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G.M.	AceRimmer
G.M. email	smegdwarf-at-yahoo-dot-com
Type	Regular
Build	Standard
Map	Standard
Variant	Standard
Cur Season	Spring 18
Next Deadline	2012-12-16 @ 19:00:00 GMT
Result	Solo
S. C.	34
Players	7
Status	Closed
Start Date	2011-03-08
End Date	2011-12-20
Real-Life Time	288 days

\| AceRimmer's House Rules \| Rating Calculation

Seq	Country	Player	Result	S.C.	Seas	NMRs	Rtg Chg	Rtg New
0	Austria	FlapJack	Survival	6	34	2	-1.99	1144.04
0	England	Sifcell	Abandon	5	7	0	-1.35	1223.63
1	England	dknemeyer	Solo	18	34	0	24.12	1329.68
0	France	archimedes	Survival	9	34	2	-2.29	1206.95
0	Germany	gizmo8204	Abandon	2	24	2	-7.48	1238.78
1	Germany	Blueraider0	Survival	1	34	0	-1.42	1198.24
0	Italy	Ghostface	Eliminated	0	22	2	-5.05	1199.19
0	Russia	blomidonpark	Eliminated	0	28	1	-4.64	1199.6
0	Turkey	Jack_Cope	Eliminated	0	10	3	-5.82	1198.43
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PREV Fall 1904 Adjudication: NEXT

Once again, I had late orders yesterday. And when I did receive them, I was not at liberty to adjudicate. So, with my apologies, your Fall 1904 adjudication is a day late.

Now that I am GMâ€™ing this game, I suddenly find myself reading Shakespeareâ€™s Julius Caesar in full. There are some excellent Diplomacy references. If you should recognize the following players, be careful. Be very, very careful.

â€œ[Cassius] reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of menâ€¦
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort,
As if he mockâ€™d himself, and scornâ€™d his spirit
That could be movâ€™d to smile at anything.
Such men as he be never at heartâ€™s ease,
Whiles they behold a greater than themselvesâ€

Or,

â€œAnd why should Caesar be a tyrant, then?
Poor man! I know, he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep;
He were no lion were not Romans hinds.â€

Even after all these years, I am still startled by the accuracy of this second sentiment. Ah, it takes me back to my first game of Diplomacy when a seemingly friendly Italian persuaded me (Austria) that Greece is rightfully Italian. The rest of that game was all too brief.

Fall 1904 is a season of patience and minor adjustments. Lots of holds and supports (especially from a certain Kaiser). Eight units move successfully. But not a single one of them enters a supply center. Six of the moves are south of the stalemate line. And only one move meets any sort of resistance (the Russian seizure of Armenia).

Austria hasnâ€™t cleared up his communication problems yet â€“ he has yet another void support.

France releases doves as a peace gesture to Italy. At least, I think thatâ€™s what he means.

And there are no retreats. The Turkish fleet in Armenia is no more. And therefore we build. Or, put more properly, Austria, England, and France build. Russia must disband. Let us have these orders by tomorrow (Friday) at the usual time of 10:00 a.m. CST.

Austria: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1
England: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
France: Supp 6 Unit 5 Build 1
Germany: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
Italy: Supp 4 Unit 4 Build 0
Russia: Supp 4 Unit 5 Remove 1
Turkey: Supp 1 Unit 1 Build 0

S1904 Adjudication

Austria:
a tri-alb
a tyr-mun (*Fails*)
a boh s a tyr-mun
a sil s RUSSIAN a war
f gre-ion
a rum s RUSSIAN f bla-sev (*Void*)

England:
F Bar S StP
F NAO - NRG
F NRG - NTH
A StP H
F Swe H

France:
Fleet Spain (sc) Move To Gulf of Lyon
Fleet Western Med Support Fleet Spain (sc) Move To Gulf of Lyon
Army Burgundy Support German Army Munich
Army Marseilles Move To Piedmont (*Fails*)
Army Tunis stand on edge of Mediterranean Sea and flip the bird to Italy

Germany:
F Denmark S F Baltic Sea
F Baltic Sea S F Prussia
F Prussia S A Berlin
A Berlin S A Munich
A Munich S A Berlin (*Cut*)
A Ruhr S A Munich

Italy:
A ven-tus
F smy-aeg
all other units hold

Russia:
Fin Support Swe
Mos holds
War Holds
Bla to Arm
Ank Supports Bla to Arm

Turkey:
Army, Hold
Fleet, Move, Ankara (*Disbanded*)

Diplomacy games may contain lying, stabbing, or deliberately deceiving communications that may not be suitable for and may pose a hazard to young children, gullible adults, and small farm animals.