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Message from Italy to Russia
Eric...
Can you spare a dot sir......
Erik can either protect his homeland or take Rome....which I can likely
take back....
But it would be great to not disband this season.
You need to take the BLA....I would suggest ARM - BLA, BUL supports, SEV -
ARM
I Have a suspicion of what Turkey will do and I will be planning for it
Orders are due monday, and I wont be around most of the weekend, please
talk to me, so that we can get this worked out.
Andy
Message from Russia to France
Erik,
Well, I could have spared the dot and it was a hard call not to let it
fall. One of the reasons was just lack of time to talk about it. The other
is that I play a waiting game, and as long as you and Ben were cooperating,
I didn't want to do anything to stabilize your border. My hope was that Ben
would make himself the aggressor (so that there wouldn't be ongoing EF
cooperation) but that he wouldn't make a strong enough run at you to
eliminate you.
You are also absolutely correct that Andy now stands a good chance of
coming back. He keeps telling me that he's looking to help me solo (to
punish you), but I expect that he's just using that to get my units even
further from the Balkans while he builds up forces.
I agree that you can't hold your position on your own. Whether Andy is
trying to get me to solo or not, it's pretty clear that you and he are
destined for ongoing fighting. While I haven't been a ton of help to you
directly throughout this game (as noted, I'm a wait-and-see kind of
player), I have tried to make sure you stay strong, keeping Italy weak and
hitting Ben each time he's moved against you. My thinking is that working
with me closely is your best chance of getting back dots. The selfish part
is that I don't think you can hold your position without giving me a
significant positional advantage somewhere (meaning, getting me close to a
solo). With Jason's disband, I have a lot more southern flexibility. I
could afford to throw a few units at Andy, which would get us both some
dots. In France proper, I think you need an extra army to help you, and Mun
is the only one I see as close enough to come to your aid (Mun-Bur or
Mun-Ruh, and then supporting action into Par/Bel/Hol/Kie). You would
probably hold even, and may even pick up a build, you'd just have that
damned Russian's units all around you.
The question is really what you are shooting for, and whether you're more
frustrated for me with sitting back and letting Ben come after you, or at
Ben for actually coming after you, and how you want to play it from here.
I've given a decidedly Russian offering view of the board, but trying not
to go so far that I'm asking you to actually throw me the game (not that I
wouldn't accept that, of course!) Let me know what you think.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Italy
Andy,
Hey, a free morning for me! What a change of pace.
My biggest concern about loaning dots is the north. The time to take Ber is
fast ticking away as I putz around in the Black. :)
Where do you see the best opportunity for dot-loaning -- or are you asking
me to support you somewhere. My guess would be that Turkey is going to
support Ion-Gre, is that you're thinking? If he does, Italy may not take
it. I was thinking of offering Jason Aeg-Gre (please note, I say
"offering") either this season or next, whenever it is best to have him
distracted.
I'll see what Erik is thinking (or at least telling me he's thinking). I'm
riding a fine line with him on the suicide issue -- I'm hoping that Ben and
removing you are more important to him than stopping me soloing. We'll see.
If he's shooting for Mun I'm in trouble, but if he backs off, things look
pretty good.
I'll move Rum north to start pressuring Germany. If Jason takes Bul it's
easy enough to retake it now that he's down a unit. Again, let me know what
dot you'd like and how you think I can hold up without it. If Jason lets me
into Arm then there's no problem. But if he moves Ank-Arm, then I'll
probably have to disband -- don't you think?
Part of the question of how to go forward also has to do with how much
throw motivation you still have with Erik now (potentially) pulling back. I
am wondering whether you are looking to have a defensible position on my
side of your units as Erik heads out, as it does affect things (like
whether or not I should suggest things that have us trading your dots for
mine to get better position on Erik).
--- Eric
Message from Russia to England
Hey Ben,
Well, thank you for backing off. I trust that you didn't take the attack on
Ber as a "real" assault. It'll be interesting to see what Erik does next.
I certainly was surprised to see Jason's disband. Believe it or not, that
was not negotiated.
