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Message from France to Italy
Idalia:
This game never stops surprising me. :-)
What is going one with you and Russia? That was a very
interesting way to take Sevastopol. Did you plan it that
way?
What are your thoughts for the fall?
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
What is going on? Did you and Italy have an argument
that sparked that? I was completely taken by surprise.
If there were problems, I could have tried to intervene,
although I am not sure what I could have done. I would
have still wanted to avoid a war between you and Italy.
At least we took Belgium. Holland is exposed, but we can
bounce in Holland to protect it and Kiel. We have to
work through England's move. The key will be to slowly
take his centers so he has nothing to harass us (you)
with. You have the first one (Belgium).
--Xavier
Message from France to England
Ivy:
Sorry about the support for Belgium, but it was the best
plan given my position. I understand perfectly your
retreat to the Channel.
I did not see the Italian-Russian moves coming. Do you
know what it was all about?
--Prince Boar
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
>Sorry about the support for Belgium,
It's probably friendlier not to apologize in these circumstances. I'm not
a beginner and you already have my personal respect. 8-)
>I did not see the Italian-Russian moves coming.
Neither did Russia! I hope his setback leads him to alter his strategy.
Ivy
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>What is going on?
Italy's a damned fool?
>Did you and Italy have an argument that sparked that? I was completely
>taken by surprise.
No, I was under the impression that we had reached an
agreement regarding Sev, actually. So, I was rather
shocked myself. More later.
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
Sorry, I got called to a meeting as I was replying.
>If there were problems, I could have tried to intervene,
>although I am not sure what I could have done. I would
>have still wanted to avoid a war between you and Italy.
Italy is claiming that my alliance with you is his
reason for stabbing me. Now what motivation I have
for attacking you while he continues to leave you
open centers to walk into is unclear to me, but...
>At least we took Belgium. Holland is exposed, but we can
>bounce in Holland to protect it and Kiel. We have to
>work through England's move. The key will be to slowly
>take his centers so he has nothing to harass us (you)
>with. You have the first one (Belgium).
I have to believe he'll order NAO-Iri, Nwg-NAO,
since not doing so risks MAO-Iri. Nwy-Swe, or
Nwy-StP, Kie-Swe, Yor-Nth-Den, also seems likely
to counter-balance the loss of Bel. Nth S Kie-Hol,
Den-Kie is also a possibility, I suppose.
Nick.
Message from France to Master
Doug:
I need your address so I can send you something. Do not worry, it is
not bad. :-)
Roger
Message from Master to France
usin@thekleimans.com said:
>I need your address so I can send you something. Do not worry, it is
>not bad. :-)
masseyd@btv.ibm.com
Doug
Message from France to Turkey
Ali:
Quite an ado happening just to the north of you. I was
surprised and do not yet understand it. The way things
are going you may hang on for a long while. Who knows,
you may grow again like Russia finally did.
--Prince Boar
Message from France to England
Ivy:
> I hope his setback leads him to alter his strategy.
Or at least tell you that it has ;-)
Seriously, it is clear that you are still poised to
battle me so I will not assume anything else. You hedged
your bets nicely last move. I will definitely continue
to support Russia against you and wait for him to nibble
away at your backside. There is not much else I can do.
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Italy
Idalia:
Do you see a way to guarantee at least two of Warsaw,
Moscow, and Sevastopol? Would Rum s Sev, Sev s War ->
Mos do it? Turkey has not written anyone in over a year
so the chance of his helping Nick is almost zero (also
you take Con if BlS does anything but support it). I
agrede to not to cause you to disband any units,
therefore I need to know what you think that I should do.
Nick said that the reason that you attacked him was
because he was allied with me. Are you worried about my
growing in the North? Do you want to help protect Ivy?
Are you worried about Russia growing too much? I want to
make sure that I understand goals so that I can be
accomodating.
