[War] Fwd: RE: WAR's situation (was: Re: NHSAC: Waiting on Game Reports - December 2006)

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From: Dan Garcia <ssiruuk25 at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:29 pm
Subject: Re: [War] Fwd: RE: WAR's situation (was: Re: NHSAC: Waiting 
on Game Reports - December 2006)

> My two cents on various things:
> 
> I like the proposal to start things off in 2012/2013.  A lot of 
> times, things in the game were too
> closely tethered to reality, almost lockstep like.  Things got 
> good when this was broken.  That's
> not to say there aren't issues, primarily with working out who 
> decides and how it's decided what's
> happened in the intervening five or so years.  My own gut would 
> be, as far as player countries, to
> leave it up to the player to the point of departure.  Outside of 
> player countries, the GM(s) needs
> some role, but it needs to be streamlined.

My one problem with this: People picking mutually contradictory things 
to happen.

Which is easier than initially thought. Also, as the world gets 
smaller, things have ripples.

Not commenting on the website.

> That's my input on the future of the game.  As to my future with 
> the game, all I can say is that I
> don't have the time to be hugely involved anymore.  As a case in 
> point, tomorrow will be spent
> doing homework and grading the homeworks and quizes of 100 
> students.  Ugh.  I don't know what
> things will be like starting in May, but the real world (or as 
> much of the real world that can
> exist in academia) has begun to impinge on my life.  :(

Aww.

> Anyway, it's nice to see people talking at least.  :)

Yes.