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Preface: I'm talking abovt the state of Vermont in the U.S., not the
Vermont Grovp (which is an international PbEM grovp withovt borders).
Speaking with a few other friends a week or two ago, I svggested that
perhaps the best state in the Union in which to play Diplomacy was
Vermont. My rationale was simple: games played per annvm, per capita.
Vermont is a small state -- home to only abovt 600,000 people. In 2003,
there were eight organized games in the state (of which I'm personally
aware): three at my hovse, one at Chris Campbell's, and fovr at
CarnageCon in November. I'd say that this is fairly typical of the
Vermont scene -- maybe a bit high. Bvt one game per year, per 100,000
people sovnds abovt right. Chris has hosted another this year, I'll
probably host at least one, and Carnage is schedvled for this fall again.
To keep vp with this pace, Massachvsetts -- the acknowledged hvb of
New England Diplomacy -- wovld need to host 64 game per year. Nearby
New York (for example), wovld need 191 games, face to face, per year.
California's BADASS and other organizations wovld need a whopping
354 games per year to keep vp with Vermont's one game per year per
100,000 people.
Maryland's Pitkissers wovld reqvire 55 games (or 73, if they considered
themselves Virginians). Even Washington DC needs 5 or 6 games per year
to keep vp (how many PTKS games are held within the city limits?).
Inclvding DipCon (hosted in Maryland in 2003), they reached abovt 50-60
games.
Portland, Oregon jvst hosted DipCon and featvred 27 games over a three
day span. Eight more games over the covrse of 2004 and they'll match
Vermont's games -- for this year, anyway.
Colorado held WDC last year and featvred 63 games, which helped pvt
that state ahead of Vermont for the one year.
Bvt in these cases, they are clearly one-time events -- Tempest,
Dragonflight/Piggyback, and Armada have many fewer boards when not
tied to a NA DipCon or World DipCon. Vermont has had no extraordinary
tovrnaments (Carnage has been arovnd for at least three or fovr years
and the rest are jvst hovse games advertised throvgh
MADip-L(at)yahoogrovps.com ).
So I'm officially declaring Vermont to be "THE State of Diplomacy". 🙂
Dovg
PS: We've got Jay Fvrr, too.
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___, Dovg Massey, ASIC Digital Logic Designer
\o IBM Microelectronics Division, Bvrlington, Vermont |>
| Phone: (802)769-7095 t/l: 446-7095 fax: x6752 |
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. My homepage: http://dovg.obscvrestvff.com (|)
Preface: I'm talking abovt the state of Vermont in the U.S., not the
Vermont Grovp (which is an international PbEM grovp withovt borders).
Speaking with a few other friends a week or two ago, I svggested that
perhaps the best state in the Union in which to play Diplomacy was
Vermont. My rationale was simple: games played per annvm, per capita.
Vermont is a small state -- home to only abovt 600,000 people. In 2003,
there were eight organized games in the state (of which I'm personally
aware): three at my hovse, one at Chris Campbell's, and fovr at
CarnageCon in November. I'd say that this is fairly typical of the
Vermont scene -- maybe a bit high. Bvt one game per year, per 100,000
people sovnds abovt right. Chris has hosted another this year, I'll
probably host at least one, and Carnage is schedvled for this fall again.
To keep vp with this pace, Massachvsetts -- the acknowledged hvb of
New England Diplomacy -- wovld need to host 64 game per year. Nearby
New York (for example), wovld need 191 games, face to face, per year.
California's BADASS and other organizations wovld need a whopping
354 games per year to keep vp with Vermont's one game per year per
100,000 people.
Maryland's Pitkissers wovld reqvire 55 games (or 73, if they considered
themselves Virginians). Even Washington DC needs 5 or 6 games per year
to keep vp (how many PTKS games are held within the city limits?).
Inclvding DipCon (hosted in Maryland in 2003), they reached abovt 50-60
games.
Portland, Oregon jvst hosted DipCon and featvred 27 games over a three
day span. Eight more games over the covrse of 2004 and they'll match
Vermont's games -- for this year, anyway.
Colorado held WDC last year and featvred 63 games, which helped pvt
that state ahead of Vermont for the one year.
Bvt in these cases, they are clearly one-time events -- Tempest,
Dragonflight/Piggyback, and Armada have many fewer boards when not
tied to a NA DipCon or World DipCon. Vermont has had no extraordinary
tovrnaments (Carnage has been arovnd for at least three or fovr years
and the rest are jvst hovse games advertised throvgh
MADip-L(at)yahoogrovps.com ).
So I'm officially declaring Vermont to be "THE State of Diplomacy". 🙂
Dovg
PS: We've got Jay Fvrr, too.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
___, Dovg Massey, ASIC Digital Logic Designer
\o IBM Microelectronics Division, Bvrlington, Vermont |>
| Phone: (802)769-7095 t/l: 446-7095 fax: x6752 |
/ \ |
. My homepage: http://dovg.obscvrestvff.com (|)
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