Re: Call for more games

As the Master for 'clausewitz', please accept my profound apologies that it 
keeps needing advertisement. The idea of playing a position through to its 
conclusion (no matter how inevitable) seems to have passed some of those 
who've figured in the game by.

Harry


>From: Millis Miller <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [dpj-games] Call for more games
>Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 00:37:28 +0100
>
>Two points:
>
>On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 23:09, TL wrote:
> > I don't know where to start with this request, so I'll just spit it
> > out and see what happens.
> >
> > I'd like to play more Diplomacy.  I'm spoiled by Manus' awesome USDP
> > interface, so I prefer to play here rather and USOS or USTX or some
> > other site where I have to get out my paper maps.  I love filling
> > vacancies and picking up other people's messes.
>You do know that you can get updated maps for all these judges games at
>http://www.floc.net ?
> >
> > But, I'm a sucker for "normal" variants.  I've just started with
> > 1900, and that seems ok, but I prefer Standard games or Loeb9 and
> > Crowded variants.  The strategy required for Youngstown or some of
> > the other weird things (Payola, Xtal) is too much of a departure of
> > the standard Diplomacy board game I occasionally play with friends.
> >
> > I said I'd "like" to play more, because there are just no games to
> > play on USDP.  As of this afternoon, there are 4 openings:
> >
> > Clausewitz: I get an email on this list almost every day telling me
> > that players are needed for this Youngstown game
> >
> > Warisquietlyexpensivehell: Payola, albeit one with a great name
> >
> > washdc_05: Imperial, what appears to be an even more complicated
> > Youngstown variant
> >
> > washdc_21: Imperial, similar to washdc_05
> >
> > I know we've just had the big discussion about variants over on the
> > other list, and I don't want to re-start that flame war, but...
> >
> > I guess what I'm asking is: "Will someone please create some regular
> > games for normal people to play?"
> >
> > I've never GM'd, and I wouldn't be able to play in games I created
> > anyway (as far as I understand)...
> >
> > BTW: I think we'd have more games if USDP was matched up with the
> > diplom.org Game Queues (http://www.diplom.org/DP-cgi/setqueue) so
> > that I could just go get in line to join a game.
>I'm open to suggestions (or more preferably help!) in enabling a queuing
>system for the DPJudges.
>
>Millis
>
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > T
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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