-at-hotmail.com; rbristol-at-cogeco.ca; clarklandry-at-gmail.com; dmg-at-earthlink.net; nick.s.powell-at-gmail.com; mruhlen-at-hotmail.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Subject: RE: dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart!
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:26:19 -0600

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Hey all!

Bounces galore this season, including an amazing 3-way bounce in Rumania! This leaves no less that four neutrals unscathed in 1901! It looks like the tension is escalating. I'm excited to see where it goes from here!

No retreats are needed, but remember to sent the builds in (supply center changes are at the bottom of this email). The deadline is 9:00 AM CST, which means 15:00 GMT (i think?).

MOVES:

Austria:
F Albania Supports A Naples - Greece
A Serbia - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F North Sea - Norway
F Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh

France:
A Burgundy - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
A Spain Hold

Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Kiel - Holland
A Ruhr - Belgium (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Naples - Greece
A Naples - Greece
A Venice - Rome

Russia:
F Black Sea - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A St Petersburg Hold
A Warsaw - Ukraine

Turkey:
A Ankara - Armenia
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) (*Fails*)

Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
England: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1

Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich.
Italy: Greece, Naples, Rome, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Unowned: Belgium, Rumania, Sweden, Tunis.

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dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart! (Winter Blitz) nickistheshizz at hotm... Jan 14, 02:55 pm

Yeah, Italy had such a terribly unsuccessful round.

From: alley_cat_1990-at-hotmail.com
To: untitled36-at-hotmail.com; blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com; rbristol-at-cogeco.ca; clarklandry-at-gmail.com; dmg-at-earthlink.net; nick.s.powell-at-gmail.com; mruhlen-at-hotmail.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Subject: RE: dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart!
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:01:32 -0500

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} So at this point I think we can all agree that it'd just be best to cut our losses and hope for a better game in the second round. All in favor of a 7 way DIAS?

--Alan

From: untitled36-at-hotmail.com
To: blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com; alley_cat_1990-at-hotmail.com; rbristol-at-cogeco.ca; clarklandry-at-gmail.com; dmg-at-earthlink.net; nick.s.powell-at-gmail.com; mruhlen-at-hotmail.com; gbimmerle-at-gmail.com
Subject: RE: dc298 WB 2010 Gamestart!
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:26:19 -0600

.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Hey all!

Bounces galore this season, including an amazing 3-way bounce in Rumania! This leaves no less that four neutrals unscathed in 1901! It looks like the tension is escalating. I'm excited to see where it goes from here!

No retreats are needed, but remember to sent the builds in (supply center changes are at the bottom of this email). The deadline is 9:00 AM CST, which means 15:00 GMT (i think?).

MOVES:

Austria:
F Albania Supports A Naples - Greece
A Serbia - Rumania (*Bounce*)
A Vienna - Budapest

England:
F North Sea - Norway
F Norwegian Sea Supports F North Sea - Norway
A Yorkshire - Edinburgh

France:
A Burgundy - Belgium (*Bounce*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
A Spain Hold

Germany:
F Denmark - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A Kiel - Holland
A Ruhr - Belgium (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Naples - Greece
A Naples - Greece
A Venice - Rome

Russia:
F Black Sea - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden (*Bounce*)
A St Petersburg Hold
A Warsaw - Ukraine

Turkey:
A Ankara - Armenia
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Bounce*)
F Constantinople - Bulgaria(sc) (*Fails*)

Adjustments:
Austria: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
England: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
France: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 3 Build 2
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Turkey: Supp 4 Unit 3 Build 1

Ownership:
Austria: Budapest, Serbia, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Norway.
France: Brest, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Berlin, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich.
Italy: Greece, Naples, Rome, Venice.
Russia: Moscow, Sevastopol, St Petersburg, Warsaw.
Turkey: Ankara, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Smyrna.
Unowned: Belgium, Rumania, Sweden, Tunis.

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dc294 Game Start - notasb (Jan 06, 2010, 9:21 am)

.hmmessage P {margin:0px;padding:0px;} body.hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Hi guys,

Some of you have been in games with me in the past, this is a new address but same old GM.

