I will be changing destination

[S. Kroeze]

Dear GGS'ers playing Diplomacy,

I have a rather sad message:
It seems the Diplomat is unwilling or unable to send in orders. So due to a second consecutive NMR by his country I am forced to search for a substitute, willing to continue this game playing Turkey.
This result of not sending in orders in time twice, was announced in my message posted on this Forum on the 7th of May, 2001:

quote: Yet since NMRs are truly a disaster and most damaging to this game for the other players, I will be compelled to take measures when the same player makes this slip repeatedly. IMPORTANT: When a player does not send me his moves in time twice, within a period of five seasons, I will throw him out of this game and seek a substitute! No GM rejoices enforcing such measures, yet sadly enough they have proven to be sometimes necessary to guard the interests of the dedicated players.

As GM it is my duty to guard the interests of those players, who take a more serious approach to this game. Diplomacy should be played with actively participating players and not with countries constantly in civil disorder.

So I will not send you a game report of Fall 1872 until we have found a substitute. I have sent a message to Amjayee, our standby, asking to take over Turkey, but he has not reacted yet.
All orders that I have received will remain valid of course. I will inform you all about a new deadline. You could also send me new orders before the new deadline, replacing the old.
I will keep you informed.

Sincere regards,

S.Kroeze

[Maniac]

Hello all,

One of my family members has tried to install a program on our new computer. As a result, Windows XP doesn’t start up for some reason. So I haven’t got access to that computer. Now I have to revert to my old computer. I have internet access there, but I can no longer receive e-mails on the steenbekeh.oe@attglobal.net address for a while. So my question is if you could please send all communications to the peter_steenbeke@hotmail.com address. I’ll tell you when the other address is back available.

M@ni@c

[S. Kroeze]

Dear GGS'ers playing Diplomacy,

Since Amjayee, our standby, agreed to take over Turkey our game "L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE" can be continued again.
I propose Sunday, the 20th of January, 8.00AM(GMT) as the new deadline for Fall 1872.
Having received orders from most players already, those orders remain valid of course. You can also send me new orders before this new deadline, replacing the old.

Amjayee's e-mail address is: amjayee@kolumbus.fi

Sincere regards,

S.Kroeze

[Maniac]

Dear GGs'ers,

My e-mail problems are over. Resume flooding me with diplomacy mails!

[amjayee]

Dear fellow GGS'ers and Diplomacy players,

I haven't been very active lately either in GGS nor Diplomacy, and I feel sorry for that. I could have sent orders for Austria earlier just in case, as S.Kroeze asked me to do, but I didn't remember, so this delay is partly my fault. This game hasn't been running very smoothly due to several problems with players, but let us change that. From now on, let's all concentrate on this game; in our last game, the three best nations were those whose leaders submitted no NMR's; let's remember that. Expect some diplomatic contacts from me next week. As usual, those mails will be marked as "Diplomatic Mail."

About GGS, I still haven't lost interest. Do no feel worried about it, MD has gone on some five years now, and is quite advanced. So will GGS be in 2005. I have had quite much success in my studies, and I hope that I can excuse my lack of activity by providing my professional skills for the project's use - though I don't know how much I can participate this spring, I have lots of studies waiting for me. But let us hope the best. Happy and succesful year 2002 for all of you.

[S. Kroeze]

concerning 'L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE':

Amjayee has decided that the outcome of this game will count and affect his personal Diplomacy rating -a player replacing some other player can stipulate that the outcome will not affect his personal rating.
This gives us -I presume- an indication of the extent of his commitment!

[S. Kroeze]

Dear GGS'ers playing Diplomacy,

Again disaster has struck!
It seems Hobbes is unwilling or unable to send me his orders in time. So due to a second NMR I am forced to search for a substitute, willing to continue this game playing Russia.
This result of not sending in orders in time twice, was announced several times in message posted by me on this Forum:

quote: Yet since NMRs are truly a disaster and most damaging to this game for the other players, I will be compelled to take measures when the same player makes this slip repeatedly. IMPORTANT: When a player does not send me his moves in time twice, within a period of five seasons, I will throw him out of this game and seek a substitute! No GM rejoices enforcing such measures, yet sadly enough they have proven to be sometimes necessary to guard the interests of the dedicated players.

As GM it is my duty to guard the interests of those players, who take a more serious approach to this game. Diplomacy should be played with actively participating players and not with countries constantly in civil disorder.

So I will not send you a game report of Spring 1875 until we have found a substitute. I will actively try to find a substitute for Russia, yet I hope that you will all try to help finding one. Since it still commands six units it is definitely worth trying. Please help us all!
All orders that I have received will remain valid of course. I will inform you all about a new deadline. You can also send me new orders before the new deadline, replacing the old.
I will keep you informed.

Sincere regards,

S.Kroeze

[Nath]

I have a few emails unreplied to and missed a turn - sorry about that. I'll try to send orders on time next turn - hopefully I won't be as busy then.

[Maniac]

I have been conducting active diplomacy with him this turn. So he certainly isn't unwilling to send orders. But unfortunately he has the tendency to conduct diplomact rather late, and, so I guess, as a result also sent his orders too late. That combined with him living in Australia (if I remember correct) and the slowness of e-mail deliverance in some cases, could mean the orders are en route right now and will be received during the course of this day.

Maniac

[asdiploaspossib]

euhhh...........is cheating allowed?

and where are the last 2 letters of my name??

[Maniac]

No no, worminfo is strictly forbidden!

Wow, apparently Poly can have only 16 characters in your name. Well, then it looks you'll have call yourself ADAP, won't you?

M@ni@c

[S. Kroeze]

Dear GGS'ers playing Diplomacy,

I have succeeded to find a substitute!
Mihai agreed to take over Russia so our game "L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE " can be continued again.
I propose Sunday, the 10th of March, 8.00AM(GMT) as the new deadline for Spring 1875.
Having received orders from most players already, those orders remain valid of course. You can also send me new orders before this new deadline, replacing the old.

Mihai's e-mail address is: mihai@buffalo.com

Sincere regards and Thank you, Mihai!

S.Kroeze

[asdiploaspossib]

[Klin]

This is Mihai. Because I can't access 'Poly from my home, I will increse my frend postcount
(dramatically I might add - that's his friend)

I already receive the first contact and I eager wait for the other's. I can't wait to stab someone in the back.

If there is something that I should know, email me. I will post again when my home connction will allow.

[Maniac]

France welcomes you, Czarevitch Mihai, my ally! However, as I have told S.Kroeze I won't have internet access the coming week, so I won't be able to conduct broad diplomacy right now.

For that reason, now there's a replacement, I'd like to ask for a delay of the deadline. Of course I could send Mihai the orders of the previous Russian Czar, but I won't have time to explain the reason behind them all, which leaves him vulnerable to the lies of other nations...

M@ni@c