Dear Players,

There are various arguments raised here. I am personally of the opinion that anything which keeps the game on track and 'in the spirit of the game' should be encouraged.

However, I have had a mail from Mike (GM who runs Diplomatic Corps) and he states that Italy did not submit build orders. End of Story. I personally think this willl have an adverse affect on the game - given the circumstances and I apologise my part in it, but rules as they say are rules.


No builds for Italy this year and the game moves on as is.

Regarding the collusion between players outside the game - This is news to me and I have no reason to suspect any foul play.

Best
D


On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Douglas Fresh <douglasefresh(at)googlemail.com> wrote:

Hey everybody,

I've double-checked and had received no build orders from Italy.

Annoyingly, I had failed to include the adjustments on the email - and also even more annoyingly, I did not include Italy's adjusments on the map. Nor did I send a reminder - I have been snowed under this week - you can probably tell.


I am in a quandry. While it is Italy's responsibility to supply me with orders, I feel I have failed him as a GM, or even worse, misled him by my mistake on the map. The deadline was short and I am concerned that the failure of the build order will affect the game in a completely adverse way.


I am within my rights to either continue the game with no builds, or I can overule the NBR.

If I overule the NBR and allow Italy builds, would you find this acceptable? I'd like a show of hands please. Let me know if you think it is in the best interest of the game to allow Italy a build order, or not, by return mail asap


Thanks & Apologies
D