An odd-station loop? What are you talking about? Right there, there’s the Youville shops right in the middle of it! If that’s a loop, I’m Lord Palmerston. Just because the thrutown express passes there doesn’t mean it’s not a catenary wye, you know.
Well your Lordship,
“Never the less, it moves” is most of what I have to say about that! The other thing I have to say is that it’s precisely because the thrutown express passes there that your attempt at a Waterloo rally cannot work. You could try the catenary pass after Euston has been up-tripped in a double-coupling, but it seems unlikely at this stage in the game. I would let an offset-decoupling on any parrallel router give nisbet hegemony to the player to your left before I even thought about it.
Tut tut, Matt, someone forgot about the mid-week signal phasing rule. Sheesh… also I think I get a point for declaring Hamersmith & City loopback as my opening gambit.
Oh, and panache: touche!
Tips hat to samarm Engarde!
An exciting opening move, that opens an opportunity to access certain caveats of the Throckmorton Exception (we are still playing the exception aren’t we?) If I place double staggers anywhere near Shirltred, will it compromise my Bergen bid?
I now call Hammersmith wild (did you forget that it was a mainline station?) and redirect to the Southern end!
People, please. Stations should be bolded. It’s just polite.
Play in the colonies is never considered amongst serious players. We have to remember Mrs Trellis’ financial situation. She simply cannot afford the postal charges.
Also, I have great difficulty in understanding panaches’ posts. Jouber vs Nelson (1992) only applies after a declaration of Spoons recumbent. We aren’t anywhere close yet. And Ipswitch? We’ll put it down to youthful exuberence.
samarm:- The Hammersmith & City loopback is not, strictly speaking, a station. It can, however, be used if Taylor’s Extension has been deployed. Your initial groundwork did stipulate Kinsey’s Ruling, so you obviously know what you’re doing.
One point.
[sub]And what do points mean?[/sub]
**Barking
Forgive my etiquette errors, I’ve played very few matches under Kinsey’s Ruling, and it complicated certain coding practices. As for your assertion that Spoons in not in effect, I assure you that is a corollary to the main thrust of paragraph 7 in Semilion’s manual. My understanding of Montpetit would support this and in fact necessitate an Ipswitch move.
All respect to Mrs. Trellis, but surely if the colonies are included in standard groupings for purposes of line-switching, they are legal…
Tapioca minus one point for failing to preview, that said, I remain at Shirltred barring any bids over it.
Some fascinating gameplay here. I am very wary of competing once more against the mighty Tapioca Dextrin. However, I shall take the plunge.
I declare Bassingtons, and opt for counter-clockwise motion on bar thus:
Seven Sisters.
Okay… you asked for it. I claim Bienvenuë’s Crosswise Exception. That gives me Bessarion and Avenida de la Ilustración, free and clear. No changing at Universitat. And with L’Allier’s Lemma in effect, intermodal transfers are clear at coupon-neutre stations, provided they’re open-cut. Ha!
I’m not sure that there ever, in the entire canon of MC been a parallel international game been played; the ramifications are byond my reckoning. If only Francesca were here to impart here munificent benefactions, we might have some inkling of how to proceed.
Ianzin’s move is reminicent of a game played by my great uncle Baron Rhinestone “Beef” Wellington in 1938. The invasion of Poland followed in less than a year. It is no coincidence that the construction of the Jubilee line was partly financed by the distaff side of my family.
From Seven Sisters there is now an escape route. I can play West Ham and invoke Singleton’s conjecture. I’m sure everyone understands.
May I suggest a shunt down to Finsbury Park
Well! I’m pleased to see someone appreciates the innovative quality of my game play. However, for the moment, I shall drop briefly into conservatism. Blackfriars. But make no mistake - L’Allier’s lemma is still in effect.