Re: [DipKnights] Re: Re: (Cat23's Life, or Lack Thereof)

Yeah! THATS the ticket!! I don't recall anyone noticing the shift until 
about last year sometime. The decline preceded that by at least a couple 
of years.

You want interesting coincidence? Both Jesus and Lincoln died on Good 
Friday.

Packrat wrote:
> Actually, the decline in cat23 seemed to coincide with Ray
> shifting the focus of the website away from Diplomacy.
> 
> May just be a coincidence, but it certainly was an interesting one.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Deepak Mohoni <[email protected]>
> To: Cat-23 DipKnights <[email protected]>; Cat-23 NGame <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:52:28 PM
> Subject: [DipKnights] Re: [CAT23-Ngame] Re: (Cat23's Life, or Lack Thereof)
> 
>                 Well, there would not have been much point in Ray volunteering webspace (to borrow your expression) earlier if no one was interested in using it. This is the first spurt of interest I am seeing in several years, and it is more centered around building a website than starting fresh games of diplomacy.
> 
> There has been no significant increase in the number of new games on cat23 while the discussion has been taking place, so I do hope the new website changes that aspect. I am sure it will.
> 
> Cheers,
> Deepak
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