I have been asked to send out additional press before these orders are due. ??I will??accept??press THIS TURN ONLY until 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 GMT) today.
For Immediate Release....
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Italy to all- a comment on Germany???s recent press.One of the great things about diplomacy is the discussion, and in this gunboat, my first, it is even more fun as one can see the spin in public. Many excessively subjective diplomatic offers fall into two categories. Either they are a reflection that the player is poor, or that he/she thinks the recipient of their missive is poor. Germany has played so well his latest must certainly be the latter. He conveniently forgets to mention that whilst he is negotiating a western triple that leaves him free to gain advantage in the east it is only made possible by the biddability (not a real word but it should be) of his two smaller and slower growing neighbours. He also forgets to mention he is the largest power on the board, in addition he has the greatest capacity for growth.
Closer examination of his reasoning does not stand up to scrutiny.??
???I wonder where those "two or three" centres that Italy talks about will come from.?????Germany has managed to negotiate both a vacant nts and a vacant bur (Any German who can do both deserves some kind of diplomatic award-my metaphorical hat is doffed!) this frees up his units to head elsewhere. Mun, hol and ber, plus fleet bal can all head east. I would expect those 2-3 gains to come from Warsaw and perhaps vie in the first instance. Remember Russia can only defend war by abandoning sc???s which are adjacent to potentially hostile forces. ??In addition he comments,??
???Please consider what releasing that bear would do?????is surely some sort of gag. Russia is pinned down in the south with turkey, what units he does have are all tied up in retaining his gains thus far leaving only one unit, a war, with any flexibility. It???s not a bear but a cub (no offence Russia it???s just the way the board has fallen). By taking stp and leaving swe alone England may well precipitate a Russian collapse which will probably be more profitable to the already largest nation on the board than himself. By letting Russia off the hook for now it will hardly release a bear, but may well restrict the growth of the German. Consider which centres are more accessible to England-Moscow Warsaw sev, OR hol bel den? And who poses the greatest lead and possibility of winning at the moment Russia or Germany?
I???m trying to impose sound reasoning based on the board, no doubt laced with no small degree of self-interest and a slightly anarchic and mischievous desire to stir up a hornet???s nest. Dear Germany don???t take it personally I mean no offence I genuinely think you???re playing a superb game and are deservedly winning, the move to tyr was inspired. I hope at the end we can see who we all are and maybe play some other dip together in the future.
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Italy to FranceOur last press release came out simultaneously and said almost exactly the same thing. I will withdraw to the east, and hope you will match this yourself. We have more to gain by not engaging in a pointless my fleet versus your fleet stalemate which benefits others more than us. F wms will retreat and I will head elsewhere. As for your intentions re Germany and working with eng that is up to you and your reading of the board. Bur will make you safer, put to good use your armies, restrict the growth of the board???s largest power and give some flexibility in the future. Or we can simply fight it out, you may well win??? one thing is for sure I certainly won???t win but I love the diplomacy all the same.
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