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Game With The Dragoons => Online Kriegsspiels => Topic started by: Cyrano on November 15, 2018, 03:06:52 PM
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Well, I truly hoped it would not come to this, but it seems likely we'll have to track the game's progress here.
S!
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Yeah, I was going to give it the rest of today, but I'll email my guys
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Just so.
Also, asked Brant to correct spelling up top.
Moves like this are always soooo complicated.
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Is this the start of the end of the beginning of the death of Grogheads?
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Its possible, although the situation is far from clear at present.
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Sadness if so.
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Indeed, Jason. A more amicable outcome would have been preferred, but at least we now have some continuity.
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Is this the start of the end of the beginning of the death of Grogheads?
Seems that the site is back up and running... what did I miss out on that would lead to there being any thought of there being a beginning to an end here?
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Not that at all, really.
Just that Doug and I had always intended to move the games once these ended, but we honestly didn't know when the GH site would be back up. I'm working fatigue as I type this...
Glad you made it.
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Is this the start of the end of the beginning of the death of Grogheads?
Seems that the site is back up and running... what did I miss out on that would lead to there being any thought of there being a beginning to an end here?
True, but for me at least the site seems to have lost some of the dynamism that it used to have...I know people need to find their feet and all, but I don't know...there just seems to be little going on and all seems a bit flat!
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The two sites share a lot of the same members, former or current, and by sheer mathematics the time spent typing or reading on one site means less time on the other site. So splitting attention, or migrating all attention here, causes GH to naturally have less content from that member by proportion.
I don't want to impose, so I'll mostly stick with GH (probably, assuming their host migration teething works out), aside from special projects like this.
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Let's try and keep the conversation focused on the ongoing Kriegsspiel games in these threads, please.
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2230 17th April
As I must not let Doug get too far out ahead of me, I will be running the clock either tonight or tomorrow!
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0030 18th April
I can say without fear of correction that that was the craziest run of fatigue calculation I have ever done.
MANY dispatches out.
And, remember, dawn is only four scant hours away.
S!
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0130 18th April
Dawn in a scant THREE HOURS!
But Bavaria is not quiet.
S!
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0230 18th April!
TWO HOURS UNTIL DAWN!!
If you seek sitreps, please let me know?
Also, if you have morning orders, time to start deliberating them!
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Time to get busy this afternoon (irl). :rockon:
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0330 18th April!
One hour 'til dawn.
ONE!
Mua-ha-ha!
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What he's trying to say is that in a few short hours Vandamme will arrive and show everyone how to get things done properly.
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Is he from Brussels? Does he have muscles? Will he be a hard target?
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Most relevantly, can he do those crazy splits?
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Most relevantly, can he do those crazy splits?
Asking the important questions.
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Heading to dawn shortly.
PLEASE check your in-boxes.
There are folks who (I suspect) want to give me dawn orders that have not.
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OK, dawn comes TOMORROW.
OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE!
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0430 18th April!
This, right here, is about to get real.
DAWN!
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Remember, the French are allowed to surrender.
They are not allowed to run away, unless that's part of the plan. :bigthumb:
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So, was it a day that lived in infamy? >:D
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So, was it a day that lived in infamy? >:D
It is proving to live as a day that involved an awful lot of MATH!
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0530 18th April!
That was an hoot!
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So, was it a day that lived in infamy? >:D
It is proving to live as a day that involved an awful lot of MATH!
Hm, sounds like artillery.
0530 18th April!
That was an hoot!
....also sounds like artillery? {whhoooooooooooooooot as the shells go whistling by}
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if you want a thundering broadside, listen to Cyrano go off on this week's podcast :)
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0730 18th April!
What happened to 0630, you may ask?
Well, ask.
I'll wait.
In the meantime, presume it was consumed along with so much eggnog and rum balls by the holidays.
Oh, and now this sucker is ON.
Merry Christmas, brave ones!
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Wishing a Happy New Year to my Marshals and fellow antagonists from your Emperor!
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Why his emperor-ship is looking very fine here in 2019!
And, oh, yes..
0830 18th April!
Between this and the Jena KS, we're now at over 1,000 dispatches received.
ROLL ON!
And Happiest of New Year's to all!
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0930 18th April!
So much...so much.
Glad I've still got the videos!
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1030 18th April!
I do not recall J-A being this insane!
Must find a way to blame Vance.