It looks like Turkey may hold out a while. Did you want
to prepare for a convoy to Syria instead of bouncing in
Constantinople? This might depend on what you do in the
North. But Syr -> Eme might be a good thing to do. It
allows us to convoy Bulgaria to Syria next Spring. Or
will your army in Sevastopol moving Armenia accomplish
the same thing.
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
I wonder if Italy's attack may not help you in some ways.
England may have chose to send his forces east to defend
against you, in hopes of forcing you to back off fearing
I would get all his centers. He suggested that to me,
but I did not believe him. He asked me not to support
Hol to Bel, but I did anyway because of my commitment to
you. But now he may think that you will have to halt
your attack on his centers. If you ask him to leave you
Sweden in exchange for halting your advance, he would
probably move everything west. You could then keep
Sweden and grab St. Petes without a fight.
Something to think about.
I still do not understand why Italy would attack you just
because you were allied with me. That suggests that he
plans to turn and fight me real soon. And he did not
want me to get any larger. You helping me might make me
larger. Yes he is allowing me to take his centers as he
eliminates any worries from his backside. He may figure
that he can reclaim his homeland and have no threats from
behind. Of course you would be a threat, with may be the
real reason he attacked?
I have not heard from him yet, so I am still left
wondering.
Would you support MAO to the Channel? It was one of the
reasons that we wanted to get you to Belgium. We can
defend Holland and Kiel with either:
Kie -> Hol, Ruh -> Hol
or
Kie -> Hol, Ruh -> Kie, Mun -> Kie
The second would defend against Nth s Kie -> Hol, Den ->
Kie
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
> I wonder if Italy's attack may not help you in some ways.
> England may have chose to send his forces east to defend
> against you, in hopes of forcing you to back off fearing
> I would get all his centers. He suggested that to me,
> but I did not believe him. He asked me not to support
> Hol to Bel, but I did anyway because of my commitment
> to you. But now he may think that you will have to halt
> your attack on his centers. If you ask him to leave you
> Sweden in exchange for halting your advance, he would
> probably move everything west. You could then keep
> Sweden and grab St. Petes without a fight.
> Something to think about.
Hmmm, very interesting... (To quote Artie Johnson. 8-)
> I still do not understand why Italy would attack you just
> because you were allied with me. That suggests that he
> plans to turn and fight me real soon. And he did not
> want me to get any larger. You helping me might make
> me larger. Yes he is allowing me to take his centers as he
> eliminates any worries from his backside. He may figure
> that he can reclaim his homeland and have no threats from
> behind. Of course you would be a threat, with may be
> the real reason he attacked?
It didn't really make any sense to me, either, and does sort
of look like a killing blow. Perhaps Ivy encouraged him to
do it. I'm tempted to invite you to send an Army east. You
are to only Power who hasn't occupied one of my Home
Centers. 8-)
> Would you support MAO to the Channel?
Hmmm, let me think about that.
> Kie -> Hol, Ruh -> Kie, Mun -> Kie
This sounds good to me.
Nick
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
>> Would you support MAO to the Channel?
>Hmmm, let me think about that.
OK. I think that orders might be due tonight, so let me know. Do
recall how generous I was is agreeing to let you have Belgium when I
wanted it. :-) And one of your persuasive arguments was how it could
then help out in the channel. :-) I am willing to toss in Bur s Bel in
addition to defending Kiel for you.
The main reasons for it is that I want to avoid England having fleets in
Eng, Iri, NAO, as that would put MAO at risk. The second reason is that
we could make progress like supporting you to the North Sea or convoy an
army to the Island.
Any further word from Italy? I am still waiting to hear from him, which
is not strange actually.
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier, My Friend,
> >> Would you support MAO to the Channel?
> >Hmmm, let me think about that.
> OK. I think that orders might be due tonight, so let me know.
:: The next phase of 'titleist' will be Movement for Fall of 1909.
