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Agape I'll hold this to a players' vote but I am inclined to just let you pick two territories honestly, the only pick left prior to your last two picks was Hitmonleet locked into Naples and I think it is obvious you weren't going to go near Naples
Since in theory (from Agape's perspective) Hitmonleet could have contested his pick however, I'll leave the issue of whether Agape can shift his Liverpool center to a player vote. I ask that Agape, Aura Guardian, and Jalmont abstain from this vote for rather obvious reasons.
Basically while most things in the draft are fluid, the end of the draft allows one to see everything that has been picked and pick what is left over. That's why I'd be fine personally with letting Agape shift Liverpool (particularly since it would have been such a bad pick at the time he made it), but again I want player input on this.
Hawkie and
The Quasar I will only be subbing players in during the first phase of the game. If you both stand by for updates (roughly this Monday night and next Thursday night, or so) for the first year, then I will sub you in if anyone fails to submit orders.
Following the first year of play there will be no substitutes, period. If someone idles I will revert to the idling rules of units support holding each other and removing units furthest from home centers, randomized in the case of a tie. Please don't idle however - it really ruins the integrity of the game.
In summary, these are the current starting positions now, and I need people to vote on whether to allow Agape to change Liverpool to a different available space (since the only pick after his Liverpool pick was always going to be Naples, and Agape imo was never going to pick Naples).
- acidphoenix [Portugal / Tunis]
- shubaka17 [Norway / St. Petersburg]
- Whydon [Constantinople / Ankara]
- Aura Guardian [Rome / Marseilles]
- Earlio (pre-draft list) [Spain / Brest]
- Blazade [Munich / Kiel]
- Agape (pre-draft list) [Liverpool (??) / Trieste]
- Drawesome532 [Serbia / Bulgaria]
- Hitmonleet (pre-draft list) [North Africa / Naples]
- Jalmont [London / Edinburgh]
In case this wasn't obvious, it is now Winter 1900. Apologies for not being able to upload maps yet - I am still playing with the Diplo map in the image manipulation program GIMP, but thus far am only able to alter territories on the map to colors already existing on the map (lol). I'll get better with it and figure out how to adjust things freely once I have a bit more time this weekend.
Winter 1900 will end in 59.5 hours, or at midnight EST on Monday, August 7th. I will require votes on Agape's status to be cast within the next 24 hours to be counted so that there will be sufficient time for him to make a second pick and all players to know what that pick is - Agape please submit your pick in advance to me in the event you are allowed to make a second one along with Trieste, and please no one try to influence the results. I would like players to vote in secret if possible, thanks.