Re: Sorry Guys:
 

Hey just do the math next time first, I am not an unreasonable man.

10 gems for 2 provinces? That's pretty much going to be a no every single time - I don't think I'm alone on that one. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I'd probably have a lot more sympathy were it not for the Nexus, sure, but having played R'lyeh quite a bit, all I can say is that they should be always feared - regardless of who has or has not globals.

Re: Sorry Guys:
 

Hey folks. Due to some personal matters, I am forced to withdraw from all the games I am currently playing. I've chosen to set myself to AI (which I normally hate to do) rather than look for a substitute because I don't want to delay the game any longer than I already have. Thank you for your understanding.

Minor delay
 

I'm going to be out of town this weekend. I'll probably be able to connect and play a few turns, just not as regularly. Is it possible to move to a 48h quickhost until monday?

Re: Minor delay
 

Hey John

I'm sorry for you real world difficulties. Thank you for gaming with us - and best wishes in all your future endeavors.

Re: Minor delay
 

Starting Friday, per request, we will move to a 48 hour quickhost. We will resume with a 24 hour schedule monday.

Chris

Re: Gems
 

This upcoming turn, Marignon will pay:

25 for death
20 for fire, astral
17.5 nature, air, water, blood
(Blood in quantities of 50)

Re: Gems
 

All

If everyone was awilling, I could step in to take the place of johnarryn as Atlantis rather than having them turned AI (best wishes as well John in getting whatever problems you have sorted out).

I was originally due to play Atlantis in this game, but John kindly volunteered to sub me on turn 2 when I had computer problems. I still have the password and everything, so the change-over would be instant.

Let me know what you all think.

Calahan

Re: Gems
 

That's perfectly fine with me. A sub would be much better than someone going AI this late in the game.

Re: Gems
 

Back on 6/17 I wrote (regarding Tyrant subbing):

"I don't mind tyrant subbing, if you think he will. I have searched for a replacement without any luck. I promised a 24 hour delay.

I am going to set the game to host at 11pm EST. If he indicates he will host by 10pm, I will give him a couple of extra hours to familiarize and send in a turn.

Otherwise, I'm going to set it to AI.

<font color="red">In the future; As I got no real takers on subbing, I am going to set all to AI without searching for subs. </font>

Best

Chris "


I wrote this, at the time to indicate how I as game administrator was going to handle substitutions going forward. And I did it consistently in both of the games I was hosting.

I wrote this to preclude the possibilities of conflicts of interests. What would happen if someone quit next to Ryallah, or Jotunheim, me, or anyone. Because I did not want there to be issues of favoritism in how long the game was delayed. Should nations allied with, have a say in whether a substitution was allowed? What about friends?

I'm glad I wrote this, because it gives me a policy to follow that was written and (at least tacitly) accepted over a month ago.

In the future, if I host again, the policies on substitutions will be more specifically debated and posted on startup. However, with apologies to Calahan, at the present I can only go with the policy as I wrote it; and which was already followed in practice by how we treated Ermor and Oceania.

I am going to set all to AI without searching for subs.

Best wishes..


Chris

After thinking about this all day, I have concluded that my earlier position was wrong. The integrity of the game is better preserved by allowing Calahan to sub.

Judging from the charts and my in-game discussions with john, his position is solid, and the disruption caused by going AI would be larger than the disruptions caused to individual players by changing the player.

I am going to delay hosting a day, to allow callahan to learn the positions (and to give others a chance to opine).
Best

Re: Gems
 

You must not be aware of the lovely status page from matryx. It looks like there's still 12 hours left.

http://dom3.matryx.org.uk/game.php?game=19