I'm with those who don't see it working. Turkey gets to Moscow and has nowhere to go but into Austria. Also, if successful, Italy is the only one with northern fleets and gets basically enough to solo if he isn't stabbed.

So much buildup, I'm concerned they try to resolve it too quickly because Martin is bored. There aren't many series this involved that resolve in an appropriate pace.

Then again, Martin is a master, so what do I know.

Mr. Green - 100
diplomat554. - 100
Miguel1612 - 42.9
Pjsticha - 36.5
user1981 - 36.4
Fluffy Fredo - 36.4
Tugster. - 32.7
Ogion - 32.7
Devbali02 - 26.5
Puddle - 24.4
The SHIV - 20.6
jollycream - 8.2
Senlac - 2.7


Everyone else: 0

Mr. Green - 100
diplomat554. - 100
user1981 - 36.4
Fluffy Fredo - 36.4
Tugster. - 32.7
Ogion - 32.7
Devbali02 - 26.5
Puddle - 24.4
jollycream - 8.2
Senlac - 2.7

Game 9 is a draw:

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=236428

Is there a spiffy leaderboard to go with that fantastic game results page?

Yeah, attacking anyone you need to have on board for the draw is always a dangerous move. I'm not surprised at all this blew up in your face VI.

Is there a leaderboard yet? Should we keep it here informally?

Mr.Green. 100

everyone else. 0

Nice article. It includes a lot of the lessons I try to pass along in the Schools of War back when I was doing those.

For thhose looking for the webpage

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/ ... sp=sharing

I"d also point out that the juggernaut didn't get anywhere. It was the wintergreen that broke the east, but then one member of the alliance got creamed. I find this not an uncommon outcome of a juggernaut. For my money, I almost never will tolerate Russia in the Black Sea for exactly this reason. Yo...

durga, did you catch Creigh up there? Looks like s/he's not in the list.

Wait. Someone won?
Are there tables somewhere?

1. Tugster, reliability 100%, Peak Ghost rating: 372 2. ibuprofen, reliability 81%, Peak Ghost rating: 142 3. Friendly Sword, reliability 92%, Peak Ghost rating: 284 4. StackelbergFollower, reliability 98%, Peak Ghost rating: 346 5. New England Fire Squad, reliability 97%, PGR: 109 6. wokulski1, rel...

Does this mean we get to rename jmo to Demon Overlord?

1. TrPrado 2. thisisntme 3. SirThursday 4. RagingIke297 5. Ezio 6. Squigs44 7. eaterofcake 8. Dejan0707 9. wokulski1 10. Rainhunter 11. Hamilton Brian 12. thdfrance 13. Foxcastle 14. SmuRumS 15. Locke- 16. Magnetic24 17. PRINCE WILLIAM 18. MPC 19. VillageIdiot 20. StevenC. 21. Andyyy 22. tantrum 23....

I'm still here, but then again, I'm not sure that helps your problem, because although I'm still here, I am now a terrible player. See Durga's comment above!

Uh huh. I'm just curious what it is that they said that offended you. Oh, just the use of the usual homophobic slurs. You know the one, and I won't repeat it. There wer some sexist ones as well. I reported them. The moderator shrugged. I surrendered my games and left their damn tournament. I find t...

Uh huh. I'm just curious what it is that they said that offended you. Kinda curious myself. I saw the game and know the abrasive player in question (who for the record was a ftf visitor for the tournament), but I wasn’t quite sure what the trigger comment was that over-stepped into racist/homophobi...

In my experience, Ogion tends to use a broader definition of terms like 'racism', 'sexism', 'homophobia' etc. than most people. If you mean I don't respond to demeaning slurs and stereotypes with a wink and a gigle, no, I don't. And what most people call racism or sexism seems to depend on whether ...

Oh, it absolutely does. In the tournament there were repeated and clear instances of slurs and the so forth and the mods basically shrugged and called it "buzzsaw diplomacy" some such lame excuse. I immediately surrendered out of their tournament and will never return under any circumstances. It is...