At least you died on your feet.  When I die it'll because the RAT has cut my strings, and I'll collapse to the ground with a loud bang, like the wooden puppet I am.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:43 PM, John R <untitled36(at)hotmail.com> wrote:



Thanks for sticking with it till the end! We appreciate it!

John


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Subject: SV: DC 420: Fall 1904 Adjudication
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 21:22:33 +0200


Hmm let's see, which unit do I remove. I think I will go with the fleet, who need those dreadnaughts anyway?
 And yes, totally short-sighted hehe J
  
Fra: Adam Martin-Schwarze [mailto:smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com]

Sendt: 3. maj 2012 21:20
Til: Alex Maslow; Blitz; Joe Coffey; John Reside; Nathan Deily; Nick Saywell; Rene Kroll; Stuart Winch
Emne: DC 420: Fall 1904 Adjudication 
The merciless (plague-ridden?) RAT continues its sweep across Europe.  The story in the Fall is much the same as the story in the Spring -- Russian success in northern waters (Norwegian Sea) teamed with Turkish advances in the Mediterranean (Gulf of Lyon) and stubborn opposition up the middle (no change).  English and French resources are being stretched perhaps to breaking -- is 1905 the year we see Italians in the Atlantic?  England's and France's only hope lies in a timely RAT schism -- a power grab or realignment that could have consequences even unto the Winter Blitz title.
 Let us momentarily pause to honor our fallen German brother.  Rene, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say, "I'm sorry your opponents were a bunch of short-sighted self-serving morons.  Hopefully, this does not happen to you again in your next game."
 And with that... let us progress to Fall retreats:The English fleet in Norwegian Sea may retreat to Clyde, North Atlantic Ocean, or OTB.
 Winter adjustments are few -- just the Russian build and the German disband (which is automatic)... and an English rebuild if he retreats OTB:
Austria:   Supp  7 Unit  7 Build  0
England:   Supp  5 Unit  5 Build  0
France:    Supp  6 Unit  6 Build  0
Germany:   Supp  0 Unit  1 Remove  1
Italy:     Supp  1 Unit  1 Build  0

Russia:    Supp  7 Unit  6 Build  1
Turkey:    Supp  8 Unit  8 Build  0 See y'all again tomorrow.
  Fall 1904:
Austria:
A Bohemia Supports A Munich
A Munich Supports A Berlin - Kiel
A Piedmont - Marseilles (*Fails*)
A Rome Hold
A Tyrolia Supports A Munich
F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Western Mediterranean

A Vienna - Trieste

England:
F English Channel - North Sea
F Holland Supports A Kiel
A Kiel Supports F Helgoland Bight - Denmark (*Cut*)
F North Sea - Edinburgh
F Norwegian Sea - Norway (*Dislodged*)


France:
A Burgundy Supports F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles
F Gulf of Lyon - Marseilles
A Marseilles - Gascony
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - North Africa (*Fails*)
A Ruhr Supports A Kiel
F Spain(sc) - Western Mediterranean (*Fails*)


Germany:
F Helgoland Bight - Denmark (*Fails*)

Italy:
F Western Mediterranean Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Cut*)

Russia:
F Barents Sea - Norwegian Sea
F Denmark Supports A Berlin - Kiel (*Cut*)

A Finland Supports F Norway
F Norway Supports F Barents Sea - Norwegian Sea
A Prussia - Berlin (*Fails*)
F Sweden Supports F Denmark

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea

A Albania Hold
A Berlin - Kiel (*Fails*)
F Bulgaria(ec) - Constantinople
F Eastern Mediterranean - Ionian Sea
F Ionian Sea - Tunis
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
F Tuscany - Gulf of Lyon




--
"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."