two v. two v. two v. two v. two (full)

[Aku]

arch_o_median said:
So what nations do we play?
I propose that everyone simultaneously nominates a first pick. Nations that are only picked once go to the picker.

All: (one pretender<-->one nation) picks are determined leaving fewer nations to choose from and fewer pretenders to choose....

Nobody said there was an order of picking for the 5th team to get the 1st slot on 2nd round of picking. Then I could change my nation and pick something and say I am last and then get 2nd round first pick.

Let the HOST decide wtf is going on thats why I quoted the host. If people are going to try to take over the host by making his decisions then I rather withdraw.

If you didnt notice my first paragraph after the quote I am being sarcastic on how people are trying to manipulate this [censored] game.

[GriffinOfBuerrig]

Heyda, of course we are still in interrested, are we on our turn to do the next pick?

[Zooko]

Whoops, obviously the host (that's me) ought to implement some more stringent fairness methods.

I hereby declare that, uh, that, oh heck I don't care who picks their second team in what order. Sorry. If someone can suggest a fair mechanism I'll stringently implement it.

[Hubris]

As a lesson though, you should always have strict rules on everything when you're the host.

[Zooko]

Yes, it's true. Sorry for my laxness.

The remaining team which hasn't announced their first pick should announce their first pick, that's King Lear and Ioticus. After that, we'll go in reverse order for announcing second pick. Stay tuned for more detail.

[Zooko]

I earlier posted:

Zooko and Arc -- Ulm
King Lear and Ioticus -- ?
Tauren and Panther -- Machaka
Griffin of Buerrig and Hacker Pschor (if they are still interested) -- Jotunheim
Hubris and Aku -- Ctis

But I made a mistake: according to the thread history Ioticus asked for Machaka before Tauren and Panther did, and I didn't see it.

So, the current nation choices in the order that they were called is:

Griffin of Buerrig and Hacker Pschor -- Jotunheim
King Lear and Ioticus -- Machaka
Zooko and Arc -- Ulm
Hubris and Aku -- Ctis
Tauren and Panther -- Marignon

If everyone accepts the choices so far, then the next step is for Tauren and Panther to announce their second pick, then Hubris and Aku, then Zooko and Arc, then King Lear and Ioticus, then Griffin and Hacker Pschor.

[Aku]

alright panther/tauren team do your 2nd pick

[Aku]

bump for panther/tauren team to see

what is your 2nd pick? you are up

[The Panther]

Tauren moved off to college yesterday. He has yet to come up on line from his dorm room. I expect it will take a few days for him to get settled in with the school computer.

He does know that he needs to decide on a nation, as Machaka was his pick.

[Zooko]

I'm going to configure the server to send an e-mail message to a list of addresses announcing the availability of a new turn. If you want your e-mail address to be on that list, then please post your e-mail address here, or send e-mail to "zooko@zooko.com" with the string "DOM2" in the subject line. (So that I will notice your mail and not delete it as spam.)

I personally love getting e-mail announcing new turns, so that I don't waste hours of my time compulsively re-connecting to see if a new turn is up.