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Jewel Cichlid ENDGAME STATEMENTS
GM : Ally Bain
GM : Ally Bain Well done Nick, Ian & John but also to those that played the game 'until the fat lady whistles' (as you should know, one of my favourite phrases). BTW to Craid & John, I've written a few lines after your own EGS. You may remember that I keep stats & the Openings & Engings of this game have been icluded to the follwoing link will take you to the intro page of the stats; www.alb-gsb.com/diplomacy/stats/stats.htm See you on the boards, Ally
FRANCE : Ian Pringle I remember 3 of us NMRing in Autumn 1901 and I can't remember why I did because I try to ensure I get moves in and the early stages are so important. I had to make a fairly quick decision whether to ally with England or Germany and chose England. But I don't think that Nick and I ever really hit a solid alliance where we trusted one another. The ENG and regions around were always a bit vulnerable and tempting. Thanks anyway, Nick; I'm glad we shared in the draw. Craig as Italy hung around in the game and it is good that he survived; the same for Ben, as Turkey. I suppose my eventual ally would have been John as Russia and France could have carved up everything else. But it seemed the thing to do to go with the draw. Shame about the Austria anarchy - he dropped out of everything at the same time. Thanks to you, Ally, for great GMing,as always. I just don't feel that the game ever got going fully and we didn't do your time and effort justice. Look forward to meeting you all in the future. Ian
ITALY : Craig Beal Craig Beal Craig, Klaas was Grey-Listed & in short, very unlikely to be able to play on this site & of course my own, ALB & GSB. Ally
RUSSIA : John Doyle Spring 1901 Pretty standard opening, but I didn't really talk to anyone. My plans were to try to knock out Turkey from the get go, or to at least put pressure on him all the way through. This was my first time ever playing Russia, so my tactics in the north were a little weak! Fall 1901 The NMRs from the western powers saved my bacon right away! I got two builds that were a little unexpected, Swe and Nwy. Ben was solid, but I wanted to continue applying pressure on him. Klaas was going to be trouble, so I needed to try to talk to him, I finally ended up talking a lot to Craig in Italy, and well it worked out in the end! Spring 1902 Ben's Turkish moves were annoying at best! I had to move more support to my south, but at least the battle in the north was going alright! Reg with Germany didn't really answer anything interesting that could help right away, but at least he was a buffer versus both England, and France. Fall 1902 My only goal here was to hold what I had acquired. I was hoping to hold off Turkey as long as I could, and then when, and if he ever decided to pull back, to stab him as soon as I could to get into BLA. Well, I held him off! Klaas was getting annoying with his attacks into Gal, so I had to move everything south! Thank goodness that England was occupied with Germany, this also helped me considerably. Spring 1903 The only goal here once again was to play as defensive as I could to hold off both Austria, and Turkey. Well it worked! Status quo in the north, and I wondered what had happened to Germany! Fall 1903 This was a crucial season for me. I was able once again to hold off Turkey, and with the NMR by Austria, I could feel some softening from Ben. My plan was the same, stay defensive, and wait for a chance to spring on my enemies' mistakes! Spring 1904 My negotiations with Italy finally started to pay off! We got Austria out of Gal, while taking back Rum. Negotiations with Turkey finally paid off too, he pulled back his army out of Arm, and pulled out of BLA, how wonderful, just the break I needed, now to stick to my battle plan, the pressure was easing!!! Fall 1904 The acquisition of both Bud and Rum were so important to me, and I was successful! The north is still a stalemate, but I have strong beliefs that both France and England are allies. Poor Germany, there isn't much that I can do to help. My next goal is to move on Turkey now that Austria has withdrawn from the game, this is indeed good fortune! Spring 1905 I finally got my fleet into BLA! This was a good and hard fought goal, but it is now done. My plan now is to hold Austria's positions while trying to manoeuvre myself into an advantageous position while helping out my Italian ally. In the north, I still don't know the game that well, but I am learning, and England isn't able to put too much pressure on me, maybe he and France are having differing viewpoints! Fall 1905 I was sorry to see Reg fall here, this will put more pressure on me, but maybe the differences between France and England will start to show. My moves into Turkey were brutal, but they were a long time in the waiting, making Ben lose two centers was crucial to me staying as a power in this game. He fought well, and will most likely still show a lot of resistance, he is a very skilled player. Now to hold the remaining Austrian centers while holding off the French advancement, Italy and I are basically doing joint moves now, it is great! Spring 1906 Trying to get a hold of the remaining Balkan centers, but to no avail. Still in heavy talks with Italy, and Turkey is still fighting hard to survive. I can see the French advancement, but England is leaving himself open to a stab from his ally while diverting his forces northward to fight me off, so I need to keep holding him off, I need to learn this northern map better! Fall 1906 I made a small mistake in the north, but I was able to at least hold a good position in my fleet retreat into HEL. I always put in a pile of retreat orders, just in case.. I know that I am cautious, but that's life right! Turkey and I are still battling hard, the game is not over by far. France is moving eastward, but I am banking on him moving north soon to slow, or to stop England! Spring 1907 I send in my first End Game Statement, let's see what happens! Italy has now proxied his turn to me, how exciting, this is my first time doing this! Wow, what power!!! I will move on Vie, and taking it will at least help me slow France's advance. Turkey got in behind me, but I will be able to push him back in time, not too worried about that army, at least now things are open in his homeland. Fall 1907 The war is over, and I get a draw!!! Not too bad for my first time with Russia. I am so glad that my EGP was accepted. I would like to thank Ally for his excellent GM skills as always, this is at least my second game with him, possibly even my third. I would also like to thank both Ian, and Nick for a well deserved draw, they are both extremely skilled players, I have played with Ian before, he is always scary to play against. Thanks Craig for your alliance all the way through, it was a blast, and finally, thanks Ben for a game well fought, you are also an awesome opponent, and I do hope to see you on the boards again soon. In closing, once again, thanks so much for Tom for everything he had done to allow me to take part in this hobby, it was a good friend of mine, Nick parish who introduced me to the sight, and to tom back in 2000, nick was an exchange student over here in Montreal at McGill university, he is the one who wrote out the map for me that can be found on the sight. Thanks all for a thoroughly enjoyable game. Keep well all of you, and "see" you all on the boards soon! John Doyle John, as you know I went to Tom funeral & I wrote in the book of condolences that those I've met, thanks to Dip2000, have helped me be able to re-learn writing & possibly speach as well. Perhaps without those around Dip2000, my language skills wouldn't have improved & to those that wonder, my job is multi-drop driving so writing is very brief. In short, I'll never forget what Dip2000 has done for me. To those not aware of what happened to me, the following is a link to my auto-biog; www.alb-gsb.com/author/authors.htm. One other thing though that I do wish to add is yourself, John. I do get pis*ed off with people who complain about stupid things as one of the reasons are people, such as yourself, who know they have a few problems but simply thinks that's one of those things & get on with life & you're one of them & I admire you. Ally
TURKEY : Ben Drake Sultan Ben, From the shell-shot ruins of Istanbul.
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