Oh hey - look at that! Wow. That's a growth of 80%.
Holy mackeral.
I'll write an EoGS later....
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
I am copying the DC Mods on this one...
The time has come to break out the John Philpot Curran quote (1790). Indeed, it is proper and entirely just:
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey
to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once
the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
I can say it no better. Never, until today, have I witnessed victory so slyly pilfered from the unaware. John Reside, I tip my hat to you.
Turkey steals *eight* centers and claims to solo. In the process, *three* players are eliminated. Oh, and France NMRs.
Turkey: 18
Russia: 10
Austria: 6
End of game comments are welcome.
Special thanks to Maslow and Nathan for continuing to fight in lost positions. Thanks and condolences to Stuart and Nick for success and dashed expectations. Good luck in the final standings, John!
Fall 1908:
Austria:
A Belgium - Picardy
A Burgundy Supports A Picardy - Paris
A Gascony Hold
F Gulf of Lyon Hold
A Munich Hold
A Naples Hold
A Picardy - Paris
A Piedmont Hold
England:
F Yorkshire - London (*Bounce*)
France:
A Paris Hold (*Disbanded*)
Italy:
F Brest Supports F English Channel (*Disbanded*)
Russia:
F Clyde Supports F Edinburgh
A Denmark Hold
F Edinburgh Hold
A Kiel Hold
F North Sea - London (*Bounce*)
F Norway Supports F Norwegian Sea - North Sea (*Fails*)
F Norwegian Sea - North Sea (*Fails*)
F Skagerrak Hold
F St Petersburg(nc) Hold
Turkey:
F Aegean Sea - Greece
A Albania - Trieste
F Constantinople - Black Sea
F English Channel Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Brest
A Holland - Belgium
F Irish Sea - Liverpool
F Marseilles - Spain(sc)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Brest
F Portugal Supports F Marseilles - Spain(sc)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Rome
--
"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."
