Diplomacy - 1990 Runestone Poll Update From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Date: Wed, 25 Apr 1990 01:23:28 +0000 ********************************************************************* Newsbreak! I have discovered that all GMs in North American zines are considered North American GMs. So you can vote for your favorite GM even if he is in The Netherlands. Who knows? A European GM might win this predominantly North American poll. ********************************************************************* Poll message again: I am aware that many people will lose their e-mail access over the summer. There are two consequences of this. 1) I need more standbys including standby GMs. 2) I am calling for votes for the 1990 Runestone Poll before these people lose their access. This poll is VERY important. No matter what you vote for Electronic Protocol, your vote will show how many people play Diplomacy via e- mail. Send your votes to ebrosius@lucy.wellesley.edu. Anyone who has read two copies of my zine in the past year is elligible to vote. Just give him a number of 0-10 for this zine, 0-10 for any GMs that you have played under in this zine. Following is additional info if you wish to read it: THE 1990 RUNESTONE POLL ZINE POLL You may rate any amateur Diplomacy-related zine that you've read enough of to rate fairly. This means you've seen (or would have seen if not for delays) *at least* two issues since August 1, 1989. Only North American zines are eligible, but anyone may vote. Rate each zine from 0 (the worst) to 10 (the best)---no fractions, please. Do not rate your own zine. Blanks are for zines I forgot to list. __ The Abyssinian Prince __ Electric Trains __ Not New York __ Against the Odds __ Electronic Protocol __ Ohio Acres __ Alpha & Omega __ Empire __ Ouinipique __ Angst United __ Entropy __ Passchendaele __ The Appalachian General __ Everything... __ Penguin Dip __ ark __ Excelsior __ Perelandra __ The Armchair Diplomat __ fast trax __ Perestroika __ The Assassin's Blade __ Fiat Bellum! __ Pilot Light __ Been There, Done That __ Fol Si Fie __ Pirate __ benzene __ The Gamer's Zine __ Politesse __ The Big Bop __ Get Them Dots Now! __ The Popular Flyer __ Blade Wars __ Gonzo Rails __ The Prince __ Boardgame Challenger __ Graustark __ The Prodigal Zine __ Boast __ Ground Zero __ Protocol __ The Boob Report __ Hagalil Hamaarvi __ Protozoan __ Bushwacker __ Hansard __ Punt Formation __ The Canadian Diplomat __ Heroes of Olympus __ Rebel __ Carolina Cmd & Cmntry __ The Home Office __ Retaliation __ Cathy's Ramblings __ House of Lords __ A Sharp Mind... __ Cheesecake __ Kathy's Korner __ So I Lied __ Clandestine Activities __ Known Game Opngs __ Son of Flip __ Comrades in Arms __ KGO Zn Drct (Carrier) __ Starwood __ The Continuing Crisis __ The Last Resort __ The Swiss Observer __ Costaguana __ Loose Caboose __ Ter-ran __ Countermeasures __ Mad Dog __ Thorazeen __ Dark Mirror __ Maniac's Paradise __ TRAX __ Dipadeedoodah! __ Massacre by Treachery __ Two Bars in C Sharp __ Diplomacy Digest __ The Megadiplomat __ Tyromania __ Diplomacy Today __ Megalomaniac __ Upstart __ Diplomacy Tribune __ The Messenger __ Vertigo __ Diplomacy World __ The Metadiplomat __ Victims Wanted __ Diplomag __ Moire __ War Fair __ Diplomatic Contraband __ Mondoj __ When the Lights... __ Dippy __ Mouse of Lords __ White House Mania __ Disease City __ Niccolo __ The Zine Register __ Down at the Mouth __ No Name Flyer __ Dyslexia __ Northern Flame ADVERTISEMENT To get copies of the main lists (zines, subzines, and GMs), check here __ and enclose 50 cents or two 25 cent U.S. stamps. To get the Poll publication, check here __ and enclose a donation of $4.00 or more. Last year's publication was 104 pages long. It contained main lists, articles, statistical analysis, and everything else you'd want to know! Thanks for your donations; they really help. SUBZINE POLL A subzine is a regular section of a zine which is (a) edited by someone other than the zine editor(s), or (b) edited by the zine editor(s), but devoted to a specific hobby service. Any subzine of a North American zine is eligible. The other instructions are the same as those for the Zine Poll. __ Acropolis __ Notes from the Bunker __ Asterion __ Obfuscate __ The Blind Wars __ OPERABLE __ Buckeye Rail Gazette __ Poll Talk __ CDO News __ Reginald Maudlin... __ The Eccentric Diplomat __ Ring Finger in Rear __ Extremism in Defense... __ Seriously Folks __ The First Negotiator __ Shut Up Jack!!! __ Foot in Mouth __ Standard Deviation __ In the Garden __ Subwithnoname __ High Inertia __ Tennessee Rails __ Horsin' Around __ Top Knife __ Karmel's Panorama __ Variance __ Magus __ War Correspondant __ McKee Raves __ Water on the Knee __ The Melnibone Herald __ The Whipping Post __ Nash Rants __ You Knew the Risks __ The New Utopia GM POLL You may rate any GM