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Pot: 255 D - Autumn, 2010, Finished
World Diplomacy IX, Sum-of-Squares Scoring
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22 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2000: [India]:Hi Gents and Ladies, I'm going to need to request a pause from Weds till Sunday please. The Mrs has booked a surprise holiday (HOW inconsiderate!)
22 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2000: [India]:Sorry for the inconvenience!!
22 Feb 16 UTC Autumn, 2000: [Near-East]:No problem, have a nice time!
22 Feb 16 UTC Autumn, 2000: [Russia]:Some of us might be voting to pause, but don't be surprised if it doesn't pass. Most probably won't vote to pause.
22 Feb 16 UTC Autumn, 2000: [India]:Yeah I get that, but if everyone who sees it does it should do after two turns at the most.

With any luck there will be WIFI, so I'll get to set moves.
24 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: Moderator: (A_Tin_Can): Hi everyone, this game has been paused by request. I recommend voting to unpause now so that the game can continue when everyone returns to the site.

Any problems, please email [email protected]
25 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Ghana]:I propose unpause.
25 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Ghana]:The cause of one does not outweigh the cause of the majority, especially in regards to an online board game. His enjoyment is the bane of all of us.
25 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [South-Africa]:Yeah seriously. In a normal game with seven people it would be slightly more understandable but 17? I didn't realize I could go around just having my games paused at will. I thought it was VOTE pause for a reason. After a couple days a bunch of people probably won't even remember to vote unpause again, and if the mod restarts it manually they'll all forget their moves, and the game will pretty much be ruined, so thanks.
25 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Libya]:Were now 7 people short on the vote
26 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Pacific-Russia]:4 people short now.
26 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Russia]:India isnt going to vote till Sunday.
29 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: Moderator: (LeonWalras): The original pause period is up, so I'm unpausing this now. I've also reset the clock for a full phase length to prevent NMRs this phase. Remember to finalize your orders if you don't want to wait, so the game isn't held up any further!
29 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [India]:Thanks for the pause guys, much appreciated
29 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [India]:BTW I don't want any hard feelings about a pause... the mods don't have to but decided it was fair to pause given the notice I'd given.

And on your point Ghana, SA, it is a vote aye, but imagine a situation where someone doesn't vote in order to gain an advantage, there has to be a way to force a pause. Personally I think a majority vote should work (which I think there probably was in this case) rather than a unanimous vote.
29 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [Russia]:While I agree with majority vote, unpausing didnt take effect from majority vote. Because of that, it really wasn't fair.
29 Feb 16 UTC Spring, 2001: [India]:I agree. But someone complained to the mods about the pause, and so it was unpaused.
04 Mar 16 UTC Spring, 2002: [Western-Canada]:Hello everyone! I just joined this game, I hope this game will be enjoyable!
04 Mar 16 UTC Spring, 2002: [Argentina]:Hello, I joined the whole site just yesterday, I didn't even know there is a world map! Looks great, looking forward to try it.
04 Mar 16 UTC Autumn, 2002: [Western-Canada]:I wish I had allies... :/

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