" 8 years down and only one person eliminated? "

I understand that Alan Callahamer, the inventor of Diplomacy (and someone I had the honor to meet at Weasel Moot II in Chicago) was known to have said that in a perfectly played game of diplomacy by perfect players, no power would ever be eliminated and the game would never end but by 7-way draw.

I happen to think that this greatest of games was not designed so perfectly as to make such an outcome feasible even among perfect players, but I get his point.

So in that regard, we are playing a pretty good game, and for the reasons i think he was driving at -- the alliances have shifted quickly in response to any player's seeming good fortune -- a reality I observe only too well of late.

-Eric


From: Alan Farrington <alley_cat_1990-at-hotmail.com>
To: Dc 299 <blitz-at-diplomaticcorp.com>; tim_crosby-at-hotmail.com; rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com; hurup-at-pc.dk; ecbrown88-at-yahoo.com; githraine-at-yahoo.com; aefgirt7-at-yahoo.com; jehannum_raver-at-yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, March 5, 2010 5:53:20 PM
Subject: Dc 299: Autumn/Winter 1908 Adjudication

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2 armies go down in Russia followed closely by two going up in Germany. 8 years down and only one person eliminated? This Winter Blitz is one for the record books.


Next Deadline:
Spring 1909 is due Monday, March 8th at Midnight GMT (7:00pm EST)


Orders:
France:
A Brest - Paris

Russia:
A Serbia - Greece
Remove A St Petersburg
A Warsaw - Livonia


Germany:
Build A Berlin
Build A Munich

Russia:
Remove A Greece



Ownership of Supply Centers:
Austria: Budapest, Bulgaria, Serbia, Smyrna, Trieste, Vienna.
England: Brest, Denmark, Edinburgh, London, Norway, St
Petersburg, Sweden.
France: Liverpool, Marseilles, Paris, Portugal, Spain.
Germany: Belgium, Berlin, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Warsaw.
Italy: Naples, Rome, Tunis, Venice.
Russia: Ankara, Constantinople, Greece, Moscow, Rumania,
Sevastopol.



Players:
Austria: Timothy Crosby ( tim_crosby-at-hotmail.com )
England: Ross Webb ( rodtheworm-at-hotmail.com )
France: Jason K ( Githraine-at-yahoo.com )
Germany: Paul Russell ( jehannum_raver-at-yahoo.com )
Italy: Poul Hurup ( hurup-at-pc.dk )
Russia: Eric Brown ( ecbrown88-at-yahoo.com )
Turkey: Dan Huck ( aefgirt7-at-yahoo.com ) [Eliminated]

Your Humble GM,
Alan Farrington
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