I've sent a message to Erik -- I'll let you know what I hear. In the
meantime, it's not obvious to me what our next negotiations should focus
on. But I'm here for at least some of the weekend.
Hope you are doing well.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Turkey
Jason,
Many thanks for the kind disband. I certainly don't deserve it with my
recent lack of communication.
I actually got up this AM to write you a message suggesting you disband
Black in exchange for favors. Does your disband mean I don't need to offer
favors? :)
Let me know what you are thinking: Are we cooperating, are we fighting, are
you planning on helping me, etc.
--- Eric
Message from Italy to Russia
Eric,
> Hey, a free morning for me! What a change of pace.
I hear you. Are you free anytime next week, I get to San Francisco on
Tuesday night and would love to meet you.
> My biggest concern about loaning dots is the north. The time to take Ber is
> fast ticking away as I putz around in the Black. :)
You have plenty of time on Berlin....Plenty.
> Where do you see the best opportunity for dot-loaning -- or are you asking
> me to support you somewhere. My guess would be that Turkey is going to
> support Ion-Gre, is that you're thinking? If he does, Italy may not take
> it. I was thinking of offering Jason Aeg-Gre (please note, I say
> "offering") either this season or next, whenever it is best to have him
> distracted.
I think you mean France might not take it.
> I'll see what Erik is thinking (or at least telling me he's thinking). I'm
> riding a fine line with him on the suicide issue -- I'm hoping that Ben and
> removing you are more important to him than stopping me soloing. We'll see.
> If he's shooting for Mun I'm in trouble, but if he backs off, things look
> pretty good.
If he doesnt back off of you and me Ben will take virtually all his dots
in 2 years. He wont be an issue.
> I'll move Rum north to start pressuring Germany. If Jason takes Bul it's
> easy enough to retake it now that he's down a unit. Again, let me know what
> dot you'd like and how you think I can hold up without it. If Jason lets me
> into Arm then there's no problem. But if he moves Ank-Arm, then I'll
> probably have to disband -- don't you think?
I dont know which one. Alot of that depends on what Erik does in the
spring.
> Part of the question of how to go forward also has to do with how much
> throw motivation you still have with Erik now (potentially) pulling back.
He has told me he will continue to attack me. He has told Ben the same.
> am wondering whether you are looking to have a defensible position on my
> side of your units as Erik heads out, as it does affect things (like
> whether or not I should suggest things that have us trading your dots for
> mine to get better position on Erik).
I think we should play defensively and position this spring and then take
dots in the fall, lets see what Jason does....I have a couple of ideas,
but it does matter quite a bit on what Jason does.
Andy
Message from Germany to Russia
Hey Eric things are looking up. EF fighting was always the way to go. I
wouldnt trust ben to much. I say mos - lvn, sev - mos, rum - bla supported
by arm, rum - bul supported by ser, tyr s ven. Stab Italy in the fall and
grab TRI from SER. This should net you ank & tri.
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> Well, thank you for backing off. I trust that you didn't take the attack
on
> Ber as a "real" assault. It'll be interesting to see what Erik does next.
I didn't mind it. It gave your pieces something to do, which I guess was
the point.
> I certainly was surprised to see Jason's disband. Believe it or not, that
> was not negotiated.
Lucky duck. I wonder what he's thinking.
> I've sent a message to Erik -- I'll let you know what I hear. In the
> meantime, it's not obvious to me what our next negotiations should focus
> on. But I'm here for at least some of the weekend.
Well, if we are to pursue the dream of a 2WD, then I think we should make
an effort to hold the current line in the North, through the German
provinces, for now.
> Hope you are doing well.
And yourself, my friend.
Please stop receiving my thoughts from anyone but me. . .
Ben
Message from Russia to Italy
My brother is getting married on Saturday in the city. Are you going to be
around that long? It's a small ceremony in the afternoon, so I could probably
make it up for a late breakfast.
I'm hesitiant to suggest you coming down here during the week, even though my
calendar looks fairly free for the moment. My days have been filling up so
fast, it's just hard to have confidence in when I think I'm free.
