# SDMB Diplomacy Commentary **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 6, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057 "2009-07-06T08:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/41 "2009-07-16T18:41:01Z")
It looks like Austria has gone from a good position to a very bad position because of poor diplomacy. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/42 "2009-07-16T18:47:34Z")
That’s one way to put it. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/43 "2009-07-16T19:56:15Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Turkey: I bow to your balls of nickel-plated steel. Seconded. Screwing Russia over, then making her an ally against Austria ? The idiom “cheap fiddle” comes to mind 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/44 "2009-07-16T20:30:42Z")
Builds done, let’s see how people react. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/45 "2009-07-16T21:11:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > It looks like Austria has gone from a good position to a very bad position because of poor diplomacy. The tone of the proposal was very heavy handed, this is true, but our Russian seems to have a death wish. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/46 "2009-07-17T17:44:14Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > The tone of the proposal was very heavy handed, this is true, but our Russian seems to have a death wish. I disagree - I think his willingness to overlook past wrongs is statesmanlike (well, I would say that, wouldn’t I?) and assuming that the Anglo-French are on the up-and-up, he gains precious time to grow; otherwise he could be mired in a long struggle with me and still in a bad way when the Westerners decided to invade. @CatInASuit - As of about now my enforced absence begins - I may have time to check in later and see if there is anything requiring my attention before I leave, but I can’t guarantee it. Orders for Spring are in. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/47 "2009-07-17T17:49:27Z")
Thanks **Malacandra** , If anyone would like to sub in for a week now or sub in for \*\*wevets \*\*later on, please let me know. The only good thing about open press is that a sub can see what is going on without having to read a large backlog of emails. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/48 "2009-07-17T17:55:47Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > @CatInASuit - As of about now my enforced absence begins - I may have time to check in later and see if there is anything requiring my attention before I leave, but I can’t guarantee it. Orders for Spring are in. Of course, if you want to be really clever, you could always submit Autumn 1902 moves well in advance just in case there is no sub and the phase ends without you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/49 "2009-07-17T19:19:22Z")
> [@CatInASuit](#): > > Of course, if you want to be really clever, you could always submit Autumn 1902 moves well in advance just in case there is no sub and the phase ends without you. 😉 I’m clever, but not prescient… the phase won’t end without me unless the GM decides it should, now will it? ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/50 "2009-07-18T18:22:19Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The idiom “cheap fiddle” comes to mind 😛 I’ll have you know that I am made only of the finest balsa! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/51 "2009-07-20T10:14:07Z")
As it looks like we don’t have a temporary sub for **Malacandra** , I think Autumn '02 is going to be a long one. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/52 "2009-07-20T17:34:12Z")
Odd-I thought we had like 3 extras, including some which have chimed in in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/53 "2009-07-20T17:38:32Z")
Maybe they are waiting for the right diplomatic time to step in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/54 "2009-07-21T09:08:01Z")
Well, that was an interesting set of moves. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/55 "2009-07-21T09:42:21Z")
Boots are on - ready to “steppe” into action 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/56 "2009-07-21T13:55:09Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > Boots are on - ready to “steppe” into action > > 😉 Thanks for subbing in for **wevets**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/57 "2009-07-21T16:21:53Z")
Nitpick: Portugal’s Supply Center Dot shouldn’t really be changed to France’s light blue until Winter. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/58 "2009-07-21T17:41:31Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Nitpick: Portugal’s Supply Center Dot shouldn’t really be changed to France’s light blue until Winter. Double Nitpick: It goes ditto for Germany in Holland as well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/59 "2009-07-27T19:53:22Z")
Well that was an interesting set of moves. Annoyed with Italy, but we shall see what happens next. Very nearly put in “A Con to Bul” causing havoc in the Balkans instead of the support order. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057/60 "2009-07-28T18:17:32Z")
I’m having trouble figuring out who’s screwing whom. Can I get a box score or something? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-commentary/502057.md?page=4)