Well, not to make this about me, but let me clarify: I got a lot of last minute messages. Which is of course part of the game.

The problem, as I'll definitely agree with Tim, is that a) the turn now goes waaaaay too long and b) there was a clear deadline set. That was the point of my first response -- I'm confused if ANYONE thought there was a deadline other than 8/7 (unless our esteemed GM communicated otherwise in other exchanges.)

To me, I plotted moves based upon the messages, lack thereof, and apparently "last minute" communications. Which means another week re-opens negotiations. And if all moves are in, then it really does distort a lot of things, even if, as Tim suggests, all arrangements are in place.

-Joe


--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Tim Vaillemans <tim.vaillemans(at)gmail.com> wrote:

From: Tim Vaillemans <tim.vaillemans(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: DC270: Diplomacy Kickoff
To: "joe babinsack" <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>
Cc: "aefgirt7(at)yahoo.com" <aefgirt7(at)yahoo.com>, "samuel.jurado(at)yahoo.com" <samuel.jurado(at)yahoo.com>, "ianxshaw(at)gmail.com" <ianxshaw(at)gmail.com>, "josepayne(at)gmail.com" <josepayne(at)gmail.com>, "zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com" <zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com>, "dc270(at)diplomaticcorp.com" <dc270(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Darryl Good" <dipknight(at)gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 6:40 PM

Hey everybody,


I fully agree on what Joe has written.
If the deadline has been set in the 7th then everybody should have made his/her orders. Even if you -gm - form some reason have mistakenly put up the wrong date. Is there anyone not yet pit in his orders? Sorry -kick him/her as you have very clearly stated in the launch email.


Sorry gm but this is not oke for me. Mainly because I have made my move and somebody was a bit surprised on the very late agreement -almost a quote - isn't is mr Germany


Btw 2 weeks for 1 order? Come on negotiations have been done and whom not yet done them is never gonna do them. Please get on with the next moves..


Ps . The Germany surprise is not of a big deal and all others I contacted - things stay as we agreed.

Later dudes

Tim

On 9-aug-2009, at 23:01, joe babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com ([email]chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com[/email])> wrote:



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I'm a bit confused. All deadlines suggested August 7th, and I conducted negotiations based on that deadline.

There's a distinct lack of communications so far, which may be explained by an August 14th deadline, but then again, how is it that a few players were acting upon the shorter timeframe, while others haven't?

Curious.
Joe

--- On Sun, 8/9/09, Darryl Good <dipknight(at)gmail.com ([email]dipknight(at)gmail.com[/email])> wrote:

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From: Darryl Good <dipknight(at)gmail.com ([email]dipknight(at)gmail.com[/email])>
Subject: Re: DC270: Diplomacy Kickoff
To: aefgirt7(at)yahoo.com ([email]aefgirt7(at)yahoo.com[/email]), samuel.jurado(at)yahoo.com ([email]samuel.jurado(at)yahoo.com[/email]), tim.vaillemans(at)gmail.com ([email]tim.vaillemans(at)gmail.com[/email]), chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com ([email]chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com[/email]), ianxshaw(at)gmail.com ([email]ianxshaw(at)gmail.com[/email]), josepayne(at)gmail.com ([email]josepayne(at)gmail.com[/email]), zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com ([email]zauberlichneo(at)hotmail.com[/email]), dc270(at)diplomaticcorp.com ([email]dc270(at)diplomaticcorp.com[/email])
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 12:10 PM

All,

To all of you who are patiently waiting for the results; especially given my strongest advice not to miss the deadline . . . or you would be booted; I apologies. It seems your GM has missed the Deadline himself. It was not my intent to make this first season so short by setting the deadline for last Friday, August 7th but to set it for this upcomming Friday, August 14th. Again, I apologies for the error and will endevor to pay closer attention to these details.

The Deadline as it should have been set is August 14, 2009; 5PM US MDT, (2400 hrs GMT).

Best of Luck,
Darryl (GM)

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