Greetings Everyone;
Summer is well upon us, and things are busy as always. Several big things
have happened since the last Revue - new tourneys, new Havoc, new strat and
bid department, and new web site upgrades. For full details on what the changes
entail, please read the Stats & Log post later on in the Revue. With the
upgrades done, that now leaves us open to plan our next changes for the web
site. The Legislature is currently working on a new front page for the site,
and we're working updating some of the pages that haven't been worked on in
a while (If you haven't noticed already, we fixed most of the broken links on
the Downloads Page). So if you have any suggestions for things that we should
do next, odds are it will be something with the dice roller, just drop me a
line, and I'll add it into our discussion.
I'll keep my introduction short, but I just need to make one final plug. The convention is taking place the weekend of August 1st-4th in Edmonton, Alberta. We have already received several replies of people who are attending. If you are interested in attending, or for more information, just send an email to either myself, Peter (Boromir), or Alan (Spud).
Good luck in your gaming.
Eric (Raist)
IAAPA President
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER - Michael (micwil) - webmaster@REMOVETHISaxisandallies.net
In case you haven't noticed, I have been trying to stay in the background as much as possible lately. While I was involved with the upgrades to the web site, I want to give full credit to Eric for getting this first set of upgrades completed.
I would also like to say that there were MANY problems with our scripts and our data which came to light during this first set of upgrades and server transfer, things which we were blissfully unaware of when having kept everything together by volunteers. It was only through the scrupulous work of the programming team we contracted with and the meticulous attention to detail that Eric brought to the table that we are able to have a solid reliable (and professionally maintained) server at last.
I will continue to stay on and serve as the resident old fuddy duddy until I simply can't spare the time - and might even start playing again ... outside of the Convention of course!
On news from the Senate, we lost Highcmmdr (MIA), and haven't decided upon a replacement position as of yet - that should be addressed by the time of the next Revue.
Regards,
micwil
IAAPA Prime Minister
As I begin to end my tenure as a government official I would like to reflect back on all those members in the past who has given more than their fair share in contributing their time and efforts into the club making it as great as it is. I have been serving as either "IAAPA Mailman" or organizer for a little over three years and have been a happy member ever since the December of 1996 from the days of AOL HQ until now. I played 199 GREAT games. I'd like to especially thank Stimpy, micwil, HoganS, Philioshpher-King (Crazyfust), reddwarf and of course AxisSpec (keep that board setup up there).
Now to the business at hand; all mass mails have been sent without a hitch. The database changes are occurring.
Tusk's Tip of thee Revue is: Get involved with your club! Read our BBS here:
http://pub120.ezboard.com/biaapaopenforumbbs
Give a little bit of your time to keep this club #1 in quality.
Good-bye until the next roll of the dice.
Tusk
Gil/Tusk
Greetings Fellow Warriors,
Since the finishing touches are being done for the new server move, Micwil may
have come out of hiding, so I just may be able to get the new Handbook out and
revised. It will have some pretty cool features and will allow you to find the
item of interest with relative ease.
I would like to welcome Alan(Spud) to the Supreme Court. He has accepted
my offer as one of the appointed Justices. Alan has a solid understanding and
knowledge of the game and will make a fine addition to the Court. Welcome.
There has been a lot of discussion lately about Error Correction. I
have written a short piece for the next issue of the Havoc, so I will not repeat
it here (with the exception of the ruling below). However, I do encourage everyone
to read it as it gives some clarification as to what a Sender Error is supposed
to be and some insight on how these types of rulings are made.
There was an interesting situation that recently occurred. It involved
a Sender Error of an armor blitzing through an empty territory and then on to
another battle. But there actually was an infantry in the first territory. In
situations such as this, the error is considered to be in the first territory
and the attacker would have the option of making the attack one armor versus
one infantry, with the second battle being ignored, or if the attacker chose
not to fight then it must sit idle in its territory of origin.
