[Xietor]

A note to the players of Kingmaker. My goals as Administrator, now that the game is up and running, are few:

1. Treat all players as fairly and equally as practicable, when it comes to subs, extensions, etc. And to avoid any appearance of unfairness. To do that i have adopted some rules about extensions early in the game(there are none for anyone) and a rule about staling which will be enforced rigorously early in the game.

2. To make sure as many players are actually in control of nations as possible, and to avoid setting races to ai if possible and not conflict with rule number 1. For the 1st 18 turns we are on a 24 hour host. So if your race has a stale, it gives me little leeway.

If you stale and just forget to send in a turn, let me know. But as in the case of EA Vanheim, if I think you staled and may be out of town etc.(ie you are looking for a sub but never contact me about finding one) then that puts me in a hard spot.

If i simply take the easy path and do nothing, and the race stales again, then i just set it to ai and it is done. But I have tried to avoid that. I sent numerous players pms about subbing for ea vanheim on a temp basis. Being on a short fuse, and not hearing anything back from temp. subs, late last night i sent 3 players, including velusion and wokeye, offers to take EA Vanheim over on a permanent basis.

Wokeye was the 1st to respond.

Aezeal sent me a pm today and was not aware of what had transpired, and obviously not happy about it. I feel bad-to a point. Just keep in mind that if you stale turn YOU put me in a position to possibly do something drastic that you may not like.

After turn 18, when we go to 48 hours a host, there will be more time to cnsider things. But for the next 10 days, if you stale turn, especially if your race has already stale turned before, I would advise sending me a pm and letting me know you intend to do the next turn.

3. To make sure the game moves forward to conclusion inexorably. Given the size of the map, and the number of players, we cannot have many delays for personal reasons.


There will be delays for holidays. The 1st of which will be the 4th of July. With Apologies to European Players, and others who reside outside the States, the 4th is a big holiday here. We will be on a 48 hour timer by then, and depending who is left alive and who needs a break for the 4th will determine if and how long the break will be(not more then a long wekend).