I didn't want to kill you Alex, I was desperate to keep your armies but I couldn't make any more headway and at the time I attacked you I thought I could solo but I made a couple of mistakes that let France in :-( I actually put up the DRAW when you still had 1 SC because I wanted you to survive but that Boseph is ruthless !!

We need England to Unpause I think, even though he didn't pause in the 1st place, is that correct?

Germany, considering your meager position, a draw would help you

so vote draw

Are we unpausing or is England holding us hostage with a draw demand? I sure hope it isn't you as England trying to call out people djakarta.

This is after all a gunboat game.

For Boseph.....

Game unpaused, thank you England

Mr Jennett get your eyes tested :-)

@ Nigee: Great game (#3). I didn't think I'd be able to pull it out.

@ Alex: I didn't realize Austria wanted to end it early (honestly, I didn't even notice he voted Draw). I thought for sure he was going to try and eliminate you for the win. My bad if I cost you a survive. Still, thanks for fighting so long. You put up a great effort.

@ Fortress: I wanted to scream at the computer a couple times trying to figure out your plans for England and the North Sea, but I enjoyed the game.

heh, i honestly don't remeber what i was doing that game. But i am glad that i can be annoying enough to make an experienced player scream at the computer :p.

That was one of my best games` ever and I was desperate to win it but fell short when the going got tough. I over-committed fleets to defeat Turkey when I should have defended the Western Med......my bad, but still a great game.

happens to everyone, Nigee. Good game! Even though you came over and swiftly beat me up

***The King Kong Fu King Kung Fu Showdown Tourney***
Game 1 - gameID=92429 - Won by BosephJennett
Game 2 - gameID=92430 - Won by Alex987
Game 3 - gameID=92431 - Won by BosephJennett
Game 4 - gameID=92432 - 4-way draw

Game 4 was interesting, well done to the France/England duet and Alex, his 15 looks to have secured him the runner-up spot but after 4 games we have a Champion, it's official, I do love a good BJ. Fortress has been left to prop up the table as bo_sox gets some points on the board........nearly done :-)

League positions after Game 4:
BosephJennett 52 ****King Kong Fu King Kung Fu Champion****
Alex987 33
NigeeBaby 24
djakarta97 9
Sydney City 9
bo_sox48 8
Fortress Door 1

Latest odds:
BosephJennett 6/1 - 2/1F - 3/1F - 5/2F - NO MORE BETS FOR 1ST PLACE
Alex987 3/1 - 10/1 - 12/1 - 7/2 - 2/1 - 1/10F for 2nd Place
NigeeBaby 16/1 - 12/1 - 14/1 - 10/1 - 100/1 for 2nd Place
Sydney City 3/1 - 10/1 - 12/1 - 8/1 - 20/1 - No more bets
djakarta97 33/1 - 7/1 - 12/1 - 20/1 - 10 - No more bets
bo_sox48 3/1 - 10/1 - 5/1 - 14/1 - 200/1 - No more bets
Fortress Door 12/1 - 20/1 - 1000/1 - No more bets

Yay me…….

If anyone else feels like hosting a different tournament, I'll be around sometime in August. If not, then we can all sing and dance around a campfire while Nigee gets his BJ.

I'll hold off in claiming the trophy until the 5th game ends, in the mean, it might be a little awkward sing kumbaya while BJs are abounding.

It's over and I'll update later but BJ is your man and Alex takes 2nd spot...

***The King Kong Fu King Kung Fu Showdown Tourney***
Game 1 - gameID=92429 - Won by BosephJennett
Game 2 - gameID=92430 - Won by Alex987
Game 3 - gameID=92431 - Won by BosephJennett
Game 4 - gameID=92432 - 4-way draw
Game 5 - gameID=92433 - 5-way draw

Game 5 was a bit like the night after the Lord Mayors parade as we had all but crowned our champion so I think the fight had gone from a lot of the players. Alex confirmed runners-up spot, well done.The good news was that Fortress finished joint last.....very good :-)

Final Legaue Positions after 5 Games:
BosephJennett 52 ****King Kong Fu King Kung Fu Champion****
Alex987 38 - **Runner-Up**
NigeeBaby 31
djakarta97 18
Sydney City 15
bo_sox48 8
Fortress Door 8

Many thanks guys ......

take THAT bo_sox :D

I completely messed up game 5. I was trying to find the balance as Austria between defending myself against Italy and showing that I meant him no harm. In the end, I think all I did was piss off Fortress.

Still, good games all around. Thanks for setting it up Nigee.

Game 5 was one of the most unique balances I've come across in this game, the game was very slow moving and one unit moving would change the whole situation of the board. Nigee, was that army in Tyrolia for Munich? I was going to trust you and assume that it wasn't.

How very dare you, me attack Munich, me sir, no sir !!

@Boseph

yeah, all that move to Venice did was tick me off.

And Nigee, i just love how in the end you moved your units away from me (Tyrolia being the exception). I was NOT going to trust him and i was going to block Vienna :p

@Fortress: the initial move to Venice was purely defensive to prevent you from getting units in Tyrolia and Venice that first autumn. I hoped the subsequent move to Albania would reveal my peaceful intentions, but I learned pretty quick that you were pissed.

That's one of the reasons I dislike playing Austria - Italy has such huge potential to be a great ally or a quick stab, and I have no idea how to prevent the latter possibility while protecting the former.

Well, quite honestly. I probably would've gone for you anyways. In my mind, what i saw was you taking a cheap stab and then asking me to forgive you and that you wouldn't do it again.

Yeah, I can see how someone would read that. I deserved to lose that game.

Boseph... if you are Austria, don't move Trieste. If you are Italy, don't move Venice. That's a sign of an alliance in gunboats at least, and in gunboats, you two allying is your only shot.

Fortress... I'm glad you earned your "participant" medal in this tournament. I am happy to say that you tried very hard and put full effort into this tournament. No matter how successful you were, all that matters is that you tried…

@bo_sox

i attacked Austria and I did well. The only thing i find almost never works is Austria going for Italy, Italy going for Austria works just fine

If Russia and Turkey fight, then it can work. If I'm Turkey, it's really uncommon for me to stick with Russia even in the spring of 1901, but a lot of people do. I still don't know why because Turkey is hugely more powerful than Russia in that first phase and can have 9 centers by the end of 1902 if they align with Italy. In gunboats you can never really tell though.

If Italy opens to Trieste and gets it, they'll be fine, but if Austria is able to fight back, it'll just be a back-and-forth fight for many years until someone else backsides Austria.