History of the World 2 (Part Three)

[drake]

Great kent, thanks a lot! If you don't have the scn files, you're going to need them as well. Get in touch with capo, as he usually manages these sort of things.

Now that we have a mali player, I dont think theres an argument as to not playing this week. Everyone can not be present every week. Thats almost a fact. I'd suggest that you just get a reliable sub raz and hope for the best.

But I'll still wait on the vote.

[The Capo]

Shalbim Farmlands, outside of Cairo...

"Alright men, remember, you are not only fighting for the Adriatic League today. You fight for freedom!" said Corporal DePalma as he slowly rode his horse towards his under officers.

Only one batallion of infantry and of artillery were present at the battlefield, the Mali had much less. "Sir, have you prepared the battle plans?" asked Field Marshall Pagniacci, son of General Pagniacci.

"Yes, its quite simple. We have much more soldiers present, the Mali don't stand a chance. They may take down one of our garrisons, if even that, but the day is ours. Skirmishes south of Koutiala almost garauntee total victory. Hand me the binoculars." responded the Corporal as Field Marshall Pagniacci handed him a pair of binoculars.

"See there sir, the Mali have lined up quite thinly, I suppose as to appear larger. We should try and take out their right and hit them head on, hopefully we can scatter their troops."

The Corporal stood silent, holding his bincoculars by his hip. "Send an officer, let us hear their terms..."

"Commander Al-Whaif, the Europeans wish to hear our terms of surrender" said Field Marshall Khartum of the Mali People's Republic.

"What is this? I am wholly unprepared, any word from Timbuktu?" asked Commander Al-Whaif.

"No sir, nothing."

"F*ck. What'd you say they wanted? Our terms of surrender? Surrender to what we have no terms!" barked the Commander "Look at them, the white man is so arrogant, they hardly have an army worth fielding and wish for surrender!"

"Sir, our numbers are much smaller sir, we only have the colonial militia at present."

"Shall we recieve reinforcments from Koutiala?"

"Sir, their numbers are smaller than ours, and the Adriatics are pushing from Mantucci." replied the Field Marshall.

"Allah help us! What is this? A war, has war been declared?" asked the Commander.

"Sir, as I've said, there is no word from Timbuktu either way. We have already sent a message home that Adriatic troops marched north from Nuova Monaco, but there has not been sufficient time for any type of response." the Field Marshall looked to the ground and then up at the men "I think we are in for a fight here sir..."

[kent-jo]

When are we playing?

No one has told me the play times.
can anyone tell me?
I am in the Central European time zone...-

[easthaven]

YO

I agree with Raz and Capo, my vote is delay for a week. This game has gone through hell, what could one more little week hurt?

[The Capo]

Alright alright, let's figure this out...



I'm trying to figure out what the wisest decision at this point would be...

On one had we have Rasputin, who has taken up the task of ruling the Israelite empire, and has done more than I think the entire group assumed one could do with this nation. He has personally requested a one week delay due to the rising tempo of the game, he says that it is important that the Israelites are ran by their regular leader during this time. Clearly a lot has occured in our last session, so this is true.

On the other hand the game has experienced nearly two months of straight up problems. Drake has made it clear that it could ruin the streak we have undoubtedly started. That is also a very strong possibility.

The current vote is 3 - 1, in favor of delaying the game a week.

Rasputin, Capo, Easthaven and Drake have voted. Which means that Deity and Prometheus (and Kent if we count his vote) have yet to put in their votes.

It is Wednesday, clearly too late to really think this over much more so I am going to make a quick decision barring Rasputin's change of mind as far as this goes. We will not continue with this week's session, but I ask that everyone please try and prepare themselves for a special replacement session, hopefully during the weekend so nobody has an work issues.

But clearly, this could raise more issues. So we really need to figure out what we are going to do here. I guess what I'm saying is, for now we are going to skip this session barring further discussion, so PLEASE get here and make your voice heared. Rasputin, this doesn't give you a free ride, I'd like you to find a sub for this week as if we will play, just in case something changes. Alright? Promise me you'll do that, or else I may have to do something you may not necessarily like, I am not trying to step on your toes here, just trying to do what's good for the game and the group.

Ugh, I hate being in a situation like this.