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Hey now! :tickedoff:
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Are there jeeps involved?
(Who was it who decided to shoot all the jeeps years ago...? I've legitimately forgotten.)
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That would be Cyrano. :Loser:
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JK ACTUAL reporting.
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JK ACTUAL reporting.
Next TTS fight - everyone in jeeps w/ machine guns, in a hedge maze.
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Radio signals sent by emails, routed through comm nodes.
........come to think of it, that might be simulated on CommandOps2.... must ponder this.
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Meanwhile, without going into spoilers, I agree with Cyrano on his judgment of the missive recently sent by Liechtenstein: it was just the best. :ROFL:
Hopefully it gets into the video record. :bigthumb: :rockon:
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1130 18th April!
As Doug has said, I think the time has come to gallop a bit.
I'd like to get in a turn every three days or so, especially as things really are hotting up out there!
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1230 18th April!
What say a turn on FRIDAY as well, eh?
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1330 18th April!
A long way until evening!
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1430 18th April!
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1530 18th April!
This is it, lads!
We can strike while PanzerDe is stricken by illness!!
We'll catch him for sure :D!!
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I'm not sick, I'm just going to St. Louis. It isn't San Diego but it isn't that bad...
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I'm not sick, I'm just going to St. Louis. It isn't San Diego but it isn't that bad...
Voluntarily going to St. Louis might be taken as illness by some.
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I'm not sick, I'm just going to St. Louis. It isn't San Diego but it isn't that bad...
Voluntarily going to St. Louis might be taken as illness by some.
I can't really argue that.
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1630 18th April!
Not done nearly as well as I might have liked.
Ah well, many orders are out!
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1730 18th April!
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1830 18th April!
One more for sure before Vance leaves us (for a bit).
Oh, and four hours until dark!
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1830 18th April!
One more for sure before Vance leaves us (for a bit).
Vance is critical to our strategy, so he must be prote----! uh, I mean, we'll still be here when he gets back, I'm sure! :rockon:
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As threatened...
1930 18th April!
JUST THREE HOURS UNTIL DARK!!
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2030 18th April!
No, no, no.
Too long between turns.
This won't do at all.
TWO HOURS UNTIL DARK!!
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2130 18th April!
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2230 18th April!
And that, dear ones, is NIGHTFALL.
Shout for sitreps, &c.
Fatigue calculation will begin very, very soon.
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Well, I definitely want a local sitrep, camp position, etc. Just some basic information.
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Me too...in fact just about any information would be appreciated....heartily sick of being on the sidelines looking in and not being able to to do a damn thing....well that might be about to change as dawn will bring the beast of Europe to the battlefield!
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......boasting that the antichrist is about to arrive on our captured soil, is not exactly a point in your favor.
But sure, great! -- bounty on the Antichrist now! To the man who shoots him, I shall build a monument and commission an opera for the ages! Who will head the list?!
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Ha not if we find you first my friend!
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Whomever you find first, gets first opportunity to rid the world of your infection.
But we won't be hard to find. Just pick a river and follow it until you run into our defenses. We'll be glad to give you a warm, even hot, welcome to Austria! It will be just like you have gone home to your reward before your time! >:D
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Gentleman, gentleman.
You're both pretty.
2330 18th April!
Really diving down into Prof. Gill's trilogy and I'll say these things:
1. I once felt badly about the march rates. They are merciful. He records one corps (Austrian) marching for 15 hours and making 13 km.
2. I once felt badly about the message delay. They are nothing short of generous. Charles occasionally got messages over one day late.
The grievous fatigue calculation commences...NOW...
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I AM NOT EITHER PETTY!
.... .......... oh. Uh. Oh. :3musketeer:
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Hey game time and real time are almost in sync ...well bar it being two hundred and ten years apart....however it is 19th April real time and we are just on the cusp of entering a very important day in the game also the 19th of April... Will it be momentous or just a damp squib...huzzah!
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Incidentally, I applaud your icon referencing the old Legion game!
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Well I thank you Sir. It is a game I really enjoyed and what I liked about it was the standard bearer or signifier who is cropped in this icon; for my sins I studied Roman standards and their bearers for quite a few years, therefore the image most definitely has an appeal!
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Anyone have or seen the Vae Victis no 144 game called The Eagles of the Danube: The Campaign of April 1809. I saw a report about someone playing it and it was the first I have heard about this magazine game. Anyone had any experience with it? I am tempted to buy a copy and am just wondering if it is any good... Thoughts?
