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Message from Russia to all
> Movement results for Spring of 1914. (titleist.054)
> Italy: Army Bohemia -> Galicia.
> Italy: Army Munich -> Silesia.
> Italy: Army Vienna SUPPORT Army Bohemia -> Galicia.
What's the matter, Roberto? Do you lack the guts to throw
the game to Roger by just giving him your Centers? You think
that attacking me, will give your poor play, and poor
sportsmanship, some sort of legitimacy?
Czar Nicholas II
Message from Italy to England and France
This message is not an attempt to influence anybody's decision on the rest
of this game, but I felt it proper to give you two some fair warning.
Doug has known since New Year's Eve and I have known since a couple of days
before Xmas. This coming Wednesday, I will be undergoing a surgical
procedure to correct an injury in my right shoulder (don't worry, it's not
life threatening). However, depending on the damage the surgeon needs to
correct, it is possible that I will require an extensive deadline extension
if my participation is still required in this game - possibly as long as six
weeks or more.
Again, I do not want to influence the rightful outcome of the game. I just
didn't want Doug to spring the news to you early next week.
Ken
Message from Russia to France
Roger,
I request that you delay your solo until Italy is eliminated.
Nick.
Message [from France] to Russia
Thank you for your suggested moves. They were interesting. Although I
was certain that they would work, I felt that down the road they would
require too many additional resources to maintain and required too many
opportunity costs elsewhere. Also, making progress against England
would have been too slow and likely netted very little.
Regards,
Minister of War
Message from France to Italy
Wow!
Why did you not tell me you were going for it? Probably did not want me
to take advantage of it?
How do you plan to keep Munich from Ivy? I can try to bounce him I
suppose. I just do not know if I want to invest two units to do that.
I am guessing that Ivy did not expect your moves.
Do not forget to use the line:
Back off man, I am a computer scientist! :-)
--King Roger XIII
Message from France to England and Italy
Ken:
I guess that we can try to hurry the game to get in as much as we can
before you need to take some time off. But then we will just have to
wait for you. I assume that you will have trouble typing with one hand
:-) Maybe you should invest in a voice recognition program :-)
Best of luck with your surgery!!!
Roger
Message from France to Russia
Nick:
>I request that you delay your solo until Italy is eliminated.
You best hurry :-)
I could be talked into it, but not at the risk of getting stalemated.
--King Roger XIII
Message from Russia to France
Roger,
> >I request that you delay your solo until Italy is eliminated.
> You best hurry :-)
> I could be talked into it, but not at the risk of getting stalemated.
Whatever. I lack the interest at this point to make the effort.
Eric.
Message from Italy to France
>
> Why did you not tell me you were going for it?
>
Because I changed my orders at approximately 8:20 pm after reading a message
from Russia that, after five days if intense painful negotiations, he was
changing his orders to something we hadn't agreed upon two hours before the
deadline. There was no time to tell you as I had to tuck my daughter into
bed at 8:30.
> How do you plan to keep Munich from Ivy? I can try to bounce him I
> suppose. I just do not know if I want to invest two units to do that.
I have no plans to keep Ivy out of Munich. If he wants it and you let him
take it by not bouncing him, he can have it. Or, I might be convinced to
support you there myself.
> I am guessing that Ivy did not expect your moves.
Correct.
> Do not forget to use the line:
> Back off man, I am a computer scientist! :-)
lol, so is Nick.
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Ken:
>>Do not forget to use the line:
>>Back off man, I am a computer scientist! :-)
>lol, so is Nick.
It is good that you two are on opposite sides of the country. :-)
I guess that Allen and Eric live close, but I do not think they will
hang out. Allen came to Rochester to drop off his son at College and
they were kind enough to let me intrude on their Lunch. It was nice.
Rest assured no negotiating took place, especially since Ivy had no
reason to negotiate with me. :-) All I did was let him know that the
game deadline was advanced and we bored his family with general
diplomacy talk :-)
I think that I was supposed to convince his wife that Diplomacy players
are normal. A tough task for me! :-)
Roger
Message from France to Russia
Eric:
It is just a game :-) Take the weekend off and think about something
else. Then do what you think is best. The move to Serbia was nicely
done by the way. I was not expecting it to come from Budapest.
I am sure that there were better moves than the ones that I made. But I
waited until late last night and tried to reason it out while my wife
watched dateline or something. It was about repairmen taking advantage
of women. It was distracting me! A bad thing for an average tactician.
Roger
Message from Russia to France
Roger,
> It is just a game :-) Take the weekend off and think about something
> else. Then do what you think is best.
No, it's the 2000 Vermont Group Full Press Tournament Championship
game, and therefore, in effect, the Judge World Championship game. 8-)
Also, at least until it went to hell in personality conflict, it was going
to
be a showcase game at the Pouch. (At this point, I don't know if Doug
will want to create a permanent record of this as an example of Vermont
Group play. 8-)
> The move to Serbia was nicely done by the way. I was not expecting
> it to come from Budapest.
Thanks, had Italy moved rationally, the Fall would have been tough for
you.
Eric.
Message from Russia to Master, England, France, and Italy
I have issued all HOLD orders and Set Draw.
Eric.
Message from England to France
King Roger,
When you saw the results you probably thought you had died and gone to
heaven (again).
Nick changed his moves at the last minute (again) and told us he was doing
so. Roberto got fed up with Nick (again) and made contrary moves (again).
I have always believed that a solo should be next to impossible in a game
of first-rate players. I still believe it. Ergo ...
