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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 1905 Adjudication: NEXT

I am thinking that Matt's armies may want an inspirational speech (delivered by Caesar to his soldiers, albeit in third-person -- Volume 3 of Caesar's "Civil Wars"):

"if all their attempts were not crowned with success, the defects of Fortune must be supplied by industry; and whatever loss had been sustained, ought to be attributed rather to her caprices than to any faults in [Caesar]... but whether their own terror or some mistake, or whether Fortune herself had interrupted a victory almost secured and certain, they ought all now to use their utmost efforts to repair by their valor the loss which had been incurred; if they did so, their misfortunes would turn to their advantage, as it happened at Gergovia, and those who feared to face the enemy would be the first to offer themselves to battle.

Once again, all of the activity is on the flanks. More precisely, all of the significantly failed action is on the flanks. [Germany is the king of failed actions: void, cut, cut, bounce, bounce]. Only five units actually move anywhere, and most of those are behind-the-lines mobilizations:
French F Mid-Atlantic Ocean -> North Africa
Austrian A Rumania -> Galicia
Russian A Ukraine -> Moscow
Russian A Moscow -> Warsaw
English A Yorkshire -> Denmark

Ah, yes. Yorkshire. Denmark. Maybe it's part of a bold E-G plan to advance an English army quickly toward Russia. And maybe it's a stab. Actually, I'm going to venture a guess (with my usual no promises and no refunds guarantee) that it is a stab. Fortune has interrupted German victory. But Matt, remember Gergovia! And now industry and valor must repair your losses and turn misfortune to advantage.

But lest we forget... chief among the aforementioned failed actions: F Naples -> Tyrrhenian Sea (*Fails*). Don't think that went unnoticed. Austria builds and Italy disbands.

There are no retreats, so Winter 1905 orders will be due from all survivors except France and Russia tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. CST. Turkey is officially eliminated. But Russia is unable to use the build, as all his home centers are occupied (doh!). Also, as mentioned above, England wrests a build from Germany, and Austria takes a unit from Italy.

Austria: Supp 8 Unit 7 Build 1
England: Supp 7 Unit 6 Build 1
France: Supp 6 Unit 6 Build 0
Germany: Supp 5 Unit 6 Remove 1
Italy: Supp 3 Unit 4 Remove 1
Russia: Supp 5 Unit 4 Build 0

Fall 1905 Adjudication:

Austria:
f nap-tys (*Fails*)
a gre h
a vie-tyr (*Fails*)
a tyr-mun (*Fails*)
a boh s a tyr-mun
a rum-gal
a sil-ber (*Fails*)

England:
F Bar - StP (*Fails*)
F Fin - Swe (*Bounce*)
F Hel H
F NTH C Yor - Den
A StP - LVN (*Bounce*)
A Yor - Den

France:
Fleet Western Med Support Tunis
Army Tunis HOLD
Fleet Gulf of Lyon Support Army Marseilles Move To Piedmont
Army Marseilles Move To Piedmont (*Fails*)
Army Mid Atlantic Ocean Move To North Africa
Army Burgundy Move To Munich (*Fails*)

Germany:
F Bal S English F Fin-GoB (*Void*)
A Ber S Mun (*Cut*)
A Mun S Ber (*Cut*)
F Pru - LVN (*Bounce*)
A Ruh S Mun
F Ska - Swe (*Bounce*)

Italy:
F Tyn-Tun (*Fails*)
F Ion Support F Tyn-Tun
A Pie Hold
A Tus Support A Pie

Russia:
Mos to War
Ukr to Mos
Sev Holds
Bot to Swe (*Bounce*)

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