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Anyone have or seen the Vae Victis no 144 game called The Eagles of the Danube: The Campaign of April 1809. I saw a report about someone playing it and it was the first I have heard about this magazine game. Anyone had any experience with it? I am tempted to buy a copy and am just wondering if it is any good... Thoughts?
The game's a little uncharacteristic of my other experience with VV, if only because it adopts a point-to-point system for managing the campaign. In this it resembles a less lovely version of Napoleon: 1806 from Shakos. Let it be noted that I'm counting on those lads to make their way through ALL the campaigns. Rules are straight-forward and light. Nothing much to compare it to, but I liked it. Shouldn't cost much to obtain either.
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0030 19th April!
FAR too long between turns! I apologize for that.
Fatigue calculation was some real work, though.
We'll plow through the evening quickly and, remember, dawn is only four hours away!
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Exciting days so far! -- should continue tomorrow!
Without spoiling details or passing along information outside of the courier system, please allow me to honor all the Austrian commanders in their struggles for Operation Maechtiger Panzer! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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0130 19th April!
Yep, I did it, and I'm not sorry.
Brace for another one shortly.
And then the call for morning orders.
Always open for SitReps, questions, and the like.
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0230 19th April!
...and the train it won't stop going no way to sloooooow down...
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0330 19th April!
You are a chatty lot of late and that's excellent.
To stress something Doug mentioned over in his longer posting (well worth a read), there's no real substitute for communication in this game! Yes, it slows turns down a bit, but it makes everybody's experience that little bit better.
Besides, is there anything so delightful -- or horrifying -- as coming home from work, or perhaps waking up, to find a KS missive you didn't expect waiting for you?
Last call, lads for morning orders!!
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Well long enough!
Dawn comes tonight.
Last call for morning orders.
Regards,
Control
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0430 19th April!
All right party people.
This, at least in the history, is where it call got really, really interesting.
Let's see what happens!
Look for a quick couple turns over the weekend as well, especially as Origins soon awaits.
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0530 19th April!
Rolling right along now!
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Rollin Rollin Roland,
Keep those French dogs rollin,
Snowy wind and weather!
Hell bent for leather!
My heart's calculatin'
My true love will be waitin'
Waitin' once we're kickin' out their hides.
GIDDYUP RUN EM DOWN
RUN EM DOWN GIDDYUP
GIDDYUP RUN EM DOWN, RAWHIDE!
DRIVE EM OUT, CUT EM UP
CUT EM UP, DRIVE EM OUT
DRIVE EM OUT, CUT EM UP
CUT EM OUT! -- RAWWWHIIIDDDEEE!
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0630 19th April!
Whooooeeee...
OK, now the fun really starts.
However, likely the last turn until after I get back from Origins.
S!
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Turn advances TONIGHT.
Write 'em if you got 'em.
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0730 19th April!
As threatened!!
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As threatened.... >:D
LET OKTOBERFEST IN APRIL.... BEGIN! {scattering applause}
(Note: the internet has failed me, as I could not find a specific clip to explain this joke from around the halfway point of Steve Martin's modern day Cyrano de Bergerac romantic comedy Roxanne.)
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0830 19th April!
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Just saw a rather well done video about Kriegsspiel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-seIA9tukDs&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-seIA9tukDs&feature=youtu.be)
Very well done history of the game in about 15 minutes.
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Just saw a rather well done video about Kriegsspiel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-seIA9tukDs&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-seIA9tukDs&feature=youtu.be)
Very well done history of the game in about 15 minutes.
Best part from my angle are the photographs and clarifications of Hellwig's game which I knew of, but had not seen in this much detail.
Well, and still yet more photographs of my favorite piece of furniture on the PLANET.
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0930 19th April!
This week as been an hoot...
BUT WE HAVE A TURN!!!
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1030 19th April!
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1130 19th April!
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1230 19th April!
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Springtime in Bavaria! :rockon:
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Hm. My original timing estimate seems to be correct.
Accidentally.
And unfortunately.
For someone. :biggrin:
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1330 19th April!
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1430 19th April!
Oh, yes, oh yes...
There will be another turn before I make my way to Ratisbonne...yes there will...
Look for it TUESDAY EVENING!!!
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...and then the game will slow down for a while?
>:D
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1530 19th April!
And, yes, as Charles (Jason) suggests, I'm about to board plane for these very battlefields.
