Hey all,
I'm excited to be joining this, the second round of the 2011 Winter Blitz, and playing your England in DC382. I tend to be pretty good about replying to mail quickly but I'll let you know what days I might have hiccups in negotiations.
Unfortunately - for example - the 28th is a busy day for me and I won't have any time to make last minute decisions.
I see that I know everyone's location and thought it would be fair if you knew mine. I live in Kansas City, MO, US. I've been here all my life. I studied Electrical Engineering at UMKC and currently tutor for a living.
I send good luck to all in your dip negotiations.
Cheers,
-Robin Carroll-Dolci
From: Fredrik Blom <fredrik(at)familjenblom.se>
To: christian.wen(at)gmail.com; davidknight1955(at)gmail.com; finchleywomble(at)hotmail.com; mruhlen(at)hotmail.com; ponkwilliams(at)yahoo.com; odvaha(at)aol.com; matthew_barnes(at)brown.edu
Cc: Bruce Quinn <coebq(at)yahoo.com>; blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 11:11:35 AM
Subject: Re: dc382 - Game start
Diplomats,
There has been a slight hiccup in the players for this game. It appears that Bruce was unable to play in the second round. To replace him we have
Robin.
Please take your time and introduce yourself to Robin, who is taking over as England.
Oh, and get those preliminary orders in...
ID
Country
Name
Email
Location
christianwen
Austria
Christian Wen
christian.wen(at)gmail.com
Thornhill, ON, CA
diplomat1
Germany
david knight
davidknight1955(at)gmail.com
london, HERTS, UK
finchleywomble
France
Benjy Aarons
finchleywomble(at)hotmail.com
London, GLONDON, UK
mruhlen
Italy
Matt Ruhlen
mruhlen(at)hotmail.com
Redmond, WA, US
ponkwilliams
England
Robin Carroll-Dolci
ponkwilliams(at)yahoo.com
RickHunter
Russia
Mike Brady
odvaha(at)aol.com
Palmyra, PA, US
TheFinalCountdown
Turkey
Matt Barnes
matthew_barnes(at)brown.edu
Boston, MA, US
Next turn: Spring 1901 Movement.
Next Deadline: Monday 28th of February 2011, 18:00 GMT (6PM).
/Fredrik
2011/3/21 Fredrik Blom <fredrik(at)familjenblom.se>
Diplomats,
Welcome to the second round of the 2011 Winter Blitz at Diplomatic Corp. I've looked through what you've played in the first round and assigned each of you a new country to play for the second round.
Orders
By this time you should know the drill:
Spring movement on Mondays
Summer retreats on Tuesdays
Fall movement on Thursdays
Autumn retreats and Winter adjustments on Fridays
I will not go chasing you to get your orders. There will be occasions when I send out a reminder, but don't count on it. Send in preliminaries as soon as possible to avoid getting those NMRs.
Voting
I'm fairly certain that you know of the voting rules as well, but here they are:
Proposals are sent in with your orders or made public to everyone.
I will present the proposals along with the next adjudication.
Votes are due in the Spring or Fall.
A unanimous "Yes" is needed for a vote to pass. A missed vote will count as a "No".
Administration
When sending me orders,
always include at least the name of the game (dc382) in the subject line. I would also prefer if you include the year and season as well as the country name in the subject. I try to confirm all orders within 24 hours.
The adjudications will include a "dpy" file, the orders and their adjudications, as well as maps of the game. The "dpy" file can be opened by using RealPolitik. For those of you who use RP to enter your orders, I would appreciate if you copy the name of the country as well as the orders when sending them in. It makes it a lot easier for me to enter the orders correctly.
I'll also try to run the adjudications between 8pm and 9pm in Sweden. This will mean that the adjudications will be due by 8pm. For those in Europe, this is in the evening, while in America it comes out at sometime during the early afternoon. I will include the due time in GMT for all adjudications. Note however that the GMT is not subject to daylight savings, etc. It seems that by the first adjudication we'll all have entered daylight savings time however, so that should cause no trouble once you're all used to the time schedule.
If there are any other questions, feel free to send them my way.
With that out of the way, here is the setup for the game:
Next turn: Spring 1901 Movement.
Next Deadline: Monday 28th of February 2011, 18:00 GMT (6PM).
Good luck to you all.
Next turn: Spring 1901 Movement.
Next Deadline: Monday 28th of February 2011, 18:00 GMT (6PM).
/Fredrik
