Bye, Points
gameID=75444Turkey. Whooo. Haven't played Turkey in a while. I hope Italy will go west more than anything else.
S01: Well, Italy seems to be friendly towards Austria. That's not good for me. AR bounced in Gal and R moved to Ukr. I hope I don't get squeezed out too quickly.
I guess I will gamble and move to Greece. It will probably bounce either Austria or Italy out.
F01: Interesting. I got Gre and Bla. R seems to want to fight Austria. That's good for me, but AI are friendly. I guess I will build a fleet, but do I move to Aeg or Emed. Debated for about a day and a half and came to the conclusion it would be 50-50 because who knows how experienced Italy is at Lepanto.
England gets Bel (supported in by France) and Norway, and Russia decides to build a fleet in StP. I don't have a good feeling about R at this point; E is likely to go after his sorry tail and an army there would be a hell of a lot more useful and less aggressive than a fleet. There seems to be a lot happening in the west already. My guess is that one of them would come out to be a big gun.
S02: Well, I double supported myself into Bulg but guessed wrong about Aeg/Emed. A moved to Alb and things are not looking good for me. France moved into a smart defensive position that would allow him to fight either E or I. Russia is going to get whooped... At least he tried to move into Gal. That will slow A down.
F02: Well, I lost Gre but France moved on Italy, so some of pressure is off. I guess I'll build a fleet in Ank, move to Bla to defend Bulg. I should be able to survive for a while.
S03: Yes, Italy moved out of Aeg to Ion. I should be able to survive for a while... G finally took Bel. Good for him; that should slow E down a bit, but man, R is dead up north.
F03: I'm going to defend Bulgaria with my life until I can get into Emed with my other fleet. From there I can safely but slowly move out. France made a good move against Italy here, correctly guessing that Nap and Rome would try to self-bounce. Russia was dead up north. EFG all got a build. Somebody was about to run into serious trouble among those three. Russia decided destroy his fleet in GoB and threw everything against A. I wasn't sure how much I liked that.
S04: I got into Emed. Yay, survival achieved. A went to work against F but lost Bud in the process; he should have let Serb def Bud instead of attacking Rum. Italy was probably goner since F got into Tunis... That was all fairly exciting, but nothing compared to the moves that England pulled. I figured that E was going to be the front runner the rest of the game. Looked like G was the odd man out.
F04: I debated where to take Greece or not and felt that if I didn't take Greece, I wouldn't grow at all, so I did. Lucky for me Austria supported into it to show his friendship, and now I have Gre and Ion. I also needed to decide to either help R or A and I felt that the destruction of GoB was unwise on R's part. He got the ball rolling on England's rise to preminence. R could have destroy F Sevas and I would have done everything possible to help him against A and to survive, but alas that was not to be. That's why I tap Rum so that A can take back Bud.
Austria got Venice, and France made a stupid move. He should have realized Tyrr was going to attack Rome w/ Nap supporting and moved Rome to Tyrr w/ Tunis supporting while GoL tapped Tyrr. And oh, I'm scared of England's efficiency!
Since I helped A against R, I decided to build an army in Ank to move against R. F built fleet in Brest, that should slow E down and I should be able to defend against the French incursion.
06: I moved against R, A moved against I, F got EC, G died (sorry about that G; not your fault).
07: France. What the hell? You don't convoy out of Wales you fool. England will run rampant. G is dead and you move out of Wales??? Did you think England was going to pet you and give you a strong second in the highest point pot gunboat game?
About me and A, if A wanted Bla to move to Sevas, which I tried and he supported with Rum, then he needed to use Gal to support Ukr to War and not tap War with Gal.
08: This was the first of many times where I felt rage against the machine, hummm, the game. France, what the hell? I think this was his way of making E really really powerful and to try to grab a piece of something to get into the eventual draw; that was the best thing I could think of France at the moment. But this was a critical moment here for me. I decided that if I got a chance to kill France and not lose this game, I would do it. Same for Russia.
09-10: Fight R, E and get into stalemate positions.
S11: Austria, what the hell? I can't backstab you without risking England getting the solo, and I build as far away from you as possible. It's not possible, and we need to establish the stalemate line against England and to kick France out for the three way. Tri to Vie, Serbia to Bud? Do you not know the stalemate line? Sil to Boh, then Sevas def Mos, Ukr and Gal def War, and Tyr def Boh, which would use 7 units. Learn the damn stalemate lines.
F11: We don't need Sil you fool, but whatever. We got Mars and Spain. A built in Tri. Seems smart, right? Tyr to Pie, Tri to Tyr and France will die in 1912 since we have the statemate lines in the west, which by the way, Austria, is Pied def Mars, Mars and GoL def Spain, Nafr def West Med, and I would have supported England into Por willingly, but we needed Pied to ensure the stalemate line!
1912-1915 The Poop Years for the sensitive ears
S12: You moved out of Sil but all the way to Rum. Fine. You are paranoid and don't trust me. Fair enough, but the Tyr to Pied??? You don't leave Tyr at this point you freaking moron. I can't support England into Por if you don't maintain the stalemate lines. Learn them!!!! And did you think England was going to sit still while you seemingly act stupid?
F12: What the hell, Austria??? Pied to Tyr instead of Venice to Tyr? We don't have the stalemate lines, and I am not going to support E into Por until you demonstrate some semblance of understanding the stalemate lines.
F13: What the hell? You took Spain, Austria? If you think I was being stubborn of trying to move into Por, it's because you moved erratically without apparent reasons. I can't stab you without England winning.
I took off the draw a bunch of times to show that I want to draw but not until France is gone and we have ensure stalemate.
This game should have ended in 1912, not 1916. I will write up personal messages below.
Italy, sorry you got cut early on. You played the best you could given the circumstances. I would play with you again, Babak. This was my third gunboat game with you by the way.
Germany, same thing for you. Russia's weak play up north was instrumental to your downfall. See you in another game.
Russia, you should have move up north and kept England out better. You did not need that F in Sevas as much as an army in Liv.
England, well play man, well play. It would be my pleasure to play with you again.
France, you deserved to get cut from the drawn. Moving out of Wales and into GoL, Wmed instead of to NAO and MAO was not excusable. Poor play by you.
Austria, you made me rage so hard. Do you know the stalemate lines or not? Learn the damn stalemate lines and learn how to count to 18. I can't backstab you without giving England the win, and I was your ally through and through since 1905. If England had won or France got kept in the game, it would have been your fault. You suck, no offense. Wouldn't knowingly play with you again in gunboat.
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