Order Deadlines

[These are the rules, currently, for the deadlines for orders. If you feel they are lacking, please do not hesitate to suggest ammendments. I am all ears.]

For each phase in which orders are submitted, a will declare

• an initial deadline, a time when orders are sort of due,
  
• an initial quorum, a number of teams whose orders I sort of need to resolve the turn,
  
• a slacker pressure rate (see below),
  
• and will use these three things, plus information from my mailbox about when your orders were sent, to decide when the end of turn is.

Here's how it will work:

1. At the initial deadline (e.g., 11:59 pm on Tuesday), the quorum will be set to the initial quorum. (e.g, 55 teams)
   
2. The quorum will then decrease in discretely according to the slacker pressure rate (e.g., 1 team/3 hours. So, if the initial deadline is 11:59 pm on Tuesday and initial quorum is 55, then at 3:14 pm on Wednesday, quorum will be 50 teams).
   
3. For the phase in question, there will be a first time when the number of teams who have submitted orders is equal or greater to the quorum. Thattime will be the end of turn.
   
4. If a teams has not submitted orders by the end of turn, that team's orders for the turn will revert to the defaults:
   
   • In the standard Order Writing phase, the default orders are holds for all units. This is also known as civil disorder.
     
   • For Retreat Order Writing phases, the default order for each unit required to retreat or be disbanded is a retreat to the alphabetically first territory that would provide a legal retreat, if one exists, or a disbandment otherwise.
     
   • For a Building and Disbanding Order Writing phase, the default orders are the disbandment of as many units as necessary in alphabetical order, and the building of as many units as possible in alphabetical order of home center, should such legal builds be available.
   
   
5. Fpr teams who have submitted orders by the end of turn, I will use the last set of orders dated before the end of turn that has been sent from any team member.
   
6. I will inform you all of the end of turn as soon as I know it has occurred, along with a list of any teams whose orders were defaulted, for the purpose of public shaming. Otherwise, the only information I will reveal will be clarifications of the fact that the end of turn has not yet occurred.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions.