by Morg » 18 May 2015, 08:19
Hey Buddy,
I want to get this game started, but as I said there are a couple things in your house rules that concern me and I would like to get a response. If all your players agree that there is no concern then it is fine, but I haven't heard anything at all since I sent the PM, so here are my concerns.
1.1: All deadlines will be at 11:00pm PST, unless otherwise stated
This is fine so long as the players are given at least 96hrs/24hrs/24hrs for the respective phases. A small mention of that would be helpful.
1.2: I will endeavor to send out a 24hr warning all players - but this is not a guarantee
A clarification stating that this is for movement phases, not for retreats or builds would be helpful. This has caused unnecessary confusion in previous games.
2.1: All order sets must be complete - I will only look at the last orders message you send to determine all of your orders for that turn.
A clarification of what you would do if someone sent in orders that simply said "change XYZ->ABC" without any mention of their other orders would be helpful. This situation recently caused confusion in another game.
5.0: Errors in Adjudication must be identified within 48 hours of the map/orders being posted
I am very wary of this one for two reasons and I'll need very good answers to a pair of questions if I'm not to insist that this one get changed.
1. Movement phases last 96hrs. Why can't an error which is caught in hour 72 be fixed?
2. Retreat and Build phases last 24hrs. Are you going to turn back the clock to a previous season to fix a map error? This would cause players to be forced to resubmit orders that are supposed to be anonymous until they are simultaneously revealed.
I would highly recommend this get changed to "errors must be caught before the next phase is posted"
Once I get a response, I'll move it to active games.
"He says there are no easy answers. I say he's not looking hard enough!"