[War_ooc] Quick bits

[pentaj2 at Scranton.edu]

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