:: The deadline for orders will be Mon Nov 12 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
> Do recall how generous I was is agreeing to let you have Belgium when
> I wanted it. :-) And one of your persuasive arguments was how it could
> then help out in the channel. :-) I am willing to toss in Bur s Bel in
> addition to defending Kiel for you.
Well, yes, but I was thinking Bel-ECh once I get another Fleet adjacent
to Nth to cut support. ;^}
> The main reasons for it is that I want to avoid England having fleets in
> Eng, Iri, NAO, as that would put MAO at risk.
Bre S MAO, Spa/SC S MAO holds MAO as long as you control Pic.
> The second reason is that we could make progress like supporting
> you to the North Sea or convoy an army to the Island.
Yes, it's the second possibility that worries me. 8-) If Italy had moved
to block you in Austria, I'd be more inclined to do it, but given that your
Solo path still appears to be clear in the Med, I'm not sure I want to
give you expanded opportunities in the North. I will think about it over
the weekend, though, and let you know before Monday.
> Any further word from Italy? I am still waiting to hear from him, which
> is not strange actually.
A note saying he's been sick all week, and he had to put his dog to sleep,
yesterday. He says he'll write this weekend.
Nick.
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
Belgium, Holland, Kiel, Berlin. All are vulnerable to you. How many do
you plan to take?
[Need any help?]
Ivy
Message from France to England
Ivy:
Even if I were to attack Russia's German holdings, I
cannot build with those centers. Your fleets have Brest
tied down and I should already get a build from the
south.
While your fleets are on my side of the Island, I must
assume that you will be putting up a good fight and
therefore cannot consider turning on Russia.
I certainly do not want to take on the world with 13
units on the board! :-) The Dauphin may think that he
is that good, but I have my doubts. :-)
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
It makes more sense for me to order Brest to the Channel
rather than MAO. Can you change your thinking to that
new request. I can promise not to convoy any armies to
the Island unless you give the OK.
Ivy is of course trying to get me to turn on you, so you
will stop attacking him. I politely declined.
--Xavier
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
Nick tells me that you have been sick and have had other
issues. I am sorry to hear that. Take your time writing
back to me. We have until Monday and life always comes
before Diplomacy.
Regards,
Xavier Boar
Message from Russia to France
>Message from France to Russia in 'titleist':
>Ivy is of course trying to get me to turn on you, so you will stop
>attacking him. I politely declined.
Yes, he's playing up the threat of A Pic, A Bur,
A Ruh, and A Mun to my western Centers, but since
your stabbing me wouldn't give you a forced win,
I don't see that you have any motivation to stab
at this point. I will consider you revised
attack on ECh.
In haste,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
While we are in this lull, I thought that I would ask you your reasoning
for your choice last year. I thought that you were going to take St.
Petes. Why were your spending your effort supporting yourself to the
Ukraine? Even if successful, Italy was in Galacia. You had two unused
builds waiting. Why did you feel the need to take Sevastopol this
year? You could only build two units.
Perhaps you wanted all your home centers so that you could further
accelerating your builds? But having 3 seemed enough. You could have
then went after Sevastopol with your two new armies. Taking St. Petes
also was important for weakening England so that you could make further
progress against him. I am concluding that this was not a priority or
even not desired.
This year you can still probably take St. Petes and figure out a way to
keep Moscow or Warsaw open. Italy may simply order War -> Mos s by
Sev. I guess that you are probably trying to talk Italy into walking
out of Warsaw (probably my way). But given that he agreed last year and
then did not follow through, you may want to be careful.
So what do you hear from everyone. The problem with being the apparent
leader is that everyone stops writing, even my friend Nick.
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier, My Friend,
My apologies for my relative silence since moves came through.
Thursday I was out of the office for most of the day, and I had to take
Friday afternoon off for a parent-teacher conference, and then we went
out as a family to see Monsters, Inc. (You and your daughter would
enjoy it, if you haven't seen it, yet.) There were also problems at work
that left me less time to write than I generally have.