Allen/Ivy
Message from Italy to France
I regret to inform you that rides on the Urban Assault Vehicle are limited
to hot looking chicks in military uniform. That's a fact Jack! Somehow, I
doubt you and your geeky underwear qualify. :)
However, I can offer you some plastic explosives I no longer have any use
for.
Bill
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
If you are willing to support Bur to Mun, and Russia orders as promised,
we can end this thing now. You my want to also order Gal -> War and we
can support each other in Vie and Tri?
We could then end this thing as soon as possible and move on with out
lives.
--King Roger XIII
PS:
>rides on the Urban Assault Vehicle are limited to hot looking chicks
in military uniform. >That's a fact Jack! Somehow, I doubt you and
your geeky underwear qualify. :)
I must admit that I would not qualify! (Unless you wish to frighten the
enemy!) But technically only your wife and daughter should qualify ;-)
Message from England to all
Can anyone tell me why I have seen no new messages at rec.games.diplomacy
in several weeks?
Allen
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
Have you come to any conclusion on your orders? I am
hoping that you will support Bur to Mun and attack Bud.
I assume that Gal is going to be ordered to Warsaw.
With these moves we accomplish one of two things:
1) We end the game as quickly as possible if Russia is
really just going to hold
2) We prevent him growing too much if he changes his
mind.
Let me know what you are thinking.
--King Roger XIII
Message from France to England
Allen:
I have not checked r.g.d is quite a while, so I have not
noticed. Perhaps your news source has stopped carring
it? Have you checked other newsgroups?
Roger
Message from Italy to France
>
> 1) We end the game as quickly as possible if Russia is
> really just going to hold
>
I don't think Russia is just going to hold.
See a partial snippet of what I got from Ivy this morning.
> Roberto,
>
> Can you live with:
>
> Vienna supp Albania->Trieste
>
> These are my suggestions, now acceptable to Russia after brief
> debate.
>
I have not decided on my moves. Supporting Bur-Mun is probably not
something I will ultimately choose however.
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
Thanks for the honest reply.
I guess that this game will drag on for a long time to
come. I will be knocked back down. Russia and perhaps
England will grow a bit.
Oh well, it can't hurt to hope for the end. :-)
--King Roger XIII
Message from Italy to France
>
> I guess that this game will drag on for a long time to
> come. I will be knocked back down. Russia and perhaps
> England will grow a bit.
>
Keep in mind, I never said I'd agreed to support Alb-Tri. I honestly still
don't know what I will do. I doubt supporting Russia anywhere will figure
into the equation though. Vienna-Budapest is my current default order.
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
Thanks for the clarification. It is a significant point.
Can we find a way to help each other? I know that I
cannot win this turn (if ever). But we could try to
cooperate some, to our mutual benefit.
Let me know if you have any ideas.
--King Roger XIII
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
I think that you said that you were likely to order Vie to Bud? I hope
that you will. I am trying to minimize Russia's gains. Admittedly they
also minimize my losses :-) I hope that you can help out. I would
like to at least break even so I can maintain my stalemate line against
Ivy. As long as I am a threat to him, he cannot use his resources to
take your holdings in Germany. Then again, it is a guessing game about
Munich right now. It is not certain if we will use the same and
bounce. I would prefer you to not lose any units. So if you are
worried about Ivy taking Munich, let me know what I can do to help.
Feel free to order Gal to Ukr :-) I am guessing that Sil -> War will
work just fine. Russia is focussed on me right now. Please do not let
him keep that center.
If you glean any information about Russia is doing, I will listen.
--King Roger XIII
Message from Italy to France
>
> I think that you said that you were likely to order Vie to Bud?
> I hope that you will.
>
Is Vienna safe from French attack? If so, I'll go ahead and order the hit
on Budapest. If not, I might order Gal supp Vie to hold.
Roberto
England: Army Belgium SUPPORT Army Ruhr
England: Army Berlin → Munich
England: Fleet English Channel SUPPORT Army Belgium
England: Fleet Irish Sea SUPPORT Fleet English Channel
England: Fleet Liverpool → North Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
England: Fleet North Sea SUPPORT Army Belgium
England: Fleet Norway HOLD
England: Army Ruhr SUPPORT Army Berlin → Munich
France: Fleet Aegean Sea CONVOY Army Apulia → Smyrna
France: Army Apulia → Ionian Sea → Aegean Sea → Smyrna
France: Fleet Black Sea → Ankara (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Brest SUPPORT Army Picardy
France: Army Burgundy SUPPORT English Army Ruhr → Munich (*void*)
France: Fleet Ionian Sea CONVOY Army Apulia → Smyrna
France: Fleet Mid-Atlantic Ocean → North Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
France: Army Paris SUPPORT Army Burgundy
France: Army Picardy SUPPORT Army Burgundy
France: Army Piedmont → Tyrolia
France: Army Rumania → Serbia (*bounce*)
France: Fleet Spain (south coast) SUPPORT Fleet Western Mediterranean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean
France: Army Trieste → Serbia (*bounce*)
France: Army Tyrolia → Bohemia
France: Fleet Western Mediterranean → Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*bounce*)
Italy: Army Galicia → Budapest
Italy: Army Silesia → Berlin
Italy: Army Vienna SUPPORT Army Galicia → Budapest
Russia: Army Albania → Serbia (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Armenia → Ankara (*bounce*)
Russia: Army Budapest SUPPORT Army Albania → Serbia (*cut, destroyed*)
Russia: Army Serbia → Bulgaria
Russia: Army St Petersburg → Moscow
Russia: Fleet Sweden → Finland
Russia: Army Ukraine → Rumania (*bounce*)
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