Running out of battery . . .

Here's the end first. After Garry stabbed, I thought France, Germany and I could hold them off for quite a while. Sadly, I did not convince Steve L. of this. I'd written Tyh-Nap and was going to ignore him. Instead, he convinced me he was moving to Ion. I wanted to make sure that went, thinking it would tie Garry up in knots. Steve lied. It wasn't a small lie. It meant I was going to lose all of Italy and get nothing in return. After that, no matter what was said, Steve had to go.

I tried to get Paul to take the win. I did not fancy the idea of being the last eliminated in a 17/17 draw. Paul declined and I continually guessed wrong. So, I offered to throw it to Garry. To me, if Paul would not go for the win and I was going to die, I was willing to take Paul with me. My choice: be eliminated and get no satisfaction OR have the satisfaction of splitting the alliance that stabbed me. I chose the latter.

The beginning: I tried to get Paul to go after Garry with me. Once he was in Gal, I wanted him to support me into Vie. He declined. I wasn't willing to gamble on stabbing Austria alone. For quite a while, it seemed I made the right decision. Garry should have stabbed me earlier, imnsho. The turn he went for it, I stupidly left an sc on a fall turn. If I'd sat still, it would have been a very bad stab.

Congratulations to Garry for winning!

Paul, well played, except you would have been better off to keep Garry on board. The danger of a 17/17 draw is enormous. I've lost similar games when I allowed trust to overshadow skepticism.

Kevin was great. I liked the players here. For Rachael, I don't know what RL situation came up, but before that she'd made a couple of moves that were just poor--the move to Pie and the move to Wes. They could not hurt me, but they sure didn't help her either.

All in all, a disappointing, but fun game. Thanks Adam!

Steve


From: Adam Martin-Schwarze <smegdwarf(at)yahoo.com>
To: Gary Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Blitz <blitz(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Steve Cooley <tmssteve(at)yahoo.com>; Thomas Fletcher <tfletch33(at)yahoo.com>; Paul Green <bridgejunky(at)ymail.com>; Rachael Jameson <verticallychallangedcutie(at)yahoo.com>; John Monson <mister.gatling(at)yahoo.com>; Kevin O'Kelly <kodiplomacy(at)gmail.com>; Orders <orders(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Trout <former.trout(at)gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:18:20 AM
Subject: DC 233: Game Over, Dude

Well, the EOGs could be interesting for this game... I will be interested to hear how all of you respond.

Austria ascends to the throne whilst grinding Paris, Marseilles, and Spain under his heel.

Alas, Germany is simultaneously eliminated.

If you haven't confirmed your participation for Round 2 at the DC website, please do so soon.

My thanks to everybody, especially Austria, Germany, and Italy, none of whom ever NMR'd. Not even Steve. Really.

Austria:
A Belgium Hold
A Bohemia Supports A Munich (*Ordered to Move*)
A Budapest Supports A Rumania
A Bulgaria - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Constantinople - Smyrna
A Marseilles Supports F Western Mediterranean - Spain(sc)
A Munich - Burgundy
A Picardy - Paris
A Piedmont Hold
A Rumania Hold
F Tunis Hold
A Venice - Tyrolia
A Vienna - Galicia
F Western Mediterranean - Spain(sc)

Italy:
A Brest - Picardy
F English Channel Supports A Belgium (*Cut*)
F Irish Sea Supports F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
A Spain - Portugal

Russia:
F Ankara - Constantinople (*Bounce*)
A Berlin, no move received
A Holland Hold
A Liverpool - Edinburgh
A London Hold
F North Atlantic Ocean - Liverpool
F North Sea - English Channel (*Fails*)
A Ruhr Hold
A Sevastopol Hold
A Silesia Hold
A St Petersburg - Moscow
A Ukraine Hold
A Warsaw Hold