Diplomats,

 

Welcome to a new DC game (and welcome to DC for those of you that are new)!

 

Our game is officially ready to start, and we have a specific number assigned to us, dc 328.

With that name you can find the latest information on the game on the DC site.

Please always use this name - dc 328 - at the start of your subject line when you send me emails. It helps me distinguish between the games.
 

Without much further ado, let me announce the powers and their rulers.

 

 



ID
yinhb3293

Ctry
Austria

Name
Yin Lam

Email
nyinlam(at)gmail.com

Location
Hong Kong, HK

 

 

ID
Hacos

Ctry
England

Name
Hac Phan

Email
hac.diplomacy(at)gmail.com

Location
Berkeley, CA, US


 

 

ID
Thunder

Ctry
France

Name
Glen Morris

Email
s.morris777(at)shaw.ca

Location
Berkeley, CA, US


 

 

ID
scinden

Ctry
Germany

Name
Dennis Chan

Email
dennischandc(at)gmail.com

Location
Berkeley, CA, US


 

 

ID
bucksworld

Ctry
Italy

Name
buck hamil

Email
buckhamil(at)yahoo.com

Location
richmond, VA, US


 

 

ID
alwayshunted

Ctry
Russia

Name
Warren Fleming

Email
alwayshunted(at)hotmail.com

Location
 


 

 

ID
Iamdead7

Ctry
Turkey

Name
Lucas Oshman

Email
lucasoshman(at)gmail.com

Location
Windsor, WI, US

 

 

A few simple housekeeping rules here,

 

1. Our game will proceed with roughly one week deadlines on a 5-season cycle. A 5-season cycle means that we have Spring, Summer, Fall, Autumn and Winter turns. The primary turns, Spring and Fall will have at least a week before they are run. Minor seasons - Summer, Autumn and Winter - will typically have 48 hours for orders to be submitted since these require less negotiation (Summer and Fall are retreat phases only).

 

I will try to keep the deadlines for the major seasons on the same day each week.
Note that I ALWAYS confirm orders I have received. So if you haven't received my confirmation, you can safely assume I haven't received your orders.

 

2. I will grant any deadline extension that is reasonably requested ahead of time. Hey, real life affects us all.

 
If you cannot make a deadline, please let me know well in advance. Preferably before I send out the deadline (with the regular intervals for major seasons you can easily plan ahead). I may send out a reminder for an upcoming deadline if orders are still missing, but I won't guarantee I do. I will always try to send out my adjudications within 2 hours from the deadline.
 

3. I ask that orders be precise and appropriately labelled so I don't misunderstand them. Also, please note that I rarely check orders ahead of time for accuracy so you may want to do so yourself. If they are unclear, I will order them as a misorder. Typically I give the benefit of the doubt (if you say A Ven and it was really a F in Ven but the move order is valid for a F, I WILL move it).

 

4. When I haven't received orders by the deadline, I will register a NMR (No Moves Received). If this happens for 2 consecutive major seasons (Spring and Fall), the Power of this player goes into CD (Civil Disorder) and the player is considered to have ABANDONED the game. Needless to say that this is very annoying to the remaining players. It's also bad for your DC track record. To limit the impact on the game, I will try to find a replacement player where possible, rather than have that Power go into CD.

 
You can also contact all other players in the game. Actually, since this is Diplomacy, you're SUPPOSED to contact the other players.
 
Feel free to ask me questions during the game.
 
The deadline for the first turn - Spring 1901 - has been set for Wednesday 26 May at 13:00 GMT. I am based in Asia, +8GMT, so its 9pm for me over here. The large majority of you are in the -5GMT area, so you probably need to do some calculations to get your orders in on time. 
 
I will confirm all orders - where possible within 12 hours - so if you haven't received my confirmation you may safely assume I haven't received your orders. 
 
For convenience I will set all following deadlines for Spring and Fall orders on Mondays at 13:00 GMT.
All minor seasons - Summer, Autumn, and Winter - will have a deadline of usually 48 hours from the last adjudication.
Note that you can submit multiple sets of orders but only the last one I received (and confirmed) will be used.
 
 
Well, that's it for now. Start introducing yourselves, I'd say.
 
Let the game begin...
 

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