A quick rundown of the tournament deadlines:
This is a fast paced game with short turn around. Spring deadlines will occur every Monday. Fall deadlines will occur every Thursday, 3 days later. Then 4 days roll around again to Monday.
Retreats and/or Builds will always be due the day after results are out. That is Tuesday for Summer Retreats and Friday Retreats, Builds & Disbands. Autumn Retreats will always be due at the same time as the Winter Adjustments.
There will be NO delays or extensions.
I may adjudicate early if all orders are received marked final ( this mainly applies to the adjustment phases).

Deadlines will be 8 AM CST GMT -6 1400 GMT. I normally start adjudicating at the posted deadline.

If at any time you find an error or dispute an adjudication you must contact me ASAP. If any turn passes and there is an error on the board, we play on – players have 24 hours from the posting of any adjudication to contest it.

The tournament has supplied a back up email address that it is important that you CC all orders to. orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com This not only helps ensure that your orders are received, but it also allows the Tournament committee to step in and adjudicate in case I am unable to.

DC House Rules http://www.diplomaticcorp.com/info.php?type=houserules govern all games.

Initial Deadlines:

Spring '01 is due Monday January 11th 8 AM CST (GMT -6) 1400 GMT
Fall '01 is due Thursday Jan 14th 8 AM CST (GMT -6) 1400 GMT

Now for the Country Assignments :

ID : bret_pollack
Ctry : Austria
Name : Bret Pollack
Email : bret_pollack(at)hotmail.com
Location : Marriottsville, MD, US

ID : packrat
Ctry : England
Name : scott troemel
Email : brn2dip(at)yahoo.com
Location : Fort Wayne, IN, US

ID : jlq
Ctry : France
Name : Joao Queiros
Email : jlqueiros3(at)hotmail.com
Location : PT

ID : landru428
Ctry : Germany
Name : Andrew Cassese
Email : landru428(at)aol.com
Location : Brooklyn, NY, US

ID : Samnuva
Ctry : Italy
Name : Sam Buck
Email : Sam_Buck_Productions(at)Mac.com
Location : New York City, NY, US

ID : raybrucea
Ctry : Russia
Name : Bruce Ray
Email : raybrucea(at)aol.com
Location :

ID : lord_granite
Ctry : Turkey
Name : matthew jones
Email : matthew.jones.d(at)gmail.com
Location : MB, CA

If you have any questions let me know.

Christine

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dc291 game start! - FuzzyLogic (Jan 06, 2010, 9:04 am)

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:80ff6dc778]important[/u:80ff6dc778] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya(at)orange.fr ([email]paetunya(at)orange.fr[/email])
England: Nathan Deily, ndeily(at)yahoo.com ([email]ndeily(at)yahoo.com[/email])
France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan(at)deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan(at)deepsheep.com[/email])
Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99(at)hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99(at)hotmail.com[/email])
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters(at)earthlink.net ([email]madpeters(at)earthlink.net[/email])
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis(at)sky.com ([email]psychosis(at)sky.com[/email])
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk(at)knemeyer.com ([email]dirk(at)knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

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dc291 game start! (Winter Blitz) dknemeyer Jan 06, 10:21 am

dc291 game start! (Winter Blitz) quozl Jan 06, 10:28 am

dc291 game start! (Winter Blitz) Godzilla Jan 07, 09:12 am

dc291 game start! (Winter Blitz) Nigs Jan 07, 09:55 am

Marc,

We're long term best friends, raised by the same band of wolves, and would never stab each other. All the others are your sworn enemies, and responsible for your amnesia. Surely?

Nigs

Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:12:15 -0500
From: madpeters-at-earthlink.net
To: dirk-at-knemeyer.com; mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net; coryfucius-at-yahoo.com; kielmarch-at-hotmail.com; ndeily-at-yahoo.com; paetunya-at-orange.fr; psychosis-at-sky.com; jonathan-at-deepsheep.com; blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com
Subject: RE: dc291 game start!

Player list dc291 .ExternalClass {font-family:Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;} .ExternalClass p {;} Hmmm, interesting, never thought of that as automatic disclosure, but as long as we're all doing it:

I am brand new to this club, and to the best of my recollection have never played with any of you. Feel free to remind me if my aging brain has forgotten any of you!

Good luck to all (but more to me!)