> I thought that I would ask you your reasoning for your choice last
> year. Why did you feel the need to take Sevastopol this year?
>You could only build two units.
The silent Turk is a problem, and Italy wants him eliminated before
he'll turn to face you. I've had enough of foreign Powers occupying
my Home Centers, and argued to Italy that it made more sense for
me to take Sev, so that he could mount the beginnings of a defense
against you, (and so his Armies would start moving away from me).
He agreed, so I ordered Mos S War-Ukr to allow Ukr S Mos-Sev
if I thought Turkey would order Bla-Sev, or Ukr-Sev, Mos-StP. In
the plan Italy agreed to, he was supposed to move Ukr-Rum, so I
supported the move to Ukr so that if his move bounced, he could
still retreat to Gal. (He was supposed to move Gal-Vie.)
> Perhaps you wanted all your home centers so that you could further
> accelerating your builds? But having 3 seemed enough. You could
> have then went after Sevastopol with your two new armies.
I was (correctly, as it turns out) concerned about what Italy would do
with Ukr and Gal if I moved north.
> weakening England was important so that you could make further
> progress against him. I am concluding that this was not a priority
> or even not desired.
My desires still far out-reach my grasp at this point, and I have to try
to balance acheiving my priority desires against invoking a reaction
from England or Italy that will make that impossible. If England throws
his Units at eliminating me, you'll solo. If I slowly whittle England down
to four Centers and he's in Nth, ECh, Iri and NAO, he can no longer
attack me, without risking your solo, and there is at least a chance I
can find a way to eliminate him.
> So what do you hear from everyone.
Ivy feels EIR have to join together at this point to stop you, and wants
me to allow War Hold, Sev Hold, Den-Kie to keep Italy from having
to disband and to firm up my defense against the French stab into Bel,
Hol, Kie and/or Ber that he sees coming this Fall. Not surprisingly,
this seems counter-productive to me. ;^} Italy and Turkey remain
silent.
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick
Thanks for the note. I did take the brood to see Monsters Inc. last
weekend. I even mentioned it in a broadcast about why I was so silent
and recommended it. I agree it was a cute movie.
Thanks for the long note explaining your position. It is nice to know
that everyone is so worried about an 11 center France that they have to
start panicking. :-) The position is not that great so it must be
fear of the tactical prowess of the Dauphin. I won't mentioned it to
him because he already has a big enough head. Some days he is
insufferable! :-)
If you find that you cannot work with Italy, we can always talk about a
FER option. It would get tricky. You and Ivy could easily stalemate me
in the North. I could probably set up one too. Germany might be a bit
tricky, but we could consider working through it. You would have to
trust Ivy to be good while you focussed on the south. You might have to
appease him with a center or two. You might have to let me get big to
keep him in line (just not too big of course). We could then look into
the two-way, but I doubt it would be practical.
I still think that things would be better going the direction that we
are currently going. The other option seems fraught with issues. As
soon as Turkey falls, Italy will take take back some centers from me.
What are you thinking about the Channel? Tell me the issues so we can
talk through them. Either I can ease your worries or I could withdraw
the request. Talking through it might help. If you decide against it,
we may have to rethink our orders in Germany. I may choose to move some
armies to set up a near stalemate line and protect my southern
interests. If I have no chance to grown in the north, I cannot afford
to lose ground in the south.
I will study the map and get back to you. I have errands to run after
Church tomorrow and then there will be football. But I should be
checking to see how my Fantasy team is doing, so I can write then.
--Xavier, like the one-eyed monster who likes to make you laugh
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>I did take the brood to see Monsters Inc.
Ah, yes, I recall that now.
>Thanks for the long note explaining your position.
I do tend to run on, don't I? 8-)
>we can always talk about a FER option. You would have to trust Ivy to be
>good You might have to appease him with a center or two.
My preference would be to reduce him to four Centers
and force him to disband his Armies, and use his
Fleets to hold the line. That way he couldn't stab
without offering you the solo.