See you all in just a few.
Try to not burn down Bavaria in my absence?
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Good journey fine sir! :peace:
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1630 19th April!
And we are back at it.
Quick turns now, gents.
Quick turns.
I am filled with inspiration.
And whiskey!
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and photos! :D
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1730 19th April!
As I said, gentlemen.
BRISKLY!!!
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1830 19th April!
Briskly!!!
Questions, &c., please shout. Dusk is now only three hours away...full dark in four.
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1930, 19th April!
Some fun now, gentlemen.
Some fun now.
Always available for questions!
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Holding our breath a bit as one of our players (Treb) weathers the hurricane.
Very rude of the weather to interrupt our fine sport.
Still, living as I do in the land of the snowpocalypse, I can't imagine what it's like waiting for something like that to land.
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2030, 19th April!
Only two more hours until dark!
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2130, 19th April!
Did all the work and forgot to post last night.
May...may...have been drinking.
It is now DUSK.
One hour until dark.
Surely I can be forgiven this omission such that we can have another turn tomorrow P.M.?
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2230, 19th April![/i
So bloody much for my lofty ambitions.
Ah, well, it is now NIGHT and time will pass quickly!
Fatigue calculation in just a few short hours.
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Kind of amazed the day turned out like it did... :whistle:
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Kind of amazed the day turned out like it did... :whistle:
Oh the video I have to record tonight...
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2330, 19th April!
The chimes at midnight!
Fatigue!
SitReps!
Messengers twacking crisply into trees in the Bavarian night!
All these will come very soon!
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0030, 20th April!
MERCY, but that one took a while.
SITREPS are DONE!!
AVANTI!!!
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0130, 20th April!
Remember, dawn comes in only a few hours!!!
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0230, 20th April!
We are having some fun now, aren't we kids!!!
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0330, 20th April!
With dawn in one hour, I will now slow my roll a bit waiting for your...
DAWN ORDERS!!!
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Dawn will come TOMORROW!!!
Dawn orders if you have them, please.
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0430, 20th April!
And it is DAWN!!!
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Wow, wait, really??!
Man, I wasn't keeping up! -- I was sure there'd be messages incoming by now, but I received practically nothing (from teammates) overnight.
I've got things I have to do tonight, but I'll try to get orders set up soon!
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Wow, wait, really??!
Man, I wasn't keeping up! -- I was sure there'd be messages incoming by now, but I received practically nothing (from teammates) overnight.
I've got things I have to do tonight, but I'll try to get orders set up soon!
I had begun to wonder...
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0530, 20th April!
A wise man who runs a lot of these once told me that nothing focuses the mind quite like shouting "GAME CLOCK ADVANCES"!
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0630, 20th April!
This should be fun.
Please know that Dr. Rouy rides over all your shoulders. He is very pleased this second KS has endured so long and is going along so well!
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0730, 20th April!
Will this fun NEVER STOP!!!
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0830, 20th April!
And the train it just keeps rollin', no way to sloooooooow down...
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0930, 20th April!
And again many march...
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Let Maechtiger Panzer... finally lean over..... into beginningness!
I love it when a plan comes together. {insert Hannibal Smith smiley here} {THE INTERNET HAS FAILED ME THIS SHOULD EXIST!}
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Let Maechtiger Panzer... finally lean over..... into beginningness!
I love it when a plan comes together. {insert Hannibal Smith smiley here} {THE INTERNET HAS FAILED ME THIS SHOULD EXIST!}
With no exception, the busiest hour of the game thus far!
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And considering how hot the action has been until now, that's saying something!
What I can say, is that I'm doing nothing at all. 8)
All the work, and the glory, goes to the guys with the boots on the ground, and the guys who are making sure they get fed and pointed in the right direction. :applause:
(I would give specific credit where it's due, but on an 'open' channel that would compromise operational security. >:D )
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1030, 20th April!
Jeez that was nuts...if in the best possible way.
I hadn't intended to, but I was driven to fashion a special mid-day video just for the memory.
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1130, 20th April!
Well, THAT was a lot.
Sorry for the delay, but, again, THAT was a lot...
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I meant to consider more closely the information you sent yesterday, Cyrano, but I got home a lot later than I expected, and then I was hopping around dealing with various things.
I'm planning to get into it this afternoon, but if you can pause the game progression a little, I'd appreciate it.