And yes, I meant France might not take support to Gre. Haven't heard from
Erik yet on his thoughts.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Germany
Tony,
Thanks for the info. I'm hoping Erik doesn't just throw in the towel.
Bul-Bla, Rum-Bul, huh? That's not bad. The danger there is that Turkey may
support France to Gre, in which case I wouldn't take any dots (unless I
moved Tyl-Tri). I'll look that over as an idea.
Why do you think Sev should go north instead of south? What is it you think
Ben might do?
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Germany
Tony,
It's a bad sign when I reply to my own press!
>Bul-Bla, Rum-Bul, huh? That's not bad. The danger there is that Turkey may
>support France to Gre, in which case I wouldn't take any dots (unless I
>moved Tyl-Tri). I'll look that over as an idea.
Don't mind me, I'm not paying close attention -- that wasn't your suggestion!
>Why do you think Sev should go north instead of south? What is it you
>think Ben might do?
If I leave Sev in the south that gives me an extra unit to play with. The
problem of taking Ank with a fleet is that it'll make it hard to get to Smy
down the line. Something like Sev-Bla-Ank, Arm S Sev-Ank puts me in better
position: Bul-Con, Rum-Bul next Spring, then Ank S Con-Smy and Turkey's
gone and I'm in the corner with fleets on the eastern Med. As long as Italy
is holding back France, I don't know if I want to attack him. But if France
is going to fall to England, then taking Italy's dots now and France's
later may make a lot of sense.
I'm still waiting to hear what Erik wants to do, which will affect my
planning.
Let me know if you have any other ideas!
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Russia
Seems like I haven't written a note to the observers in a bit.
I imagine it's getting a bit boring following my press these days; only so
many times you can read "so are you going to write back?" "Sorry about that."
I certainly benefited from more than my share of luck last turn. I've sent
waaay too little press to be getting the breaks I'm getting, though I'd
like to believe that playing the board correctly early in the game is
paying off now. I actually thought Jason might be willing to disband Bla,
but I really did expect to need to send him press with a concession to get
it. Ben going west was also good luck -- probably Andy helped with that. I
still worry about Ben convoying into Lvn, but I don't think he can afford
to for a turn or so. We'll see.
And you can see my strategy with Erik is to hope that Ben is higher on his
shit list than I am, and that he (Erik) will give me a fairly free ride.
I'm still not sure it was the right decision to help Andy against Erik, but
I think I prefer my chances with Ben going west. There's actually a chance
that both Erik and Jason could end up helping me as well. That'd be amusing
if nothing else.
As noted, I'm not sure if it makes sense to hit Andy, but I'm definitely
considering it. If Erik pulls back, then Andy will want to hold a position
in a draw. If Erik suicides, then it's just a matter of getting in position
before Ben can get far enough along to solo or get a position in a 2WD.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to England
Hey Ben,
>Please stop receiving my thoughts from anyone but me. . .
My "same wavelength" receptor seems to be failing recently. I don't get
this one either. :o
--- Eric
Message from Germany to Russia
The reason for moving SEV north would be to cover the event that Ben pushes
BAL - BOT, swe - fin, nwy - bar and ska - nwy. Even then he can still take
STP. No doubt he will convoy to LVN instead. Either way STP is lost in the
near future. In the south you could opt for bul - bla supported by ARM and
convoy sev in the fall to ANK. Maybe best consider STP lost and get MOS into
play. I think it is safe to assume France will not attack you anywhere.
Maybe rightshift units into PRU/SIL/MUN. Maybe mos - lvn supported by STP.
Stabbing Italy in TRI in the fall is definitely worth considering if Erik is
retreating to fight Ben.
Message from Russia to Germany
Tony,
>Maybe mos - lvn supported by STP.
I was thinking that, or maybe Mos-Lvn/StP-Lvn. FWIW, I do consider StP
lost, it's just a matter of when.