>What are you thinking about the Channel?
My feeling is that you have a path to a Solo available
to you in the Med, particularly if Italy continues to
ignore you, and if I support you past the English
stalemate line, England has little reason to not use
his remaining Units to attack me.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
>My feeling is that you have a path to a Solo available
>to you in the Med, particularly if Italy continues to
>ignore you, and if I support you past the English
>stalemate line, England has little reason to not use
>his remaining Units to attack me.
I understand and acknowledge your concerns.
They seem reasonable.
My concerns are reasonable to me as well. If you allow England to
bottle me up in the North and Italy turns to fight me in the south
(something that you are very actively trying to accomplish), then I will
not only get no where in the North but lose ground in the South.
I guess that Italy's (and to some degre England's) actions will dictate
which occurs.
At this point I suggest the following:
Pic s Bel
Ruh -> Hol, Kiel -> Hol
I will probably move Munich south and support Pic to hold.
--Xavier
Message from France to Italy
Idalia:
I seems assure that if I order F Aeg to support Smy or
Bul to Con, you will hold three of Sev, War, Mos, Con.
All you had to do is tell me which you prefer: Bul ->
Con or Smy -> Con. I am not certain whether you would
want the fleet access to the Black Sea or prefer the
flexibility of the Army to go after Ankara. My current
default orders are F Aeg s Bul -> Con, Gre s Ser -> Bul.
Please let me know if you prefer the other option.
So how has it been dealing with Nick this last few days.
He can be quite rentlentless in pursuit of his ideas.
:-)
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
> My concerns are reasonable to me as well. If you allow England to
> bottle me up in the North and Italy turns to fight me in the south
> (something that you are very actively trying to accomplish), then I will
> not only get no where in the North but lose ground in the South.
I understand your concern, though I have seen no evidence that Italy
has any plans or intention to oppose you.
> At this point I suggest the following:
> Pic s Bel
> Ruh -> Hol, Kiel -> Hol
> I will probably move Munich south and support Pic to hold.
That seems reasonable, and in line with my desire for you to pull back
from my German Centers.
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to England
Ivy:
We look pretty close to have a pseudo-stalemate line
between us. I should be able to hold my side of the line
for a long time, even if Russia turns on me. You have
done a nice job setting yours up and putting youself in
position to defend Scandinavia. Russia also gets some
credit in that he has been successful at nibbled at your
holdings but leaving you in place against me. He refuses
to support my advance against you, which his smart of
him. He wants all your centers for himself.
I suspect another interest turn.
--Prince Boar
Message from Master to all
Extension for Veteran's Day or Armistice Day, depending on where you
live.
Doug
masseyd@btv.ibm.com as Master set the deadline
for game 'titleist' to Tue Nov 13 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Grace period deadline advanced to Fri Nov 16 2001 23:30:00 -0500.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
What do we need to discuss before the deadline?
Have you had any luck with Italy?
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
> What do we need to discuss before the deadline?
I think we're set. Minimal support against England and shifting toward
Italy seems like the way to go.
> Have you had any luck with Italy?
Nothing since the note of Thursday saying he'd been sick, but would
write this weekend. Have you heard from Italy or Turkey?
In Haste,
Nick
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
>Have you heard from Italy or Turkey?
No. I have heard nothing from Italy since before the
spring moves and have not heard from Turkey since he
supported Ionian to Aegean.
What are you doing with F Belgium?
--Xavier
Message from England to France
>We look pretty close to have a pseudo-stalemate line
>between us.
Close, but it's not there.
You have maneuvered yourself into a wonderful situation. Italy and Turkey
don't communicate. Russia talks, but never listens. He all output and no
input.
Will you join the 2002 tournament if titleist is still ongoing?
Ivy
Message from France to England
Ivy:
>You have maneuvered yourself into a wonderful situation.
