Tristan you’re down but definitely not out. There’s still plenty of time to make friends with a neighbor, particularly if they don’t perceive you as an immediate threat.
I saw that film… didn’t they all die?
Don’t worry, it’s still WAY to early to tell how things will end up. Doesn’t mean that you’re out of the woods, but most games change outlooks quite often, despite how slow moving this has seemed so far.
Right now, England and Turkey seem strongest, followed tightly by France. I’d put Italy and Germany right after that, then Austria and Russia at the end of the pack. YMMV.
I may be a bit biased on the Italian position 
Check out the performance of ppg_shg starring as The Comeback Kid in Dip 1046, Gm’ed by Weirddave, I believe.
Down to one center, then back up to 13 or so by game’s end.
don’t tell me - he found 12 behind the back of the sofa. its always the way…
Yes, IIRC he was nominated for an Oscar for that performance. I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me.
out of interest - anywhere can i see that game? it sounds interesting.
I believe he found the other 12 which had been carelessly scattered among the major cities of Turkey, the Balkans and Italy.
Word on the street is he had some assistance from the Russians.
I don’t have it now, but look for links in the other Dip threads, especially the one started by me, called ‘New Diplomacy’ or something like that.
Note especially the fancy Italian speed boats, skimming across the waves early on, looking good, but not really doing anything.
Here’s a link, http://fff.fathom.org/pages/Walcher/George.html, but there’s no move-by-move, Dave just has the animation, so be prepared for your head to spin.
Personally I wouldn’t recommend the 1 to 13 or 14, or whatever, method. It involves a lot of begging.
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i don’t doubt it.
It was your color brochure with those adorable orphans in the Balkans, dressed in rags against the Winter cold, that did it for me. I gave until it hurt.
And a naive, over-trusting, arrogant, and self-indulgent Turkish player. Don’t forget that part.
Sorry for the delay, bu tISP was down all night last night. Details will be forthcoming.
Adjudication is out and the webpage has been updated. Next deadline is Tuesday at Noon.
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Huh. Someone enabled the thing where you log in and post at the same time. First time it’s ever worked for me.
1046 is a thing of beauty, although I don’t understand why it ended when it did.
I think they were just tired of it. ppg_shg (Austria) has said that he was certain he could ensure a solo for himself but didn’t feel it was appropriate, or some other nonsense.
I may have some of the turns saved at home if you’re interested. None after about 1910 or so, heh.
Omni, where’s the website? I’m going home right now but in future you should post it with the adjudiction notice so I can ogle it while I’m at work. Thanks.
McG and I had finally turned the tide against England, and it was a foregone conclusion. England was threatening to take his ball and go home. It had already been a long and exhausting war, and it really didn’t seem fair that anyone should lose. Austria could have stabbed me and probably won, I would have supported him to win anyway, or I could have stabbed him and dragged it out for a lot longer, which might have pissed everyone off. Like Bartelby, we chose not to.
WL, I’ll try and remember to include it in the emails, but hell its posted at least 3 times in this thread.