World Masters 2000 Teams!

[SnowFire]

Hmmmm.... it looks like MarkG will give us our own private forum here, Coug, but thanks for the offer... if he backs out, we can always go over to your forum.

[Boshko]

Team II signed up...

[Sahib]

Thanks Boshko!

Everyone! Should we agree on a mapping software, so that we can exchange maps of our games? It would make it much easier to keep track of each others games. What do you think?

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

*ahem*

I heard talk of a Team III...what of that?

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[SnowFire]

Napoleon: We still only have 6 players signed up who haven't been assigned a team yet. The bare minimum for a team is 7... and we aren't including alternates.

There still might be a Team III, but we need more people!

Boshko: What Team # is Apolyton II?

[Boshko]

12 I think...
It was 9 a few days ago when I realized I had to ask people for their real names...

[WarVoid]

Ok, i'm a little confused on this.
Would someone explain my responsibilities in this game?

I would preferably like to play as either Russia or Turkey as my prefs.

And what is this about having to pay money???

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Well...let me start a seperate thread for recruits...

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[SnowFire]

WarVoid: As it stands, you have no commitments. You're still an alternate, along with Imran, Midshipman, reismark, ShadowStrike, WarVoid, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Du_Chauteau. Now if Napoleon can get a team III up and running, then we'll see.

By the way, Napoleon, getting one more player gives us the BARE MINIMUM in terms of a Team III. That doesn't seem like too attractive an option to me. Let's see if we can get at least 3 more people to join before christening a Team III.

[RUFFHAUS8]

I think it's great that there's enough Diplomacy players to form three teams for the World Masters, but one thing we're doing is stretching ourselves thin on alternate players.

And frankly I see several players signing up that have abandoned games in our forum in the past two months. I think it's necessary to point out that these games will be taken seriously by the opposition, and only those willing to commit to taking on the responsibility of represting us should play in this tournament. At the very least, we have to be committed to a ZERO NMR's and ZERO abandonments. But realistically, we should strive for serious prioritization of the tournament games. This will include a lot of e-mail correspondence with your opponents. We won't be able to rely on ICQ and instant messages in this.

What I'm saying is that I've committted to play in this for our club, passing up a chance to play for a more respected club. I'm not asking for a purple heart here, but please... if you take this on, see it through to the end, and do us all proud.

[reismark]

quote: Originally posted by SnowFire on 08-30-2000 01:20 PM Hmmmm.... it looks like MarkG will give us our own private forum here, Coug, but thanks for the offer... if he backs out, we can always go over to your forum.

I also have a set of forums for a new Civ site opening in September that are just screaming to be used....

[reismark]

quote: Originally posted by RUFFHAUS8 on 08-30-2000 11:00 PM What I'm saying is that I've committted to play in this for our club, passing up a chance to play for a more respected club. I'm not asking for a purple heart here, but please... if you take this on, see it through to the end, and do us all proud.

RUFFHAUS is right. Remember how Raw Nerve bashed us last year. Let's do it right this time... no NMRs... no abandoning... no stupid moves. DISCUSS YOUR MOVES WITH OTHER APOLYTONER PLAYERS BEFORE YOU SEND THEM! Let's earn ourselves some respect... then maybe the top players will want to play for US!

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

I am in complete agreement with Ruff, as normal.

We need to set a standard for the OTHER teams. Not the other way around. No NMRs. No abandonments. No bad behavior.

As I see it, I have not heard of barely any of the Team I & II guys. Who are they? Where did they come from? Are these the guys that leave games?

You see, I have no idea.

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[reismark]

YESSS!!!!

I am pleased to report that after several weeks of duking it with his opponents (who refused to concede the match to him), Charlie Steinhardt has finally managed to achieve his solo as Russia in his semifinal game. Apolyton will be represented in the finals!

TAKE THAT, RAW NERVE!

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