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- From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF)
- Subject: Re: Dedication points
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.142341.10555@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 14:23:41 GMT
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- In article <vincent.578.725632876@cc.und.ac.za> vincent@cc.und.ac.za (Russell Vincent) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.111934.6972@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF) writes:
- >
- >>What are dedication points? I saw them explained -nowhere- ... not in the
- >>FAQ, not in the helpfile the adjudicator sends out, not in the EP house
- >>rules, nowhere. I assume they are a way of rewarding good players and
- >>punishing late ones, but other than that, I know nothing.
- >
- >Check out the file "deadlines". Use the command "get deadlines" to the judge
- >of your choice. Use the command "get flist" for a list of files available.
- >
- >Basically you are right. Here is a quick breakdown :
- >
- > +3 = orders in on time
- > -1 = "deadline missed"
- > -50 = becoming abandoned
- >-100 = missing grace period and going CD
- >
- > -Russell
-
- Aha. Okay, snagged that file. I thought I'd gotten all the files. I
- think I do now.
-
- Is dedication used only on the adjudicators? I'm still trying to grasp
- how inter-related the adjudicators and email Diplomacy systems are. I see
- that adjudicator games are sent turn by turn to the editor of Electronic
- Protocol and thence to the "Boardman Number Custodian" -- who, according
- to the EP House Rules file, keeps track of all Diplomacy games being
- played in the world! (Yes, I know he doesn't keep track of the game that
- seven people are playing in their basement in Poughkeepsie.) I've never
- seen an issue of EP since I started reading r.g.diplomacy and r.g.pbm, so
- I don't really know what happens with all that information. Does the BNC
- track players and award "grandmaster" status or something to the very best?
-