under whom you played a postal or e-mail game of regular or variant Diplomacy since August 1,1989 for long enough to assess his or her competence. Only North American GMs are eligible, but anyone may vote. All GMs in Electronic Protocol are considered North American GMs. List GMs alphabetically by name (not zine). Rate each GM from 0 (the worst) to 10 (the best)---no fractions, please. GMs may not rate themselves. __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ __ __________________ Send this ballot to Eric Brosius, 41 Hayward St., Milford, MA 01757 or to ebrosius@lucy.wellesley.edu You have until June 30, 1990 to vote, but please vote early. Indicate one way in which you participate in the North American Diplomacy hobby (sub to zine XXX, play in game 1989YY, etc.): _____________________________________________________________ Enter your name _____________________________________________ Check here __ if you do not want your name on the list of voters. RUNESTONE POLL CONTEST Guess the Zine Poll winner---this year's prize is a travel Diplomacy board with magnetic pieces. To be eligible you must vote in the Poll and correctly guess the winning zine; I will pick the contest winner at random from the set of eligible entrants. The names of the winner and any other eligible entrants will be published in the Poll publication. To enter, type your address:________________________________________ ________________________________________ The zine you think will win:________________________________________ ********************************************************************** Wow! You read this far? Then I will mention a less important voting event. (I can't win, so how important can it be?) You can send votes via postal mail to Ron Cameron or via e-mail to me. Don't sent votes for the Runestone Poll to me, only the Hobby Awards poll can go to me! ********************************************************************** 1990 HOBBY AWARDS BALLOT Name: Hobby Role: Instructions: Vote for one choice only in each category. The above ID portion MUST be completed. Receipt deadline is 11 June 1990! 1990 DON MILLER AWARD for service to the hobby: Fred Davis - for 18 years of BUSHWACKER & work with Mensa Sig & Variant Bank Steve Heinowski - for work with the Boardman Number Service Melinda Ann Holley - GMing numerous games in the hobby, her zine REBEL & work with EVERYTHING Tom Nash - publishing ZINE REGISTER & BEEN THERE, DONE THAT Larry Peery - DIPCON `89 & zine DIPLOMCY WORLD & hobby census work 1990 JOHN KONING AWARD for outstanding play of Diplomacy Edi Birsan - 1989 DIPCON Champion (overall) Gary Behnen - play by mail play in 1989 Hohn Cho - 1989 DIPCON Champion (Diplomacy Tournament) Steve Cooley - numerous FTF Championships, excellent play in DIPLOMACY WORLD Demo game Fred Hyatt - 1989 CANCON Champion 1990 MELINDA ANN HOLLEY AWARD for quantity participation in the hobby Kathy Caruso - zine KATHY'S KORNER Linda Courtemanche - subzine HIGH INERTIA Jim Diehl - Multitude of games; no one has ever met him in person Melinda Holley - zine REBEL and multitude of games played and GMed Cathy Ozog - overseas participation & zine CATHY'S RAMBLINGS 1990 ROD WALKER AWARD for literary excellence Larry Botimer - article "Unabashed Botimer 'Playing Italy'" in KATHY'S KORNER #115 Francois Cuerrier - article "Lowballing" in PASSCHENDAELE #97 Jack Garrett - article "New Game Start" in DARK MIRROR #6 Greg Maynard - article "Or: Why My Name Is Now Mud" in THE LAST RESORT Greg & Linda Maynard - article "Survival As A Diplomat's Wife" in PENGUIN DIP #30 Please vote early. Deadline of 11 June will come early. Publishers are encouraged (begged) to reprint this ballot in their very next issues. Should anyone wish to receive a copy of the articles nominated for the Walker Award, s end postage and your request to RON CAMERON, 7821 Bouma, LaPalma, CA 90623 or FRED DAVIS, 3210-K Wheaton Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043. Winners will receive perpetual plawues, nicely engraved. This COSTS MONEY, so please accompany your vote with a dollar donation. The committee this year was to be indeed complimented. It was no easy task to pick a final ballot as the MILLER AWARD category alone had, counting muliple nominations, 20 nominees. Two Canadians were asked to serve on the committee as well as two women, all for various reasons declined. However, the 1990 committee needs no introduction as their feats and contributions in and to the hobby are too well known. A good mix of publishers and excellent players. Heartfelt thanks to each: GARRY BEHNEN, MARK BERCH, FRED DAVIS, DAVID McCRUMB, TIM MOORE, MARK PETERS. It will be fun to see which of the finest are awarded their due at DIPCON in Chapel Hill. Hope to see you there!!! Send all ballots to RON CAMERON at the above address. Ron Cameron, Hobby Awards Coordinator. Up