[War_ooc] POD passed

[John Penta]

As of this message, the Point of Divergence is in the figurative
rear-view mirror.

What this means:
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As a *general* rule, if it has not hit the media by this point, it
most likely didn't happen in WAR.

However, there are exceptions to this rule.

I already made an exception to allow a potentially significant Vatican
document, which had already been signed by the Pope (and hence is
technically already doctrine) but not yet released.

In analogy: I view the POD as newly-poured concrete. Immediately after
pouring, it's still wet and porous. If you find stuff overnight, I'm
not going to get picky.

Over time, it hardens. I get pickier over time.

Similar applies here. It will have fully hardened on July 11. No new
things will be allowed in after 0000 EDT on that date. However, until
that point, if you find stuff which occurred before POD, it's possible
to include it.
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As of this point, we don't have all of the country writeups in.

I'm still waiting on Iain and Mike Brittain to turn in profiles to me.
Okay. Mike has sent me a message confirming he's alive and working on
it; Iain I know is a nurse and works horrific hours. Therefore, I'm
not actually displeased - I was hoping we could have everybody done by
this point, but we don't, and that's life.

We press on regardless. Any posts made prior to the submission and
acceptance of that country's writeup will be retracted by the GM, to
keep things fair.

Otherwise, for everybody else who has sent in their country writeups,
well, play for you begins immediately. You can send intro posts to
WAR at esteroic.com as you wish; next message to follow this will detail
common WAR rules in regards to posting. Play for UK and Canada will
begin after I approve their writeups and those writeups are sent to
the OOC list.

John