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Sir Ralph
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Long live teh Schwampel!
Dec 2001
time: 06:27
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I hereby announce, that this is my last week as player for Gathering Storm. I will continue to watch for incoming turns till next Sunday (April 13th). This should be sufficient for another player to step up the table, if necessary. Which I doubt, by the way. Nathan does very good work, so why not make his work easier by not forcing him to write down every single move? This is already very hard and will be next to impossible, if our empire grows yet more. I think the best way is just to let him play as he decides, that's easier for him and all of us.
The reasons of my resignation are both lack of time and, frankly, lack of will to continue. In the past four to six weeks I hardly participated anyway other than playing occasional turns, so my impact on the game in its current state is near to naught. Since I have a family and a full time job, which takes all my skills, I want to relax in my spare time, I just want to have both a challenge and fun. Unfortunately, the latter part is in this game (and especially our team) completely missing. It's not a game anymore, but rather something dead serious like a second job. Although this is certainly good for our strength and prosperity, it is not the kind of entertainment I'm seeking. The balance between fun and challenge is seriously out of order. I'm aware, that others may (and will) disagree, but that's what I'm honestly feeling. Maybe one or the other can understand me.
Please note, that my retirement has nothing to do with my team state in the ISDG. Don't even ask about it. Due to my lack of time I'm almost completely inactive there, my last post in the Webring forum was some 2 or 3 weeks ago. I will continue to participate in GS, mostly in the upcoming military part of the game, leaving the economy to the bean counters  . I served the team more than three months as one of the players and give up this position without hard feelings. And I truly hope, nobody bears hard feelings towards me.
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nbarclay
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Huntsville, Alabama
Dec 1999
time: 23:27
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I'm sorry to see you go. I may get annoyed with you on rare occasions, but by and large, you've been a very definite asset to the team. On the other hand, I can understand your reasons for leaving; there are too many times when GS seems like a second job to me too.
I do think we need at least one backup player in case I'm out of town for a few days or otherwise not available to play turns in a timely manner. Any volunteers?
Also, as Sir Ralph alluded to, it's getting to be a royal pain for me to plan out and write down all my orders for every turn in advance. What I'd like to start doing, if it's okay with the team, is have Aeson fill in suggested economic moves in the Economic part of the turn threads (if he's willing to take the time) and then I can deal with things when I play the turn, posting a list of actual moves when I do. That won't give the team quite as much chance to see my plans before I make moves that might differ from Aeson's suggestions, but it's what I have the time and mental energy to deal with if I'll be playing all or almost all the turns. (Maybe, eventually, Aeson or I will get around to gaming out and posting an exact sequence of moves over a number of turns into the future, but I always seem to have enough to do just handling current matters.)
Nathan
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07-04-2003 14:44
I'm sure you'll continue to be a valuable member of the team, especially with the prospect of war on the horizon.
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