[planning] ePWS date URGENT!

[soiram]

This is the thread to decide the ePWS date.

Suggestions so far:

Monday 17/10 (SB)
Monday 24/10 (Soiram)
Tuesday 25/10 (Natmus)
November 11 (Arminius)

I know that more or less we are flexible, but PLEASE let us know of your availability and preference starting from today until November 11th.

Guideline is not to waste too much time, but on the other hand have some time to organise, create colony ships and armies.


Thread Hijacked! Please add your dates below if you've not already:

OK, please post your name next to each date you are not available to take part in the attack.

Mon 17th Oct - Soiram
Tues 18th Oct
Weds 19th Oct
Thur 20th Oct - SkulkrinBait
Fri 21st Oct
Sat 22nd Oct
Sun 23rd Oct - inyati
Mon 24th Oct-highlander
Tue 25th Oct-highlander
Weds 26th Oct-highlander
Thurs27th Oct - inyati,highlander
Fri 28th Oct - Soiram (national holiday, MAYBE away for the long w/e)
Sat 29th Oct - Soiram, Dalfiatach
Sun 30th Oct - Soiram, inyati, Dalfiatach
Mon 31st Oct Dalfiatach
Tue 1st Nov-highlander
Weds 2nd Nov-highlander
Thurs 3rd Nov-highlander
Fri 4th Nov
Sat 5th Nov - Xuratoth
Sun 6th Nov - inyati
Mon 7th Nov
Tue 8th Nov
Weds 9th Nov
Thurs 10th Nov
Fri 11th Nov

Sat 12th Nov
Sun 13th Nov - inyati
Mon 14th Nov
Tue 15th Nov
Weds 16th Nov
Thurs 17th Nov
Fri 18th Nov

[Highlander]

i am away on courses 24/10 to 28/10 and 1/11 to 3/11 with no access to pc on those dates so anything in between those dates would suit me.

[soiram]

I am extremely busy until 17/10. Other than that I am ok. I prefer at least a week's notice.

[SkulkrinBait]

Judging from the above I vote for 31/10 (All Hallows Eve) or even 5th Nov which is known as Fireworks Night in the UK, appropriate! Actually it's really known as Guy Fawkes night but we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires hence the colloquialism.

Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London for those who never heard of it.

I'm happy for any date really, we need a poll with say half a dozen options on it or maybe some kind of calendar where we can put down dates which are not appropriate.

[SkulkrinBait]

OK, please post your name next to each date you are not available to take part in the attack.

Mon 17th Oct - Soiram
Tues 18th Oct
Weds 19th Oct
Thur 20th Oct - SkulkrinBait
Fri 21st Oct
Sat 22nd Oct
Sun 23rd Oct - inyati
Mon 24th Oct-highlander
Tue 25th Oct-highlander
Weds 26th Oct-highlander
Thurs27th Oct - inyati,highlander
Fri 28th Oct - Soiram (national holiday, MAYBE away for the long w/e)
Sat 29th Oct - Soiram, Dalfiatach
Sun 30th Oct - Soiram, inyati, Dalfiatach
Mon 31st Oct Dalfiatach
Tue 1st Nov-highlander
Weds 2nd Nov-highlander
Thurs 3rd Nov-highlander
Fri 4th Nov
Sat 5th Nov
Sun 6th Nov - inyati
Mon 7th Nov
Tue 8th Nov
Weds 9th Nov
Thurs 10th Nov
Fri 11th Nov

Sat 12th Nov
Sun 13th Nov - inyati
Mon 14th Nov
Tue 15th Nov
Weds 16th Nov
Thurs 17th Nov
Fri 18th Nov

[sparrowhawk]

skulkrinbait said:

Judging from the above I vote for 31/10 (All Hallows Eve) or even 5th Nov which is known as Fireworks Night in the UK, appropriate! Actually it's really known as Guy Fawkes night but we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires hence the colloquialism.

Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London for those who never heard of it.

I'm happy for any date really, we need a poll with say half a dozen options on it or maybe some kind of calendar where we can put down dates which are not appropriate.

Problem with that is most of us with kids will be out at bonfires that evening. So unless it's a daytime launch...

[sparrowhawk]

Just to clarify: there to watch the bonfires, not to cook the kids!

[SkulkrinBait]

OK scrub Nov 5th, remember to update the dates above pls everyone.

[Natmus]

Christ(!), we are always postponing the damn thing (except when we bumped it forward from PWS).

I could have gone monday. I'm not going to build the colony ships until the last moment, so hopefully we will not suddenly be moving the date forward again.

[SkulkrinBait]

Well what about Tues 18th Oct, nobody has said they can't make that date, or are there some people away?

[Shendemiar]

I've played a LOT of war/strategy games agains real people. There are two main things to consider about the timing.

1) No point doing it unless the result is decesive, so too early is bad.
2) All time spent allows enemy to take actions too, so late is bad also.

The idea is to be decesive earlier than others think is possible.

[Natmus]

I still think Nathan Bedford Forrest (His other faults notwithstanding) defined it best as: "Get there firstest with the mostest."

When I sent out the 11/11 date it was intended as a smokescreen suggesting that it was a long time off. I say we need to strike before the end of October. My vote goes to crispin' Crispian's Day. Operation BoB!

[soiram]

When is that?

[SkulkrinBait]

How long do we leave this open before we decide on a date? We need to give as many Morkins as possible chance to read these threads and put forward their dates before voting on maybe the 3 or 4 dates which most people can make.

Would this weekend be too soon for the poll? I propose opening such a poll on Friday and then as soon as most people have voted we go for the most popular date.

[soiram]

I agree.

It seems to me that 21st will be the earliest, if we want to stick to the original plan of colonising all the islands (ie 4 DL colonies and 1 PF colony). We need at least 5 colonisation ships, maybe more to be sure (unless the colonisation attempt comes from an island very close to the target - like Dawn).

I say that we need an educated vote, based on projections.