msj@gitpyr.UUCP (Mike St. Johns) (09/07/85)
I have been GM'ing a game of EMAIL Diplomacy (E1985E) which has been plagued by missed moves and dropouts. I currently have two positions in civil disorder with a third possibly in that position. I am discouraged... it is really sad to try and run a game when your players don't even let you know when they want to drop out. In PB(Snail)M games this usually isn't a problem as the players are paying the GM by the turn as well as requiring a deposit from the player which is only returned if the player completes the game. If a player drops out, the deposit is split between the GM and any replacement players for the position. Sad we can't do something like this for EMAIL. However, I would like to propose a general policy to be followed by any GM participating in a "Boardman Number" game, to wit: Any player who drops without giving a one seasons notice goes on a black list and will not be accepted as a player in any other game until he or she has completed one (or two) games as a substitute player. Comments? Oh yeah, I am desperate for replacements in my game... if you are willing to play, I need replacements for Turkey and Germany and possibly Austria.. Mike -- Mike St. Johns Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!msj StJohns@MIT-Multics.ARPA (404) 982-0035