Re: Requesting Other GM's Opinions

"David E. Cohen" <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:40:49 -0400
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As is often the case, I am in agreement with Peter here, on both points. 
The only way I would be proofing orders is if it was a newbie-only game.

P.S.  Nice house rules. :^)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter J Richardson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-GM] Requesting Other GM's Opinions


>I have two thoughts on this:
>
> 1) If you ruled in accordance with your HR, and your HR were given to the 
> players before they agreed to play in the
> game then they have no valid grounds for complaint.
>
> 2) Offering to proof-read players' orders for mistakes prior to 
> adjudication is inviting trouble. First time you
> fail to pick up a mistake in advance you put yourself up there to be shot 
> at. My advice is to make players entirely
> responsible for checking their orders and thus entirely responsible for 
> the consequences when orders are unclear or
> mistaken.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Former Trout" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:45 PM
> Subject: [CAT23-GM] Requesting Other GM's Opinions
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> A matter has arisen in one of my games concerning a house rule and a 
>> ruling
>> based on it.  The player in question has requested second opinions on my
>> ruling, and I can think of no better place to ask than here.
>>
>> My house rules are always distributed to players at the start of the game
>> for their review and comment.  In this case, no reference was made about
>> this HR being unfair until the game ruling was made based on it.
>>
>> The House rule in particular:
>>
>> IV. Specification of Unit Type, Unit Nationality and Coast in Orders:
>> (1) Omitted or Inaccurate Designations:  An omitted designation of the 
>> type
>> of a unit (A or F) in orders other than build orders will not invalidate 
>> the
>> order.  An inaccurate designation of the type of a unit (A or F) will
>> invalidate the order.
>>
>> The situation:
>> A four center England has FLEET Wales.  A 6 center Germany has FLEET 
>> English
>> Channel.  It is currently a Fall season.  The orders are as follows:
>>
>> England:
>> A Wales -> London
>> Germany:
>> F English Channel -> London
>>
>> My ruling is that based on my HR's, the English order is invalid and 
>> Germany
>> succeeds into London, taking the center and gaining a build.
>>
>> The English player has protested this ruling claiming that the intent of 
>> the
>> order is clear, and that player intent should take precedence over 
>> written
>> orders.  Two other factors color his argument:
>>
>> 1.  My house rules state that if I see an apparent misorder in player
>> orders, at my discretion I will seek to clarify with the player, if time
>> remains prior to the adjudication.  It states clearly that I will not 
>> catch
>> all possible mistakes and that players are ultimately responsible for 
>> their
>> own orders.  In this case, I did not spot the error until mid-way through
>> the adjudication.
>>
>> 2.  My house rules also state that if in a situation where the spirit and
>> character of the game will be impacted that I may, at my discretion, 
>> choose
>> to ignore the house rules if a less drastic course of action is
>> unsatisfactory.
>>
>> The player in question claims that his strategy and position are
>> detrimentally and fatally impacted by this ruling and would like a review
>> performed of it.  Again, his position is that  the intent was clear and 
>> that
>> this should trump accurate unit designation.  The player does not 
>> disagree
>> that the correct decision was made according to the house rules, his
>> argument is that the house rules are wrong and unfair.
>>
>> I would love to hear second, third or even fourth opinions on this.  My
>> apologies for bothering you all, but I need help in resolving this 
>> matter.
>>
>> Thanks all, very much,
>>
>> Trout 