That's it for this issue.
Take care.
John
Hello Again;
The long awaited server move has now been done. With it has come some changes. To view the new ranking and rating requirements and rewards, visit http://www.axisandallies.net/public/faqs/part19.html. Many of you have seen the changes that were made already, as the changes that were made were then ones that I asked people to vote on. Some of the other changes that have been implemented are:
To date, there have been 10998 gamestarts.
As for logs, they keep flooding in, but are up to date. A huge batch of logs should be going online within the week (around 1500 or so). If you need a log, and it isn't available on the web site, just let me know, and I will send it to you. The same goes for gamestarts.
Eric AKA Raist
Minister of Stats & Logs
I was chosen as Minister of Members following the Spring Legislature elections. Things are going fine now. We've finally sorted out who is going what job, and recently added Wrec_it to the Legislature (welcome back). So far we've had only a few major items (slow and steady) including, re-appointing Molotov_Cocktail to the Supreme Court, a discussion on assisting or taking over spam patrol on the main IAAPA web site inbox (Micwil estimates 95% of incoming stuff is junk). Current items include potential rule revisions, the membership kit concept, and the new web page front. We will soon be adopting a new Legislature SOP which should streamline our operations. A further matter of some concern and ongoing attention is communications with the Senate and Executive. We do not feel there is enough timely communication of important matters, and will be working to insure this is corrected and the shroud of secrecy is lifted more often. As the membership elected representatives, we feel we need to be kept in the loop to a greater degree.
Greetings from the Recruiting Office.
We currently sit at 194 active members, and seem to undulate around a steady
state of about 200 members. We have had a few stars from the past come back
to the fold recently...welcome back Vagrunt, Abn_Ranger, and AbuMulch.
The recruiting office will be sending out more renewal reminders. If you dues
are coming up for renewal you will receive a notice 1 month in advance, with
weekly reminders as the date of expiration approaches. Members that I can't
contact will be posted on the BBS under the "Lost Contact" section,
so please check there periodically if you think you dues are coming up (or better
yet, email me directly at recruiting@)
That's all.
Spud
Minister of Recruiting
IAAPA
Fellow members!
I am glad to present you the latest news from the tournament office. After a
long absence the Battlefield Revue. a famous e-zine first published by my predecessor,
is back. You will find it in the e-zine section and I am sure there will be
a mass mail giving you detailed information how to get there. I hope you enjoy
it!
The next matter of note is the upcoming Summer Open, which is scheduled for early July. Soon you will get the invitation for this event and I hope to see many members sign up. The Summer Open has traditionally been the biggest tournament and I would like to see the membership continue this tradition.
In August the annual interclub tournament against DAAK, the German / European
A&A club will be held. Last time they defeated us. This shall not happen
again, right? When the call to arms comes everyone should stand up to defend
IAAPA's honour in this tournament!
Finally, there has been a request from the membership to hold a Russian Restricted
tournament. This tournament would be based on the gentlemen's agreement not
to attack with Russia on turn 1. Accordingly the bids for these games should
be lower than usual. If you are interested in playing such a tournament send
me an email. The minimum number of players required for this event is 16. Sign
up now!
If you have questions, comments or proposals, please send me an email to tournaments@REMOVETHISaxisandallies.net.
Your emails are welcome and will be attended to promptly.
Thanks,
GroeFaZ, Minister of Tournaments
Fellow members!
Howdy folks
"The Squire "here
hope that all of you enjoyed the last "Havoc"
I know that we had a lot of fun putting it together
something that I could not have done with out the help of
all of my merry men. They know who they are and all of u who read the havoc
also do.
The next issue of Havoc will have some new surprises in store for its readers
I hope that all three of you enjoy it
also no one has yet solved the stumper
What is wrong here can Jochen actually get the better of all u history buffs.
I am very surprised for it was OH!!! so easy.