If that isn't possible (or perhaps feasible), my original orders from a few days ago will suffice. They're PROBABLY still good anyway; I'm just checking over the extra information to be sure.
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I meant to consider more closely the information you sent yesterday, Cyrano, but I got home a lot later than I expected, and then I was hopping around dealing with various things.
I'm planning to get into it this afternoon, but if you can pause the game progression a little, I'd appreciate it.
If that isn't possible (or perhaps feasible), my original orders from a few days ago will suffice. They're PROBABLY still good anyway; I'm just checking over the extra information to be sure.
I'll hold at the marker until tomorrow night.
Jim
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1230, 20th April!
It reveals nothing to say that if I had lived in ANY of these larger towns in April 1809, I'd have hated the lot of you.
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Deine ganze Stadt gehört uns.
(Not sure if Google translate preserved the meme joke there....)
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1330, 20th April!
Assuredly another turn on Saturday!
Regards.
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1430, 20th April!
I won't lie.
Control is smiling.
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1530, 20th April
So, yeah, there's THAT then!
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1630, 20th April
Too bloody long between turns!
But you've all been up to so much!!!
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1730, 20th April
Ah, much more prompt!
Well done gentlemen, well done.
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1830, 20th April
Heavens to Betsy but it's on now.
Wonderful!
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Hm, can't decide how well this bodes... :whistle: :biggrin:
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1930, 20th April
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Working on something here.
With you presently.
Thanks for your patience.
You GUYS!!!
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If it's a French surrender, I'd be willing to accept a French evacuation instead. They can go back home and talk about how they're coming back later.
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Problem SORTED.
Sorry for the delay.
2030, 20th April
TWO HOURS OF DAYLIGHT REMAIN!
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2130, 20th April
I will respond directly where the question was put, but it is absolutely the case that much time can pass in marching, &c.
If you EVER want a SitRep as to where you are at a given time, just fire off an email and Control will hear and respond!!!
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2230, 20th April
NIGHTTIME?!?
So SOON?
Fatigue calculation in just two hours?
Oh. My. Goodness!
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2330, 20th April
And here comes fatigue calculation!!!
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No turn of the clock yet, but fatigue calculations are DONE.
SitReps will be sent tomorrow.
Remember, dawn is EARLY in these parts and a lot of you have, well, stuff to attend to!
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0030, 21st April
OH. YES!
Prediction: this is the day.
DAWN IN FOUR HOURS!
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This is the daaay (this is the day)
we make lemonaaaade (we make lem-on-ade!)
We will rejoiiiiice (we will rejoice)
and be glad in it! (and be glad in it!)
THIS IS THE DAY THAT THEY BLANCH, AAAAFRAID!
WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IIIIT!
This is the daaaay (this is the day)
That we spray
the
raid.
>:D
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...wait, wait, sorry! I had a typo there that ruined the immersion!
That should read "SPAY the raid".
:D
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0130, 21st April
Dawn's a-comin'!
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0230, 21st April
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Austrians! -- EMBRACE THE DAWN! :rockon:
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Austrians! -- EMBRACE THE DAWN! :rockon:
Speaking of which...can't believe I forgot to post...
0330, 21st April
Dawn comes on SUNDAY NIGHT.
Get your orders/queries in NOW!
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I waited.
Honest I did.
BUT I CAN WAIT NO LONGER.
DAWN, GENTLEMEN. DAWN!
0430, 21st April
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So, um, before I roll the clock.
Which i will do.
Anybody got any questions?
Or orders?
Or stories of their overnight, erm, conquests?
Juuuust asking.
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Oh, shit. Just saw this. I'm waay out of touch. email sent.
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^That's actually one of the very last things Napoleon said at Waterloo.
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:ROFL:
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^That's actually one of the very last things Napoleon said at Waterloo.
His email server must have been bloody slow. :D
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He probable deleted the message about the Prussians coming as being spam.
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Duskly dawns the day for the doughty defenders of Austria...! :oh: :rockon:
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0530, 21st April
MUCH longer than I had hoped, but this one required some pushing of some commanders.
Love you all.
S!
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0630, 21st April
The god of battles visits Bavaria.
I trust he likes beer.
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0730, 21st April
When KSs heat up...they heat up...
Watch you inboxes over the weekend, gents.
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0830, 21st April
Fill your hands, gentlemen!
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0930, 21st April
Yeah, just that fast...
