[War] Quick bits

[Michael Downey]

In fairness John, Pat and I have already been the USA. You would be
within rights to take it, as you;ve been the same country for....

Four years?

On 7/12/06, pentaj2 at scranton.edu <pentaj2 at scranton.edu> wrote:
> (This was origianlly sent this morning to war_ooc, but something funky
> is happening to war_ooc. It gets messages, but does not send them out
> again.)
>
> OK...
>
> 1. My screwup. waradmin, not war_admin.
>
> 2. Everybody iz picking the US, a quick skim shows. 2 right now, and
> my gut tells me more are inbound. Soooo. I'm going to prevent the
> imminent train wreck of everybody trying to go for the US by saying:
>
> A. You cannot pick the US. Since everybody wants it, nobody will have
> it, right now anyway. The GMs will figure out who gets it later once
> we have a chance to talk.
>
> B. If you've picked the US, send us one more choice, a new #3.
>
> 3. Who I have penciled in where:
>
> Lisa - Gabon
> Alan - Beaverla - er, Canada
> Ian - We need to chat.
> Buckley - Saudi
> Eric - We said 3 choices for a reason, y'know. Give us 2 more while we
> bat around NK.
> Downey - You have been invited to kiss hands. (The UK)
>
> Ian: email inbound.
>
> 4. Random thoughts:
>
> Please remember my point 3. Don't just pick a country that sounds
> cool, pick a country you can build a character and a story with. For
> any player, there should be at *least* 3 storylines: The personal, the
> domestic, the international.
>
> I love the distribution we have.
>
> Certain countries are natural 'one-way pairs', you should really have
> both if you have one, but if you choose the other you don't
> necessarily need the former. NK being really useful if we have SK is
> an example. Taiwan needing a China is another. This is a point to keep
> in mind.
>
> Buckley, everybody groans when I pick Israel. Why must you tempt me
> so?:)
>
> John
>
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