Thank you, Cory, and side-kick Garry for a splendid job GMing! Always appreciated and never enough thank yous!
 
Congratulations Tim! Very well played, indeed.
 
I was all at sea this game, very nervous about playing in this tournament where I traditionally do so badly. I didn’t communicate enough, wasn’t decisive
enough, and cocked it up right-royally. It was fun in Munich, however, and almost fun becoming King of Iberia! Paris is as good a place as any to end your days!
 
C’est la vie!
 
Dorian Love
ICT & English Teacher
Roedean School (SA)
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From: Timothy Crosby [mailto:tim_crosby(at)hotmail.com]


Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:02 PM

To: 'Cory Burris'; 'Mike Hoffman'; Dorian Love; 'Alex Maslow'; 'Brian Lam'; 'Andrew Tanner'; 'Winter Blitz'; 'Scott Johnston'; 'garry b'; tim_crosby(at)hotmail.com

Subject: dc 408 Turkey EOG

 
Thank you all for the game. It was very fun….but I guess when you win you can usually say that right?
 
Cory, thank you for volunteering your time to GM in the WB…(you too Gary)
 
Let’s start with Mike in Austria….I wanted an alliance with you right from the start. Yes I said the same thing to Russia and for a time I had a fragile alliance with both
but even a fragile one is better than none at all. Mike had some ordering issues and Russia kept making all the right moves so I threw in with Russia. It was like the whole board was pushing us together though I was fighting all the way. I do not remember
too much of Austria going down…Germany sent units south and east and west, I knew long term that was going to be a problem for him but it kept Austria and Russia from really getting any momentum which is what I needed and it spread German armies all over the
board.
 
Andrew, when those 01 build orders did not post…that sent Italy west and then I could pretty much do anything I needed from there….i sent all my fleets west and picked off
Italian centers when I needed them. I have a bit of experience playing Turkey so I did whatever it took to get as many fleets out to MAO as I could as fast as I could. The land war was not going anywhere….G/A/T/R were all bouncing around for a bit but that
was OK I was more interested in getting to MAO. I think this was when Maslow and I decided that he and I should take the game over and go for a two way draw…looking back…we never actually supported one another’s moves but I worked against him diplomatically
as I am sure he did to me….it looked like we were the guys to beat….until he attacked England. On the next turn he retreated from that attack. Maslow, I think that was your downfall….you had now attacked every one of your neighbors and rebuilding anything
to fight me was going to be very difficult until I was very large and close to the lines. Had you sustained the pressure on England things might have been different….
 
I think it was only a couple of turns later as Germany moved in on Russia for the kill that I approached Scott and suggested we move in on Germany and knock this down to a
2 player race….i thought if I could get England to land an army or two that all the pressure to my north would collapse and I could make a big push. England said he would do that if I surrendered Iberia….so I let him pick me apart over there at a pace I was
comfortable with while I pushed armies north. The solo bid looked to be stopped and I thought it was until the vote issues started to come up...Maslow said he would never vote for anything that did not include him in the draw. I took this to England and suggested
we move in such a way that he gets the message that it will be E/T or he will be eliminated. In the meantime I supported England to SPA and we attempted to take Italy out….Germany worked on Russia while holding me south….I picked up a second chance to get
a solo when I convinced Scott to send a strong message to Germany about E/T….i played my hand to Germany but England needed to show Germany that he meant business too. I suggested that England put 4 units on KIE and that BUR-MUN be the move to do just that.
I knew that England would be taking MUN with German support but it was imperative that England use BUR for the attack….this left MAR with no defense…when I saw that I new I would/could win.
 
I know I told E/G that I was not interested in a solo because of the target I would have in round two….but one of my arguments to Scott on why to cut Germany out of the draw
was that we would be eliminating a great player from contention for the tournament. Ultimately that is I why I went for the solo on the second chance; eliminating competition for the overall prize was the intention.
 
A lot of things happened that I forgot to mention I am sure….Maslow turning Russia against me unexpectedly though Brian you mentioned that you were upset with me never leaving
the Black Sea…so it was probably not too difficult a decision on your part.
 
Thanks for a good game, I have a lot of respect for each of you and can’t wait to share a board with you again. Good luck to each of you in round number two.
 
 
tim
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