All,
I certainly did not want to do this until the adjudication; however, I understand that word of it has been spread a bit so, in the interest of fairness, I am sharing with everyone and giving us a bit of extended time on this turn so that people can change orders accordingly - I want everyone on equal footing.
I regret to inform you that Mikael's health is not good and that means that he must withdraw from the game. Given his position on the board, I am not looking for a replacement. I will simply hold his unit until he is destroyed (as if in CD). Given the circumstances, I will not "abandon" him in the results but rather let him be eliminated. It is ultimately the same affect. I assure you that this is not the result of Mikael's status in the game - I have played with him since joining the site and I have watched him ride out "losses" to the very end in admirable fashion. I wish him the best. Here is a note from Mikael:
"I herby request to be dropped from the game. My life is too hectic, and as a result of working too hard for too long I've fallen ill. If I don't slow down, I will burn myself out. Thus, I'm cutting away everything that I don't have time for...which sadly means this game as well. I'm resigning across all my games right now, and I'll return when my body allows itself to function well enough again. My sincere apologies for this, I'd love to fight tooth and nail here to survive, but I can't muster enough energy to do so.
Feel free to include this when you make the announcment. Not backing down because of cowardize or the position, but because I must put my personal health first."
So that leaves us with a need to possibly change orders; however, I know that a player is away until Saturday (they informed of such in case they needed retreats) so I fear we must postpone our deadline until Sunday. Let's go with the same time 6pm.
I hate to push the game back but I feel like it is the only right thing to do so that EVERYONE understands the situation and orders/schemes accordingly.
Garry
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Subject: dc340 DCI 2010 - W05 Fleets Rule
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:32:38 -0500
A lone army is built and two scuttled as F's seem the dominant force. We move to Spring06 on Jan 6 at 6pm.
Byz builds F Arm
Bur builds F Hag
Pol removes A Mas, A Rig
Isr builds A Cyr
Happy New Year all!
Lord of the March
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Subject: dc340 DCI 2010 - F05 Ebbs and Flows
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:26:01 -0500
Is Ireland Creating Its Own Personal Stalemate Line? If there were just a F in BAY...
Spain and Poland Live On. What's the Over/Under on the First Elimination These Days? Poland in 07? Sorry Mikael.
The Noose Around Byzantium Loosens a Bit As Israel Transfers Its Affections But Sicily Remains Besieged (But Unblemished)
Several Powers Sit on 9 SCs but You Don't Really Feel Like There is A Front-Runner or Dominant Alliance Just Yet
All,
Sorry for the delay to today. I thought I was going to get to this later last night and I had some stuff come up. Sigh. Oh well. We are back now with quite an exciting turn. Lots of interesting movement and lots of twists but little change in the end. We only have one retreat:
Ukraine F Geo can only retreat to Cir or OTB. I retreated it automatically to Cir. John can go OTB and rebuild if desired.
With that auto-retreat, we are straight to Winter. Given the delay by your GM, let's set Winter further back than I originally anticipated. Let's go with a
Winter turn of the 30th at 6pm CST and have
Spring 1906 be Jan 6th at 6pm CST.
Winter adjustments are as follows:
Burgundy Build 1
Israel Build 1
Poland Remove 2
Ukraine Build 1 IF AND ONLY IF F from Geo retreats OTB
Byzantium Build 1
Merry Christmas from the March.
Garry
Burgundy:
F Bornholm Sea - Holstein
F Brussels - Hague (*Bounce*)
A France - Picardy
A Hesse - Hague (*Bounce*)
A Languedoc - Dijon
A Mark - Gdansk
A Saxony Supports A Mark - Gdansk
A Silesia Supports A Mark - Gdansk (*Cut*)
Sicily:
F Naples - Apulia (*Fails*)
F Palermo Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Fails*)
F Portugal Hold
A Rome Supports F Naples - Apulia
A Tunisia Hold
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Naples (*Fails*)
F Valencia Supports A Estremadura - Catalonia
Eire:
A Cornwall - Wessex
F Denmark Supports F Gdansk - Bornholm Sea
F English Channel - Brittany
F Gascony - Santander
F Helgoland Bight Supports F Wessex - Anglican Sea
F Irish Sea - English Channel
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F English Channel - Brittany
F Sweden Supports F Gdansk - Bornholm Sea
F Wessex - Anglican Sea
Hungary:
F Apulia - Naples (*Fails*)
A Budapest - Galicia (*Bounce*)
A Lemburg - Podolia (*Fails*)
A Serbia - Bulgaria (*Fails*)
A Tuscany Supports A Venezia - Umbria
A Venezia - Umbria
Israel:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Thrace - Constantinople
A Armenia - Georgia
A Iran Supports A Armenia - Georgia
F Malta Sea Supports F Apulia - Naples
F Tobruk Sea Supports F Malta Sea
Poland:
F Gdansk - Bornholm Sea
A Masuria - Gdansk (*Fails*)
A Riga - Livonia
Spain:
A Estremadura - Catalonia
Ukraine:
A Bulgaria Supports A Constantinople - Rumania (*Cut*)
A Constantinople - Rumania
F East Black Sea Supports F Georgia - Armenia (*Cut*)
F Georgia - Armenia (*Dislodged*)
A Novgorod, no move received
A Podolia - Galicia (*Bounce*)
A Smyrna - Constantinople (*Disbanded*)
A Warsaw - Silesia (*Fails*)
F West Black Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Rumania
Byzantium:
A Aitolia - Smyrna
F Anatolia - East Black Sea (*Fails*)
A Pisidia Supports A Aitolia - Smyrna
F Thrace - Constantinople
