Dang it... I knew it would happen eventually, but I hoped it wouldn't. You guys have successfully poked a hole in the strait rule. Between South America's and Oceania's moves regarding the South China Sea, I ended up with a conundrum I haven't seen before. On the surface, it looks like F BEN and F Sia bounce in the SCS. But with that bounce, Oce controls the straight, restricting F BEN's movement. So perhaps F Sia moves into SCS... but then F Jak - Sia also works and leave the strait uncontrolled from the Jak side and we get the bounce all over again. Blech!
Fortunately, one of my friends who was involved in the testing was online and we were able to discuss the problem and came to a consensus about what we should do. We came up with this addition to the strait rule:
A unit that has control over a strait loses control over the straight if it moves to the same place as a unit moving through the strait in question.
In this situation, what that means is: SIA and BEN bounce in SCS. Because SIA moved to the same place as BEN, SIA no longer can stop BEN from moving through the strait. Had the support from HKG not been cut, BEN would've successfully gotten through the strait. I think this is the best way of resolving the current problem. If you have any questions about it, please ask. Now on with the adjudication:
North America:
A Winnipeg Supports F Pacific Ocean - Vancouver (*No such unit*)
Mexico:
F Darwin - Perth (*disbanded*)
F Arizona - Pacific Ocean
F Revillagigedo Sea Supports F Arizona - Pacific Ocean
A Texas - Kansas
A Ontario Supports A Texas - Kansas
F Florida - Atlantic Ocean
F Bermuda Triangle Supports F Florida - Atlantic Ocean
F Atlantic Ocean - Canary Sea
A Iberia Holds
F Quebec Holds
South America:
F Bay of Bengal - South China Sea (*bounce*)
F Hong Kong Supports F Bay of Bengal - South China Sea (*cut*)
F Pretoria Holds
F Rio de Janeiro - Cape Verde Sea
F Sandwich Sea Supports F Rio de Janeiro - Cape Verde Sea
F Recife Supports F Rio de Janeiro - Cape Verde Sea
F Caribbean Sea - Trinidad & Tobago
F Peru - Columbia (sc)
F Honolulu - Micronesian Sea
F Argentina - Falkland Sea
F Vancouver Supports F Arizona - Pacific Ocean
Russia:
F Alaska Supports F Bering Sea - Pacific Ocean
F Baffin Sea - Nunavut
F Labrador Sea Holds
A London Holds
A Holland Supports F Paris
F Oslo - Arctic Ocean
F Murmansk - Kara Sea
A Caucasus Supports A Ankara - Tehran
A Xinjiang - Ulaanbaatar
A Beijing Supports A Tibet - Shanghai
A Vladivostok Holds
F Bering Sea - Pacific Ocean (*fails*)
F Korea - East China Sea
West Africa:
F Cape Verde Sea - Gulf of Guinea
F Canary Sea - Morocco
A Algeria Supports F Egypt - Libya
F Egypt - Libya
A Ouagadougou - Lagos (*fails*)
A Niamey Supports F Egypt - Libya (*cut*)
South Africa:
F Nairobi - Somalia
A Congo - Nairobi
F Lagos - Ouagadougou (*fails*)
A Zambezi - Maputo
A Khartoum - Egypt
A N'Djamena - Niamey (*fails*)
A Libya Supports A N'Djamena - Niamey (*dislodged*)
Persia:
F Paris Holds
F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea
A Ankara - Tehran
A Baghdad - Riyadh
A Muscat - Addis Ababa
F Pakistan - Arabian Sea
A Mumbai - Pakistan
A Delhi - Tibet
A Tibet - Shanghai
China:
F Riyadh - Muscat
F Persian Gulf Supports F Riyadh - Muscat
A Tehran Supports F Riyadh - Muscat (*dislodged*)
A Shanghai - Hong Kong (*disbanded*)
F Taiwan - Philippines Sea
Oceania:
F Tasman Sea - Sydney
F Great Australian Bight - Tasman Sea
F Perth - Darwin
F Arafura Sea Supports F Perth - Darwin
F Jakarta - Siam (*fails*)
F Siam - South China Sea (*bounce*)
F Cocos Sea Holds
Retreats:
SAf: A Libya may retreat to Tunis or OTB
China: A Tehran may retreat to Baghdad, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan or OTB
Next Deadline: Let's get those retreats in by Thursday, Jan 8, 2200GMT and look for Fall to be due next Tuesday.
Everyone please check this map. I've set it up now so I just have to move units instead of having to redo the map every time. So if it's right now, it'll be good for the rest of the game (I hope).
