Ah, just noticed another thread on this... Sorry.

I wish I was in this game. flashman, please count me in your next one.

It was Figlesquidge's game. I still do not know who Turkey was, although I am prepared to put money on it being our Cambridge Man.

The turn lengths were daunting but we managed to get through a good few years, and the early French successes made life easier for me up north with regard to England.

Yes. The French ruled until those batsards in Germany decided to turn on us. :-)

*bastards

Ottovanbis was Turkey. Fig was Italy and otto's sudden departure saved his butt.

I believe that Otto was the replacement. However, it appalls me that CDs can happen in 10 day/phase games

I do wish otto hadn't up and CDd though. I would have liked to see how our battle for Northern dominance ended, even if I was the loser.

Then otto got a "left" to his name. It says he resigned.

Flash, it automatically reveals who everyone is once the game has ended.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=16346

I fixed your link. :)

It wasn't broken...

Haha, I think it was a reference to the age of the game. He changed the web URL base to phpdiplomacy.net. Also, note the 10-day phase lengths.

How long did it go on for? With a gameID of 16346, it must have been ancient. When did it start?

Doh!

The very next game was a live game back on 5 December, so that must have been when we started as well.

Right, nice detective work. I guess it's sandwiched between live games that ended on Dec 5 and Dec 6 of 2009. Roughly, when did the URL change from phpdip to webdip? (maybe this question is more appropriate for my "Random Questions Thread")

Before then. The new "10 day", gunboat, anonymous, and live game turn around options were all right after the move to webdip IIRC, but Kestas could tell you for certain.

I am now corrected as to my assumptions... The Cambridge man was Austria.

Regarding the game. I made two mistakes that I can recall but did well out of the French insistence that the English were scum and just had to be removed early.

I tried to signal to Russia that I was friendly and that took a few turns to seem to get through. I also tried to stay away from Austrian/Italian lands as I did not want to weaken their ability to hold off the Turk. However, there came a point where it was obvious that Austria was in danger of being overrun and full marks to the Archduke for overcoming his initial fear and accepting the presence of a German backstop.

I think the game was rather well balanced. SC counts do not tell the whole story. The risk was of Turkey breaking out and he might have done if I had pressed too hard against France. My raiding of England was aimed at securing the extra couple of units to make my own defence solid. I had no intention at this stage of moving through the English Channel and could not afford to push France to the edge: he had to be able to help Italy.

I suppose another six months would have been needed to resolve the game fully, but I did enjoy it and spent more than a few moments planning. I also deliberately held up some moves to disguise who I was. Figle reckoned he'd sussed me out very early - I would like to know if he was correct.

Seeing as I respect you highly, flashman, I would appreciate a critical analysis of my performance as France, if you would be willing to impart some of your wisdom.

Personally, I thought your performance as France was shocking :P

No, in truth, you played well (whilst I just made a hash of it).

Draug. Seen this, I will get back when I have some time.

Thanks, TGM. But go rest up. Don't over do it. You need to heal.