[geoschmo]

Originally posted by spoon:
I have a few questions about the mechanics...
- How do we know when a player has no planets (unless we play on View All Scores, perhaps)

Unless he gets killed off before you meet him, you will know he lost his Last planet because you will get the "lost contact with player X" log message.

- How do we know a player has been cut off? (ie, will the administrator know somehow, or is it up to a player to tell him?)

same as above. You will get a "lost contact" message.

And a few things you might want to clarify, so there are no hard feeling later in the game:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Dumbluck, as I said I really don't think it is likely to come up, but if it does I am going to come down hard on the player doing the closing, not the one being closed off. That's not a valid method for eliminating someone in my book.

Geoschmo

- this statement makes me think you should either ban Stellar Manip, or state the rule explicitly. What if one player accidentally closes off another? (likelihood near zero, but you never know)

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Ok, I will think abou tthis one and make a decision before we start. I don't want any abiguity if we can avoid it.

On player Communications:
- Is it ok to send email to a player you haven't met in the current round. Most players (myself included) follow this guideline, but since this format is a bit different, you might want to make a house rule...

Normally I don't allow it, but for the purposes of this tournament, I'll allow it. In fact I am looking forward to seeing people do this. I think it will add to the cutthroat nature of the tourney. You can think your making a deal with someone, and he's got deals with someone else too and planning on backstabing you. See other thread on the subject.

- Is it ok to make a deal with another empire that extends into future rounds (for example, can I beg Askan not to kill me in the current round, in exchange for my promise not to attack him for the next three rounds...)

This is allright with me. What would NOT be ok is if you said, "Askan, don't kill me now, and in a later round I'll lay down when you are about to get eliminated." Promising to assist each other is good and ok. Promising to take a dive so another can move on is bad and not ok.

Geoschmo