The shift to Mun/Sil/Pru is a good idea now that I can protect Lvn,
especially if Erik doesn't shoot for Mun. I am worried about Ben convoying
into Lvn, but I think it might be premature for him to do that at this
point. That's partly why I attacked Ber and didn't try to take a better
position last season. The other reasons being that I had far too many
centers dedicated to that one damned fleet in Bla, but I didn't think I
could afford to lose Sev. The center is no big deal, but not being able to
build fleets for 4 seasons would have been unbearable.
--- Eric
Message from Turkey to Russia
Well, that wasn't exactly done for your benefit, but I'm glad you
approve. :-)
Right now, I'm trying to hold off Italy from giving you to me on a
silver platter. Apparently, he really doesn't care. My main goal right
now is just to survive into the end game, so I have a chance at some
kind of decent result. Andy looks to be trying to deny me that before he
buys the farm.
I'm more than ok focusing on Greece and the Med for the time being, as I
have been for the past few moves. That will let you move north and stem
your losses there. I certainly have my hands full for now.
jason
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> >Please stop receiving my thoughts from anyone but me. . .
>
> My "same wavelength" receptor seems to be failing recently. I don't get
> this one either. :o
You didn't get a missent press from Andy?
It doesn't matter.
Any thoughts for the coming spring?
Ben
Message from Italy to Russia
>
> My brother is getting married on Saturday in the city. Are you going to be
> around that long? It's a small ceremony in the afternoon, so I could probably
> make it up for a late breakfast.
Saturday morning is my only concrete plans all week. Other than business.
I could drive down to you and we could do lunch, if your schedule permits
it....go ahead...make me drive to Santa Cruz...I dare you...twist my
arm...:-)
> I'm hesitiant to suggest you coming down here during the week, even though my
> calendar looks fairly free for the moment. My days have been filling up so
> fast, it's just hard to have confidence in when I think I'm free.
Block it in as a meeting with a vendor. If you are having any storage
issues, Im sure I can at least put you on the right track.
> And yes, I meant France might not take support to Gre. Haven't heard from
> Erik yet on his thoughts.
>
yeah....Jason is offering to support me back into the ION, this is the
first time he has spoken to me in weeks.
You suspect he is supporting France to Greece, I have a plan for that.
This is how I see the board.
Let Ben get farther away from you and wrapped up in the details of taking
down France...if you move on him or he even percieves it, he will pull off
of France and mend fences faster than Bush's press secretary can say *He
has fulfilled his military obligation*.
You dont need to move RUM farther north yet, there is no threat there for
about a year. And you can build in Warsaw to take care of it....anything
you get from here out are real builds as compared to the dot swapping you
have been doing for a couple of years.
From what we have discerned, this is our intel...
We suspect that Turkey will support France to Greece. This who covers
Smyrna in case I am lying. Constantinople.
On that basis, this is what I think our moves should be this spring.
StP h or supports Norway
Mos - War
Arm - Bla
Sev - Arm
Rum - Bul
Bul - Con
Ser s Gre
Ber and Mun support each other
Tyr s Ven
I will:
protect myself as best I can
Gre s Rum - Bul
Eas - Aeg
The only defense for this is
Aeg - Bul supported by Con and the odds on this happening are minscule.
And if it does, you take Ank, Bul and probably Smy in the fall.
How does this sound to you?
Andy
Message from France to Russia
How I'm feeling is pretty moot at this point, as is what I was once
shooting for. You may be close to a solo, but Ben's the immediate
threat, so if your solo means getting help against him, so be it. He
should have thought of that when he changed direction.
Could you maybe, possible, order sil - ber, mun s ruhr - Kiel? Might as
well make it interesting for him.
I'll keep this brief in light of the deadline.
Erik
Message from Italy to Russia
Eric,
The French should be coming to you, before the deadline to tell you that I
am going to attack you should he let up on me.
Its not going to happen. But he came to me asking if I would attack you if
he pulled off me, and any other answer is WAYYYYY too suspicious.
looking forward to hearing from you
Andy
Message from Italy to Russia
Eric,
Are you going to talk to me before the deadline....
Help me out here.
