Cory, as a resident of the Land of Lincoln I was figuring my property
taxes alone would make up about 25% of the state's shortfall.


Bad Round 1 for me in the WB.  Hoping to make that up this round... I mean... hoping to help each of you achieve your wildest dreams.


Thanks for GMing and Good Luck All!

Dan (Turkey)


From: F Bielschowsky <bielschowsky.f(at)googlemail.com>
To: Cory Burris <coryfucius(at)yahoo.com>
Cc: Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Winter Blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Mick Cox <mickstagman(at)aol.com>; The Czech <theczechatwebdip(at)gmail.com>; Daniel Dzikowicz <ddz999cat23(at)yahoo.com>; Tim Fuhrmeister <timfuhrmeister(at)yahoo.com>; Poul Hurup <hurup(at)pc.dk>; Michael Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>; Dan Sinensky <dan.i.sinensky(at)gmail.com>; dipcorp.player(at)gmail.com
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011
3:05:20 PM
Subject: Re: dc380 game start!


Guys,



please use my dipcorp.player(at)gmail.com address going forward.

It helps me separate the DC messages from the usual stuff so I will have one less excuse to NMR.



Cory, looking forward to your GM style again.




Will introduce myself properly later.

  Frank


2011/3/22 Cory Burris <coryfucius(at)yahoo.com>












Welcome to our round 2 game of DC Winter Blitz 2011, everyone!


 


For those of you who don't already know me, my name is Cory Burris, and I have been a member of DC for nearly 5 years.  Most of my Diplomacy in recent years has been limited to GM duties, as the task of locating billions of dollars for a cratering state budget has taken up a fair amount of my time.  I work in the budget office of the Governor of Illinois, an unenviable task, as Illinois has been doing its best to catch up to California as the US state with the lowest bond rating.  Even with a big income tax increase that took effect earlier this year, our state still can???t pay all its bills and balance its budget.  Does anyone know where to find $8 billion fast?




 


Since this is a tournament game, there is a common set of rules and season deadlines that all GMs are observing.  This can be found at www.diplomaticcorp.com/tournament.php -- be sure to click the "Rules" option near the top of the main screen once you go to this page.  Notably, all spring deadlines will occur on a Monday, fall deadlines will be on a Thursday, and winter adjustments will occur on a Friday.  GMs are able to choose the time when orders are due, so for this game, I am setting all game deadlines at 3pm Central (US) / 21:00 GMT.




 


An important note: when submitting orders, make sure to include the game identifier "dc-380" in the subject line, and also cc: the tournament's Orders box (orders-at-diplomaticcorp.com) -- this is for your protection in case your e-mail doesn't get through to me, or if I am not available and need a moderator to run a turn.  One of my players in dc-291 sent an e-mail that didn't arrive in my inbox for a day, but fortunately did reach the Orders box, saving him from an NMR.




 


Press is allowed and encouraged.  For those who are unfamiliar with press, that is simply generic messages that are made public as a part of the turn's results.  Typically, press is just generic silliness that may or may not pertain to the game.  There is actually some good press in the dc-274 game, so you can read the different turns on that game to see some examples.  Please be sure to introduce yourselves to your fellow players.




 


Don't forget to check out the game's page on the DC web site at www.diplomaticcorp.com/game_page.php?game_id=dc380 -- I will update it after each adjudication.  I will also e-mail each adjudication to everyone, as well as a .dpy game file for use in the Realpolitik adjudication software.




 


And now your lineups!  We have a nice mix of experienced and newer members of DC for this game:


  Austria:  Mick Cox  (mickstagman-at-aol.com)
  England:  Poul Hurup  (hurup-at-pc.dk)
  France:  The Czech  (theczechatwebdip-at-gmail.com)


  Germany:  Dan Sinensky  (dan.i.sinensky-at-gmail.com)
  Italy:  Frank Bielschowsky  (bielschowsky.f-at-googlemail.com)


  Russia:  Tim Fuhrmeister  (timfuhrmeister-at-yahoo.com)
  Turkey:  Daniel Dzikowicz  (ddz999cat23-at-yahoo.com)




 


The spring 1901 deadline will be Monday, March 28 at 3pm Central (US) / 21:00 GMT.  Preliminary orders are strongly encouraged!  Thanks for playing, everyone, and happy stabbing!




 


Cory