League General Discussion Thread

[gamerman01]

You are ideal.

We’ll talk about it.

Others are welcome to volunteer, but the need is met.

Thanks!!

[Panther]

@gamerman01 @MrRoboto

I am ready to assist with administrative (forum related) tasks. Let me know.

[gamerman01]

@Panther Sweet, didn’t yet occur to me that you might be an option - so that’s awesome and thanks

If my backup actually needed moderator abilities I imagine he could go to you for edits as needed, if and until moderator status might be granted by Dave

[gamerman01]

To be clear to the league players -

I’m not anticipating any changes in my status.
It’s always a possibility that I would be deposed by a violent revolt, of course, complete with pitchforks and torches. (Or bombers and subs?)

Looks like MrRoboto is my backup especially for the rankings spreadsheet.

I don’t need anyone to step up to be a co-moderator (not necessarily an A&A.org moderator with the black banner and super-power abilities - which is only granted by Dave, the owner of the site)

but anyone is always welcome to ask - to make a 2 man team for setting rules and such - although nobody would benefit if there is a “two-headed monster” where we might disagree on major points.

But moderating the league has not been a burden. I almost never am asked to make rulings or stop fights - it’s incredible, you guys are incredible.

What I’m saying is I don’t even want to be perceived as a dictator - I have been in charge for over 10 years because no one has expressed desire to lead, nor displeasure with my reign of terror (all dissidents are immediately suppressed)

But this too long of a post is to say that I am really honored and I enjoy this role, but I certainly don’t want to monopolize and I am seriously not a dictator. I’m only about 70% power hungry, not 100% or anything like that.

[Martin]

Unfortunately my status changed from “playing four games in parallel is just fine” to “a single game is currently too much”, this year. So I am more than happy for everyone to have and to invest spare time to run the league and to help organize it!

Thank you very much for all your work and commitment, Gamerman, and now to MrRoboto as well!

Having posted that, I certainly hope to be favored in any future moderator’s decision, LOL :grin:

[gamerman01]

Nice try, I am more neutral than Switzerland.

Well… more neutral than Yugoslavia maybe

[mainah]

Is any one else not receiving all of the MARTI rolls via email?

I have had 3 battles, 2 of which I attacked, 1 of which was an attack to me, to separate games and opponents, over 2 days, where I am receiving less than half the rolls - and not any particular ones at that. Not one complete battle.

[AndrewAAGamer]

Yeah, for the last couple of weeks I have only being 25-50% of the rolls.

[gamerman01]

Cheater’s paradise??!!

Seriously, I would say that if you have any suspicion about opponent dice rolls, then you are going to have to wait until they roll in.

See what I did there?
```  :D

[gamerman01]

And yes mainah, you’re right, has been a big issue lately, thank you for your post.

[farmboy]

I was having some issues too last week but it seems to have gotten better. They sometimes end up in your spam folder if you haven’t checked that. And I also know that Gmail can be a problem too.

[simon33]

@mainah said in League General Discussion Thread:

Is any one else not receiving all of the MARTI rolls via email?

I have had 3 battles, 2 of which I attacked, 1 of which was an attack to me, to separate games and opponents, over 2 days, where I am receiving less than half the rolls - and not any particular ones at that. Not one complete battle.

I think someone said non-gmail email accounts work better, not sure though.

[gamerman01]

My yahoo has been good until this latest…

[Panther]

Unfortunately this has been an issue for almost 2 years now, as you can see here:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/38111/current-triplea-marti-pbf-pbem-gmail-issues

[AndrewAAGamer]

Yeah, but before, 2 years ago, I switched from Gmail to Yahoo to resolve/alleviate the issue. Then, about 5-6 months ago, Gmail starting working again 100% of the time so I switched back to Gmail. Then, suddenly about 2-3 weeks ago, it began again. I am on the 2.6.14364 version

[Panther]

@AndrewAAGamer

AFAIK the Marti-Mail-Code within the software has not been touched for years. It ist not even proven that TripleA / Marti is the culprit. However I am not a developer.

Unfortunately no one has ever looked deeper into it.

[MrRoboto]

It’s a huge issue imho.
Unfortunately rolling every battle on the forum is not really a comfortable alternative.

Maybe G1 can be done here because it is such a deciding turn?

[wizmark]

Is it really that much of a worry? I havent looked at my MARTI for years. Tend to trust that what has been posted is correct. Surely nobody would bother cheating on what is essentially a board game…maybe im naive…

[AndrewAAGamer]

@wizmark Unfortunately, I think you are being naive. From experience, I would say the vast majority of people (90%+) would not take advantage of the dice or try and cheat however, there are some who would. Having the dice go to both sides keeps everyone honest and maintains a fair game. Plus, it keeps anyone from wondering about really great dice or really poor dice and giving someone an undeserved reputation.

As Reagan said, “Trust, but verify.”

[gamerman01]

We’re getting old.

I answered my first political polling call of the season (First in the nation Iowa Caucuses coming up in February), and the girl said something about President Reagan.

She pronounced it “Ree - gan”

I guess it’s been 35 years…