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I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for all of you participating in this game, volunteering to be subs, keeping identities secret, engaging in complex diplomacy, doing some fantastic roleplay, and particularly, intertwining and playing off of each other's stories. It really has been an honor to facilitate this game for such a wonderful crowd of players. I also want to express my appreciation for all of you sticking it out with the Marathon timer. I know that it was a real slog in the early turns, and I hope that you appreciate, as I do that it will be really nicer and nicer as we go along and make for a much richer game.
In retrospect, I can admit that maybe Epic speed would have sufficed, but again I am so, so grateful to all of you for making this game so enjoyable.
Now, I would like to say, that as we enter this delicate 2nd stage of the game. Sh!t is gonna get pretty sporty. What I mean is, we are at long last coming close to entering the stage of this game that the title is based on, and that all the Measured War rules were designed for. This stage of the game is going to be exciting, tense, competitive, and emotions are going to be running high, whereas we have all mostly just been clicking 'End Turn' up to this point.
If you get p!ssed off or have some grievance, or just generally feel like your are being treated poorly and need to vent or just talk it out, PLEASE
consider coming to me privately via PM about it as an alternative to going off the rails in some hybrid OOC/IC rant all over the threads. Stay in character in the story thread, and use the UN thread for administrative stuff (a little ranting or complaining is OK too
). Don't let your emotions get the best of you. COME TO ME FIRST! I give you my word that I will do my absolute best to be as objective as I possibly can. Do not trouble yourself with trying to guess whether what Civ I control will bias my comments/decisions. I take my responsibility to all of you as the host/admin very seriously, and I know you have all put alot of trust in me, by playing in a game where I am simultaneously hosting, admining, and playing. Use me as a sounding board if you really need to get something off your chest, that is what an admin is for, to keep the game stable and functional. So that is my job and I will do my best to do it well.
This transition is going to be very painful at times and possibly even infuriating for some. We will use Cold Turkey time if needed, but remember, you can't be elimminated, and the rules are there to protect you. Use them if you need to. I don't know if any of you play Starcraft 2, but if you do "Use the Artifact's Nova!" when you are being overrun by the Zerg, dont just sulk out of some misguided sense of pride or ego.
Thanks again to all of you and GLHF
In retrospect, I can admit that maybe Epic speed would have sufficed, but again I am so, so grateful to all of you for making this game so enjoyable.Now, I would like to say, that as we enter this delicate 2nd stage of the game. Sh!t is gonna get pretty sporty. What I mean is, we are at long last coming close to entering the stage of this game that the title is based on, and that all the Measured War rules were designed for. This stage of the game is going to be exciting, tense, competitive, and emotions are going to be running high, whereas we have all mostly just been clicking 'End Turn' up to this point.
If you get p!ssed off or have some grievance, or just generally feel like your are being treated poorly and need to vent or just talk it out, PLEASE
consider coming to me privately via PM about it as an alternative to going off the rails in some hybrid OOC/IC rant all over the threads. Stay in character in the story thread, and use the UN thread for administrative stuff (a little ranting or complaining is OK too). Don't let your emotions get the best of you. COME TO ME FIRST! I give you my word that I will do my absolute best to be as objective as I possibly can. Do not trouble yourself with trying to guess whether what Civ I control will bias my comments/decisions. I take my responsibility to all of you as the host/admin very seriously, and I know you have all put alot of trust in me, by playing in a game where I am simultaneously hosting, admining, and playing. Use me as a sounding board if you really need to get something off your chest, that is what an admin is for, to keep the game stable and functional. So that is my job and I will do my best to do it well.This transition is going to be very painful at times and possibly even infuriating for some. We will use Cold Turkey time if needed, but remember, you can't be elimminated, and the rules are there to protect you. Use them if you need to. I don't know if any of you play Starcraft 2, but if you do "Use the Artifact's Nova!" when you are being overrun by the Zerg, dont just sulk out of some misguided sense of pride or ego.
Thanks again to all of you and GLHF
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