Please stay on your orders. This one is getting fun quickly.
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1030, 21st April
As I think I've said before: HANDS AND FEET INSIDE THE RIDE!
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I can't wait to see the video eps on this!
Someday.
Next decade... >:D
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1130, 21st April
If the umpire doesn't sleep, then NO ONE SLEEPS!!!
Eyes on your e-mails, please.
The 1230 hour will come with questions for some.
Shoot, I got people swimming rivers!
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I was about to ask for a status report anyway. :bigthumb:
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1230, 21st April
DOWN GOES FRASIER! DOWN GOES FRASIER!
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Now try to figure out who Frasier is in this analogy...
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1330, 21st April
ROLLING, ROLLING, ROLLING...
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1430, 21st April
Most have been on top of their mailboxes. A few have not!
Still six hours of daylight remaining!
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1530, 21st April
Surely you didn't think you were getting away without a turn just because it's a MONDAY?
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Commanders have asked for a brief respite!
I have crushed their resistance.
CRUSHED IT, I SAY!
A short surcease has been granted, but short it will remain!
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1630, 21st April
Saddle up, gentlemen.
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Or considering it's late in the day, saddle down as the case may be. ;)
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1730, 21st April
Three hours until DARK!
S!
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We have them right where we want them, men!
(i.e., in the dark. ;) )
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Looking forward to joining the next game whenever that is. :)
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Absolutely got you for the next one :).
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Coming to the end of a similar game but for the battle of Waterloo. Would love to join the next game you guys run if there is room.
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1830, 21st April
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Coming to the end of a similar game but for the battle of Waterloo. Would love to join the next game you guys run if there is room.
Always gratified by the interest these generate. Next game will likely be 1807. We'll have open sign-ups right here!
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Coming to the end of a similar game but for the battle of Waterloo. Would love to join the next game you guys run if there is room.
Always gratified by the interest these generate. Next game will likely be 1807. We'll have open sign-ups right here!
Is there a way to get an email notification from the forum when that happens?
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1930, 21st April
Who wants it to be night?
Who?
Not me, of course, because that means fatigue calculation, but some soldiers...well...
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2030, 21st April
Was sorting out a few particular situations, but we're rolling again.
TWO HOURS UNTIL DARK!
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2130, 21st April
DARK IN ONE HOUR!
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Well, that took some noodlin'!
OK, kidsL
2230, 21st April
It's dark!
Super important: I stop marches at dark. If you want to keep marching -- fatigue penalty be damned -- you must let me know. Night turns come very quickly.
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0030, 22nd April
"So I lied, so I can't tell time, maybe some Bavarian bastard has made an appointment to bayonet you in the kidneys..." -- Borrowed loosely from "Heartbreak Ridge"
It's the next day, gentlemen. The next day!
Fatigue calculations are DONE.
Requests for SitReps and orders are in order NOW!!!
Clock will run again on Sunday.
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0130, 22nd April
ROLLING!
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Orders outgoing soon; hold the clock please till receipt.
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The clock stares at the Archduke...
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The Archduke is sending out couriers tonight (he hopes), thanks. :)
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Orders dispatched.
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0230, 22nd April
The sound you hear is that of commanders being woken from their bunks, reading their dispatches, and, well, reacting...
The clock will advance tomorrow.
Dawn at 0430.
S!
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0330, 22nd April
One more until DAWN!
Orders in for dawn marching if you don't think your intentions are clear.
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Holding one more day...
One more day...
Wait, that's a song.
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Holding one more day...
One more day...
Wait, that's a song.
Don't you know? Things will change. Things will go your way.
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0430, 22nd April
Can't believe I gave you ne'er-do-wells this much time!
DAWN!
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0530, 22nd April
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0630, 22nd April
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0730, 22nd April
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0830, 22nd April
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0930, 22nd April
We march!
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1030, 22nd April
I do not jest when I say I think the game is now officially in the balance.
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Hm, that could either be good new or bad news.
For them. >:D
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1130, 22nd April
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1230, 22nd April
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Break for lunch!
...break them, for lunch. >:D
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Hope you all realise we have been fighting this six day battle now for just over two years!!! We are into our third year of this campaign for pete's sake!
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What happened to the second game of this... It seems to have stalled out a while back or have they finished that version already?
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Hope you all realise we have been fighting this six day battle now for just over two years!!! We are into our third year of this campaign for pete's sake!
