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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 53464" data-attributes="member: 2020">If you leave half your army behind, to upgrade, while the other half charges to war, then ...  You will have only half your army at the battle.  If the other side has a PL equal to yours, and their entire army comes against your army, it will go ill for you.  However, that is drastically simplifying things, and thus it isn't really true.  The truth is this:  If someone states they are starting an attack, I will not declare an outcome during the thread.  Not until the end of the thread will I declare the outcome.  Why?  Because so many things are going on at once.  Because others haven't yet read your post stating you're attacking, and until they do, they cannot react to it.  Yet, they would react to it, probably, as soon as they got the news (and IC they would get the news pretty quick.)  So, if the Dark Union attacks the Kevellond League, declaring specific goals, I will not state the success or failure of their efforts until the end of the thread.  William, who plays the Kevellond League, is entitled to respond.  Other powers, quick off the mark, are entitled to respond.  It is possible Kalanyr will want to join in the attack.  It is possible Black Omega will rush to William's defense.  It could intrigue Vecna enough to get into the act.  The Shadow Empire might send a force, looking for an advantage.  The Solistarim might decide this is their chance to crush all the armies fighting each other.    Those who are slow to post I will not penalize, unless they simply don't post at all during the Turn.  If they don't post at all, then I must assume they are basically trying to defend themselves, as well as they can, and are taking no offensive action.  Those racing to post should not be penalized for that either:  they are the ones taking the initiative, doing things.  Before the enemy can even react, they are already at the enemy's doorstep.  If the Solistarim, for instance, are already at the doorsteps of GnomeWork's Lortmil Technomancy, because they posted they were attacking, it is going to be sorta hard for GnomeWorks to put into plan his action to attack the Dark Union.  He must now defend the Lortmil Technomancy instead.  In other words, I'm not stating results prematurely.  I will wait until the end of the Turn, until after I have called Time Out, and then announce results.  It is a compromise.    It is the best compromise I could think of.  There are 25 of us, and if we do this straight freeform, as in the other IR posts, we will accumulate 200 posts in half a day.  And another 200 posts in half a day.  And another 200 posts in half a day.  And most of our people will throw up their hands and quit, unable to keep up with the racing thread.  If I post results during the thread, I am unfairly penalizing people.  They may not have had any chance to come online, much less read anything, and thus they have had no chance to participate.  Conversely, if they don't post at all during the entire thread, I have to assume they are defending only, and the initiative goes to those posting actively.  Do you see?    If there is a better way to do this, let me know.  I can't think of one.  I've never attempted anything like this before.  By all means, POST.  Post, as if it WAS a total freeform situation.  As if it was just like the other IR threads.  YOU don't have to change the way you post.  It is ME who must change the way I post.  Edena_of_Neith</blockquote>

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