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I think there should be gold standard players recommended by at least two other players as reliable and decent.
They should have a gold medal by the rank thing by the number of posts

Cav

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: cavalry

I think you should name that person ... I assume they werte losing ??

And there should be a data base of players who are honest and reliable .

The more I read about stunts like this the more I agree with this idea. I'd like to try PBEM someday, but stories like this . . .

What would be the point in naming? Whats done is done and there was that list before. I,m not into the segregation list thingy anyways because I find it extremely biased (I consider myself a good opponent,but have gotten bad raps before since its my word vs their word in the cyberworld) and probably wouldnt make it on there anyways as I,m not known well enough

ORIGINAL: Zigurat666

What would be the point in naming? Whats done is done and there was that list before. I,m not into the segregation list thingy anyways because I find it extremely biased (I consider myself a good opponent,but have gotten bad raps before since its my word vs their word in the cyberworld) and probably wouldnt make it on there anyways as I,m not known well enough

He might come back, not have changed his spots, and a potential opponent might take a chance, or not, based on your experience. I don't think how well known the reporter is should matter.

I think if you're unsure of your opponent or if you are suitable for a PBEM game, go for a short scenario, no HRs, no restriction type of contest.  Play for a while to see if you and your opponent mesh then let loose with a GC.  The idea of references makes it sound too much like a job.

FWIW, I'm just starting a new PBEM and our only house rules are the usual about restricted units and the first turn movement.  However, as the Allies I am allowed to create small coastal/port patrols, since they were -- or in some cases should have been -- active in real life but aren't in the game.  Just because Kimmel was idiotic enough to have a predictable schedule doesn't mean I have to be!  I fully agree, though, that if you want a somewhat-close-but-not-identical-to-historical first turn, the restrictions are reasonable.

For the record, the rest of our rules are simply a modified Golden Rule (the original, not the financial version): "don't do unto others what you wouldn't want them to do unto you in terms of gaminess."

If he wishes to use the magical first turn movement bonus to strike more deeply into the SRA(is this valid only in WITP and not AE?),

Yes, in AE the Japanese player no longer has the ability to create TFs that will fly across the Pacific on Turn 1. Only some of the existing TFs will still do that for Game reasons (the KB, obviously), but if you want to send the 4th Division down to Port Moresby on Turn 1 it isn't going to get any farther out of Osaka Harbor than it would on Turn 2, or 3 , etc...