In reply to Referee (msg # 32):

I'm still here, but in the process of finalizing the sale of my house & moving.

I think the USG's reaction to 25-26 was already covered in my earlier e-mails but if I think of something else, I'll post it there. ^_^

In reply to Referee (msg # 31):

Are Terrence (Canada), Thomas (France) and Steve (India) in this board?

In reply to Referee (msg # 29):
Getting back up to speed and checking notes and reading thru ..I should have some ideas by tommorow ..

Just one more question:

This applies only to the current crisis/situation or to the game as a whole?

I'm a bit more comfortable with the tools here.  If it pertains to this current turn (actions or process) post it here.  Otherwise the other forum is fine.

If you want to call other countries names or have a public diplomatic discussion the other forum is fine as well, just post the agreed upon results here.  If it's private discussion I would prefer to put up a private thread (or pm exchange) here for your discussions rather than sort through a folder in my saved mail.

I haven't gotten a rtj from Terrence, Thomas, or Steve yet but they're part of the yahoogroup (and not bouncing).  So they got the message.  If they don't show up in the next few days, France and Canada will follow NATO consensus in general while India will carry out previously established policy positions as a guideline.

I'm looking at next Friday to put up the next year shaped by any decisions or policies posted in between (as well as shaped by what you've put in your turns as well unless you reverse course here).

I tried keep relevant details in the posts without expanding too much (yeah...limited success;-) but if you have any questions or need a bit more information (about your country, an event, or something I missed or didn't post, or other mistake). feel free to PM.  Granted most of us here are policy wonks of one shade or another, but I didn't know what kemalists were exactly until a few months ago, other than offhanded info regarding a ban on fez's so ...;-).

Chris

While I haven't set a hard date to finalize your decisions for this cycle, I think a few more days will be required.  I'll look for any decisions to firm up by Wednesday before I put a bow on this cycle and post.

I work tonight and this weekend so while I'll keep an eye on the forum I probably won't have time to manage any postage until Monday.

Back from cleaning up after Labor day weekend.  I have all the decisions from players I need to finish writing up this cycle... you may still continue to discuss any other foreign affairs or whatnot but anything resulting from those will not apply until the 2027-28 cycle.

The change in my schedule got a bit crushing the last two weeks, so sorry for the delay as ... heh... all of my available freetime got gobbled up by working through compliance programs for my clinical hours (and no time to snag them during the day).  Just finished those tonight and I'm ahead of the study game so I have some blocks of freetime this weekend.

At this point 26-27 is set as far as policy directions.  Any other negotiations or decisions will apply to 27-28 (shaded no doubt by incoming factors).

Is there any estimate time for the cycle/turn to get run?

Travel times with my clinicals and to classes\lab is erasing any freetime I have during the week (getting home with enough time to get cleaned up, cook, do minor housework, prepare for the next day before bed).  My weekend freetime is pretty spotty even after cutting my per diem work hours way down per month (which in net really has only given me time to keep in front of the class workload\exams with a little bit of time to do the family\church\friend thing on Sundays).

As a result I don't have an estimate but after this week I think I have two entire weeks without an exam to study for during the weekend;-).  Sorry for the non-communication.

Any idea about when (if) it will resume?
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 18:02, Mon 17 Mar 2014.

In reply to Germany (msg # 45):

I am happy to see that you are still interested. I am also hoping that we can get the game going again.

In reply to Japan (msg # 46):

If we have to judge for the ones who regularly (nearly daily) visit this page or the forum, at least Kelvin, you and me are still interested...
This message was last edited by the player at 15:08, Wed 19 Mar 2014.

In reply to Germany (msg # 47):

I'm still here as well, hoping we're going to start up again sometime

In reply to Germany (msg # 45):

Still Here as well

Any news about the other players (Brazil, Canada, France, US...)?

In reply to Germany (msg # 50):

Yeh, It would be handy to get a revised list of current players and what countries they are playing so I can update my great game address book for emails

In reply to Referee (msg # 44):

I am still in.  I don't check here often, and so didn't see the roll call until now.  My apologies.

I hope this is the right place to post something like this.  Found this article this morning (http://cimsec.org/china-conventional-strike-us/); it's about the likelihood of China developing conventionally armed ICBMs to attack US aircraft carriers.  Art Game Imitates Life, no?

To now, we used to post those things in the forum, but the first sight to it seems interesting...

Indeed! Interesting, thanks.

Thats the upgrade to what has existed for awhile (DF-21 series ..the D mod being the first anti ship ballistic missle produced by China)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-21

Looks like that one is the DF-5x series

In reply to China (msg # 56):

Hi Guys, sorry I've been a bit quiet the past week - its been my friends wedding - just not seemed to have had time recently to come on and do anything in full just checking to make sure nothing blows up whilst I was distracted - if you're waiting for a reply from me you should get it tonight or some time tomorrow night