Picked Up Nations

mepbmlist
#1

I would just want that a nation can't be dropped and picked up by another after a certain point like a dozen turns, unless it is a coordinated thing (i.e. the nation doesn't really drop, but merely transfers to another player due to personal reasons or whatever). I would expect that a nation could be picked up at any time until about that 12 turn time, so it just means you either take a risk they won't be picked up or you force the bankrupcy. But after that point, once they are out they are out.

Randy

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From: "Middle Earth PBM Games" <me@MiddleEarthGames.com>
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Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Re: Picked Up Nations
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:39:27 +0100

Lots of reasons - are you talking about a FA game. As mentioned players
like to pick up nations. We are happy to go with the flow here - but
representing all (or the majority of the players) choices. Getting that can
be hard though. One of the reason we allow nations to be picked up is that
players invariably drop games - there are always the odd player drop out.
(2950 we have a lot of drop outs). So that games don't die when they have
not got a fair chance for the game to develop we allow players to pick up
nations.

So what do players want? We'll see if we can accomodate this.

Clint

> I've had his happen just this week where a nation that was known to be
> inactive for at least SEVEN turns has now been picked up.
>
> Since we knew it was dropped, we took over some of the nations pc's. Now
> guess how the new player is going to feel towards our side?
>
> and ironically and depressingly, this turn of events comes at a time just
> when the enemy has gotten the upper hand to a small degree.
>
> Which way he goes will definitely tip the balance in a decisive manner.
>
> the old rule was three turns of dormancy and the nation was inactive. Why
is
> it different now?
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