Nice job Adam, truly! To beat not just 10 of the best last year, but then 8 more this year. That is quite a feat.
To IZ, I'm interested to hear why you gave up after all this time. Hungary was pretty exposed to you last I saw. I'll have to see the final map when it's posted online to get a better picture... maybe things had swung in the last couple years.
Congrats Adam - Who's in favor of renaming the DCI to just Adam's Invitational Come and Get Whooped Fest? That's just... wow...
The DipWiki is updated, which shows the history of our 5 DCI's to date. www.dipwiki.com?title=DC_Invitational. Of which, of course Adam has won 2, and I sort of think that's only cuz he didn't play in the first 3 or it would have been a clean sweep.
-mike
From: Garry Bledsoe [mailto:kielmarch(at)hotmail.com]
Sent: Tue 7/26/2011 5:50 AM
To: Adam WB2K9 235; camorse22(at)yahoo.com; Dirk Knemeyer; jhack16(at)gmail.com; kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com; m_don_j(at)hotmail.com; Michael Sims; untitled36(at)hotmail.com; michael.alan.walters(at)gmail.com
Subject: dc340 DCI 2010 - F15 An End
Well, it is final. Adam has managed to win back to back DCI's. Has that actually ever been done Mike?
Wow. Congrats. We have our ending and I am sure there will be some exciting EGP's to come. I will, at a later moment, give some comments.
For official purposes, the game ended in a 3-way draw - HIZ with Spain and Eire surviving. HIZ is also the official 123 order of finish.
More to come later. Apologies for the slight delay - I had to clarify one thing that I missed previously (in a vote - the affected party can clarify in their EGS if desired) AND I was traveling (driving) and could not get the turn done on time. I actually forgot about that when I set the deadline. Sorry.
Again - congrats to Adam (and to Joe and Kevin). Thanks for your patience throughout the game.
Witty comments to come.
Garry