As a perennial loser, maybe I'm just getting ahead.

Its been awhile but I believe its just kw15x15

Good thing I don't care about points or positions... These tournaments have killed me, from #34 down to the mid-200s... I must enjoy being a punching bag or something to keep signing up for them

Games through #15 are created for tournament participants to join, none will start until all players are ready.

Shall we get games 9 & 10 going now that 7 is completed and 8 is nearing and end?

It would be wonderful if the remaining 6 joined for Game 7, and the remaining 7 for Game 8. Reminder that all the games are up and waiting.

My apologies, but i don't think i'll be able to continue. I took over 2 games as it was urgent to swiftly find a replacement for one of the original 15, yet with a few 30+ full press player games and a possible participation in the WC - i won't be able to manage any more games.

What's the password for remaining games? I have not joined any...and am admittedly to lazy to dig for it.

Hey DocRec, Games 7 and 8 are already done/underway. Don't you mean 9 & 10?

Yes. Been a long tournament.

i joined 9, 10 and 11 now

We may need to hold a roll call again to see if we need to find replacements. This tourney is losing steam fast, and with the start of other variant tourneys we may find it hard to get substitutes.

Fox is right. We need are roll call for sign-ups. I am not signed up for games 9 and 10. I am trying to leave this community until such time as it takes the necessary ethical corrections to host healthy Diplomacy games. However, I do not wish to withdraw from my commitments, and since these are unrated and anonymous games, most of my immediate concerns are not at issue here. I am willing to sign up and play out the KW901 tournament if every player in it is willing to stand by the original gentleman's agreement to ready up when possible, specifically retreats and disbands, and not use time as a putative weapon. All previous eight games have suffered from multiple players' selfishness and disrespect in ignoring this agreement. Everyone slips up and has real world interventions, and that's not the problem. It's the repeated and intentional petulant stalling of games. Not everyone is doing it, but it only takes one or two to destroy the game dynamics and momentum. I only agreed to play in this monster event under those conditions. Any player abusing this agreement should be kicked out of the event, and replaced. If this is too rich for you, then replace me, and move on.

This tournament has been difficult throughout -- and I don't mean the game play. What has been consistent through 8 games is likely to remain consistent. That includes players not joining games as well as not readying orders. No amount of forum or in-game posts, or PMs, has impacted this, and expecting that to change will leave us further disappointed. Even if I went through the trouble and managed to fairly and accurately remove players causing unreasonable delays, the result would be a struggle to find replacements, the same problems repeated among a segment of the replacements, and an ongoing frustrating time sink for me. What I propose is that in addition to saying it here, I will also post in the recent two games that the next two are beginning as soon as they fill, and within one week I will open it up to whoever wishes to take any open spots. So if you are not in games 9 & 10, and still want to play, please join soon. Ruff, your complaint regarding readying orders is absolutely valid. I just don't think anything is going to change without disproportional headaches. I fully understand if you choose to leave the tournament. If I hadn't committed to facilitating it, I would have been out a few games ago.

Let me edit that:

If you wish to continue in the tournament, you have one week to join games 9 and 10. If you do not, remaining open spots will be filled by whoever would like to join. Game 9 will begin as soon as it is filled. Game 10 will begin as soon as Game 8 is complete.

I appreciate the difficulty you have as the facilitator of this event, Doc. I am trying not to be a part of the problem. However this circumstance is in a nutshell why I don't want to play Dip here any more. We tolerate rule breaking, lapses of ethical standards, and irresponsible play while punishing those who speak out against it. We pretend cheating and doesn't exist because we're so afraid that the cheaters will get offended and leave. I'm all for keeping players engaged, but I can no longer cope with the mentality of appeasing those who fail to comply with rules, agreements, and ethical standards.

Since I do not like to be that guy that just drops problems on everyone with no offered solutions I will suggest that Doc as the facilitator of the tournament and a VDip moderator have the authority to remove players from these games if they abuse the rules. Frankly this should be happening across the community, and it would only take once or twice before people saw there was a real sheriff in town. Since we cannot get 15 players to follow the rules I am doubtful that all 15 will reaffirm the pledge to ready up orders where possible and practical. That's why I asked for a roll call vote on this, so those not wanting to comply could be replaced. If we cannot do this, and the moderators will not enforce the laws on which the tourney was created with, then I no longer feel interested nor obligated to play the remaining seven games.

I'll ask nicely one more time. Please Sign up and affirm that will will ready up orders when you can (this means not making 14 people wait for single option or disband only retreats).

1. RUFFHAUS 8 (in for games 9 & 10, reaffirm ready up pledge)
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1. RUFFHAUS 8 (in for games 9 & 10, reaffirm ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
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ubercacher16 is replacing BobRoss
Korwenten is added to the list of replacements

I'm on my phone but add me to the list. The only time I haven't readied up was when I was travellng.

1. RUFFHAUS 8 (in for games 9 & 10, reaffirm ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3. YCHTT
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That'll cost you a +1, Truthie ;)

1. RUFFHAUS 8 (in for games 9 & 10, reaffirm ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3. YCHTT
4. Amby (already signed up for games 9 & 10)
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1. RUFFHAUS 8 ( gm 9-10 , reaffirming ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
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4.Desert Fox
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Let’s finish this damn thing,

1. RUFFHAUS 8 ( gm 9-10 , reaffirming ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3.YCHTT
4.Desert Fox
5. ubercacher16
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I'm in!

1. RUFFHAUS 8 ( gm 9-10 , reaffirming ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3.YCHTT
4.Desert Fox
5. ubercacher16
6. Utom
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Me too..

If there are any spots available for any replacements, I'd like to be included.

I think you can take my spot, Scuba. I was a temporary replacement for one of the original 15 (who dropped out definitively), but am not able to play any more games within this tournament.

1. RUFFHAUS 8 ( gm 9-10 , reaffirming ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3.YCHTT
4.Desert Fox
5. ubercacher16
6. Utom
7. Eki83
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1. RUFFHAUS 8 (in for games 9 & 10, reaffirm ready up pledge)
2. Dr. Rec
3. YCHTT
4. Amby (already signed up for games 9 & 10)
5. Desert Fox
6. ubercacher16
7. Utom
8. Eki83
9. bozo
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