Finished: 11 PM Tue 14 Apr 20 UTC
Islands fun
1 day /phase
Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1912, Finished
Classic - 7 Islands, Anon, PPSC, EoG: "Autumn, 1999"
1 excused NMR / regain after 5 turn(s) / extend always
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03 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1901: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
07 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1901: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
10 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1902: Whose beautiful idea was it to have all four of my neighbors turn on me? Operator?
10 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1902: Twasn't my idea, may I diplomatically suggest that maybe it's not them at fault, it's you. This is my first game of this variant so I don't have a lot of experience with this variant, but one observation I've made is that Austria is definitely not advantaged by changes but italy and Turkey (as well as England) are advantaged. So I think the player with Italy should have tried to make an alliance with Austria. ( I acknowledge that I don't know what went on between Italy and Austria at the start of the game in their negotiations, or if there were any negotiations)
If there was any reasonable opportunity for Italy to make that alliance then I think italy should have tried and definitely not attacked Trieste in spring 01. Just suggesting...
10 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1902: I'm fairly certain it was England, pulling the strings of discord. The best strageo among us said look over there and low it was done. [Grin] whom else has profited most with Germany, Austria and France all turning away from England to tackle Italy. Yes, me too! I'm not immune to whispered words.
11 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1903: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
12 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1903: Wowee, that's a most flattering opinion of my influence but it ignores the point that I tried to make about Italy's strategic choices, to start fights with both France and Austria from the start of the game is not what I would or did suggest to the player with Italy. as I think it's a bad strategy. Why? Because fighting on two fronts is high risk, because by attacking Austria you force Austria into a limited choice of allies.. Russia or Turkey in the East and possibly France from the West. And the worst strategic alliance for Austria imho is with Turkey, but if that's the only choice Austria has, then I can't criticise Austria for making that deal.
Nice try with the "lookout behind you at England" scaremongering from Turkey, but it's more suited to pantomime theatrical shows than Diplomacy.
12 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1903: Let it be known that it was France who decided to stab first, not me.
13 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1903: And if you hadn't attacked Trieste in 01 you might have been able to make the alliance with Austria that you needed to defeat France without being done in by Turkey.

I'm going pantomime.. LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU, Tis England coming to plunder all in my path.... LoL
13 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1903: It was over there, not behind you! Quote properly people - Shakespeare
13 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1903: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
16 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1904: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
16 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1904: GameMaster: Someone has taken over Germany replacing "Tristan". Reconsider your alliances.
17 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1904: *sad Italian noises*
19 Mar 20 UTC Autumn, 1904: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
21 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1905: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
22 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1905: GameMaster: Germany voted for a Concede. If everyone (but one) votes concede the game will end and the player _not_ voting Concede will get all the points. Everybody else will get a defeat.
31 Mar 20 UTC Spring, 1908: GameMaster: Turkey voted for a Draw. If everyone votes Draw the game will end and the points are split equally among all the surviving players, regardless of how many supply centers each player has.
01 Apr 20 UTC Spring, 1908: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
07 Apr 20 UTC Autumn, 1909: I'm slightly delaying the build by not "going green" and apologise to other players. I have a reason, real world stuff.. I unexpectedly had to give First Aid to a poor chap, I think possible heart attack, so I had to drag the poor fellow about a metre to get him on his back and do the CPR chest compressions caper/ring ambulance etc The poor fellow didn't recover and died, then a few hours later I had to make a statement to a police officer.
So a few extra hours delay is an indulgence I'd appreciate, I'm a bit down on self motivation

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