Nah....i have not received winter order.
Good to see another Politics student. Oh...i am surprised that you can write an essay related to Diplomacy game. Diplomacy game is about Realism, i.e. for the best interests of states, as well as considering interests of other parties. I am sure you will learn a lot from Diplomacy, and how it relates to the real international politics. Of course, international relations and politics are more than game of Diplomacy. It also talks about economy, military, values, political systems, etc. But personally, i think Diplomacy’s realsm plays the most important role when dealing with
?? 2013-3-31 AM11:31??"John Merfeld" <john.merfeld(at)gmail.com>??????

Hey guys,
First of all, did I miss the winter moves? I didn't receive an e-mail about it.
Secondly, I want to thank you all (or rather, the Diplomacy community in general). I'm 18 years old and am currently deciding where to go to college. Yesterday I received an acceptance letter from Tufts University, which is one of my dream schools. As you may or may not know, Tufts is renowned for its international relations programs, so as a part of the application I wrote a short essay about a game of Diplomacy I played last semester with some of my friends and teachers. Tufts really values creativity in its applications, and I would like tot think that that essay, and this game, helped me get in. 

So thank you everyone, for how rigorously you keep this grand tradition alive. I may not go to Tufts, but if I do (and I'd like to), I have the Diplomatic community to be grateful for. I'll keep you posted (decision has to be made in a couple weeks!)

Cheers,-John C.Madison, WI

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Michael Penner <mvpenner(at)gmail.com> wrote:


Retreat!?!?! Yes, it's true. There are some retreats for us this time. Must mean the game is back on? I realize that Friday is Good Friday, but this is the blitz and it doesn't afford us much time to dilly dally, so deadlines remain as they would have been. Naturally, I'll be lenient with tomorrow's deadline if it comes and I haven't heard from everyone.



Note the four end-game proposals on the docket for our spring moves. Don't vote on them now, but with your moves due on Monday. I'll include them again with the winter adjudication.

Austria:


A Armenia - Sevastopol (*bounce*)
A Bohemia Supports Silesia - Munich
A Galicia - Silesia

A Moscow - St. Petersburg (*fails*)


A Silesia - Munich
A Trieste Supports Tyrolia
A Tyrolia Supports Silesia - Munich
A Ukraine - Sevastopol (*bounce*)
A Warsaw Supports Galicia - Silesia



England:

F Belgium - English Channel
F North Atlantic Ocean Supports Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F North Sea Supports Norwegian Sea - Norway
F Norwegian Sea - Norway



France:
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain (nc) (*fails*)
A Spain - Marseilles (*disbanded*)
F Portugal Supports Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Spain
A Gascony Supports Spain - Marseilles (*cut*)



Germany:
A Burgundy - Gascony (*fails*)
A Munich Supports Prussia - Silesia (*dislodged*)
A Prussia - Silesia (*fails*)
A Denmark Holds


A Berlin Supports Munich


Italy:

A Piedmont Supports Venice
F Black Sea - Sevastopol (*bounce*)
A Marseilles - Spain
A Gulf of Lyon Supports Marseilles - Spain
F Western Mediterranean Supports Marseilles - Spain



F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea
A Venice Supports Trieste - Tyrolia

Russia:
F Baltic Sea - Gulf of Bothnia


F Norway Supports Norwegian Sea - North Sea (*dislodged*)
A St. Petersburg Supports Norway (*cut*)

End-Game Proposals:
3-way draw between England, Austria, and Italy
4-way draw between France, England, Austria, and Italy


4-way draw between Germany, England, Austria, and Italy
5-way draw between England, Austria, Italy, Germany, and France

Retreats:
Germany's A Munich may retreat to Kiel, Ruhr, or OTB


Russia's F Norway may retreat to Sweden, Skagarrak, Barents Sea, or OTB

Stats:
Austria has 10 sc's - 9 units = 1 build
England has 5 sc's - 4 units = 1 build
France has 3 sc's - 3 units = no adjustment necessary


Germany has 5 sc's - 5 units = no adjustment necessary (pending retreat)
Italy has 9 sc's - 8 units = 1 build
Russia has 2 sc's - 3 units = 1 disband (pending retreat)

Next Deadline:


Autumn/Winter 1911 will be due on Friday, March 29, at 4pm CDT (9pm GMT)