with regard to comments about player quality I think you play the board that is in front of you and guess what, you don't always win. I'm hopeless at full press and pp, I've worked that out because I do a lot worse in them games than I do in gunboat. It's actually nobody's fault but my own. In general I tend to do better against less experienced players than more experienced, is that such a surprise ?? Claiming that you're not winning because the competition is not good enough is the sign of a sore loser, losing is an opportunity to learn, both tactics and humility. I never hear the real quality players moan about getting beat ..... nuff said :-)

Getting beat? Who complained about getting beat? I complained that people are too dumb to realize a 13 center power with 6 laying right in front of him is a solo threat.

Yep that's a fair point, I think I know where that is coming from .... I guess you're not the 13 centre power in this instance :-)

I'll be the first to admit the 13 center power has gotten lucky a few of his mistakes haven't completely screwed him over. But let's not talk about about it right now.

I have to point out that just because a person doesn't do what someone else wants or expects them to in a game doesn't actually mean that they're dumb or don't know what they're doing. Two different people can look at the same set of data on a map and draw different conclusions. It's why we actually make the horses run at the track, and it's what makes this game fun.

So True Jon, so true ......funny how it seems

Good guess, Nigee.. you can guess I'm also not the one I'm complaining about o_O

Jon, I was screaming solo at my computer screen three years before he made the attempt. And yes, I'll explain after.

Quick, taking bets if the final gb game will be over this turn or not. (A.K.A bumping the thread back to page 1)

We're always open for bets, how much you got?

No, the kid playing (X) is too good.

I'll bet 35 that it is. ;)

No kidding.

Yay, that wreck of a game is over! Well played, Germany...

An update will appear very soon ...... well done SoldierBoy

My first solo victory on the site, made possible despite being off balance for most of the end game by the inability of the remaining players to successfully rally against me.
Needless to I'm not overly proud of my performance, but I thought it was still a decent game and a win is a win.

@bo " I was screaming solo at my computer screen three years before he made the attempt."
I'd been whispering it under my breath for about that long, also had this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ESdn0MuJWQ stuck in my head whenever I looked at the board.

Also feel like it's worth noting this was my 3 game as England in this tourney.

It looks like France was happy to throw the solo to you in 1908 with his support to Spain.

After I lost Spain I thought that if I retreated a bit on the English border, Germany would realize that he needed to stop England and not blindly seek revenge on me for taking Munich. Didn't work as planned.

Game 1: gameID=109735 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw
Game 2: gameID=109736 Public Press
Game 3: gameID=109737 Gunboat - SOLO - LittleSoldierBoy
Game 4: gameID=109738 Full Press
Game 5: gameID=109739 FINISHED - 3-Way Draw

1) NigeeBaby 32
2) LiitleSoldierBoy 29
3) y2kjbk 27
4) bo_sox48 8
5) LakersFan 5
6) Jon65 1
7) CelticFox 0 :-( (sad face)

New prices:
y2kjbk 4/1 - 5/2F - 7/4F - 2/1JF
LittleSoldierBoy 25/1 - 10/1 - 2/1JF
NigeeBaby 6/1 4/1 3/1 5/1
bo_sox48 7/4 - 3/1 - 16/1
LakersFan 7/2 - 12/1 - 20/1
CelticFox 8/1 10/1 - 160/1
Jon65 8/1 10/1 - 160/1

An interesting 2-way fight is taking place, it would be 3-way but I have advanced knowledge of how I've done in the other games :-(
LittleSoldierBoy is a real trooper, it could be nip and tuck at the end :-)
Onward troops .....

Well I did have some unexpected things come up. Major oral surgery and a co-worker who may be out up to 8 weeks.

Have you got your tattoo yet?

Some time next month actually. Mr. CF should be done doing the script sometime this week.

That just begs another question.......

It's a phrase done in Tengwar.

This isn't really a big deal, but I just noticed that my name is misspelled in all the points listings. Liitle instead of Little

You can't win the prize if your name is misspelled.

In the third game that England soloed, of course I was happy as France to throw him the game. Anytime one player is simultaneously jumped by his three neighbors (especially when that person misses a crucial bounce in fall '01 and loses Marseilles), all bets are off as far as them playing correctly or logically.

In other words, if you don't want to throw the game to England, don't go after the primary power who can challenge England for naval supremacy early on.

Makes sense to me LakersFan ...... poor tactics, but sometimes things happen :-)