Who keeps vetoing these draws??
Also, I'd like this game over before the 20th, because while you all
are celebrating JC's birthday, I'll be on the 5th night of
"Cha-noo-ka." And we all know its bad luck to play Diplomacy while
drinking every night and gambling chocolate coins using a spinning
top.
On 12/16/11, Jack McHugh wrote:
reterat both units OTB...and please vote for the damn draws already
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze
wrote:
> No peace.
>
> No justice.
>
> No peace.
>
> No justice.
>
> No peace.
>
> If you ask me, there has been a recurring failure to build a consensus
> behind any single endgame proposal. Oh, sure, it's easy to propose, but
> do
> you have the commitment to say, "I do"? Well, until you all get over your
> commitment jitters, the war must go on!
>
> If you play this game long enough, you'll witness everything. For
> example, consider Spring 1917. Austria *triple-supports* A Bud-Tri.
> Dude,
> that guy really wants to re-take Trieste. *All three* supports are cut.
> Jimminy %&#^ing Cricket!!! Dude, that sucks! But wait! The move
> succeeds anyway. [Phew.] Because France moved unopposed into Serbia.
> [Nerts.]
>
> The Austrian Front is pretty much crumbling everywhere. England seizes
> Sevastopol. Berlin -> Silesia -> Galicia -> Ukraine comes off without a
> hitch. Austrians are driven from Venice and Ionian Sea. The valiant
> resistance can only be waged so long before steadfast alliance overwhelms
> it.
>
> Two retreats are due:
> Austrian fleet Ionian Sea may retreat to Apulia, Eastern Mediterranean, or
> oblivion.
> Austrian army Venice may retreat to Apulia, Tuscany, or oblivion.
>
> If I could get those orders today, it'd be fabu. Then, you know,
> Christmas is coming soon. If you're looking for a suitable gift for your
> opponents, you might try this:
>
>
> http://www.zazzle.com/cry_havoc_and_let_slip_the_dogs_of_war_ornament-175850067299422819
>
> Or, you can peruse Zazzle's whole collection of JC items at:
>
> http://www.zazzle.com/julius+caesar+ornaments
>
> I'd like to have Fall 1917 due next Tuesday. I think we can squeeze in
> one more season between now and the birthday party for the other JC.
>
>
> Spring 1917 Adjudication
>
> Austria:
> a bud-tri
> a rum-bul (*Fails*)
> a bul- gre (*Fails*)
> a alb s a bud-tri (*Cut*)
> f eme-aeg
> f ion s f eme-aeg (*Dislodged*)
> f apu-adr
> a tyr s a bud-tri (*Cut*)
> a ven s a bud-tri (*Dislodged*)
>
> England:
> F Bal - Den
> A Ber - Sil
> F BOT - Bal
> A Edi - Kie
> F Eng C Lon - Bel
> F Hel C Edi - Kie
> A Lon - Bel
> A LVN - Mos
> A Mos - Sev
> A Mun - Tyrolia (*Fails*)
> F NAO - MAO
> F NTH C Edi - Kie
> A Sil - Gal
> F Tun - ION
> A Vie S Mun - Tyrolia
> A War S Gal - Ukr
>
> France:
> Army Brest HOLD
> Fleet Piedmont HOLD
> Fleet Tuscany Move To Tyrhennian Sea
> Army Rome Support Fleet Adriatic Move To Venice
> Fleet Adriatic Sea Move to Venice
> Fleet Naples Support English Fleet Tunis Move To Ionian Sea
> Fleet Greece Move To Albania (*Fails*)
> Triest Move To Serbia
>
> Germany:
> Gal to Ukr
--
"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really
mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. and sometimes you
didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How
could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had
happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing. The shadow, even
the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines
it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with
you - That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand
why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in
those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't.
They kept going because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
