Red Prince -> RE: MWiF Global War Hot-Seat (AAR) (11/20/2011 11:20:31 AM)
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I know that a lot of you watch this thread with great interest. I was surprised to see over 300 hits 2 days ago when I ran through the 4th and 5th impusles. Even yesterday, when I was barely active, there were still nearly 200 hits on this thread. Frankly, you can't know how much that means to me. Those of you who have been watching this thread probably know I've been suffering from pneumonia this month. Yesterday I was back in the hospital emergency room, because my anitbiotic regimen was completed and I was still feeling congested in my left lung. More to the point, my entire left side, from my shoulder to the lower ribs, was in fairly constant pain, and each time I coughed, hiccuped, or did anything else jarring, the pain became so intense that I've described it as a railway spike being driven through my chest, right about at the level of the heart. This pain was both front and back, and I was told that if things like this seemed to get worse once the antibiotics were done, I should either see my primary care physician or come back to the hospital. It was a weekend, so I went to the ER. You'll be happy to know (most of you [;)] ) that the xrays yesterday showed the pneumonia is actually gone. Yay!!! The pain I am having is simply the result of too many weeks of abuse to the muscles and ribs, caused by coughing violently so regularly. No clue why it is limited to my left side, but I'm glad it isn't both sides. Unfortunately, I am not as young as I was when I had pneumonia the first time, and this was a more severe case, so the recovery time is going to be longer. How long, I don't know. Another month is probably a good estimate, though. This is why I'm so glad that, based on the number of hits this thread gets on a daily basis, that you see it as an important part of the development of MWiF. You probably also know that I had been spending a lot of time each day on the game, and had plans in motion that led to my being named as the 2nd Moderator for this forum and the Developent forum. For the time being, and I wish it were not this way, I simply cannot (and should not) spend the time on MWiF that I intended before my illness began. However, like you, I am now addicted to this game, and I also can't keep it out of my system completely. My solution is to do the best I can to continue this AAR in order to continue showing what a full game looks like in what will eventually be the initial release of MWiF. I still intend to continue as a full beta-tester beyond this, but my involvement will necessarily be limited to a lesser capacity than in the previous months. There are, in fact, some very exciting things happening right now, particularly in the areas of Supply and Vichy interactions. Some are giving Steve headaches, and some are brilliantly easy to execute. That's par for the course (meaning "average or expected" for those unfamiliar with that phrase). Given the altered circumstances -- and the fact that I am now accepting the situation for what it is -- I have decided to try to be much more open with my "Choose your own Adventure" theme. That means that if you, as group, would prefer to see Vichy declared, rather than France conquered, I'll at least consider it. It means a more difficult time closing the Med (I think), but you are the interested parties, so I'll (try to) let you choose. Sorry, Centuur, but I still don't intend to DOW the USSR with Japan just yet. [:)] As I've mentioned before, there are still some known bugs that I have to remember to work around -- or Italy would never have taken Malta so easily -- and I'll have to consult with the other beta-testers to make sure I'm not setting myself up to run into those bugs and ruin this for all of us. Primarily, that means making sure I know what's going on with the supply situation (which you know confuses me at times) and consulting with Rob W (Cad908) about the current eradication of all problems related to Vichy. He has been our Vichy-guru, driving himself nuts making sure everything works as intended by the rules, and so he will know. That is, if you decide Vichy is the option I should choose. On the Vichy note, I am still very interested in the co-operation problems that may result between the CW and an incompletely-conquered France, which is why I am so interested in a non-Vichy game. But, as I said before, if I am the only holdout, I'll try to be open about it. For now, I think that covers about everything. I'm going to try to take care of as many of my previous responsibilities as possible -- as my health permits. I hope to get at least one impulse completed each day. You may have noticed that I like to show as much of what is going on with the map as possible (and I know that's your favorite part, really), but that takes time to put together, so there may be days in the coming weeks when I just have to ask for opinions about "what happens next" rather than actually doing anything. Summary: I am getting well, and I am very encouraged by the support I've seen by the involvement of everyone who views this thread. To quote one of my favorite commercials of all time: "Thank you for your support." -Aaron
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