Marc

-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Knemeyer
Sent: Jan 6, 2010 11:20 AM
To: 'Michael Sims' , coryfucius-at-yahoo.com, 'Garry Bledsoe' , madpeters-at-earthlink.net, ndeily-at-yahoo.com, nephilli99-at-hotmail.com, paetunya-at-orange.fr, psychosis-at-sky.com, jonathan-at-deepsheep.com, 'blitz'
Subject: RE: dc291 game start!

Hi Everyone,

I assume we are disclosing previous playing partners: I have played once each with all of Michael Thompson, Nathan Deily and Nigel Phillips.

Good luck (as long as you stab the other guy!)

Dirk

From: Michael Sims [mailto:mike-at-fuzzylogicllc.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:04 AM
To: coryfucius-at-yahoo.com; Garry Bledsoe; dirk-at-knemeyer.com; madpeters-at-earthlink.net; ndeily-at-yahoo.com; nephilli99-at-hotmail.com; paetunya-at-orange.fr; psychosis-at-sky.com; jonathan-at-deepsheep.com; blitz
Subject: dc291 game start!

Hi folks, and welcome to the WinterBlitz 2010!

I am sad to say that you guys and girls have definitely drawn the short stick...you got stuck with ME to kick off your game. However, on the plus side, your regular (and quite sterling) GM Cory (note his email addresses above) will return shortly. He just asked that I fill a temporary time gap to get the game going!

Your Winter Blitz Round 1 game has been designated as dc291. Please make sure that Cory is on your "safe" list with your email box so that emails from him do not get caught in the spam filter!

As you may note, WB Rules preclude country assignments and those have been selected and are listed below. Please feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone and to start your diplomacy.

Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing. This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page. In terms of timing, Cory will have to give a deadline for submitting orders; Tentatively we will set the spring 01 deadline for Monday Jan 11, 3pm Central US time / 2100 GMT!

An [u:343a349428]important[/u:343a349428] note: when submitting orders, make sure to include a cc: to orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com[/email]) (orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com ([email]orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com[/email])) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if Cory is not available and needs a moderator to run a turn. Also for the first couple turns - I - will be your wonderful and benevolent GM, so please send to both Cory and I until he's back.

Just a reminder of the schedule as laid out in the kickoff email:

* Spring deadlines are Mondays.

* Spring retreats are Tuesdays.

* Fall deadlines are Thursdays.

* Fall retreats AND Winter builds/disbands are Fridays. Builds CAN be conditional upon a retreat but they MUST be clear.

Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/?game_id=dc291 - Cory will update it after each adjudication. He will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.

Press is allowed and encouraged. For those that are new, press is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results. Typically press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game. There is actually some good press in the DC274 game so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.

And now your lineups!

Austria: Laurence Granier, paetunya-at-orange.fr ([email]paetunya-at-orange.fr[/email])
England: Nathan Deily, ndeily-at-yahoo.com ([email]ndeily-at-yahoo.com[/email])
France: Jonathan Nichol, jonathan-at-deepsheep.com ([email]jonathan-at-deepsheep.com[/email])
Germany: Nigel Phillips, nephilli99-at-hotmail.com ([email]nephilli99-at-hotmail.com[/email])
Italy: Marc Peters, madpeters-at-earthlink.net ([email]madpeters-at-earthlink.net[/email])
Russia: Michael Thompson, psychosis-at-sky.com ([email]psychosis-at-sky.com[/email])
Turkey: Dirk Knemeyer, dirk-at-knemeyer.com ([email]dirk-at-knemeyer.com[/email])

Happy stabbing and good luck to all,

Mike
Order of the Lion
WB2K10 Moderator

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dc291 game start! (Winter Blitz) Godzilla Jan 07, 10:10 am

-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel PHILLIPS
Sent: Jan 7, 2010 10:55 AM
To: madpeters-at-earthlink.net, dirk-at-knemeyer.com, Mike Sims - new email , coryfucius-at-yahoo.com, Garry DC , nathan umayyad spain 229 , paetunya-at-orange.fr, psychosis-at-sky.com, jonathan-at-deepsheep.com, blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com
Subject: RE: dc291 game start!

Marc,

We're long term best friends, raised by the same band of wolves, and would never stab each other. All the others are your sworn enemies, and responsible for your amnesia. Surely?

Nigs

Heh! That must be it. It certainly explains the massive scar tissue on my back and my irresistable urge to bay at the full moon...

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