Just a little info for you to show how the club is progressing.
So far we have started 4 games (2 normal & 2 Gunboat) involving 20 different players. There was also the game Sargmacher created which if included makes 5 games and 23 players.
There have been 2 false starts, where the people who signed up to play didn’t make it to the game within the 10 minutes. In a 3rd game I had to play (when I wasn’t intending to) because someone didn’t log into the game on time. This is unfortunate and seems to be the biggest problem with collecting names before making the game. If the game is made and people join it, at least you have a stronger commitment to play, but run a higher risk of first season nmr. Overall I will stick to the format we have for now, but ask players to confirm they are ready with a PM before making the game.
Can everyone please also let me know with a pm once you have joined the game, then I can see who is slacking if necessary.
The games that have been played have been of a very high quality, and overall the standard of play has been excellent. Last night’s game was one of the best games of Gunboat dip I have ever played, not ending till 1922. http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?
gameID=73806#gamePanel
After a few “discussions” about the way I wanted the club to be run, it seems that most are happy to do it the way I have set it up, even if they don’t agree with it 100%. Virtuslatin has agreed to try and make games whilst he is online and last night Geofram also had a go too. It is very hard to get 7 suitable players together and requires constant asking around, for around an hour at the moment in order to get a game going. I hope this will be faster as more people play in 50CC and start using this thread to find a game rather than the games list.
If everyone who is interested in playing a live games came to 50CC first, then I know the list would fill much faster. As the club grows I hope it will be starting games for an 8 hour period between 8.00pm GMT and 4.00amGMT (3pm EST-11pmEST). This will increase the power of the sanction of banning players, because they will be less likely to get a gamestart from the games list, if most live gamestarts are within the 50CC.
Idea!/Question
So far we have had just the one CD and that was in the game Sargmacher created. Do you think this ban should be permanent, or for a period of time? Should it perhaps be reversible if a player then plays 10 further non club games without a CD? I ask purely because If a player just makes a mistake (as we all do) then do we assume he cannot reform? What should the policy be if a player says his router packed up? I’m not a great fan of having lots of rules, but I also don’t care for ambiguities, where the rule we have is interpreted differently for different offences. Having had a router pack up and my internet provider take 10 days to sort it, I know the heartache this can cause.
It is still my intention to find others to help run this club, as I can’t be online everyday (married with 2 children). If you think you have the time and dedication to help please send me a PM.
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