I agree with you Garry. Steve should have a chance even though this probably impacts Matt, Danny and myself the most.
Paul
--- On Thu, 5/8/08, Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: dc179 Blackmarch W01 Builds and TIMELINE CHANGE
To: "Danny - Italy BM" <dipdanny1(at)gmail.com>, "Fredrik Blom" <blom.fredrik(at)gmail.com>, "Joe Hackett" <jhack16(at)gmail.com>, "Matthew Kelly" <kelly058(at)verizon.net>, "Paul Russell" <jehannum_raver(at)yahoo.com>, "Stephen Lytton" <stevelytton(at)hotmail.com>, "Steven - France BM" <gwingfan2(at)yahoo.com>, "W.T. Fleming" <wtfleming(at)hotmail.com>, "dc179 forum" <dc179(at)diplomaticcorp.com>
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:09 PM
All,{sigh}. Your GM has had to make a tough decision. I
deliberated and got a second opinion and finally came to
this decision. This decision affects our timeline and our
current round. Situation - France submitted a build order;
however, I never received it AND he had no confirmation
email from me stating such. According to the strictest
letter of the law, it is the PLAYER'S responsibility to
ensure that I have received their orders and that they have
confirmation. In fact, I have received more than one email
from at least one of you when you had yet to receive my
confirmation. The question here is whether or not to allow
the build that France showed me in the email that he
forwarded me. In Steven's defense, I should
haveprobably sent him an email with a grace period stating
that I had not received his build and I failed to do so.
Based on the build AND the situation of the game, I feel
like this was notan attempt to beat the game but rather
just an unfortunate event. AS SUCH, I am going to allow
the build [F in Mar] for W01. Several factors were weighed,
not least amongst which were the timing in the game [I would
NOT have allowed it later in a gamemost likely because the
impact would probably have been MUCH greater]. This
decision is final! Hopefully all concur that I am trying to
do what is the right thing for the spirit of the game. Where
that leaves us is in a bit of a delay. Today was the day for
our S02 deadline. Given the new news, that is not a timeline
that we need to keep. Instead, let's push our deadline
for S02 back until Monday May 12th at 5pm CST.
GIVEN THIS EXAMPLE, PLEASE remember that orders are not
complete until CONFIRMED by me. I do my best to confirm at
least every few days. In cases where I cannot [due to
travel], I will
do my best to let you know that confirmations will be slow.
IF you do not have confirmed orders, you should send them
again AND copy to orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com. That is a
mailbox from
which orders can be retrieved later if there is any
question/concern. To keep this mailbox from becoming
overloaded, please ONLY do this when you feel the need to
send a second set because
you don't have confirmation. I cannot stress enough
that ensuring that orders are received IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLAYER!
That said, I may not be able to confirm orders Friday or
Saturday. Sunday confirmation will be late in the day. Thus
I set the Monday deadline so that you can be sure that you
received confirmations.
I apologize for our detour here but I do feel that this is
the right thing to do AND is the right thing for the spirit
of the game.
LotM
From: kielmarch(at)hotmail.comTo: dannyandjenny(at)comcast.net;
blom.fredrik(at)gmail.com; jhack16(at)gmail.com;
kelly058(at)verizon.net; jehannum_raver(at)yahoo.com;
stevelytton(at)hotmail.com; gwingfan2(at)yahoo.com;
wtfleming(at)hotmail.comSubject: dc179 Blackmarch W01
BuildsDate: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:03:24 -0400
Are included in the attachment. It seemed that the
consensus was a Thursday deadline so let's go with
this: Spring 1902 Deadline: May 8th 5pm CST I will be able
to adjudicate before I leave town but then retreats, if
needed, won't be adjudicated until late Sunday. LotM
From: kielmarch(at)hotmail.comTo: dannyandjenny(at)comcast.net;
blom.fredrik(at)gmail.com; jhack16(at)gmail.com;
kelly058(at)verizon.net; jehannum_raver(at)yahoo.com;
stevelytton(at)hotmail.com; gwingfan2(at)yahoo.com;
wtfleming(at)hotmail.comSubject: RE: dc179 Blackmarch F01
Results WITH MAPDate: Fri, 2 May 2008 23:23:20 -0400
From: kielmarch(at)hotmail.comTo: dannyandjenny(at)comcast.net;
dc179(at)diplomaticcorp.com; blom.fredrik(at)gmail.com;
jhack16(at)gmail.com; kelly058(at)verizon.net;
jehannum_raver(at)yahoo.com; stevelytton(at)hotmail.com;
gwingfan2(at)yahoo.com; wtfleming(at)hotmail.comSubject: dc179
Blackmarch F01 Results [map attachment in separate
email]Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 23:19:30 -0400
Quite Interesting!EVERYONE wants Munich but Germany holds
true.Russia and Turkey seem to be on the same page...in the
wrong way!Bounces abound, most by Russia and Turkey.AND
France foregoes a guaranteed build in Por to gain entry
into the Med.An interesting 1902 awaits! Too early to see
what alliances hold. Ah...once again a misorder [this time
outlined in the orders below]. As previously committed,
builds are due Monday, May 5th at 5pm CST. No retreats are
required. Point of inquiry - what should be our next
deadline beyond that? I will be out of town Friday 9th to
Sunday 11th. Should we hold orders for Spring 1902 until
Sunday OR try to fit in orders by Thursday 5pm on the 8th?
Majority rules. In light of votes, we will default to the
LATER deadline to make sure that all get a proper chance to
play the game. Blackmarch - dc179 (Autumn
1901)AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Joe)A(Tri) Stands; A(Ser) s A(Tri);
F(Alb) - Gre ENGLAND (Matt)A(Yor) - Bel; F(NTH) c A(Yor) -
Bel; F(NWG) - Nwy FRANCE (Steven)A(Bur) - Mun (FAILED);
A(Spa) Stands; F(MAO) - WMS GERMANY (Paul)F(Den) Stands;
A(Kie) - Hol; A(Ruh) - Mun (FAILED) ITALY (Danny)A(Tyr) -
Mun (FAILED); F(Nap) - ION; A(Ven) No Move Received; A
(Mun) - Tyr (NO SUCH UNIT) RUSSIA (Will)F(Sev) - BLA
(FAILED); A(Ukr) - Rum (FAILED); F(GoB) - Swe; A(Mos) - Ukr
(FAILED) TURKEY (Fredrik)F(Ank) - BLA (FAILED); A(Bul) - Rum
(FAILED); A(Con) - Bul (FAILED)Autumn 1901 Adjustments:A:
Tri, +Ser, +Gre, Bud, Vie = 5; Gains 2.E: +Bel, +Nwy, Edi,
Lon, Lpl = 5; Gains 2.F: +Spa, Bre, Mar, Par = 4; Gains
1.G: +Den, +Hol, Ber, Kie, Mun = 5; Gains 2.I: Ven, Nap,
Rom = 3; No change.R: Sev, +Swe, Mos, StP, War = 5; Gains
1.T: Ank, +Bul, Con, Smy = 4; Gains 1.Builds/Disbands:A:
Builds 2E: Builds 2F: Builds 1G: Builds 2I: None.T: Builds
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