Peace.

[Prometheus]

Well I would like to play tomorrow and vote for continuing…. But if we are not going to play tomorrow and we are going to try to make a special session, you will have to tell me by tomorrow night what time or I will not be able to get someone to switch shifts with me since I do work during the weekends.

[Rasputin]

how bout play the following night/day.. is friday night US time an option I am dfiantly free for a long session Saturday morniing, I think deity may be involved in another diplo game at that time though... I plead for another time / day this week..

Sat night for a sunday morning is bad for me (another night shoft) but i will play if that means the only day...

is there any other night during the week we can all play , mon tue wed, before next thursday... ???

But I will not see this game stop all together, if a sub for me is all that is requiered to keep drakes interest up then go for a sub, i dont know of any civers so deity will probably hav eto find one, i wil ltry to catch him on ICQ tonight...

[deity]

I vote we play on....

... but as I said to Capo on icq, I'll not be too upset if there is a delay or another session scheduled - selfish reasons, but if all are ok to play (cept Raz, we should play).

[Rasputin]

well i gue sits upto you guys, see ya next week

[drake]

Kent, the game is today and it usually starts bteween 7 and 8 American Eastern Time, so it's probably plus atleast 4 or 5 hours up in Norway. I'm guessing your start time would be close to, or after midnight. Hope thats not an issue.

Not every single one of us can make every session. To halt a session because one person (regardless of what country! Nothing to do with size or importance!) cannot be present is a bad idea. Because if we make this exception for one, we need to make it for everyone else. I've already stated that I wont be here for a session next month. I would like everyone to take a week off and let me return to my civ the way I left it, but for the good of the game I don't think that should be done. This game is literally just starting. We still have a HUGE commitment of time and energy in the near future! We need to stay consistent and play every week, unless more than say 2 players are not going to be present.

If we don't play tonight, I will expect that we'll also be taking a week off the second week of august. I assume others will have other time off or vacations soon, and we'll have to grant a week off for them too. See what I'm getting at? One person, whether it be me, capo, deity, east, pro or raz, or kent if he joins up, should not hold up an entire week because they can't be there. We need to get the mentality to keep this game moving. We need to keep playing.

Capo, you talk to kent and get him everything he needs I hope? (the saved game / scenario). If you get a player to agree to join, you gotta do the followup.

[kent-jo]

The time is ok as long as the sessions don't last for more than 2-3 hours.

My vote is to wait for Raz.

Capo: Can you please send me the scn file and the last sav. file
so i can get an overwiew of my civ.

[The Capo]

Alright, let's figure this out...



Upon further review of the situation at hand, and after careful consideration for all parties involved I think it would be best if we played tonight rather than omit this session.

This is nothing personal against Raz, we all appreciate his committment to this game. But at the same time we can't let one person's issues effect the group, Drake is right, if we allowed this to occur we'd have to do it for everyone else who couldn't make a session, and I don't think any of us would agree to that.

So tonight we are going to play, I know its short notice but everyone please show up an hour earlier so we can try to tie up any loose ends, and I'm sure there are a few.

As far as the Mali go, Kent will be able to play this week, I've heared, but will not be able to continue as he lives in Norway and the time difference is just too unbearable (he would start playing at around 1 or 2 in the morning!).

Tonight's roster looks like this, I think:

Capo - AL
Drake - Zulus
????? - Israel (I've asked Markus)
Kent - Mali
Prometheus - Chinese
Deity - Australians
Easthaven - Mongolia

So hopefully Markus will agree to play, if not I'll have to search pretty hardcore for a substitute. If we can't find a player for Israel we don't play, its that damn simple. I know "the show must go on" but we have to put on a good show, we aren't playing another session with AI. That's our situation right now.

Ugh, just when things were starting to seem good, this.

Peace.

[markusf]

I don't get home till 5:30 - 6 pst....... otherwise sure

[Rasputin]

OOC ..

Sorry guys for the interuption. Only happens once every five weeks as my shift rotates through days/nights... Play on and may the Israeli Nazis wipe the floor with you all

[Rasputin]

In a lonely prison cell Adolf looks out of his window and sees his nation being run by a usurper...

Not for much longer he mumbles to himself.. No much longer.....