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PE-WJ-Diplo [Acanthopis]: TS Victory
Date:Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:49:39 +0000

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I am sad to announce that SA has failed in its bid to hold off a TS
victory permanently. The three of us formed to keep them from victory.
We never had their strength, and were dogged by folks who inexplicably
wanted to do their bidding (why help the winning cause if you're not
part of it, I always wondered), but in the end I'd say that TS just
beat us. I finally had to acknowledge that the jig was up a couple of
turns back when I took a foolish gamble and lost in a truly
spectacular way. So, Kudos to TS for a fine fight. I will not resign,
as I believe that is a coward's way, and the victor should at least be
allowed to fight for the spoils of their victory, but for me it is
only a question of when the end will come. When all of my regions are
connected to outsiders, I expect to resign, as that way none of my
lands will be lost.

If old friends wish to attack me now, I will not hold you to any peace
terms, and you have my blessing. However, I will defend against you as
forcefully as I will defend against TS, as that is only fair.

I would like to suggest that we start the clock ticking on eventual TS
victory. They currently have 269 units of production and 102 regions,
which dwarfs any of the other declared alliances. 

-- Acanthopis


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PE-WJ-Diplo [James Howlett]: Reality Check
Date:Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:46:15 +0000

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I will admit that things do look bad for Acanthopis and the SA
alliance, but I told him from the beginning that I thought he had
chosen his allies poorly, especially in Kalvis.  There was a lot of
give and take in our battle, but as Acanthopis said, there was a big
swing in the fight a couple of turns ago.  Some smaller nations have
joined our side but I don't think the reasoning should be that hard to
understand -- we're nice people and we fight with honor and respect. 
Hermis joining the SA side should prolong the battle for a good long
while anyway.

The thing that I think everyone should realize is that the game is in
no jeopardy of ending anytime soon.  Right now TS has 102 regions (the
only stat that matters by the way).  There are 295 regions controlled
by the major leaders right now (nations with at least 1 external
connection).  At the moment, we do control more than one third of
those regions but we still can't declare a victory condition.  The
relevant rules can be found in section B here:
http://www.powersedge.net/?Page=guide#basics.neweras

The problem is the "(b)" requirement in section 4.  We would need to
have 3/2 as many regions as all of the nations that are not in any
alliance.  Those nations include: Aachaan (29), Bald Porcupines (24),
Gardener (9), Gregorius XVI (18), Hermis (26), Imutnab (7), Joshua Cyn
(3), Parnasse (10), Yahya (2), Zabor (12), apeloverage (1), rstlne30
(14).  That accounts for a grand total of 155 regions, well more than
what TS has.

So as you can see, there is no threat of TS reaching the victory
condition anytime soon.

Thank you,
James


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PE-WJ-Diplo [Hermis]: Note
Date:Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:15:33 +0000

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James, I think you missunderstood:
B.4. Say:
"Alliance must also control at least 3/2 as many Regions as (a) the
next-largest Alliance and (b) every Nation not in any Alliance."
"every Nation" is not the same as "all Nations together". 
It means that you should compare TS region number(102) with
Aachan(29). 
As english is not my native language I may be wrong. 
It would be good to hear moderator's opinion, if we could start the
clock ticking on the end of world and TS as the winner.


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PE-WJ-Announce [Moderator]: New Era clock ticking
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:34:23 +0000

Announcement from the Moderator to All Leaders:

TS does meet the New Era conditions for Alliance Victory and we've
started the 5 turn clock to see if they can hold onto it...

[ Hermis was correct: the rule is they have to be at least 3/2 as big
as the largest single nation not in an alliance...  I've revised the
Leader's Guide to be more clear (thought I did that earlier, hmm...). 
]

Sorry to be terse, much going on in Real Life here...

-- Power's Edge, http://www.powersedge.net/ 

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PE-WJ-Diplo [OckerBoy]: New Member
Date:Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:04:05 +0000

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Alliance of the Incompetents will soon have a new Member!!

Details at next turn.

As member of an Alliance supporting the clock ticking side I can say I
am very glad to see it happen. While I hold no animosity towards
Acacanthopis dcision, and see it in the interests of a good game, some
oof his erstwhile allies should have been a bit more careful about who
they picked on for no good reason, that is what shaped the game
latterly. For want of a nail...


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PE-WJ-Diplo [James Howlett]: TS Standing Down
Date:Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:06:44 +0000

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After talking it over with the other TS alliance members, we don't
want to try to go for the victory condition at this point in time. 
The easiest way to stop the clock is for another alliance to form that
is at least two thirds our size.  We are at 102 regions so the new
alliance would need to be at least 68 regions.  There are many
combinations of 3 or 4 leaders out there that could easily band
together and accomplish this.  If that doesn't happen in the next turn
or two then we will give 4 or 5 regions away to get below the size
necessary to meet the victory condition.

We just wanted to let the world know of our plans so that unneccessary
hostility can be avoided and no one has to break any peace treaties to
try to stop us from winning.

In the future, we would prefer it if the winning alliance can choose
when to start the clock instead of the moderator doing it for us.

James


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PE-WJ-Diplo [Hermis]: Note
Date:Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:13:59 +0000

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James, I think you missunderstood:
B.4. Say:
"Alliance must also control at least 3/2 as many Regions as (a) the
next-largest Alliance and (b) every Nation not in any Alliance."
"every Nation" is not the same as "all Nations together". 
It means that you should compare TS region number(102) with
Aachan(29). 
As english is not my native language I may be wrong. 
It would be good to hear moderator's opinion, if we could start the
clock ticking on the end of world and TS as the winner.


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PE-WJ-Diplo [BoldlyGo]: Intercepted Transmission
Date:Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:40:51 +0000

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BGHQT to all Forward Bases: Please switch to scramble code A7.
With immeadiate effect. Renaming of Bases: Base2 is changed to Morrow.
Base4 is changed to Day. Base5 is changed to Stop. Base6 is changed to
Now and Base9 is changed to Night.

Supply Command to BGHQ: We have a shortage of toilet paper in area 4.

BGHQ to ArmygroupB: Move tonight tomorrow in conjunction with
ArmygroupC who will move tomorrow today stop.
BGHQ to SouthGroup A: Do not move now today but stop. Divert
bomberwing8 tomorrow tonight. 
BGHQ to Forward Reserve Group: Are you going to stop now or will you
order a return tomorrow by noon today? This is important! Also have
you any spare toilet paper?   

The latest edition of TROOP NEWS is to be forwarded today tomorrow
tonight as they didn't get it last week:
Day to Morrow: We did get the NEWS but it was us who had run out of
the toilet paper.