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Hello

I am GMing a game for a couple of friends.
One of them quit, and the others decided not to finish it.
I am searching for a way to finish the game and to make sure it doesn't
count for the JDPR.

I suppose I could send Doug a message, but I suppose the "terminate"
command will have the same result, and noone has to care about the game
anymore.

Am I correct with this assumption?
If I use the "terminate" command is the game still open for press, or is
it evtl. deleted from the Judge?


thanks,
Dieter
 
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In article <2mkmenFnqpbbU1@uni-berlin.de>,
Dieter Drobny <dieter.drobny@t-online.de> wrote:
>Hello
>
>I am GMing a game for a couple of friends.
>One of them quit, and the others decided not to finish it.
>I am searching for a way to finish the game and to make sure it doesn't
>count for the JDPR.
>
>I suppose I could send Doug a message, but I suppose the "terminate"
>command will have the same result, and noone has to care about the game
>anymore.

That's right -- just send the "terminate" command to the Judge and it will
take care of everything.

>Am I correct with this assumption?
>If I use the "terminate" command is the game still open for press, or is
>it evtl. deleted from the Judge?

The Judge will delete the game after a week of no activity.

-Tim Miller
 
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Fine.

"Terminate" seems to be the perfect solution for my "problem"



Dieter
 
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:39:34 GMT, Tim Miller
<btmiller@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:

>> I am GMing a game for a couple of friends.
>> One of them quit, and the others decided not to finish it.
>> I am searching for a way to finish the game and to make sure it doesn't
>> count for the JDPR.
>>
>> I suppose I could send Doug a message, but I suppose the "terminate"
>> command will have the same result, and noone has to care about the game
>> anymore.
>
> That's right -- just send the "terminate" command to the Judge and it
> will
> take care of everything.

And what to do in a slightly different situation where you would like the
game to still count?

That is, 4 players left, one resigns. The three players still around would
rather settle the game in a draw than to look for a replacement player.
How to tackle this?

Thanks,

Remmy
 
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> And what to do in a slightly different situation where you would like
> the game to still count?
>
> That is, 4 players left, one resigns. The three players still around
> would rather settle the game in a draw than to look for a replacement
> player. How to tackle this?

That should be easy
As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
set draw.
 
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oops, of course doing it that way,
it's a four-way draw.

with DIAS I don't think it's possible to take out the abandoned power
from a draw, is it?
 
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Dieter Drobny <dieter.drobny@t-online.de> writes:

>oops, of course doing it that way,
>it's a four-way draw.

>with DIAS I don't think it's possible to take out the abandoned power
>from a draw, is it?

It is generally considered NOT a good thing to do to change the DIAS
status of a game in mid-stream. This actually is a bit of a
perversion isn't it? Think about context.... 17 center power
resigns, other three players say let's call the game as a three
way, what you say DOESN'T make sense and looks like a travesty.
1 center power resigns, we think it looks fine. Where is the
proper "dividing line"? Better to call a standby and play it
out, take out the guy if you can/want.

Jim-Bob
 
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:28:04 +0200, Dieter Drobny
<dieter.drobny@t-online.de> wrote:

> That should be easy
> As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
> set draw.

Won't the abandoned power share in the draw then?

Thanks,

Remco

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>> That should be easy
>> As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
>> set draw.
>
>
> Won't the abandoned power share in the draw then?

Yes, it would. I recognized I forgot that after hitting the "send" button.
I don't think changing the DIAS-flag is a good thing either.

At least, I would not have allowed my players to do that.
If they want the game to count they should wait for a replacement and
play the game out.
If they don't care whether the game counts or not, terminating the game
is just as fine as to end it by setting draw.
 
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LOL! Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

"Remco Rijnders" <remco@webconquest.com> wrote in message
news😱psbs38ery32ljov@news.xs4all.nl...
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:28:04 +0200, Dieter Drobny
> <dieter.drobny@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > That should be easy
> > As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
> > set draw.
>
> Won't the abandoned power share in the draw then?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Remco
 
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:00:00 GMT, David E. Cohen <david_e_cohen@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> "Remco Rijnders" <remco@webconquest.com> wrote in message
> news😱psbs38ery32ljov@news.xs4all.nl...
>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:28:04 +0200, Dieter Drobny
>> <dieter.drobny@t-online.de> wrote:
>>
>> > That should be easy
>> > As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
>> > set draw.
>>
>> Won't the abandoned power share in the draw then?
>
> LOL! Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

What's so funny?
 
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Because it's a draw! Unless they weren't paying attention, everyone
already knows how they did. Drawmongery for the sake of getting a
better rating is bad enough. To think that some people would do this
in an intellectually dishonest way raises things to a whole new level
of pitiability.

Consider the pursuit of victory as a horse. In this case, the horse
lies dead in front of a wagon full of players. Flogging the carcass
will not move any of the players forward.

"Remco Rijnders" <remco@webconquest.com> wrote in message news:<opsbwe3wi632ljov@news.xs4all.nl>...
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:00:00 GMT, David E. Cohen <david_e_cohen@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "Remco Rijnders" <remco@webconquest.com> wrote in message
> > news😱psbs38ery32ljov@news.xs4all.nl...
> >> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:28:04 +0200, Dieter Drobny
> >> <dieter.drobny@t-online.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> > That should be easy
> >> > As the GM, takeover the abandoned power with "become power" and
> >> > set draw.
> >>
> >> Won't the abandoned power share in the draw then?
> >
> > LOL! Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
>
> What's so funny?
 
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