Re: Call for more games

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.
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> 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 ?
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> 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:
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> Clausewitz: I get an email on this list almost every day telling me 
> that players are needed for this Youngstown game
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> Warisquietlyexpensivehell: Payola, albeit one with a great name
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> washdc_05: Imperial, what appears to be an even more complicated 
> Youngstown variant
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> washdc_21: Imperial, similar to washdc_05
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> 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?"  
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> 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


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