Andy
Message from Russia to Italy
Hey Andy,
<insert normal apology about delays here>
Haven't heard from Erik about you. He did ask for support against Ben. I
agree with you that I need to wait a season to help him. I do keep an eye on
the board, and at this point I don't believe it's worth his while to back off
of you. Without my help he can still get a build off of you faster than he
can return more than a single unit back home.
Your move suggestions sound good. Frankly, Bul S Arm-Bla vs Bul-Con is kind
of a toss up anyway. If Jason really doesn't want me in Bla, Bul's support is
cut and Bla is held. So I'll go with your last suggestion. I agree, Jason is
likely to head to Smy, though I haven't heard anything that indicates whether
or not he's planning to support France to Gre. (He did say he'll be focused
on you, but that's it).
I also owe you a response about lunch sometime next week. It actually appears
that I have time available around lunch every day but Thursday. I expect that
to change as the week goes along, but if I put a hold on something, I can do
it.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to France
Erik,
I'm not clear why you would want to go to Kie. Ben's bound to have 4 units on
it come Fall. You would annoy him by going there, but won't that give him
free reign to take Bre, Bel AND retake Kie? I think you are better off
protecting Bel and Par. In Fall we can try to get you into Kie, but doing it
in Spring seems to just put you in a bad position from my point of view.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to England
Duh! I get it. Yes, I got a reply from Andy intended for you. Frankly, I read
it as closely as the comment that inadvertently went to vtgroup. I got that
you were thinking about attacking someone, but that was it -- I just hoped it
wasn't me. :)
I'll probably tap on Berlin again just to keep you honest. Let me know if
that poses any problems for you.
Beyond that, I'd appreciate any continued westward movement you can perform,
as I won't be venturing into Scandinavia for the rest of the game.
--- Eric
Message from Italy to Russia
> Your move suggestions sound good. Frankly, Bul S Arm-Bla vs Bul-Con is kind
> of a toss up anyway. If Jason really doesn't want me in Bla, Bul's support is
> cut and Bla is held. So I'll go with your last suggestion. I agree, Jason is
> likely to head to Smy, though I haven't heard anything that indicates whether
> or not he's planning to support France to Gre. (He did say he'll be focused
> on you, but that's it).
I can keep Erik from getting Greece, but I cant stop Erik from supporting
in Jason, hence the reason I want SER to support it.
> I also owe you a response about lunch sometime next week. It actually appears
> that I have time available around lunch every day but Thursday. I expect that
> to change as the week goes along, but if I put a hold on something, I can do
Friday....you pick the time.
I will drive down to Santa Cruz and we can go for sushi....
Does this work for you.
Andy
Message from Russia to Russia
Another quick comment: I imagine I'm getting a reasonable amount of heat for
being a total pushover in the latter phases of this game: I believe my moves
have been entered by other players (Philippe and Andy mostly) for several
seasons running, and not just that, but I've been telegraphing moves that
don't need to be telegraphed. Fair criticism if it's being made.
At the same time, I'll note that this is the first turn since following his
suggestions on which I'm a little nervous about Andy. I had (rather
transparently) hoped to get Erik to allow me into Bur. His interest in
getting me to support Ruh-Kie is worrisome in that he did NOT request that I
let Ven fall.
I've been considering Ser-Tri, Rum-Ser, but while that would get me at least
one build, I think I'd like to try to squeeze the most out of Andy possible
and risk going with him for another season. He's in a really bad position to
attack me, so I think it's worth the risk.
Anyway, the point of this message is to let y'all know that while I know I am
being a pushover, I am at least considering whether or not the other players
are really still pushing for me to solo. Whether I'm guessing correctly or
not is a different issue altogether, but I thought I'd be clear that I know
I'm being unnecessarily forthright in my communications.
--- Eric
Message from Russia to Italy
I understood why you wanted Ser to support Gre and I will be providing the
support.
> Friday....you pick the time.
How's 11:30am? I'm free until 1:30, so that gives us time for lunch and some
extra hanging around. I'd say let's do it in the evening, but that's going to
be a hellish weekend (brother getting married Saturday, moving out of my
house Monday) so will probably be busy packing/arranging for most of the
night.