And don't think I don't love you all for it.
This is why we do this. It's so intensely weird and a little stupid.
And awesome.
I will say that I've been trying to be diligent about keeping the pace up. It's stalled presently because of sorting things out at a crucial juncture, but it has definitely helped to shove the train along...
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No it was the Spring Time in Munich game that I was talking about. Ours is going on at a fast past as far as I am concerned....sometimes a little too fast when things have been getting a little hot! And it might be two years plus, but I still love this game and what it does and it's twists and turns...always epic stuff!
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1330, 22nd April
MAN, that one was a lot.
S'OK.
Many doings!
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1430, 22nd April
You thought you were getting out of a turn last night?
YOU THOUGHT INCORRECTLY!
Game on, Wayne.
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1530, 22nd April
Catching up from Sunday when I should have announced.
Did I mention what happens tonight?
Probably not...
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And, while I'm at it, it bears mention that this KS is now just a bit over two years' old, having begun on July 26, 2018.
Thanks everyone for sticking with it!
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And, while I'm at it, it bears mention that this KS is now just a bit over two years' old, having begun on July 26, 2018.
Thanks everyone for sticking with it!
:waiting: :D
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SO SHALL I BEGIN TO DO THINGS!
soon.
soon.
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1630, 22nd April
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1730, 22nd April!
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1830, 22nd April
Messages are flying...
FOUR HOURS UNTIL DARK.
And...something big...
Very, very big...
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1930, 22nd April
Three hours until dark!
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2030, 22nd April
TWO HOURS UNTIL DARK!
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NOTE: If you have a message from control (today) stamped at 2230, this is incorrect.
I got swamped over with all the messages and thinking about sunset.
They should be stamped to 2030!
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2130, 22nd April
ONE HOUR UNTIL...UNTIL...
I'm a-tingle...
It's been over two years. I think I'm entitled.
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2230, 22nd April
It is now DARK.
I will running the clock QUICKLY to midnight over the next two days...
Then, before the end of the weekend, there will be fatigue calculation...
...and the thing foretold...
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Hopefully the thing foretold means we [BLANKETY BLANKED] enough to finally win. I think this game has lasted longer than the Korean War!
(Note that this is a vague estimate from someone home sick and should not be taken seriously, but I would be very amused if someone verified that my diseased fancy turned out to be true, kthxbi.)
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2330, 22nd April
Fatigue calculation has started...and the thing...
Results tomorrow, I hope...
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WE HAVE OUR FIRST GAME ADJUDICATION
i am fortunate that I could call in the game's designer for a consult.
Control concludes:
This game ALMOST ended with a narrow victory for one side. It was very close to over. However, circumstances are such that we agreed to give the teams one more game day to try and right the ship.
So, yes:
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So we've got another year then.
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So we've got another year then.
Funny...fair...but funny...
Just for that:
0030, 23rd April
Shout for SitReps. Dawn comes early around here...
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0130, 23rd April
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Argh, I'm on COVID lockdown at the moment, so while I've got lots more time to make sure orders are sent in, I have lots less energy to do so.
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Hope you get well soon.
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Cyrano, send me a position check when you can.
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0230, 23rd April!
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Orders sent out.
Wake me when butt-kicking has been accomplished. >:D
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0330, 23rd April
ONE HOUR UNTIL DAWN!
Dawn orders, please, if you want them acknowledged :).
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0430, 23rd April
Yep, DAWN.
Last chance for first-thing marching orders!
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0530, 23rd April
Pedal DOWN.
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[Direction redacted]-bound and down, loaded up and trucking!
We're gonna do what they say can't be done. {Beating Nappy.}
We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there;
we're [redacted]-bound so watch the Aussies.........
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....well, we don't really "run" much. Trod? Trod. Watch the Aussies trod!
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Plod is more like it.... :P
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0630, 23rd April
Y'all had a LOT of questions this time...
Still, an intolerable delay!
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SUDDENLY A SHOGOTH!
....
....uh, wait, wrong thread.
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I think all my questions could be summed up as follows:
Me: How incredibly stupid would it be if...
Jim: Incredibly is not a strong enough word.
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Ah. So maybe this WAS the right thread! >:D
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I think all my questions could be summed up as follows:
Me: How incredibly stupid would it be if...
Jim: Incredibly is not a strong enough word.
This is just so great...
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0730, 23rd April
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0830, 23rd April
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0930, 23rd April