I have found a turkey... or rather, a turkey has stuck out his neck:

Mark Utterback: mdemagogue(at)gmail.com

In his last completed game (DC 192), Mark earned a German solo despite the presence of Mike Sims as Russia and an indubitably superior player (myself) as Italy. I can see from his player profile that Mark is now on a campaign to replace abandoned positions.

My point is: Mark is a good guy. Do yourselves the favor of throwing your former battle plans out the window and starting fresh with a fresh player. Replacement players deserve our thanks and a legitimate opportunity to thrive in the game... before we stab them and toss their bodies off the bridge. Lecture over.

Updated Slate of Players:

Austria - Mike Hoffman, mrh(at)panix.com
England - Former Trout, former.trout(at)gmail.com
France - Matt Kremer, matthew.kremer(at)yale.edu
Germany - Guile Contreras, irocktilldeath(at)yahoo.com
Italy - Tirerndil, gbimmerle(at)gmail.com
Russia - Steve Lytton, stevelytton(at)hotmail.com
Turkey - Mark Utterback, mdemagogue(at)gmail.com

New Deadlines:
Prelims: Mark, get me prelims by Friday at 2:00 p.m.
- everyone else: feel free to update your prelims
S1901: I am out of town on Tuesday, so it'll have to be
Wednesday, October 8 at 1000 CST.
S1901 Seismic: Friday, October 10 at 1000 CST

Then, in F1901, we'll revert to:
Movements on Tuesdays
Retreats on Wednesdays
Seismics on Thursdsays
Adjustments on Fridays

Thank you for your patience, all!

Your GM,
Adam (AceRimmer)