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G.M.	Zoterik
G.M. email	driscollej-at-gmail-dot-com
Type	Regular
Build	Standard
Map	Standard
Variant	Standard
Cur Season	Fall 07
Next Deadline	2014-10-27 @ 20:00:00 GMT
Result	Solo
S. C.	34
Players	7
Status	Closed
Start Date	2014-07-05
End Date	2014-10-29
Real-Life Time	117 days

\| Default House Rules \| Rating Calculation

Seq	Country	Player	Result	S.C.	Seas	NMRs	Rtg Chg	Rtg New
0	Austria	Sean2010	Survival	1	14	0	-3.66	1215.64
0	England	Darkness13	Civil Disorder	0	9	2	-6.39	1186.5
0	France	Vampiric	Survival	6	14	1	-2.83	1193.62
0	Germany	Operations	Survival	8	14	0	-2.45	1147.11
0	Italy	Kain	Civil Disorder	0	8	2	-6.39	1180.46
0	Russia	bucksworld	Eliminated	0	12	1	-5.28	1217.08
0	Turkey	jerome777	Solo	19	14	0	27.04	1310.8
				34

PREV Fall 1902 Adjudication: NEXT

It's been a busy turn, and I want to preface this by saying that Windows 8 and Realpolitik apparently have some sort of feud, wherein the latter simply refused to function yesterday. So if the map appears different than usual, that's because it is. I had to download the RealWorld adjudicator and wrestle with the right compatibility mode before that functioned. The saga continues, but for you the important thing is simply that I can continue to fulfil my responsibilities.

Regardless, plenty has happened on the map this Fall turn, proving yet again that my analyses of the situation are not to be trusted. So much for the Eastern Triple; Turkey and Austria team up against Russia to take Sevastopol at the same time that Russia turns south against Germany in tandem with England. In fact, one of the only stable places on the map is one which looked set for trench warfare! Situations elsewhere force Germany and France to abandon their apparently-hostile positioning in favor of efforts elsewhere. Italy also feels the brunt of the A/T, and with France joining in the fun in Piedmont, we may have the splendid opportunity to see a few rare alliances in action. [cue nature documentary voiceover] Here we see the usually unstable A/T in its natural state; expanding to the sides rather than forward, it pushes out against its neighbors with great ease but not without some degree of paranoia and josteling for positioning.

As we have some new players, I want to take this opportunity to point out something which is not expressly stated in the rules, yet is still not permitted here. Italy ordered two units to move, Venice and Ionian Sea, and gave orders to two more units to support the moving units to hold. Some of you may know this scenario from house rules, where it can be permitted for a unit which is ordered to move but doesn't, to be successfully supported to hold in the event of an attack against it. It's an effective defensive measure, but one which I have never seen used in a competitive match, and will not allow here. A support hold can only be successful if the unit in question actually does hold, or support another unit. Movement voids the support. This is not Italy's fault because no previous mention was made, but the rules are the rules.

Two units are dislodged! I need retreats from England and Italy. The adjustments this year are few; so we can go through this with some haste as well. As last year, a dislodged unit can be disbanded in exchange for another build.

Autumn 1902 retreats are due 2nd August, 20:00 GMT.
Winter 1902 adjustments are due 3rd August, 20:00 GMT.

Retreats
English F English Channel can retreat to Irish Sea, Picardy, or Wales.
Italian F Ionian Sea can retreat to Adriatic Sea, Apulia, Eastern Med, Naples, or Tyrrhenian Sea.

Adjustments
Austria: 0 (5)
England: +1 (5)
France: 0 (5)
Germany: 0 (6)
Italy: 0 (4)
Russia: -1 (3)
Turkey: +1 (6)

Austria:
F Albania Supports F Greece - Ionian Sea
A Bohemia - Galicia
A Rumania Supports A Ankara - Sevastopol
A Trieste - Venice (*Fails*)
A Tyrolia - Munich (*Fails*)

England:
F English Channel Hold (*Dislodged*)
F Norwegian Sea - North Sea
A Sweden - Denmark (*Bounce*)
A Yorkshire - London

France:
F Brest - English Channel
A Gascony - Marseilles
A Marseilles - Piedmont
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean Supports F Brest - English Channel
A Paris Hold

Germany:
A Belgium Hold
F Holland - Kiel
A Munich Hold
A Prussia - Berlin
A Ruhr Supports A Munich
F Skagerrak - Denmark (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Ionian Sea - Greece (*Dislodged*)
A Rome Supports A Venice (*Ordered to Move*)
F Tunis Supports F Ionian Sea (*Ordered to Move*)
A Venice - Tyrolia (*Fails*)

Russia:
F Gulf of Bothnia - Baltic Sea
A Moscow - Warsaw
A Silesia Supports A Tyrolia - Munich
A St Petersburg - Livonia

Turkey:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Greece - Ionian Sea
A Ankara - Sevastopol
F Black Sea Convoys A Ankara - Sevastopol
A Bulgaria - Greece
F Greece - Ionian Sea

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