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G.M.	Zoterik
G.M. email	driscollej-at-gmail-dot-com
Type	Regular
Build	Aberration [Wiki]
Map	Aberration [Wiki] [Stats]
Variant	Standard
Cur Season	Fall 11
Next Deadline	2013-11-14 @ 08:00:00 GMT
Result	Solo
S. C.	52
Players	9
Status	Closed
Start Date	2013-04-04
End Date	2013-11-14
Real-Life Time	225 days

\| Default House Rules \| Rating Calculation

Seq	Country	Player	Result	S.C.	Seas	NMRs	Rtg Chg	Rtg New
0	Burgundy	Ylide	Survival	1	22	2	-2.84	1215.98
0	Byzantium	diplomacyworld	Survival	1	22	0	-2.47	1186.29
0	Eire	m_don_j	Eliminated	0	16	0	-5.36	1262.08
0	Hungary	gizmo8204	Civil Disorder	0	15	2	-6.12	1217.76
0	Israel	yodude19	Abandon	3	1	1	-5.57	1208.31
1	Israel	AFreakyName	Survival	5	22	1	0.15	1226.38
0	Poland	Corrino	Solo	27	22	0	28.8	1347.09
0	Sicily	Zydeco	Survival	6	22	0	-2.06	1184.72
0	Spain	garry.bledsoe	Survival	11	22	0	-3.47	1295.67
0	Ukraine	Stepper	Survival	1	22	2	-2.4	1169.99
				52

PREV Winter 1911 Adjudication: NEXT

Gentlemen, after a mere 255 days and eleven years, Poland has accomplished the solo victory, taking six centres to secure his hold on Europe! War weariness may have led into the assistance of Burgundy and Ukraine to enable the solo, despite the heroic eleventh-hour efforts of Israel, Sicily, and Spain. Eleven years of gameplay is a short time given the level of intricacy involved, and to pull off the coup so soon is a mark of something--vision, cunning, or otherwise--for which Chris rightfully deserves his third solo.

A big thank you to all of you for playing this game. It started a bit slowly, I know, but we got better as time went on. I would really like to thank Thomas (Israel) for stepping into the game after the first Israelite player NMRed. I feel like that turn may have decided the entire game and given Poland a small but important advantage, but the result of the game is wholly due to the actions of the players, not their dis-actions. After all is said and done, the board clearly shows that Poland managed to keep all his rivals down while he made his solo bid unburdened by a rival solo bid waiting if he faltered. And with all the draw proposals which came and went, I think the other players figured out what Poland had in mind, but perhaps too little, too late to stop the tide. The final Fall moves are provided below. Two units were dislodged this turn, but without any bearing on the final result so I gave them token retreats.

I would love to hear the players' thoughts on the game and on this variant. If there is any particular variant you would like to try, don't hesitate to tell me. I think I'll wait a bit before opening up a game as the others fill up and start moving.

FINAL RANKINGS
1. Poland: SOLO VICTORY, 27c.
2. Spain: Survival, 11c.
3. Sicily: Survival, 6c.
4. Israel: Survival, 5c.
5. Burgundy: Survival, 1c.
5. Byzantium: Survival, 1c.
5. Ukraine: Survival, 1c.
8. Eire: Elimination, 1908.
8. Hungary: Elimination, 1908.

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