Diplomacy Runestone Poll From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Date: Wed, 06 Jun 1990 22:20:08 +0000 RUNESTONE POLL REMINDER. Even if you have voted for the zine, you should remember to vote for your GM! It takes five votes for a GM to get rated, most of my GMs only run one game which means that 5 out of their 7 players must vote for them for those votes to count. Last year a GM in this zine got the rookie of the year award in the poll. Let's do as well this year! Send your votes of 0-10 to ebrosius@lucy.wellesley.edu. Following is the standard poll blurb: 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:________________________________________ Up