Boardgames: Diplomacy!

[nikolai]

Fenris;

Thanks for the message. I'm going to hit the replacement button as soon as grace times out (in - I think - 4hrs time). I look forward to you joining the game.

Mark;

I wish I had programed in a 24hr grace period. Unfortunately I left in the 48hr default, and it can't be changed once it's set. I am instituting merciless policies regarding repeat violations though. I'm not going to have everyone be made to wait twice by the same person.

Abstraction;

Once we go into grace there's 48hrs for the late player to sign in. The game may get going before then, if they sign in, and will certainly get going after then, if they don't. In future 48hrs wait may not be the case - people who are repeatedly late will not be given repeated graces before they are replaced.

Everyone;

I appreciate exactly how frustrating this is. There are occasionally problems like this at the beginning of game. But once they get sorted out the game does start ticking around quickly. Thank you for your patience.

 

[nikolai]

Austria has been replaced. Fenris, if you could find the postition (search for replacement positions) and join we'd all be very grateful. Send me a message once you've done so.

 

[Mark]

Mark;

I wish I had programed in a 24hr grace period. Unfortunately I left in the 48hr default, and it can't be changed once it's set. I am instituting merciless policies regarding repeat violations though. I'm not going to have everyone be made to wait twice by the same person.

Everyone;

I appreciate exactly how frustrating this is. There are occasionally problems like this at the beginning of game. But once they get sorted out the game does start ticking around quickly. Thank you for your patience.

Thanks, nikolai!

Welcome aboard, Fenris!

 

[Fenris]

Austria has been replaced. Fenris, if you could find the postition (search for replacement positions) and join we'd all be very grateful. Send me a message once you've done so.

OK I signed out as a watcher. Then I searched for a replacement game and found it. But there is no join button. One thing I noticed was the status was a red circle with a white "O" rather than an "R" which I assumed meant open and replacement. So I will join as soon as I can. Do I need to enable myself to join a game?

 

[nikolai]

Fenris;

What happened is this. Someone beat you to the replacement position (depite my warnings). This puts me in a really awkward position. The place is promised to you. But if I throw the other guy out he takes a large commitment loss on BOUNCED, essentially for joining our game, out of the kindness of his heart, to get it re-started. I'm relucant to do this for him, so I've decided to re-start the game with him as a replacement.

I'm really sorry about this. Someone misses out whatever I do, and I've been giving it some thought, and I think this is the least worst option (removing him would also throw the games restart back a couple more days). There may be another replacement opportunity coming up, if it happens I hope you're around to take it.

Again, I'm really sorry about this.

Everyone;

The game is restarted. Austria's position has been taken over by lordosis. Hope you all welcome him to the game.

nikolai.

 

[Fenris]

Fenris;

What happened is this. Someone beat you to the replacement position (depite my warnings). This puts me in a really awkward position. The place is promised to you. But if I throw the other guy out he takes a large commitment loss on BOUNCED, essentially for joining our game, out of the kindness of his heart, to get it re-started. I'm relucant to do this for him, so I've decided to re-start the game with him as a replacement.

I'm really sorry about this. Someone misses out whatever I do, and I've been giving it some thought, and I think this is the least worst option (removing him would also throw the games restart back a couple more days). There may be another replacement opportunity coming up, if it happens I hope you're around to take it.

Again, I'm really sorry about this.

Everyone;

The game is restarted. Austria's position has been taken over by lordosis. Hope you all welcome him to the game.

nikolai.

Seems I can't win for trying. Oh well. Something I was wondering was whether you can see the press sent and received by the previous owner of the power or does a replacement player have to re-start all his diplomacy? This is a purely academic question at this point obviously. Well, I will check in occaisonally to see how things go. I guess I can sign on as an observer now at least

 

[Maerdwyn]

Nikolai -

lordosis would take a commitment hit even though this is a private game that doesn't count for stats?

 

[nikolai]

A replacement player can see all the previous players press sent and recieved. Whether he is bound by the previous players agreements is entirely up to him. Usually, he does restart his diplomacy from scratch (i.e. renegotiates everything on joining).

lordosis would take a commitment hit even though this is a private game that doesn't count for stats?

I'm afraid so. There are two stats on BOUNCED. Ranking, which measures success in rated games. And commitment, which measures how good you are at getting orders in on time (you gain points if you're on time, lose them if you're late, and lose lots of points if replaced). You can turn ranking off, and not play for points, but commitment is always on.

 

[Fenris]

Nikolai,
Ok, If I observe (which I can't resign from) could I still be a replacement later?

And If I do observe, can I kibbitz? Observers only send white (?) press right, open to all. But What is the protocol for what an observer can/can't (and should or should not) send in press.

Thanks. Just trying to keep my pinky toe in the game

(besides, I really didn't like Austria's opening moves :\ Of course I don't know his alliances.......)


Fenris

 

[Maerdwyn]

If observers can't later become replacements, does any one have an objection to Fenris acting as an observer here, rather than on Bounced?

It'd be nice to keep you around and interested, seeing as you've been edge out at least twice now...