Why! a small baby could have solved it
Well if anyone does come up with the ans. send it to me care of the squire@REMOVETHISaxisandallies.net
if not then I will have Jochen declared the king of the stumpers and all of
u stumped .
"THE SQUIRE"
No Submission
Boromir
I am sitting in for another term as Mentorship Coordinator. This seems to be going well with a few newbies coming in every day, and at least one or two getting involved in mentored games every week. My thanks to Warmonger, Vagrunt, Blackwatch, Nemo and Daninja (did i miss anyone?) for volunteering, at to a few others who soon will join the volunteer pool.
Pete (Boromir)Greetings fellow warriors!
It has been some time now since I have been active in my role as your IAAPA Herald and you have my apologies. The forecast for my increased activity in the coming months is very favorable.
Do not despair at the lack of "Snapshots in Time" as we will have "Snapshots…" from ALL of the IAAPA's existence. I don't expect that I will be able to provide commentary for all, but I am sure that I will be preparing a look back at the ranking ladder from the past.
Most recently I have been putting together an extensive rewrite of the way that errors are handled while using the PBEM format. This task originated as I was formulating a rough draft to change the NCM after error rule. The basic plan is to create a comprehensive set of guidelines to follow to correct errors that occur during the play out of a game. Once this draft is complete, I will be presenting it to the Legislature for discussion and possible approval.
I would like to take this time to personally welcome Eric (Wrec_It, Rotcefed) back into government. He has lit a fire with his enthusiasm and his plans for the future of the IAAPA.
There are plenty of new items that are making their way to the floor of the Legislature, and I am looking forward to hashing it out with the rest of the Legislators.
John (Blackdog)
IAAPA Herald
Greetings fellow members!
In the last six months, since the last Revue, I’ve answered over 100 questions from new members, from old members, from people considering joining, or from people popping into the web site and simply asking about how to get the board game or the CD or asking general questions about Axis and Allies. I also send out a congratulatory message to all those who have passed the final hurdle, encouraging them to join. By my count, there have been about 150 of them since December. Please contact me if I can be of any assistance.
Lee
Hess, IAAPA Help Desk
I have also sent a note to all new members that have joined since I took office and have assisted some of them with map utilities and general questions on the dice server and member services sections of the site.
I am planning to continue contacting new members as they join and assist them if I can. I will also continue to monitor recent members to see if they stay active, and try to contact the ones who aren't to make sure that they don't have any questions or concerns that are keeping them from playing.
Doug
Well, after volunteering for the empty position, I was working on getting myself re-nominated to the Supreme Court, but that was taken care of by the good folks of the Legislature... ;v) Over the next few months, I plan to search the World Wide Web to find other Axis and Allies pages and request links on those pages to our site, get new members to join the Association, build positive relationships with other A&A sites, promote IAAPA, and ensure a steady stream of new recruits! I also plan to foster interesting debate within the Legislature as we seek to improve the club, and make sure the new server that lists me as a GEN* is put up quickly!
have a nice day,
Eric
Hi,
I have only held this position for about a month now. I am hoping to improve onRob aka The Spyder
In closing, I would like to start a new section in the Revue, which I'll call the Frequent Flyer section. Just like Big Brother, we're watching you also. Well, our web site is. We track visitors to the site. After you've logged in, we track how often, and how much you visit the site (however, the BBS doesn't count). As such, the frequent visitors of the last few months have been:
June:
1. Solar
2. AbuMulch
3. Old Glory
4. Nieles
5. The Train
6. Mithrandir
7. Einstein
8. Sveinung
9. Facil
10. Daninja
May:
1. AbnRanger
2. TheTrain
3. Einstein
4. Nieles
5. PSU_SigEp
6. Daninja
7. AbuMulch
8. GedeOne
9. Nemo
10. gudmanmod
Also, visitors by country:
June:
1. USA
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. Germany
5. Italy
6. Netherlands
Thanks for reading.
Until next time.
Eric (Raist)
IAAPA President