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[pbmserv] Broadcast from dshort via PBM Server

Two years ago I suffered a catastrophic hard drive crash, and because of 
that and other personal matters which have taken up my time, have prevented 
me from returning to the world of
Richard's Play By Server. That is, until now. I am pleased to see that my 
userid is still current.
I expect that I will finally now be able to resume my online activities in 
the area of this PBeM server.

I want to thank my friend bengal for overseeing some of the tournaments that 
I had organized
at the time of my disappearance. I am now ready to organize 3 new 
tournaments, in
OMEGACHESS, BACKGAMMON and SCRAMBLE. Please read the instructions for each 
tournament.
Players who wish to participate should email me at my new email address:

davidnyjfan2006@hotmail.com

When you email me, please let me know the tournament(s) that you are 
interested in playing in,
and your PBeM userid. Please DO NOT simply send me a message through the 
PBeM server!
I need an email address to contact you. When I am ready, I will carbon copy 
an email to all of the tournament's participants with the first round 
pairings.

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OMEGACHESS:

I envision organizing another OC event similar to those I have run in the 
past. It will probably be a round robin event with 2 rounds, a preliminary 
round, and then section winners and a few
"wild-card" players advancing to a finals. I would also like to solicit the 
opinions of the participants of this tournament as to what the time controls 
should be. Do you favor a "total cap" where you
have x amount of days for the entire game, or a "per move" limit? For 
instance, I could run the event with a total time cap of 270 days per game, 
or set it up so that everyone must submit at least one move every 7 days. 
Personally I prefer the total cap, but I want to seek out the
opinions of all of the other players.

If no one else steps forward to offer a prize for this event, I would 
probably be willing to offer as a prize to the tournament champion a copy of 
the latest edition of ZILLIONS OF GAMES. After
the tournament is over, provide me with your mailing address, and I'll go 
online and purchase a copy for you and have them ship it directly to you.

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BACKGAMMON:

This will be a 3 point tournament, single elimination style. The tournament 
is open to the first
32 players that sign up. Once I have received 32 entries, I will rank the 
players 1 through 32
according to their current PBM backgammon rating, with unrated players at 
the bottom in
random order. The doubling cube will be used. Each pairing is a match to 3 
points. I would
like to request that players forward me a copy of their completed games so 
that I may keep track of match results. There will be a total of 5 rounds 
(rounds of 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2).

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SCRAMBLE:

This is also a single elimination tournament which is open to the first 32 
players that sign up.
Once I have received 32 entries, I will rank the players 1 through 32 
according to their current
PBM scramble ratings, with unrated players at the bottom in random order. I 
would like to request that players forward me a copy of their completed 
games so that I may keep track of match results. There will be a total of 5 
rounds (rounds of 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2). Every game in the tournament will pit 
players against a single opponent. I may organize a multi-player scramble 
tournament in the near future too.

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There is no specific deadline for entries for the backgammon and scramble 
tournaments.
I will keep accepting entries until I have a full tournament (32 players) 
for each event.
I encourage you to tell all of your PBeM friends about these tournaments. 
Get the word out!
As for the Omegachess tournament, I will probably keep soliciting entries 
for the next month
or so. I encourage all fans of chess variants to spread the word about this 
new event.
I may also eventually organize a new tournament in DOUBLECHESS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am currently accepting challenges for non-tournament games of Scramble.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE who remembers me to drop me an email and tell me what 
they've
been doing for the past 2 years. RAGNAR JOVA1 U-SHA KARAKUSK Two years ago I 
suffered a catastrophic hard drive crash, and because of that and other 
personal matters which have taken up my time, have prevented me from 
returning to the world of
Richard's Play By Server. That is, until now. I am pleased to see that my 
userid is still current.
I expect that I will finally now be able to resume my online activities in 
the area of this PBeM server.

I want to thank my friend bengal for overseeing some of the tournaments that 
I had organized
at the time of my disappearance. I am now ready to organize 3 new 
tournaments, in
OMEGACHESS, BACKGAMMON and SCRAMBLE. Please read the instructions for each 
tournament.
Players who wish to participate should email me at my new email address:

davidnyjfan2006@hotmail.com

When you email me, please let me know the tournament(s) that you are 
interested in playing in,
and your PBeM userid. Please DO NOT simply send me a message through the 
PBeM server!
I need an email address to contact you. When I am ready, I will carbon copy 
an email to all of the tournament's participants with the first round 
pairings.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OMEGACHESS:

I envision organizing another OC event similar to those I have run in the 
past. It will probably be a round robin event with 2 rounds, a preliminary 
round, and then section winners and a few
"wild-card" players advancing to a finals. I would also like to solicit the 
opinions of the participants of this tournament as to what the time controls 
should be. Do you favor a "total cap" where you
have x amount of days for the entire game, or a "per move" limit? For 
instance, I could run the event with a total time cap of 270 days per game, 
or set it up so that everyone must submit at least one move every 7 days. 
Personally I prefer the total cap, but I want to seek out the
opinions of all of the other players.

If no one else steps forward to offer a prize for this event, I would 
probably be willing to offer as a prize to the tournament champion a copy of 
the latest edition of ZILLIONS OF GAMES. After
the tournament is over, provide me with your mailing address, and I'll go 
online and purchase a copy for you and have them ship it directly to you.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BACKGAMMON:

This will be a 3 point tournament, single elimination style. The tournament 
is open to the first
32 players that sign up. Once I have received 32 entries, I will rank the 
players 1 through 32
according to their current PBM backgammon rating, with unrated players at 
the bottom in
random order. The doubling cube will be used. Each pairing is a match to 3 
points. I would
like to request that players forward me a copy of their completed games so 
that I may keep track of match results. There will be a total of 5 rounds 
(rounds of 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SCRAMBLE:

This is also a single elimination tournament which is open to the first 32 
players that sign up.
Once I have received 32 entries, I will rank the players 1 through 32 
according to their current
PBM scramble ratings, with unrated players at the bottom in random order. I 
would like to request that players forward me a copy of their completed 
games so that I may keep track of match results. There will be a total of 5 
rounds (rounds of 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2). Every game in the tournament will pit 
players against a single opponent. I may organize a multi-player scramble 
tournament in the near future too.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There is no specific deadline for entries for the backgammon and scramble 
tournaments.
I will keep accepting entries until I have a full tournament (32 players) 
for each event.
I encourage you to tell all of your PBeM friends about these tournaments. 
Get the word out!
As for the Omegachess tournament, I will probably keep soliciting entries 
for the next month
or so. I encourage all fans of chess variants to spread the word about this 
new event.
I may also eventually organize a new tournament in DOUBLECHESS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am currently accepting challenges for non-tournament games of Scramble.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE who remembers me to drop me an email and tell me what 
they've
been doing for the past 2 years. RAGNAR JOVA1 U-SHA THRAWN KARAKUSK EHOLZMAN
ROLLE BALU BEN JADZIA SHARKEY IVANT JKLEWIS HROGERS DAVE NANTONAS ASDF
WYANDOTTE  ERIK  where are you all? Am I leaving anyone out? Hello to all of 
my old
SCRAMBLE opponents too! I AM BACK! I hope to hear from all of you soon, even 
if you don't
plan on participating in any of my new tournaments right now!

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