Re: When to process?

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

ColinForbes wrote in message <37DE7CB7.610E0DC8@suilven.demon.co.uk>...
>Hi,
>I just witnessed an interesting discussion between another GM and one of
>his players.
>
>The players orders had arrived at just before noon, three hours after
>the deadline of 9am. The GM had waited for the first post (which was
>late and arrived at 9.30am) but processed those orders anyway.
>
>Whilst attaching a note on the player's turn to commiserate with the
>player in question, the GM also confirmed receipt of a cheque.
>
>The player however complained (at some length in a conversation lasting
>for 20 minutes) that
>a) the GM should have processed his orders on the grounds that he
>managed to put the cheque into the accounts,
>b) why should he have to pay for a turn when no orders had arrived.
>
>Personally I thought this was out of line on the part of the player, but
>wondered if anyone had any views on this (or similar experiences)?

Millions of times, Colin. I have lost count of the examples where a
player has missed a deadline and then complained that he has had to pay
for a turn to be processed without any orders. Fixed deadline games have
this problem, unfortunately, and the players at times forget that even
though they have had no orders processed, their position has still be put
through the machine, pages and pages out output have still be produced
and the mailing costs have still been paid for - the costs remain much
the same.

One player I used to have would email me his turns on the morning of each
deadline, no matter how long he was given to get them in. I often warned
him he would end up missing a turn one day and, when he eventually did,
he dropped out, saying that his position had been ruined.

And players wonder why, sometimes, GM's happen to lose their temper.

References

Re: The Death of PBM
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
When to process?
ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Death of PBM
"Kerry Harrison" <kerry@madhouseusa.com>
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000