Hi all.

England checking in (if slightly belated).. Im sure we will all be chatting in the very near future.. a warm welcome to you all..
Rick


--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Christine <dawench2(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Christine <dawench2(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: dc231 Game Start
To: nephilli99(at)hotmail.com, briankingfox(at)hotmail.com, Githraine(at)yahoo.com, jhack16(at)gmail.com, dario_(at)berkeley.edu, rick_powell_2000(at)yahoo.com, the_great_pintoski(at)hotmail.com
Cc: blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com, former.trout(at)gmail.com
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 8:29 PM
Welcome to the 2nd annual Winter Blitz, I'm Christine
and will be your GM for this adventure.  I believe I have
met most of you at one time or another.  For those who
don't know me, I've been GMing Dip for 9 or 10 years
now, mainly here at DC and at Redscape.   

Given the nature of this tournament I recommend that you
reacquaint yourselves with the rules in order to minimize
any misunderstandings or errors.  If at any time you find
an error or dispute an adjudication you must contact me
ASAP.  If any turn passes and there is an error on the
board, we play on – players have 24 hours from the posting
of any adjudication to contest it. 
www.diplomaticcorp.com/winterblitz

This is a fast paced game with short turn around.
Spring deadlines will occur every Monday. Fall deadlines
will occur every Thursday, 3 days later. Then 4 days roll
around again to Monday.
Retreats and/or Builds will always be due the day after
results are out. That is Tuesday for Summer and Friday
Retreats, Builds & Disbands.  Autumn Retreats will
always be due at the same time as the Winter Adjustments. 
There will be NO delays or extensions.
I may adjudicate early if all orders are received marked
final ( this mainly applies to the adjustment phases).

First Deadlines:

Round 1 Spring 01 deadline:    Monday Jan 12, 2009 8 AM
CST  (GMT -6)  1400 GMT
Round 1 Fall 01 deadline:    Thursday Jan 15, 2009 8 AM
CST  (GMT -6)  1400 GMT

All adjudications will be sent directly to you and also
posted on our game page
www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc231  and sent to the main
forum  blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com

Now to the stuff you really care about, who gets Austria!
Countries were assigned randomly..

ID       : Githraine
Ctry     : Austria
Name     : Jason K
Email    : Githraine(at)yahoo.com
Location : Havertown, PA, US

ID       : rickyp
Ctry     : England
Name     : rick powell
Email    : rick_powell_2000(at)yahoo.com
Location : stotfold, HERTS, UK

ID       : dario
Ctry     : France
Name     : Dario Rosenstock
Email    : dario_(at)berkeley.edu
Location : Berkeley, CA, US

ID       : pintoski
Ctry     : Germany
Email    : the_great_pintoski(at)hotmail.com

ID       : jhack16
Ctry     : Italy
Name     : Joe Hackett
Email    : jhack16(at)gmail.com
Location : Dublin, IE

ID       : briankingfox
Ctry     : Russia
Name     : Brian Lam
Email    : briankingfox(at)hotmail.com
Location : HK

ID       : Nigs
Ctry     : Turkey
Name     : Nigel Phillips
Email    : nephilli99(at)hotmail.com
Location : Leeds, UK

GM: dawench2(at)yahoo.com

The tournament has supplied a back up email address that
your strongly encouraged to CC all orders to. 
orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com   This not only helps ensure
that your orders are received, but it also allows the
Tournament committee to step in and adjudicate in case I am
unable to. 

I also offer a 2nd address that you may send your orders to
dawench2(at)lycos.com  this address is set up to acknowledge
emails received, it does not include your correspondence
with the receipt.

If you have any questions let me know.

Christine

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It's hard to play mind games with the absent minded.