SDN Diplomacy - part III - commentary thread

[OmegaChief]

Daring move by the last Austrian fleet there, they may not be quite out of the game yet, why I was taking no chances with France myself, but, there will be no more dark blue on map when the next turn rolls around.

Then of course we'll demonstrate what we think of your stalemate Spoonist

[atg]

Heh there was nothing else for that fleet to do other than ATTACK!

[OmegaChief]

To Glory indeed, if you somehow survive until I get there, I am damn well going to help you put Austria back together out of respect for those huge chrome plated balls of yours.

[Spoonist]

Nah, he is cute, I've decided to keep him for a while. Its just a fleet and every evil genious needs his pet.

Since its his first time and all I thought it would be a nice touch if he got to stay until the end.

Now atg has the age-old dilemma. Does he try to bounce me in Venice or doesn't he? It's time to flip that coin...
Heads:
He goes to Venice in the hope that Rome is also heading there for a bounce, but risks losing what he has gained if I don't go there.
Tails:
He stays in Trieste in the hope that Rome doesn't go to Venice, but risks losing what he has gained if I do go there.

Good luck.


There is another cointoss for Russia in the east. So good luck with that as well.

...why I was taking no chances with France myself, but, there will be no more dark blue on map when the next turn rolls around.

Then of course we'll demonstrate what we think of your stalemate Spoonist

It's almost like you think it's an accomplishment to peck the eyes out of carcasses.

You see the trouble is that it might be nourishing but they didn't really put up a fight, now did they?

[OmegaChief]

Hey, I've gone from the weakest on Turn 1, to being second only to you, I'm quite proud of my achievments

[OmegaChief]

Edit- Stupid double post...

[atg]

Good luck.

What do I do what do i do WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spoonist]

Hey, I've gone from the weakest on Turn 1, to being second only to you, I'm quite proud of my achievments

Your biggest achievements so far is picking a country as far away from turkey as possible...

The rest is other player's failures, not your achievements...

Good luck.

What do I do what do i do WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually in dippy tournaments a lot of players toss coins/roll dice in those situations to remove the analyzis paralyzis...

[atg]

Lol already done.

In other news I've managed to win a different game on the play dip website. I've upgraded to not-quite-so-noob ignore the several games i crashed and burned whilst learning...

[Spoonist]

In other news I've managed to win a different game on the play dip website. I've upgraded to not-quite-so-noob...

That's actually impressive. Congrats.
How fast turns do you run to have achieved not only crash and burn but also a win? 24h/12/12?

[Spoonist]

Fall 1907 Orders

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ENGLAND
Baltic Sea SUPPORT Prussia to Berlin -> resolved
Belgium MOVE Picardy -> resolved
Spain (South Coast) SUPPORT Gascony to Marseilles -> resolved
English Channel SUPPORT Belgium to Picardy -> resolved
Holland MOVE Kiel -> Bounced
Brest MOVE Paris -> resolved
Gascony MOVE Marseilles -> resolved
Burgundy SUPPORT Brest to Paris -> resolved
North Sea HOLD -> resolved

FRANCE
Paris HOLD -> Dislodged by a bre - par
Picardy HOLD -> Dislodged by a bel - pic
Marseilles HOLD -> Dislodged by a gas - mar

GERMANY
Munich HOLD -> Dislodged by a boh - mun

AUSTRIA
Trieste MOVE Venice -> Bounced
 
TURKEY
Aegean Sea MOVE Ionian Sea -> resolved
Galicia SUPPORT Ukraine to Warsaw -> resolved
Sevastopol MOVE Moscow -> Bounced
Bohemia MOVE Munich -> resolved
Rumania MOVE Ukraine -> Bounced
Bulgaria MOVE Serbia -> resolved
Tyrrhenian Sea MOVE Gulf of Lyons -> resolved
Rome MOVE Venice -> Bounced
Tyrolia SUPPORT Bohemia to Munich -> resolved
Ionian Sea MOVE Tyrrhenian Sea -> resolved
Berlin MOVE Kiel -> Dislodged by a pru - ber
Black Sea HOLD -> resolved
Ukraine MOVE Warsaw -> resolved

