Here are the results. Sorry for the confusion about the results.
Next deadline is 2.10.2002, 12:00 GMT.
Build A Edi
Build A Lon
F Liverpool retreats to the Irish Sea.
Remove F IRI
Remove F Pic
Build A Mun
F Greece retreats to the Ionian Sea.
Remove F Ankara
Press to England: I'll support you to Naples in spring and cover Rome for you (moving out again is easy) - would appreciate it if you left my home centers intact for now, I'm not sure what the German unit is up to and I'd like to be able to toss it back out if it tries something. I also know the temptation is high when you're closing in on a solo (because that's what we are playing for), but I'd want to take out Turkey first. I hope you understand.
England to;
Austria-Hungary
Yeah, I figured I was making you nervous but hey, I'm just playing the game
the way I feel it should be played.
I think we should ALL be talking to one another, negatively, positively or
otherwise.
Nothing to worry about as I'm beginning to think Turkeys a bit pissed at me
now from the tone of press.
Going to Rome if Turkey does not disband Naples. Support me and then should
be an easy trick into Naples in the Fall.
If, however, that fleet isn't there? Just make a run for Ion with a Fleet
and my F Tyn will stay put for Spring.
Bulgaria is supported.
France
Free the Basque!
~LOL~ :^D
Germany
~LOL~ I knew you would try something sooner or later...it even made me a bit
wary when you asked for Warsaw hey, thats the game!:)
I gave it to you in good faith, you now have a choice of building in Kiel
which would break the alliance more...
and a FLEET in Kiel would most likely bring reprisals, but if you built in
Berlin or better yet Munich then
as long as your giving the impression of an alliance then I will too.:)
Turkey
I know I know, and I could still regret the decisions I've made BUT at the
time Austrias deal 'did' look better to me.
I figured I had a choice FOR THAT TURN to take Austria or your deal. I chose
Austrias, that doesn't mean you should stop
talking because "hey why waste my breathe"...take Germanys example: dreaming
up possibilities and options until SOMEthing clicks.
The way I see this game should be (Open press gunboat), is with THIS many
players left we should have about at least
two pages of press each turn - instead most of you have been strangely quiet
for Dip players.
Like France for example, with the exception of some banter between him and
Italy in the early years of their war,
he's been like a mouse all game - you have to keep goading him to write
press.
I kinda miss Italy actually, it was fun chiding and harping between us.
I realize there isn't much to say to someone when your at war with them, and
with gunboat
how much do you 'really' have to say? But if you have a tool, why not use
it?
In my own defense I don't really think I've ignored ANYthing, its a little
late for making definite plans
but there were a couple of times there, you could have said things like "hay
support me there" or
"hey don't support him there" and I might have done it. Thats all I meant.