Thanks Hirnsaege and CoXbot, and Captain/Doc for getting the word out. It appears that we are ready to go into games #5 and #6 with Scuba Steve replacing Mapu. We should probably confirm the interest in the existing waiting list as well since at least three active and reliable players are expressing a desire to participate.

I'm back from my whirlwind of travel and workload, and will return to my normal level of engagement here. Apologies for any delays my absence has caused, and for my shoddy play in the meantime (though that applies more to Sengoku games than this tournament - I'm going to owe a major apology there!). Anyway, I'm trying to catch up on everything and will get the next games going within the next couple of days unless someone beats me to it.

Who on this list is replacing userID=7441?

Hows it going filling the open positions?

bump

Doc, I think that we had 15 ready to go on games #5 and #6

I reviewed this thread to figure out the discrepancy of Argentinean Empire not being on the list. It appears eliwhitney added his name to the list without any discussion about being a replacement, so he might have thought he was joining a new tournament. Also, Maucat had previously asked about joining the tournament, so I think he should have the option to join assuming we need a replacement for Argentinean Empire. Shah has expressed interest in the tournament as well if Maucat and eliwhitney are no longer interested.

I also express interest if others are no longer interested...

So sorry folks. Looks like tomorrow before I can do this (I know you've heard that before). I'm just barely getting my orders in right now, just continually crushed. If any of our senior/experienced members want to create the games in my absence, please do, just follow the same settings.

I have sent out PMs with links/password for games 5 and 6. The roster is as follows:

1. Amby
2. Desert Fox
3. kaner
4. CoxBot
5. Utom
6. Dr. Rec
7. Eki
8. RUFFHAUS 8
9. mapleleaf
10. Leif_Syverson
11. mouse
12. bozo
13. ScubaSteve (replacing Mapu)
14. Hirnsaege
15. Maucat (replacing Argentinian Empire)


In addition, I have created games 7-15. The password is the same. These games are staggered to begin months away, with join phases extended well into the future. You may join these all now if you like, though the intention is simply to have them on my homepage, ready to go when we are. As games 5 and 6 progress, we'll have a "ready-to-go" list for the next games, as we've been doing. None of games 7-15 will begin before we agree to do so.

7 – gameID=30921
8 – gameID=30922
9 – gameID=30923
10 – gameID=30924
11 – gameID=30925
12 – gameID=30926
13 – gameID=30927
14 – gameID=30928
15 – gameID=30929

Really sorry this has taken me so long to address.

I also have to mention that players have contacted me regarding the pacing. First and foremost, remember that in this tournament we have an agreement to ready orders. If you must use the full time, so be it, but please be considerate and prioritize readying orders for this tournament -- especially for retreats and builds. As for frequency of games, I hope that pre-creating all remaining games will reduce the chances of more delays caused by me, so we can get new games started as soon as all are ready for them.

Is there a plan to unpause the games? I haven't set any orders in 5-6, just curious what, if anything, I need to do. Or are we waiting for 3-4 to end?

The games will be unpaused once Captainmeme has a chance to shuffle the nations.

Ready to get started on 7 and 8.

1. mouse
2.

1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege

Glad to see a start to joining those games, was just going to bump this.

Ready for 7, not 8 yet:

1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby

Ready to go
1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby
4. Utom

Ready to go
1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby
4. Utom
5. Eki

Ready to go
1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby
4. Utom
5. Eki
6. RUFFHAUS 8

Password: kw15x15

If you lose a player and need a fill in, I'll be happy to fight my hardest and keep the game fun even though, at this point, I have as much chance of winning the tourny as a snail does of winning the Indy 500.

Thanks Truth, I'll put you on the reserve list.

I'm signed and ready for game 7

Ready to go
1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby
4. Utom
5. Eki
6. RUFFHAUS 8
7. mapleleaf

Locked and Loaded:
1. mouse
2. Hirnsaege
3. Amby
4. Utom
5. Eki
6. RUFFHAUS 8
7. mapleleaf
8CoXBoT

Courtesy note:

There are multiple players feeling increasingly frustrated that others are routinely not following the agreement to ready orders as quickly as possible. I think we all understand that there are times when the whole phase is needed to avoid NMRs. These games happen over months, and life is fond of unexpectedness. However, this tournament will drag on unnecessarily and risk incompletion or player turnover to the point of losing any meaning if we can't all put in the effort to keep things moving.

So please prioritize these games and ready orders as a courtesy and showing of respect to others. Thank you.

Dammit, I'm sorry I didn't realize the Game 7 join period was about to expire. I'll have to recreate it, will probably have to wait until tomorrow morning.

If people are not ready to continue, then they need to drop out and let other waiting to join participate. We have less than half of the players in this tournament cooperating. If people are not going to play, and play by the rules we may as well call it over now and find 15 dedicated players.