RUSSIA
Warsaw SUPPORT Moscow to Ukraine -> Dislodged by a ukr - war
Gulf of Bothnia HOLD -> resolved
Prussia MOVE Berlin -> resolved
Livonia MOVE Moscow -> Bounced
Moscow MOVE Ukraine -> Bounced
 

[Spoonist]

so austria got his bounce, lucky bastard =)
russia vs turkey another ±0 as predicted
and france/germany is our second and third loss

so far so good

[Spoonist]

Fall 1907 Retreat

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FRANCE
Marseilles DESTROY -> resolved
Picardy DESTROY -> resolved
Paris DESTROY -> resolved

GERMANY
Munich DESTROY -> resolved

TURKEY
Berlin RETREAT Silesia -> resolved

RUSSIA
Warsaw RETREAT Prussia -> resolved

Fall 1907 Build

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ENGLAND
BUILD army Edinburgh -> resolved
BUILD army Liverpool -> resolved
BUILD fleet London -> resolved

TURKEY
BUILD fleet Smyrna -> resolved
BUILD army Constantinople -> resolved

ENGLAND
(OmegaChief)
7 army units
5 fleet units
12 centers

FRANCE
(surrendered)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

ITALY
(theadvocate)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

GERMANY
(surrendered)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

AUSTRIA
(CockneyWeasel)
0 army units
1 fleet units
2 centers

TURKEY
(Spoonist)
10 army units
5 fleet units
15 centers

RUSSIA
(Tarle)
4 army units
1 fleet units
5 centers

[Skywalker_T-65]

And so die France and Germany.

But now England and the Ottomans are right next to each-other in former German territory. This should be interesting

(oh, and Austria got back Trieste while Italy continues to chill out in that little corner of the peninsula)

[OmegaChief]

I am amused that technically Italy is still around, and that North Africa is unclaimed still, but yes, the great war can now finally begin!

[Skywalker_T-65]

Can one even claim 'North Africa' anyway? The Turks have been in Tunisia for awhile now, one would think they would have taken it

And I commented on how amusing Italy's continued 'survival' (if one can call it that) was awhile back

EDIT: And the 'Pseudo-Great War/World War 1' should be interesting. Britain (with France/Spain/Portugal's land behind it), a rump-state Russia and an equally small Austria, versus a monster Ottoman Empire. This is going to be fun

(while Italy chills out and watches)

[OmegaChief]

Yes, you claim it by moving a unit onto the North Africa area, just no nation has done so yet, since Italay, and then the Turks both just plonked a convoy straight to Tunisa.

[Skywalker_T-65]

Yeah, I looked back at the start and all the brown land on the first map


That being said, I wonder how this new Alliance fares against the Turkish horde.

[Spoonist]

Its 5vs5 with some defensive fleet support. I'd be suprised if it went anywhere but a little bit back and forth until someone can get another unit to the front.

What is interesting is how long englands benevolence versus russia will hold. And how long turkeys benevolence of austria will hold.
If there is a stalemate between russia and turkey which seems likely, and then if the west wing becomes another stand-off then that is a sure way for the two minors to get shafted by the big guys. England is poised to take scandinavia in one move, and turkey could take out austria in two moves.

[Spoonist]

Spring 1908 Orders

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ENGLAND
Baltic Sea MOVE Kiel -> resolved
Marseilles MOVE Piedmont -> Attack broken by a rom - pie
Picardy MOVE Burgundy -> resolved
English Channel MOVE Mid-Atlantic Ocean -> resolved
Holland MOVE Ruhr -> resolved
Paris MOVE Gascony -> resolved
Edinburgh MOVE Belgium -> resolved
Liverpool MOVE Yorkshire -> resolved
London MOVE English Channel -> resolved
Spain (South Coast) MOVE Western Mediterranean -> resolved
Burgundy MOVE Munich -> resolved
North Sea CONVOY Edinburgh to Belgium -> resolved