> I will drive down to Santa Cruz and we can go for sushi....
Now you are twisting my arm. :)
Oh, and what kind of storage solutions do you sell? I'm not in the market
myself, but some co-workers do run things like SANs and the like. I can ask
if they are looking for anything like what you've got.
--- Eric
Message from Italy to Russia
> > Friday....you pick the time.
>
> How's 11:30am? I'm free until 1:30, so that gives us time for lunch and some
> extra hanging around. I'd say let's do it in the evening, but that's going to
> be a hellish weekend (brother getting married Saturday, moving out of my
> house Monday) so will probably be busy packing/arranging for most of the
> night.
>
11:30 is fine, what is your address on campus. And directions would be
good.
> > I will drive down to Santa Cruz and we can go for sushi....
>
> Now you are twisting my arm. :)
>
Would I do that...:-)
> Oh, and what kind of storage solutions do you sell? I'm not in the market
> myself, but some co-workers do run things like SANs and the like. I can ask
> if they are looking for anything like what you've got.
We are an integrator, I will email you our capabilities statement.
Andy
Message from France to Russia
Point taken. Guess I'll just try to cover my home bases.
FYI, Andy's being awfully friendly since England's change of direction.
Either he's about to grab a few dots from me or your janissary isn't as
long term as previously indicated. Not that you ever thought otherwise, of
course.
Erik
Message from Russia to France
If you remain in Ruh after the Spring, we can look to get you into Kie in
Fall -- it just seemed like sending one of your two local armies away was a
sketchy idea.
As to Andy -- yes, that's a tough call. I expect him to make a move
eventually, the question is: when?
You might want to consider hitting Nap in Spring, even if you pull back Pie
to Mar. I don't think your fleets can get back home faster than you can build
a new unit from Nap. Besides, even if he's friendly with you now, I know he
and Ben are on good terms, and that Andy had more to do with Ben attacking
you than I did -- if you back off completely he'll probably work out a split
of Turkey with me and then sail after you to cement a spot in a 3-way.
Has he made any agreements with you, or is he just being friendly?
--- Eric
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
Will you be "tapping" BER - fine with me, either way - with one or with two?
I will *not* be convoying into Russian home turf, but I am aware of that
possibility, and if you will be leaving BER and KIE be while I push further
west, then we will continue to get along fine.
Get back to me if you get a chance - sorry to wait until we are close to the
deadline.
Ben
Message from Russia to England
The only reason to attack Ber is to ensure such a convoy does not take place,
which is why I told you about it (I don't want to take Ber, I just want to
ensure that Bal is occupied). I'm not planning anything against Kie nor
anything successful against Ber. All that would accomplish is causing you to
pull back from Erik, which is not in either of our interests. If you really
want to move west, I can consider foregoing a supported attack on Ber. Can
you tell me which units will be moving away as inducement?
Speaking of whom -- what are you hearing from Erik and Andy these days? Erik
asked for some support against you, which I declined to provide, but I can't
tell whether he's going to defend himself or throw himself against Andy. Andy
still purports to be a friend of mine, though I gather from his press to you
(that I got) that he's still looking to get into a 3way. Just curious to hear
what your take is from the other side of the two of them.
--- Eric
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
I knew you would get to me in time. . .
> Can you tell me which units will be moving away as inducement?
A SWE, for one - a convoy to a different destination, more to your liking.
I imagine that's enough incentive by itself. . . Let me know if you will be
tapping with one. If I'd wanted to convoy to LVN, by the way, the loss of
BER mightn't dissuade me. Haven't given it too much thought - hope not to
*have* to.
> Speaking of whom -- what are you hearing from Erik and Andy
> these days? Erik asked for some support against you, which
> I declined to provide, but I can't tell whether he's going
> to defend himself or throw himself against Andy. Andy
> still purports to be a friend of mine, though I gather from
> his press to you (that I got) that he's still looking to get
> into a 3way. Just curious to hear what your take is from the
> other side of the two of them.
