RE: [eia] impasse

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxx>]

At 11:08 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
> I'm not dead set on bidding caps, I was just throwing mud on the wall.  :)
>
> And I agree with Kyle wholeheartedly that we will never finish a game if we
> continue to start over.  That was my reason for stating that we need to
> decide on a mechanism to prevent it, whether that mechanism is UMPs or
> something else.  I am content to continue our current game, but if the
> majority opinion is to start over then I'm not entirely opposed either.

One of the points I think we're skipping here is that what Joel is saying 
is the this game isn't ending early, it's over.

JJ has won smashingly on every front and Britain is really, really far 
ahead.  I can conceive of maybe winning with him if Britain delays victory 
by giving up points to reduce others totals, but that's about it.  If JJ 
just keeps going, he's going to win easily, the only question is does he 
slow himself down to take someone else along.

So it is entirely valid to say this was a short game where one power just 
kicked-ass so it ends early.  Something to be impressed by, not something 
to complain about.

In our last game, we were in the middle of the wars that might have let 
someone break out into the lead, but it was not clear if that would happen 
or who would break out, so that was a game that we ended early, not a game 
that was done.

Mike

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