More luck than anything. Things can turn on a dime
in a diplomacy game so I expect some rocky roads
ahead. Who knows, we may get back to our alliance
again :-)
>Italy and Turkey don't communicate.
I would actually prefer to hear from them too.
>Will you join the 2002 tournament if titleist is still
>ongoing?
I don't know. Life has been very overloaded (and work
has been worse). Three games is a lot more than I would
want to pursue. Plus I have another one on going, so
that would be 4!
It would be nice to play, but I would have to think
about. I would probably sign up in a moment of weakness
and then regret it later :-)
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
>Message from France to Russia in 'titleist':
>
>
>What are you doing with F Belgium?
Nothing to provoke you or England. 8-)
Nick.
Message from Italy to France
>
> I seems assure that if I order F Aeg to support Smy or
> Bul to Con, you will hold three of Sev, War, Mos, Con.
>
Surely you meant ... TWO of Sev, War, etc.
> All you had to do is tell me which you prefer: Bul ->
> Con or Smy -> Con.
>
If you don't mind, I'd prefer SMY->CON. Not that it really matters this
turn as I'm virtually positive Turkey will double support CON. It will be
more critical next year.
Feel free to move to Vienna (I can't stop you anyway) but Tri-Bud or Tri-Ser
would not be approved.
Idalia
Message from France to Italy
Idalia:
>Surely you meant ... TWO of Sev, War, etc.
Surely, or even Shirley. :-)
>If you don't mind, I'd prefer SMY->CON.
Done! Fleet Greece will support A Bulgaria so Serbia can
support Rumania.
>Feel free to move to Vienna
OK, Thanks.
>but Tri-Bud or Tri-Ser would not be approved.
of course! :-)
Hope that you are now feeling better.
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
For your viewing pleasure, since I'm being accused of
it, anyway:
>Message from Italy to Russia in 'titleist':
> > Message from France to Italy in 'titleist':
> >
> > Nick tells me that you have been sick and have had other
> > issues. I am sorry to hear that. Take your time writing
> > back to me. We have until Monday and life always comes
> > before Diplomacy.
>
>I forgot to mention one little tidbit:
>
>It is my assumption that all messages from Italy to Russia are being
>forwarded to France.
>
>Nick, for the record, it was not my intention for France to know the reason
>for my silence; if it was, I would have simply included the letter 'f'
>inthe press command.
>
>Idalia, by the good graces of the ArchDuke
My Reply:
>Message from Russia to Italy in 'titleist':
>
>You are, of course, free to make whatever inaccurate
>assumptions you need to justify throwing the game
>to France through your sojourn in Russia. They
>remain inaccurate, however.
>
>I did not view your claim of illness as being a
>"state secret". I write to everyone, even the
>silent Turk. France writes to everyone, England
>writes to everyone. It's the way we play the game.
>Sometimes we share information, sometimes we ask
>questions, sometimes we refuse to support a French
>attack on the English Channel. If there is something
>you don't want me telling France that is outside of
>our plans to prevent his Solo, tell me beforehand.
>Telling him you said you were sick and had not
>written allowed me to deflect his questions about my
>plans in the East, so it struck me as a useful thing
>to do.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Czar Nicholas II.
>
>End of message.
Could I interest you in a full-fledged attack on
what's left of the "Green Monster"? 8-) He doesn't
write at all for four days, and then this garbage?
How did he get into this game? *mumble, curse,
kevtch, mumble*
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
I am sorry if I caused trouble between you and Italy. I
agree that I did not realize that his being sick was a
state secret. I wanted to genuinely let him know that he
should take care of himself and not worry about the game.
As for an all out attack on Italy, I am not well
positioned to mount one this turn. I will shift forces
that way and we can seriously consider it next year.
Then again, you did refuse to support me to the English
Channel :-) :=)
--Prince Boar
Message from Russia to France
Xavier,
>I am sorry if I caused trouble between you and Italy. I agree that I did
>not realize that his being sick was a state secret.