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            <p>As is often the case, I am in agreement with Peter here, on both points. <br>
The only way I would be proofing orders is if it was a newbie-only game.<br>
<br>
P.S.  Nice house rules. :^)<br>
<br>
----- Original Message ----- <br>
From: &quot;Peter J Richardson&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:pjrich.1962%40googlemail.com">pjrich.1962@<wbr>googlemail.<wbr>com</a>&gt;<br>
To: &lt;<a href="mailto:CAT23-GM%40yahoogroups.com">CAT23-GM@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>&gt;<br>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:59 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [CAT23-GM] Requesting Other GM's Opinions<br>
<br>
&gt;I have two thoughts on this:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; 1) If you ruled in accordance with your HR, and your HR were given to the <br>
&gt; players before they agreed to play in the<br>
&gt; game then they have no valid grounds for complaint.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; 2) Offering to proof-read players' orders for mistakes prior to <br>
&gt; adjudication is inviting trouble. First time you<br>
&gt; fail to pick up a mistake in advance you put yourself up there to be shot <br>
&gt; at. My advice is to make players entirely<br>
&gt; responsible for checking their orders and thus entirely responsible for <br>
&gt; the consequences when orders are unclear or<br>
&gt; mistaken.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Regards<br>
&gt; Peter<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ----- Original Message -----<br>
&gt; From: &quot;Former Trout&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:former.trout%40gmail.com">former.trout@<wbr>gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; To: &lt;<a href="mailto:Cat23-GM%40yahoogroups.com">Cat23-GM@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:45 PM<br>
&gt; Subject: [CAT23-GM] Requesting Other GM's Opinions<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hi folks,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; A matter has arisen in one of my games concerning a house rule and a <br>
&gt;&gt; ruling<br>
&gt;&gt; based on it.  The player in question has requested second opinions on my<br>
&gt;&gt; ruling, and I can think of no better place to ask than here.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; My house rules are always distributed to players at the start of the game<br>
&gt;&gt; for their review and comment.  In this case, no reference was made about<br>
&gt;&gt; this HR being unfair until the game ruling was made based on it.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The House rule in particular:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; IV. Specification of Unit Type, Unit Nationality and Coast in Orders:<br>
&gt;&gt; (1) Omitted or Inaccurate Designations:  An omitted designation of the <br>
&gt;&gt; type<br>
&gt;&gt; of a unit (A or F) in orders other than build orders will not invalidate <br>
&gt;&gt; the<br>
&gt;&gt; order.  An inaccurate designation of the type of a unit (A or F) will<br>
&gt;&gt; invalidate the order.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The situation:<br>
&gt;&gt; A four center England has FLEET Wales.  A 6 center Germany has FLEET <br>
&gt;&gt; English<br>
&gt;&gt; Channel.  It is currently a Fall season.  The orders are as follows:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; England:<br>
&gt;&gt; A Wales -&gt; London<br>
&gt;&gt; Germany:<br>
&gt;&gt; F English Channel -&gt; London<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; My ruling is that based on my HR's, the English order is invalid and <br>
&gt;&gt; Germany<br>
&gt;&gt; succeeds into London, taking the center and gaining a build.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The English player has protested this ruling claiming that the intent of <br>
&gt;&gt; the<br>
&gt;&gt; order is clear, and that player intent should take precedence over <br>
&gt;&gt; written<br>
&gt;&gt; orders.  Two other factors color his argument:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; 1.  My house rules state that if I see an apparent misorder in player<br>
&gt;&gt; orders, at my discretion I will seek to clarify with the player, if time<br>
&gt;&gt; remains prior to the adjudication.  It states clearly that I will not <br>
&gt;&gt; catch<br>
&gt;&gt; all possible mistakes and that players are ultimately responsible for <br>
&gt;&gt; their<br>
&gt;&gt; own orders.  In this case, I did not spot the error until mid-way through<br>
&gt;&gt; the adjudication.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; 2.  My house rules also state that if in a situation where the spirit and<br>
&gt;&gt; character of the game will be impacted that I may, at my discretion, <br>
&gt;&gt; choose<br>
&gt;&gt; to ignore the house rules if a less drastic course of action is<br>
&gt;&gt; unsatisfactory.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The player in question claims that his strategy and position are<br>
&gt;&gt; detrimentally and fatally impacted by this ruling and would like a review<br>
&gt;&gt; performed of it.  Again, his position is that  the intent was clear and <br>
&gt;&gt; that<br>
&gt;&gt; this should trump accurate unit designation.  The player does not <br>
&gt;&gt; disagree<br>
&gt;&gt; that the correct decision was made according to the house rules, his<br>
&gt;&gt; argument is that the house rules are wrong and unfair.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I would love to hear second, third or even fourth opinions on this.  My<br>
&gt;&gt; apologies for bothering you all, but I need help in resolving this <br>
&gt;&gt; matter.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks all, very much,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Trout <br>
<br>
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