:-) Andy B. talking draw - just like him.
Erik has really settled down and writing pleasant enough press. I am
genuinely surprised, after watching him write so much *angry* press in
Comments.
I think right now we are looking at EIR as the most likely outcome. You & I
may have the best shots at a solo, with the proving ground to be the
Mediterranean. We shall see - in this company, I would be proud to survive
to a draw. As E/R, we have the option of pursuing the 2-way, of course.
> I'll be watching press until the deadline
As will I.
Ben
Message from Russia to England
Fair enough. I will not support the attack on Ber. I hadn't thought about the
idea that you might not worry about losing Ber. I'll have to tuck that tidbit
away for the future. :)
> > I'll be watching press until the deadline
> As will I.
I believe you are channelling other people here. :) I don't recall saying
that. The way things have been going recently I have avoiding making any
statements about when I will be available for press.
> I think right now we are looking at EIR as the most likely outcome.
I agree.
> You & I may have the best shots at a solo, with the proving ground to be
> the Mediterranean. We shall see - in this company, I would be proud to
> survive to a draw.
The way my last several games have gone, I'd be proud to survive elimination,
let alone to be part of a draw!
> As E/R, we have the option of pursuing the 2-way, of course.
There is a good chance that will be an option.
--- Eric
Message from England to Russia
Eric -
> > > I'll be watching press until the deadline
> > As will I.
>
> I believe you are channelling other people here. :)
Ha. Reading it again, I think I was channeling myself - I wrote the first line, & editing my own note, I thought you'd written it. . .
> The way things have been going recently I have avoiding making any
> statements about when I will be available for press.
I am frustrated to admit I am in the same position. Reassigned at work, I thought I'd end up with *more* time, instead it's been much less. Frankly we'd better get this game wound down if I have a prayer of getting in the '04 VGFP.
> There is a good chance that will be an option.
So, you're a lawyer too?
Ben
Message from Russia to England
> > There is a good chance that will be an option.
> So, you're a lawyer too?
Not at all, just very conservative about predicting the future. Talk to Andy
about it -- he can tell you everything that's wrong about the way I predict
future moves. :)
--- Eric
England: Fleet Baltic Sea CONVOY Army Sweden → Kiel
England: Fleet Berlin SUPPORT Army Sweden → Kiel
England: Fleet English Channel CONVOY Army London → Brest
England: Army Holland → Belgium (*bounce*)
England: Army London → English Channel → Brest
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean
England: Fleet Norway → St Petersburg (north coast) (*bounce*)
England: Fleet Skagerrak → North Sea
England: Army Sweden → Baltic Sea → Kiel
France: Army Burgundy SUPPORT Army Ruhr → Belgium
France: Fleet Gulf of Lyon → Spain (south coast)
France: Fleet Ionian Sea → Tunis
France: Army Piedmont → Marseilles
France: Army Ruhr → Belgium
France: Army Tuscany → Piedmont
France: Fleet Tyrrhenian Sea → Western Mediterranean
Italy: Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Aegean Sea (*bounce*)
Italy: Fleet Greece SUPPORT Russian Army Rumania → Bulgaria
Italy: Fleet Naples SUPPORT Army Rome
Italy: Army Rome SUPPORT Fleet Naples
Italy: Army Venice SUPPORT Army Rome
Russia: Fleet Armenia → Black Sea
Russia: Fleet Bulgaria (east coast) → Constantinople (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Moscow → Livonia (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Munich SUPPORT Army Tyrolia
Russia: Army Rumania → Bulgaria (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Serbia SUPPORT Italian Fleet Greece
Russia: Army Sevastopol → Armenia
Russia: Army Silesia SUPPORT Army Munich
Russia: Army St Petersburg → Livonia (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Tyrolia SUPPORT Italian Army Venice
Turkey: Fleet Aegean Sea SUPPORT Italian Fleet Eastern Mediterranean → Ionian Sea (*void*)
Turkey: Fleet Ankara HOLD
Turkey: Army Constantinople SUPPORT Fleet Ankara (*cut*)
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