I have to believe that this was his "justification"
for remaining in War, this Fall, flimsey though it
may be. If it hadn't been this, it would have been
something else.
(And EI wonder why I won't turn on you... *Nick
shakes his head...*)
Your Friend,
Nick.
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
It may take years for us to read through all the correspondence in this
game once it becomes available. If you read nothing else, you ought to
read the Italian/Russian correspondence (with copies to me) that has
occurred today.
I tried, goodness knows I tried, to put together an ERI defense against
France. It never had a chance.
Ivy
Message from Russia to France
Xavier, My Friend,
Might I suggest:
Tri-Vie
Mun-Tyl
Gre S Aeg-Bul/SC
Adr-Ion/Tri (*-Tri is safe, but probably unnecessary.)
If Roberto/Idalia chooses to be an idiot, he might as well deal with
the consequences.
Nick.
Message from France to England
Ivy:
Thanks for your note. I will definitely check out the
press from this season. For now I will have to live
vicariously through your note. Not only am I not privy
to these messages, I get almost none. The real problem
with being the front-runner: the game gets boring.
Maybe I will be able to handle another game or two since
I have very little press in this one :-) :-)
So, will you join the 2002 Tournament? Would it sway you
to say yes if I agreed to do so ;-)
I am beginning to suspect that you want me to play so you
get a chance at betraying me again in a future game;
since I promised the French people that it would not
happen again in this game ;-) :-)
--Prince Boar
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
Did something more happen between you and Italy? Your
notes seems to suggest that you want me to punish him. I
will do something similar to your suggestions, just not
quite the entire thing.
For what it is worth, Picardy will support Belgium to
hold, just in case Ivy tried to take it back. (Not that
you deserve it 8-)
Ivy asked me if I was going to play in the next
tournament. I think that he wants another chance to
betray me since I promised the French people that I would
not let it happen again in this game! :-) Are you
planning on playing?
--Xavier
Message from Russia to France
Xavier, My Friend,
> Did something more happen between you and Italy? Your
> notes seems to suggest that you want me to punish him. I
> will do something similar to your suggestions, just not
> quite the entire thing.
He feels I should give him two of my Home Centers, (Sev and
War or Mos), to make up for the two Centers he'll be losing to
you this turn. I see no reason to give him the opportunity to
extend his life if he's not going to mount at least a minimal
defense, so I suggest we eliminate him quickly. He's focused on
me, so Gre S Aeg-Bul/SC (the one risky move) should actually
be safe, and cost him a third Center.
> Ivy asked me if I was going to play in the next
> tournament. I think that he wants another chance to
> betray me since I promised the French people that I would
> not let it happen again in this game! :-) Are you
> planning on playing?
I expect so, though I'm not sure my JDPR will appreciate it. *wink*
Nick.
Message from England to France
Prince Boar,
>So, will you join the 2002 Tournament?
I expect to.
> Would it sway you
>to say yes if I agreed to do so ;-)
Maybe that would sway me to say no. You're too good.
I wonder what this game would have been like if the top three players from
the preliminary rounds had made it through the semifinals. I do believe
that if two of them were playing Russia and Italy you would have a much
tougher time winning. As it is you are going to have a cakewalk.
>I am beginning to suspect that you want me to play so you
>get a chance at betraying me again in a future game;
>since I promised the French people that it would not
>happen again in this game ;-) :-)
Nah. I don't carry grudges from one game to another. Actually, I have
only met one old acquaintance in a non-gunboat game, and he was eliminated
before we really had a chance to interact much.
Ivy
Message from France to Master and England
Ivy:
>Maybe that would sway me to say no. You're too good.
Now, flattery will NOT make me cancel my invasion of
Edinburgh :-)
For me, your playing would make me want to play in the
next tournament. I prefer talkative challenging players.
It makes things more fun, which is the point of a game.
>I wonder what this game would have been like if the top
>three players from
>the preliminary rounds had made it through the
>semifinals.
