Worst played game imaginable & they still don't acknowledge it. Dead wrong: Stephen can not lose unless he tries to by continuing to negotiate when it is needless to do so just to pretend a game is going on. Have played & run dozens of these - interdict 1st or don't enter the game. Running home means you want to play Standard - plenty of that simple stuff available elsewhere. Sorry about your son but this game is hopeless. Both E's moves were fine (blocked Ven as R should have & the like) so no issue there.

--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Packrat <brn2dip(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Packrat <brn2dip(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: DC 218 SHIFT LEFT: I'm out of this 1
To: vegas_iwish(at)yahoo.com, "The White Wolf" <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>, jwmchughjr(at)gmail.com, "Stephen Worthy" <stephen(at)worthy1.fsnet.co.uk>, g_mod23(at)hotmail.com, matthew.kremer(at)yale.edu, scaponig(at)yahoo.com
Cc: "Former Trout" <former.trout(at)gmail.com>, dc218(at)diplomaticcorp.com, "Steve Lytton" <stevelytton(at)gmail.com>, mike(at)southwall.com, stevelytton(at)hotmail.com
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 5:32 AM
A couple of things here folks -
Orders were due Friday and I will get to them at some point
today.  We had 1/2" or more
of ice on EVERY thing and my son was almost killed by
falling branches.  Sorry, but that
took priority.

Michael - I am sorry you feel that way but how, exactly,
does your being a poor sport
and running for the hills help this game?  You may see
this game as over, but I think it
is a far cry from that and I also believe you are wrong. 
Unfortunately me being the GM
precludes me from commenting beyond that.  There is a new
Enland on the board and
his first set of moves has yet to be seen by anyone but
me.  Trust me, I have thrown
similar temper tantrums to yours (some worse) and this too
will pass.  I would prefer
that you stayed in the game and played it to the end but I
am not going to beg you to.
I already think you are an ass as a GM, please do not give
me reason to think you
are as a player as well.

ALL:  I will adjudicate later today if I can, there are
family events going on from
1-4 and 9-midnight so I will try and get it done between 4
and 11.  I will run
this season with the orders Michael submitted already and
take it from there.

Michael - if you still want out just let me know and I will
replace you.  Otherwise
I will assume you were just blowing off steam and keep you
on board.