Hope the appendix op went well. Having been there, I know it's
no fun.
What can
happen is that 12 people may get tired of spending $78 a turn,
Spurious argument. It sounds impressive to bundle up the total
cost like that, but in reality each player is only paying his
own turn fee and decides individually whether or not to continue.
We clearly won, and everyone of the enemy (except one) seems
to see
it that way.
And that is his choice. I understand that you don't like it but
it doesn't remove his right to obstinately continue if he so
wishes. What if he thought he could get a couple of stand-by
players involved?
Gavin
(Clint's never going to leave the office again. Every time he
goes away, the list sprouts a talkfest! <g>)
Maybe the real issue here is to distinguish a team concession from a
bunch of individuals dropping their positions. This was a team game.
The FP team voted to concede the game to the DS and the team leader
sent a concession to Harlequin clearly stating that intention. A team
concession is the grant of the win to the opposing team. It is a
decision made by the team and with the input of the team. If the team
did not intend to grant the win, they could have individually dropped
from the game.
In the case of a team game, there is a strong argument that can be
made that by agreeing to join the team the individual relinquished
certain rights to the team. One of those is the decision to concede
the game. IMO, the lingering player in NKA 41 is honor-bound to
respect the decision of his team to cede the win to the DS.
Of course, there are not any rules in place to enforce this. At
present it's just a matter of honor. However, I can easily see
Harlequin getting a great deal of support for a rule regarding
concessions in team games despite the controversy surrounding
automatic game terminations.
Hope the appendix op went well. Having been there, I know it's
no fun.
> What can
> happen is that 12 people may get tired of spending $78 a turn,
Spurious argument. It sounds impressive to bundle up the total
cost like that, but in reality each player is only paying his
own turn fee and decides individually whether or not to continue.
> We clearly won, and everyone of the enemy (except one) seems
to see
> it that way.
And that is his choice. I understand that you don't like it but
it doesn't remove his right to obstinately continue if he so
wishes. What if he thought he could get a couple of stand-by
players involved?
Gavin
(Clint's never going to leave the office again. Every time he
goes away, the list sprouts a talkfest! <g>)
> We clearly won, and everyone of the enemy (except one) seems
to see
> it that way.
And that is his choice. I understand that you don't like it but
it doesn't remove his right to obstinately continue if he so
wishes. What if he thought he could get a couple of stand-by
players involved?
...and that's what this debate is over. Why players like this are
allowed to continue against all odds. For the other players
involved it takes away TIME, MONEY, and ENJOYMENT of the game. In
the case of game 41, I'm not so sure the player has the RIGHT of
continuing the game since each team was voted a captain and his team
captain handed us the victory. We will have to wait until Clint
returns...
