<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Frank, I completely agree with your rant. The majority of us want to play and sometimes the game is held hostage by a small minority of selfish assclowns. Maybe they get off on ruining the enjoyment for other people. I don’t know their motivation.<div><br></div><div>— Pat<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 20, 2019, at 16:01, Francois Lemay via SFBdrama <<a href="mailto:sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org">sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">
</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Matt,</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I like your proposed campaign settings !</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">All seem cool to play !</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Are you setting up the campaigns to be time zoned based for ease of battle resolutions ?</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Also, is TBW dead ? Been a long while to resolve the Gorn/ISC FRD thingy although I've seen some emails re this issue ?</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Where are we at here ??</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Its true that with fewer players, turns should move quicker and battles as well.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thing is, its not the total number of players in a campaign that bogs it down, its the lack of commitment from Admirals that bog down a campaign. </div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">You have an Admiral that seldom reply to emails to resolve battles or go away on a vacation for a month or so and not tell anyone while he has 3-4 battles to resolve [ hiring of Captains is a good thing here ! ] figuring on doing them upon his return is simply a lack of communication and commitment IMHO.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Or an Admiral is losing so badly he goes dark without the courtesy of informing the GM he would like to drop etc. is simply not cool.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Or an Admiral who has nothing better to do and make assignment moves when he gets around to it or failing to hire or fly battles until something better comes along etc.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Playing Admirals in these groups need to be fair to all other Admirals in the campaign that want to play quickly.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">These slow moving uninterested players should realize this and simply not join a campaign until they are fully ready, able and willing to commit.</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I for one would like to know who is playing in which campaign before I join in an effort to avoid these slow moving Admirals. Call me selfish, its ok !!</span></span></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">End of rant. <img width="16" height="16" title="Emoji" class="yahoo-emoji-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Emoji" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f601.png" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Cheers</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Frank</div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yahoo_quoted_4199374224">
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<div><div dir="ltr">Midshipmans seemed pretty popular amungst the rest of the "main" <br></div><div dir="ltr">campaign players. I'm thinking it was mostly out of a thirst for more <br></div><div dir="ltr">Pow-Pow. As a result, I am going to open a series of campaign games <br></div><div dir="ltr">geared for a smaller group of players. With the fewer players, the turns <br></div><div dir="ltr">should go faster.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There will be more than one opened up.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">They are geared for no more than four players.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Start-Years will vary between games.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Each empire pick will be unique per game (no empire pairs in a game, but <br></div><div dir="ltr">empire may be picked many times across many games)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">All will be 3-turns per year.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Games will run 15 turns (5 years).<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Winner will be player with largest score, as reported by their <br></div><div dir="ltr">empire-screen. (this is a weighted measure of fleet BPV, amount of <br></div><div dir="ltr">borders, stockpiled EPs and income.)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Income and amount stockpiled for initial builds will be set based on <br></div><div dir="ltr">time period the game starts.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Neighbors will be historical neighbors.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Some "wild card" games are possible:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Invasion: Three players have no starting borders with others, one <br></div><div dir="ltr">player has starting borders with the three. The invader starts with more <br></div><div dir="ltr">resources than the others.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Small Ships: For purposes of this campaign, only one ship assigned to <br></div><div dir="ltr">each scenario may be larger than Size-Class 4. The rest of (S8.0) <br></div><div dir="ltr">applies normally.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Double-War: The players are paired up so that each pair does not start <br></div><div dir="ltr">with borders with the other pair.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- Civil Wars: A variant of the Double-War, where each pair of players <br></div><div dir="ltr">have the same empire (e.g. a Kzinti and Kzinti are paired up and have <br></div><div dir="ltr">borders with eachother. But neither have borders with the two Lyran <br></div><div dir="ltr">players.)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Those interested in joining, please email me with 3 empire picks and 2 <br></div><div dir="ltr">prefered start years. If (and only if) you want to be in a wild-card <br></div><div dir="ltr">game, separately note which one you want and an empire pick for it. e.g. <br></div><div dir="ltr">"I want to be Kzinti, Federation, or Gorn. Start year 166 or Y175. The <br></div><div dir="ltr">Invasion game sounds fun, let me play a Vudar there."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--Matt<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">____________________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" target="_blank">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" ymailto="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" target="_blank">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br></div></div>
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