09/06/01 Was the last posted warning.  You replied by breaking rules of
polite converse 09/07/01.  Further, you were warned that societies became
NPS after 3 turns of inactivity.  These actions are the players
responsibility, not the GMs, and, as yet, no policy for "default actions"
exists.  This was reiterated.  (It is purely a matter of logistics on the
part of the GM--default actions are infeasible within the game constraints
and that is a separate discussion)  Your reply was...less than mature.  By
09/09/01 I was dealing with requests to have you banned from the list.  This
was not an individual decision and was based predominantly on your
insistence on turning the list into a running stream of insults.  (Note:
you were NOT banned from the list.)

I have made no secret of what I define as acceptable behavior and converse
on the list and I do not believe that it is an issue for debate.  I also
have no problem with you playing the Razanians if you will play them.
(Stating 'of course they are rebuilding and I don't need to send in
turns--if you weren't stupid, I wouldn't need to tell you that' is not, in
my opinion, playing a society).  However, the burden of proof is now yours;
it is your responsibility to convince the various readers of this list that
you will not fill their e-mail with pointless sniping and insults.  You used
your one 'get out of jail free card' when I did not bump you for cursing on
the list earlier this summer.  It is difficult to accept that you will not
lapse back into old habits after perhaps a few months of good behavior but I
am willing to extend a second chance.  However, understand this--the
responsibility is yours and the leash is very short.  I also do not speak
for everyone involved on this (although I believe they will respect my
decision).  Thus far, you have strongly implied that your problems are with
Jason.  So be it, the dual GM system was long ago instituted to deal with
this situation and, had you been more inclined to a constructive solution,
you could have requested assistance at any time.

So, at the risk of offending the other GMs, let me say this:  If you wish to
play the Razanaians, I will resolve their actions.  I will even go so far as
to ask that you give me a generic rebuilding action which can be applied to
the missing years so that the society will not be unduly hampered.  However,
if I have to go this far out on a limb to give you a second chance, I want
there to be no ambiguities--one more problem, one more complaint, and I will
have no choice but to have you pulled completely.  Most people on this list
already know, I am neither a patient nor kind man--understand that this is
an extremely gregarious offer.  If this is acceptable, I need the actions by
the end of the week.

M. Keaton


A breif personal aside for those who are confused by the "tsunami" issue.
The decision to strike the Qai coasts with a large wave was mine, not
Jason's.  The disaster was provided as an opportunity for society
development, not a punishment.  NO societies suffered enough damage to have
ANY determinants adjusted.  Players of coastal societies could have used
this as an excuse to effectively redesign their people or, at the other end
of the spectrum, they could chose to ignore the event entirely (gee, my
people got wet--oh well, we live on the coast).  I would also like to point
out that this was the first disaster to strike Qai in centuries.  Here in
the States, Fluorida gets at least one hurricane a year.  Japan gets an
earthquake and tsunamii on average of every five.  Chile gets these major
disasters due to volcanic activity on an almost continual basis.  It is not
unreasonable to expect this inclusion of similar natural disassters on the
yearly events.  I believe the tales of the damage of the great wave have
been greatly overstated and I wish to dispell those myths which have arisen.

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