I was thinking of suggesting to Doug that he tweak the
final round entry. (So I will copy him in order to do so
:-) If you win or draw in the Second round, then you
make it provided that there are enough spots
(tie-breakers remain as they are). If, like this time,
this does not fill the game, then rather just take the
losing players with the most units in the second round,
he instead take the losing players with the best first
round result (or combined 1st and 2nd round results). But
of course, it is Doug's tournament and I am happy to let
him run it as he sees fit. :-)
>>I am beginning to suspect that you want me to play
>>so you get a chance at betraying me again in a future
>>game; since I promised the French people that it would
>>not happen again in this game ;-) :-)
>Nah. I don't carry grudges from one game to another.
I know. I was teasing. :-) By now you must realize
that I do this. I have enough respect for you to know
that you would treat every game as a new one.
Time to wait for our late friend. tick tock tick tock
yawn. :-)
--Prince Boar
Message from Master to all
So Beth, my girlfriend sees that I've been delivered a package yesterday,
from some name she's never heard of from some address in New York
that she doesn't recognize. Her first thought: anthrax.
Luckily, she didn't dial the police immediately and the package was
still in one piece when I got home and identified it. "Yonkoski" isn't
a terribly common name, and I knew Roger lived over near Rochester,
so I opened it up and found your thoughtful gift.
Thank you to all our potential titleists, for your gift of Titleists
and the sweatshirt that was still dripping with sarcasm. :-) I am
again the beneficiary of other folks' overestimation of the amount of
effort that I put into the Vermont Group and the Tournament in
particular. I am quite proud of my 37th place finish and will wear
the sweatshirt with pride -- and maybe even in public! ;-)
As for the golf balls, I will wait until I'm in mid-season form next
year before trying them out -- that way, they'll last for more than
a round or two.
I've only met one of the seven of you (eight, if I include David N.)
in person, so this serves to further enforce my belief that friends
you make through the Internet -- especially through environments and
organizations like this -- are just as valuable as friends you might
make any other way.
Thanks again,
Doug
PS: Next time, I'll name the championship game "$500 Ping TiSI Driver"
England: Army Denmark → Kiel
England: Fleet English Channel SUPPORT Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Irish Sea
England: Fleet North Atlantic Ocean → Irish Sea
England: Fleet North Sea SUPPORT Fleet English Channel
England: Army Norway HOLD
England: Fleet Norwegian Sea → North Atlantic Ocean
England: Army Yorkshire HOLD
France: Fleet Adriatic Sea → Albania
France: Fleet Aegean Sea SUPPORT Italian Fleet Smyrna → Constantinople
France: Fleet Brest SUPPORT Army Picardy
France: Army Burgundy → Munich
France: Fleet Greece SUPPORT Italian Army Bulgaria
France: Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean SUPPORT English Fleet English Channel → Irish Sea (*void*)
France: Army Munich → Tyrolia
France: Army Picardy SUPPORT Russian Fleet Belgium
France: Army Ruhr → Holland
France: Fleet Spain (south coast) SUPPORT Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France: Army Trieste → Vienna
Italy: Army Bulgaria SUPPORT Fleet Smyrna → Constantinople
Italy: Army Rumania SUPPORT Army Sevastopol
Italy: Army Serbia SUPPORT Army Rumania
Italy: Army Sevastopol SUPPORT Army Warsaw → Moscow
Italy: Fleet Smyrna → Constantinople
Italy: Fleet Syria → Smyrna
Italy: Army Warsaw → Moscow (*bounce*)
Russia: Fleet Belgium HOLD
Russia: Army Kiel → Berlin
Russia: Army Moscow → Warsaw (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Ukraine SUPPORT Army Moscow → Warsaw
Turkey: Army Ankara SUPPORT Army Constantinople
Turkey: Fleet Black Sea SUPPORT Russian Army Moscow → Sevastopol (*void*)
Turkey: Army Constantinople HOLD (*destroyed*)
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