Hey all,
Our Austrian has asked to back out of the game as he will be unable to continue. Generally substitutions are not allowed in Blitz games, but since it's so early, and I had a volunteer step up, the tournament directors and I figured we'd put in the replacement. If anyone is infuriated by this, let me know, but in the interest of having an enjoyable game, I think the substitution is better than the eternal NMR and resulting game imbalance not putting him it would cause. 
So... welcome the heir to the Austrian throne.... Hamish Williams! (catsfather(at)gmail.com)

In honor of this momentous occasion, I'm going to push the deadline back to 4:00 PM CST tomorrow. This means there will be an extra short time between the fall adjudication and the winter builds at 8:00 AM CST the next day, so if in doubt, send prelim builds with the fall orders just to be safe!
John

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Subject: DC 454 S01
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:49:23 -0500




*War Breaks Out Across Europe!*
*Powerless Minor Nations Invaded*
*Austrians, Mourning Loss of Arch-Duke, Refuse to Move!*

Hey all,

     Well, one of those things that bugs a GM has apparently happened to us. I don't have any orders from Austria, so we have a Spring 01 NMR. Danilo, if you sent orders, I'll have the moderators check the order box. Which leads me to harp again on my two favorite things: CC'ing the orders box, and Prelims. You've seen the risks of not doing so!
     Apart from that, we have pretty basic orders from everyone. Perhaps the most unusual developments are that Burgandy remains unassaulted and the Black sea is occupied. Beyond those minor rarities, it's the typical mad dash for neutral SC's. We'll see what happens come Fall, as alliances are revealed, "innocents" are stabbed, and (hopefully) nobody gets an NMR! 
John 

Moves:

Austria: A Budapest, no move receivedF Trieste, no move receivedA Vienna, no move received
England: F Edinburgh - Norwegian SeaA Liverpool - YorkshireF London - North Sea
France: F Brest - Mid-Atlantic OceanA Marseilles - SpainA Paris - Picardy
Germany: A Berlin - KielF Kiel - DenmarkA Munich - Ruhr
Italy: F Naples - Ionian SeaA Rome - ApuliaA Venice - Trieste (*Fails*)
Russia: A Moscow - UkraineF Sevastopol - RumaniaF St Petersburg(sc) - Gulf of BothniaA Warsaw - Galicia
Turkey: F Ankara - Black SeaA Constantinople - BulgariaA Smyrna - Armenia


IDCountryNameEmailLocationbunwarpgazooItalyJohn Robillardjohn.robillard(at)telia.comHärnösand, SEConradWEnglandCharles Welshwelsh_stroud(at)msn.comEllicott City, MD, USddz999cat23TurkeyDaniel Dzikowiczddz999cat23(at)yahoo.comhurupGermanyPoul Huruphurup(at)pc.dkinitdoby5RussiaDan Sinenskydan.i.sinensky(at)gmail.comUSMikeFarringtonFranceMike Farringtonmichael_farrington(at)msn.comBrewer, ME, USsirdanilotAustriaDanilo Bliekdanilobliekthebest(at)hotmail.comTerneuzen, ZL, NL