Re: What happened?

Yes Yoav, I'll be contacting you soon. Sorry for the wait, I've been 
extra busy of late. 
Dave Watson

--- In [email protected], "Yoav Haberman" <yoavhaberman@h...> 
wrote:
> WWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEE       AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
> 
> Finaly something I've been looking for , I hope it's gonna be good 
news for 
> me.
> 
> And yes Charles, I have been gone for a little more then a year and 
there 
> seem to be far less games openings , especially in the variants 
department , 
> what ever happened to all of the south america games?
> 
> There had been only about 6 game openings per month since August 
1st (when I 
> stated my first game as a GM).
> 
> bye
> Yoav
> 
> 
> >From: "David E Watson" <dipknight@c...>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [CAT23-GM] Re: What happened?
> >Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:17:23 -0000
> >
> >There have been no changes to DipKnight rules lately to merit
> >any 'heated' discussions.
> >(Stand by though, new rules governing 'REqualifying after being
> >dropped from the rolls' soon to be annunced from the Committee)
> >:Dave Watson
> >
> >--- In [email protected], "stephen_worthy" <stephen@w...>
> >wrote:
> > > A quick look at the message numbers on each mailing list makes 
it
> > > obvious there's a decline from 2001 (90% decrease on GM, 69% on
> > > ngame, 81% on dipknights), although interestingly G-chat has 
held
> > > pretty firm at 500-600 messages a year.
> > >
> > > I don't read that one myself, so I wouldn't know why that is.
> > > Perhaps it suggests that the community's still there, but the 
need
> >to
> > > e-mail so much is less.  For myself, e-mailing a diplomacy
> >community
> > > had novelty value back then, but now it's simply functional.
> > >
> > > Has anyone noticed a reduction in take-up and replacements on 
their
> > > games?  I've run about three games a year and never noticed much
> > > variation.
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "Peter J Richardson" 
<pjrich@n...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I think that maybe there was a wide influx of players into the
> > > internet hobby three and four years ago as a result
> > > > of the internet becoming widely available, and the fact that 
the
> > > internet now *is* widely available that influx of
> > > > people who are new to the internet finding that diplomacy can 
be
> > > played here is now reduced.
> > > >
> > > > Of the large intake of three years ago, I would suggest quite 
a
> > > number are like Charles, they tried it, they took on
> > > > a big game load and they burned themselves out.
> > > >
> > > > In addition to that, as broadband becomes more popular it may 
be
> > > that communities like Redscape which are web rather
> > > > than E-mail based become more popular.
> > > >
> > > > So in summary I think there is an element of truth in both of
> > > Charles' and Ray's suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "David E. Cohen" <zendip18@o...>
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:35 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CAT23-GM] What happened?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Welcome back Charles.  I agree with you.  The various Cat23
> >lists
> > > are
> > > > > quieter than they were a couple or three years ago.  Maybe 
it
> >is
> > > people
> > > > > drifting into other groups (and it seems as though there are
> >many
> > > people
> > > > > who were once mainly Cat23 types who are now active in 
multiple
> > > forums),
> > > > > or it may be due in part to the continuing success of the
> > > Worldmasters
> > > > > (60 or 70 games and questions arising from them not on the
> >regular
> > > > > lists, but rather in the Tournament lists).
> > > > >
> > > > > mczet wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >No, its still pretty active. Games start quite regularly.
> >Normal
> > > ebb and
> > > > > >flow I'd say.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > > >From: "Charles Schmidt" <chaschmidt@y...>
> > > > > >To: <[email protected]>
> > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:09 PM
> > > > > >Subject: [CAT23-GM] What happened?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>Howdy there. Some of y'all may remember me from when I 
was a
> > > heavy
> > > > > >>regular around here a few years ago. I've completely 
avoided
> > > Dipping
> > > > > >>for the past two years or so (serious case of burnout), 
and
> >have
> > > > > >>only just come back to the Cat in the past few days.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>I couldn't help but notice that in the time since I left 
the
> > > > > >>activity on Cat boards like NGame and GM has gone way, way
> > > down. I
> > > > > >>always knew I was a popular guy, but it's pretty 
surprising
> >to
> > > see
> > > > > >>everyone else leaving just cuz I did. ;^)
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Seriously though, what happened around here? Was there 
some
> > > short of
> > > > > >>shakedown and mass exodus of people? Is the Cat really 
less
> > > active
> > > > > >>than it used to be, or am I missing something?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Charles
> > > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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