forget i've been sick with like 3 different things it SUCKS
including strep and an ear infection
and also excusitis
sorry i'm lazy :(
but really, the huge reason i haven't been updating is that half the players don't even care anymore; italy isn't responding to anything i ask him, neither was france before it died, and neither was russia before IT died. obviously the triple alliance thing is going on and everyone in that seems pretty invested. the ottomans, britain and spain are at least putting up a fight, but they're not really participating in actual player interaction and ultimately that's what the game is about and when half the players decide to be sore losers stop playing it's not really possible to keep the game going.
i should note that this is partially my fault, i shouldn't have combined the diplomacy and move submission phase because then it kind of motivates people to just skip out on diplomacy and go straight to the moves, and when that happens it's kind of hard to enjoy the game, especially if you're not doing so hot - and it's hard to recover unless you find an ally to back you up, which, of course, you just skipped out on.
i suppose i might as well keep updating, but unless something major happens it's pretty clear who the winners will be anyway
