Game #4, gameID=97351, has ended with a 3-way (G/I/A) by Gen. Lee, CSteinhardt and NigeeBaby

---- Overall standings after games #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 ----

Gen. Lee - 64.16 pts (35 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 35/4 + 35/4)
rokakoma - 52.5 pts (0 + 0 + 35 + 0 + 35/4 + 35/4)
2ndWhiteLine - 43.75 pts (0 + 35 + 0 + 0 + 35/4 + 0)
podium - 17.5 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 35/4 + 35/4)
CSteinhardt - 11.66 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 0 + 0)
Nigeebaby - 11.66 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 0 + 0)
Gobbledydook - 8.75 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 35/4)

Little French EoG:
I was really angry at austria, he was literally doing NOTHING for years. By Spring 1907 it became clear to me Germany is a solo threat, he has secured the west completely and Italy + Austria were just doing, let's see ... NOTHING! Frggin' years passwed by, and you guys were still just holding eachother.

I knew I have to jump on france, I also new it will be a sacrifice and I won't survive it. Worths to note, at this tie all 7 games were still running and this was the onlyone threatening with a solo, so I knew, if I don't stop it I will certainly lose the tournament.

So I had no choice but to start fighting with germany, and hoping these 2 countries finally figure out they should also play :)

As expected, I died, but I'm happy to stop the solo. Now I know, it was Gen. Lee, I'm happy I sacrified myself :D

I think it's fair to say that I was a bit unhappy with Austria myself. :) Then again, that's the way this game works sometimes...

Yeah that was interesting. Munich should have fallen several times but neither austria/italy really tried that. I think since the game became unbalanced early in the tournament most were just thinking I need to survive this game and get in the draw. They didn't want to give their neighbor any chance to mess with them. So much so that once my pathetic line of armies was broken in the east I had to go to armenia and help eliminate the 1 center cling-ons. France definitely made it difficult to advance and we had several guessing matches in there. I think France would have been a part of a 4-way draw had italy and austria knocked out turkey/russia quicker. Actually if I remember correctly, once i abandoned sevestapol to take them out, I had given up on the solo and would have hit draw if everyones vote was in, but italy's was not so I just kept working on france.

When you hit the draw Italy withdrew it a ocuple of hours earlier. I was hoping you will be online earlier, because it was clear you just lost the solo, and I knew I will die. Italy's vote was still in, but he came online faster and withdrew it before you put it in. I was disappointed :(

Anyway, it's easy to figure out now who is who in the last game :)

Yes it is, and therefore everybody knows what they need to do for the victory. ;)

Good luck everyone!

When I took over for the real Nigee I would guess I had 8 or 9 centers and I knew right away that I was shooting for a draw with Italy and whatever power was left. That's why I never really went for German territory until he came after me; I didn't want to lose that chance. That was all I was going to get.

Indeed - I believe all I need is a double-solo in the last game, and I win! :)

:D

just bumping to keep alive ...

you guys wanna wrap that thing up already, I'm waiting on my trophy :D

you mean, your half trophy

we'll see, don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Nice saying, I've never heard that before :D

Game #7, gameID=97354, has ended with a 4-way (F/E/R/T) by CSteinhardt, NigeeBaby, podium and rokakoma

---- Overall standings after games #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 ----
aka.: Final results:

Gen. Lee - 64.16 pts (35 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 35/4 + 35/4 + 0)
rokakoma - 61.25 pts (0 + 0 + 35 + 0 + 35/4 + 35/4 + 35/4)
2ndWhiteLine - 43.75 pts (0 + 35 + 0 + 0 + 35/4 + 0 + 0)
podium - 26.25 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 35/4 + 35/4 + 35/4)
CSteinhardt - 20.41 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 0 + 0 + 35/4)
Nigeebaby - 20.41.66 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 35/3 + 0 + 0 + 35/4)
Gobbledydook - 8.75 pts (0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 35/4 + 0)

Nigeebaby (or bosox) it was really mean not to let me eliminate Russia at the end and taking away my tide first place with it.

Also it was against you own interest in the tournament, because you have also lost points with it. You have had the stalemate line with StP + Berlin, it was totally useless to hold Moscow+Warshaw.

That was not nice...

All that said, and regardless of this, congratulaions Gen. Lee, you played very well in this tournament you deserve the 1st place alone, especially since you have almost soloed in 2 games. Nice job!

If I have a solid stalemate line, I'm not going to risk that stalemate line. I did consider taking Warsaw and Moscow but then my line was weaker and I would have needed another army.

holdin berlin from baltic and StP from norway is rock solid. There was no risk at all!!!

If it was not on purpose to make me 2nd in the tournament, then it was poor judgement from you. You could have easily pulled back and let me finish, so all of us get more points. :(

Whatever ;) not a big deal at all ...

Awesome! Thanks bo_sox, He might have felt a little love towards the underdog :)

That was a fun tournament, 36 hr was a bit too long but I had a good time.

It is quite a strategic match going against such good gunboat competitors.

Congrats to Gen.Lee on winning tourney.
Enjoyed the tournament.Agree 36hrs was abit long 24 would be just right.
In the last game when France decided to pull back giving all of Italy and Tunis to Turkey knew it was a matter of time till Turkey clobbered me with his extra man power.

There wasn't any real risk, Roka, but I know the people in the tourney know what they are doing and I was an army short if I took Warsaw and Moscow the year before the draw. I wasn't going to let you have them no matter what happened. I was trying to make sure I kept my spot and those extra centers would have helped me. They were available but I didn't want to chance it. It would have taken a screw up on my part, but I'm pretty good at making that happen o_O

I think I played well in all games except my England game.Two of the three solos could have been prevented.Don't know if players where score board watching and eliminating who could be where in each game as results came in and who they where in remaining games.Allowing the two that should have been stopped.

I didn't know who was who until there were 2 games left. But if we all played good there shouldn't have been any solos :p