The Aftermath: Deconstructing Dip 1046 ''George''

[ShibbOleth]

Decided to start this thread for a serious post-mortem on “George”, particularly as it had turned into a vicious hijack of the Newbie Dip.

Originally posted by ppg_shg:

I did not mean to give any impression otherwise. I was just referring to the lengthy press during the game, and WL has been more than courteous since demise in 1046.

From my perspective, the beginning game was a little skewed by the Black Hole of Germany. R/T launched the Juggernaut from the start to counteract what they believed to be a close alliance between Italy and Austria. That would have been nice, but Abe Babe was holding back and didn’t quite believe that R/T were in cahoots.

Subsequent to that I tried to recruit Germany into slowing Russia down and begged her to do certain things, and while she was agreeable, typically the orders actually sent were invalid. I believe after that R/E/F destroyed poor Germany rather than risk further uncertainty.

I’m not sure what happened to France. Had 8 and then R/I/E just gutted the poor guy. At the same time, Abe Babe did a nice diplomatic job of convincing WL to break from the Juggernaut (or at least that’s how I perceived it). At that point, I was down to one, but since WL had broken the Juggernaut he was now looking for allies against Russia. That allowed me to grab a lifeline.

After that, Shibb threw me another lifeline, and I basically rode that to the end. In the meantime, I was bad and attacked those who helped me most, Turkey, Italy, and then Russia.

I believe the ending to have been certain, but ultimately I did not feel that an Austrian “win” was the proper outcome. I felt Shibb did the masterful job in controlling the outcome of the game, and thus the vote for the DIAS.

[Wikkit]

What’s the record for the most threads on a single topic? We’ve got to be approaching 9/11 or LotR levels here.

[Abe_Babe]

Serrrrrrrrrbia!!! My Preeeeeeeecious!!!

[Hamlet]

Do you have any Clique chips I can get with my Newbie Dip?

[Abe_Babe]

Newbie Dip goes very well with MPSaltines.