<div dir="auto">Not ready for it to end either. Once Matt gets the program gremlins killed we should be ready. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 8:50 AM Nicholas Steere via SFBdrama <<a href="mailto:sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org">sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Just confirming, ISC is RTA.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:46 AM Wayne Power via SFBdrama <<a href="mailto:sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> I would be fine with TBW ending, and when able to reset and restart client, then I would be keen to enter into one or more of these new Mini Campaigns. </div> <div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"> <div style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div> On Sunday, 21 July 2019, 6:02:04 am AEST, Francois Lemay via SFBdrama <<a href="mailto:sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a>> wrote: </div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><div id="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195"><div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Matt,</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">I like your proposed campaign settings !</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">All seem cool to play !</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Are you setting up the campaigns to be time zoned based for ease of battle resolutions ?</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Where are we at here ??</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Its true that with fewer players, turns should move quicker and battles as well.</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Playing Admirals in these groups need to be fair to all other Admirals in the campaign that want to play quickly.</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><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;float:none;display:inline;white-space:normal;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="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">End of rant. <img title="Emoji" class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195yahoo-emoji-wrapper" style="padding:0px 2px;vertical-align:middle" alt="Emoji" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f601.png" width="16" height="16"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Cheers</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Frank</div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195ydp154153d8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195yqt5231372124" id="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195yqt01390"><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195yahoo_quoted" id="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yiv9982028195yahoo_quoted_4199374224"> <div style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div> On Saturday, July 13, 2019, 06:06:04 p.m. EDT, Matt via SFBdrama <<a href="mailto:sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a>> wrote: </div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><br clear="none"></div> <div><div dir="ltr">Midshipmans seemed pretty popular amungst the rest of the "main" <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">campaign players. I'm thinking it was mostly out of a thirst for more <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Pow-Pow. As a result, I am going to open a series of campaign games <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">geared for a smaller group of players. With the fewer players, the turns <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">should go faster.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">There will be more than one opened up.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">They are geared for no more than four players.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Start-Years will vary between games.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Each empire pick will be unique per game (no empire pairs in a game, but <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">empire may be picked many times across many games)<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">All will be 3-turns per year.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Games will run 15 turns (5 years).<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Winner will be player with largest score, as reported by their <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">empire-screen. (this is a weighted measure of fleet BPV, amount of <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">borders, stockpiled EPs and income.)<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Income and amount stockpiled for initial builds will be set based on <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">time period the game starts.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Neighbors will be historical neighbors.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Some "wild card" games are possible:<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">- Invasion: Three players have no starting borders with others, one <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">player has starting borders with the three. The invader starts with more <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">resources than the others.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">- Small Ships: For purposes of this campaign, only one ship assigned to <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">each scenario may be larger than Size-Class 4. The rest of (S8.0) <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">applies normally.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">- Double-War: The players are paired up so that each pair does not start <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">with borders with the other pair.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">- Civil Wars: A variant of the Double-War, where each pair of players <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">have the same empire (e.g. a Kzinti and Kzinti are paired up and have <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">borders with eachother. But neither have borders with the two Lyran <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">players.)<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Those interested in joining, please email me with 3 empire picks and 2 <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">prefered start years. If (and only if) you want to be in a wild-card <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">game, separately note which one you want and an empire pick for it. e.g. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">"I want to be Kzinti, Federation, or Gorn. Start year 166 or Y175. The <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Invasion game sounds fun, let me play a Vudar there."<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">--Matt<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">____________________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yqt5231372124" id="m_-5812839972661498477gmail-m_-224442818664194234yqt12674">____________________________________________________<br clear="none">Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br clear="none"><a href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div>____________________________________________________<br>
Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br>
<a href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br>
</blockquote></div>
____________________________________________________<br>
Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br>
<a href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br>
</blockquote></div>