Harrumph.  I believe Turkey's results and performance speaks for itself.  
 
I am left feeling rather like the Black Knight at the Bridge in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: That would be me, shouting at Austria, "Come back! I'll bite your legs off!"
 
I consider myself the unintended vicitm of Russia's initial confusion. I DMZed the Black Sea to gain time for an attack north, but that actually delayed my necessary deployment to the Black Sea as an offshore bolster to my home defense. I had hoped to ally with Austria and break out north to take advantage of the Russian confusion, but he recognized sooner that Russia was the lesser threat to him. And only too late did it seem comprehensible to me that Italy could ally with Austria, rather than trade future gains for Greece, which I viewed as just too close to home to let him keep.  By then, Russia might have been an ally in spirit, but in no position to do anything about it.
 
I might have held out for  few turns longer, if I hadnt mistaken Bulgaria for the Ardennes forest and foolishly tried a last ditch 'surprise' offense move, instead of holding tight in Constantinople; I also forfeited a strategic positon in E Med to retreat, too soon, into Smyrna.  Let me know when you see that French fleet coming over the horizon from the West, will you?
 
My only other gripe would be to those who ignored me as they were intent on their conquests across the map -- if you have nothing to say or no business with my country, still you could email me, you dont have to promise, ally or threaten, you can even lie to me,  or respond with gossip or nonsense to keep the lines open.  Towards the end, I only heard the crickets chirp!  More than half the fun is staying in touch through the game!
 
Ted


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