gameID=93388Austria (Splintered Cell) was the one power that was very lucky in this game. First Italy (tom2191) CDed, allowing him to gobble his SCs, and then his main competitor, Turkey (indianajones), also CDed. Austria should have won, but his incompetence made him lose.
England, on the other hand, faced an incompetent Germany (seth24c - what was his problem?) and France (me). Since I was attacked by England, Germany and Italy in the first round, I spent most of the game defending myself. When I could finally move against England, I was already too exposed, with Germany and Russia on the defensive. I knew that England would win if I fell, which promptly happened.
Austria never tried to help me, in fact, he attacked my unit in Marseilles to allow England to gain Spain. He expected a draw without me, of course. No sir! If I go down, we all die.
I knew SplitDiplomat was England, I've learned to recognize his style. Congratulations, gunboat king.