AUSTRIA
Trieste HOLD -> resolved

TURKEY
Tyrrhenian Sea CONVOY Rome to Piedmont -> resolved
Black Sea MOVE Constantinople -> resolved
Silesia SUPPORT Warsaw to Prussia -> resolved
Ionian Sea MOVE Tunis -> resolved
Rumania MOVE Ukraine -> resolved
Serbia MOVE Trieste -> Bounced
Smyrna MOVE Aegean Sea -> resolved
Constantinople MOVE Bulgaria -> resolved
Warsaw MOVE Prussia -> resolved
Galicia MOVE Warsaw -> Bounced
Sevastopol MOVE Moscow -> Bounced
Munich MOVE Berlin -> Dislodged by a bur - mun
Tyrolia SUPPORT Rome to Piedmont -> resolved
Rome MOVE Piedmont -> resolved
Gulf of Lyons CONVOY Rome to Piedmont -> resolved

RUSSIA
Prussia MOVE Silesia -> Destroyed by a war - pru
Moscow SUPPORT Livonia to Warsaw -> Support cut by a sev - mos
Berlin SUPPORT Burgundy to Munich -> resolved
Gulf of Bothnia HOLD -> resolved
Livonia MOVE Warsaw -> Bounced

[Spoonist]

Fall 1908 Orders

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ENGLAND
Kiel SUPPORT Berlin to hold -> resolved
Ruhr SUPPORT Munich to hold -> resolved
Western Mediterranean MOVE North Africa -> resolved
Marseilles HOLD -> resolved
Burgundy SUPPORT Munich to hold -> resolved
Belgium MOVE Picardy -> resolved
Yorkshire MOVE Holland -> resolved
English Channel MOVE Mid-Atlantic Ocean -> Bounced
Mid-Atlantic Ocean MOVE Spain (South Coast) -> Bounced
North Sea CONVOY Yorkshire to Holland -> resolved
Munich HOLD -> resolved
Gascony SUPPORT Marseilles to hold -> resolved

AUSTRIA
Trieste MOVE Trieste -> Dislodged by a ser - tri

TURKEY
Tunis MOVE Western Mediterranean -> resolved
Ukraine SUPPORT Sevastopol to Moscow -> resolved
Serbia MOVE Trieste -> resolved
Aegean Sea MOVE Ionian Sea -> resolved
Galicia MOVE Warsaw -> resolved
Sevastopol MOVE Moscow -> resolved
Silesia MOVE Berlin -> Bounced
Constantinople MOVE Aegean Sea -> resolved
Prussia MOVE Livonia -> Bounced
Bulgaria MOVE Greece -> resolved
Tyrrhenian Sea SUPPORT Tunis to Western Mediterranean -> resolved
Tyrolia SUPPORT Serbia to Trieste -> resolved
Piedmont MOVE Venice -> resolved
Gulf of Lyons MOVE Spain (South Coast) -> Bounced
Bohemia MOVE Munich -> Bounced

RUSSIA
Moscow HOLD -> Dislodged by a sev - mos
Gulf of Bothnia SUPPORT Livonia to hold -> resolved
Livonia SUPPORT Moscow to hold -> Support cut by a pru - lvn
Berlin HOLD -> resolved

[Spoonist]

So, since atg had gotten his xp elsewhere it wasn't as important for me to keep him around.

[Spoonist]

Fall 1908 Retreat

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AUSTRIA
Trieste RETREAT Albania -> resolved

RUSSIA
Moscow RETREAT St. Petersburg -> resolved

Fall 1908 Build

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ENGLAND
BUILD fleet Liverpool -> resolved

AUSTRIA
Albania DESTROY -> resolved

TURKEY
BUILD fleet Constantinople -> resolved
BUILD army Smyrna -> resolved

ENGLAND
(OmegaChief)
7 army units
6 fleet units
13 centers

FRANCE
(surrendered)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

ITALY
(theadvocate)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

GERMANY
(surrendered)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

AUSTRIA
(CockneyWeasel)
0 army units
0 fleet units
0 centers

TURKEY
(Spoonist)
11 army units
6 fleet units
17 centers

RUSSIA
(Tarle)
3 army units
1 fleet units
4 centers

[Skywalker_T-65]

And now Italy/Austria are both down to one area, while Russia continues to contract. Looking like its going to be just the Brits and Turks after all

[atg]

Goodbye cruel world