A big thank you to the GM, and to the players.   I have never understood, and never will understand, the tendency to play to the draw when in an obvious lead.  Go big or go home is my philosophy, though it's not one that seems to be subscribed to.

My plan for winning was fairly obvious.  Western triple to combat the RAI that fell apart when Italy NMR'd a few times, then throw Germany under the bus.  The next part, of course was to wage war on France and sweep to victory.

Mistakes were made on my end, what with stabbing too soon and all that.  I regret that, and I regret letting France get too strong without weakening Germany and Russia enough but I regret nothing else.   

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Charles Welsh <welsh_stroud-at-msn.com ([email]welsh_stroud-at-msn.com[/email])> wrote:

I will add my thanks especially to our GM. I have not been playing very long on this site and the caliber of play in this game made it an intense experience. I am not sure I ever really understood the AR relationship and so started pushing for the draw early. Thanks to everyone and I hope to see each of you in another game.
 
Charlie
 
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Subject: RE: dc296 Round 1 Board 6 - Winter 1911 Results
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:35:02 +0000


Hi guys,
 
thx for the game, thx for our GM. Probably the most difficult place in the game. Thx you so much Fred.
 
It was a really pleasure to meet all of you. I use to play game with more time for negociate. I prefer it. It was very very hard to play every day.
About the game, I had really think I'll disappear soon, and probably without the stab from Mark to Frank, I would have a disappear. Thx you Dan for the start of the game. It was a great game for our alliance. Sorry to do not have play for the 2-way draw.... but I had try the solo. I think it's the main goal !
 
Frank, it was a great pleasure to meet you. I also stop the game, because I think you have to survive it. Really. And what about my style ???? lol
 
Charlie, We never talk to much, but you had made a great game. I was really afraid about your solo after my first dtabb on Dan. pfffff ! 
 
I would appreciate also to meet you somewhere. Do you know the Diplomacy National World Cup ? The first edition was finished last year. 25 teams from 17 differents countries (From USA to China, with South Africa, Brasil, Argentina, Australia, France, etc..... ), 2 rounds. It was a great tournament with a lot of pleasure. The tournament took place on stabbeurfou.org. and France win the World cup, Italy was second, Argentina 3rd. I had played both game in each round with France team. It was a great experience, and I hope much and much teams will play it !
 
Enjoy the game.
 
Fab
 
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:12:41 +0100
Subject: Re: dc296 Round 1 Board 6 - Winter 1911 Results
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Hi guys,
 
thanks for playing. Fredrik, thanks for GMing this game so consistently; always timely with your adjudications.
 
Fab, Dan, Charlie: enjoyed the scheming.
Fab, really enjoyed your play even though it was annoying that I couldn't get any hold on you.
Dan, you played your diplomatic skills very well to end up with the current SC count; never thought you would be able to pull it off.
Charlie, thanks for your feedback for all those turns and for being such a loyal ally.
Mark, you were the first to stab me and you did it prematurely. Had you waited a bit longer you might have been more successful.
Maria, more luck in WB Rd2. Considering Fab's style of play you never had a chance.
 
And for me: I like to believe that things did go pretty well until I NMRd at the worst possible moment. Charlie, I have no doubt that had I not NMRd you would have ended up as the winner of this game. My apologies again.


Everyone: good luck in WB Rd2. Fab, since you're not playing Rd2: hope we meet again in another game.


Frank


2010/3/26 Dan Dzikowicz <ddz999cat23-at-yahoo.com ([email]ddz999cat23-at-yahoo.com[/email])>
[quote:475bfb4c55] Hi All,

First, thanks very much to our GM.  Fredrik, great job.  Thanks for making it happen.

Fab, Charlie, well played.  Interesting back and forth and the three-way draw makes sense. It would probably have gone back and forth like this for a while. 

Good job hanging in there Frank to pick up some points.

Hope to see you all across the board again sometime,
Dan



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Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 3:05:48 PM
Subject: dc296 Round 1 Board 6 - Winter 1911 Results



Blitzers,

Peace in our time! Peace has finally been agreed on by all parties after even I lost count on how many times the draw proposal was on the table.


I'll update the stats on DC in a few minutes so you can all see the final results there!


Thank you all for playing, and I wish you all good luck in the next round of the Winter Blitz, and I hope to see you in other games here at DC.


Final standings:
Austria (Daniel Dzikowicz) :   7 Draw participant
England (Mark Utterback): 0 Eliminated
France (Charles Welsh): 11 Draw participant
Germany (Frank Bielschowsky): 1 Survival
Italy (Joshua Tag) : 0 Eliminated
Russia (Fabrice Essner): 15 Draw participant
Turkey (Maria Montes): 0 Eliminated



/Fredrik

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