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Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Four(ish) hours!

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Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

Somberbrero posted:

You should talk to bowmore.

I tried to but I don't speak liar

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Hal Incandenza posted:

I tried to but I don't speak liar
Mills is good at liar

Mills
Jun 13, 2003

I only regret that I have but one life to give for Hal.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009


Order Results
Austria
A bud -> vie (Bounced with vie) (Dislodged from gal)
F ion -> tys (Bounced with tys)
A ser -> tri

England
F bar Supports A nwy -> stp
F nth -> nwg
A nwy -> stp (Failed)
A stp -> lvn (Bounced with lvn)

France
A bel -> burFrance: A bur -> sav
A gas -> naf Convoy path taken: gas→mao→naf.
F lyo -> rom (Bounced with rom)
A mar Supports A bur -> sav
F mao Convoys A gas -> naf

Germany
F bal Supports A stp -> lvn (Support cut by Move from Gulf of Bothnia)
F den -> swe
A hol -> kie
A mun -> sil
A ruh -> mun

Italy
F rom -> lyo (Bounced with lyo)
A sav Holds (Dislodged from bur)
A tyr Holds
F tys Supports F rom -> lyo (Support cut by Move from Ionian Sea.)

Russia
Illegal order submitted for unit at Livonia. Hold order assigned.
Illegal order submitted for unit in Rumania. Hold order assigned.

A gal -> bud
F bot -> bal (Bounced with bal)
A lvn Holds
F rum Holds
A sev -> mos
A vie Supports A gal -> bud

Turkey
F aeg -> ion (Failed)
A bul -> gre
A con -> bul
A gre -> alb



Builds
England: 1
Germany: 1
Turkey: 1

Disbands
Austria: 1 (You have one more unit than supply centres so you have to pick a unit to be disbanded)

Deadline: January 16th, 10 PM eastern.

Pinterest Mom fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Jan 16, 2015

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

Man I cannot tell russia from things that aren't russia in these maps

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?
Bowmore... Bowmore.


Bowmore.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

(If the illegal orders had worked as Bowmore intended them to work, the outcome would have been unchanged, so it's okay!)

Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

Austria's got this under control

Gamerofthegame
Oct 28, 2010

Could at least flip one or two, maybe.
Mistakes are being made.

Where's that doc/thread? I want to openly tease and pretend I have played Diplomacy more then three times.

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
I feel like I don't know what I'm doing now

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Maybe I should think like a Russian and drink more vodka

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?

Pinterest Mom posted:

(If the illegal orders had worked as Bowmore intended them to work, the outcome would have been unchanged, so it's okay!)

That's like, at the bottom of the list titled Reasons I am Cross with Bowmore.

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?
Taste I was about to be super annoyed but then I realized I totally hosed up my suggestions for fleet movement because I'm a moron.

Chic Trombone
Jul 25, 2010

This game is fun

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?
I was talking with bow for a while on Facebook before I realized that he was not mills. I think that's strayacism.

Mills
Jun 13, 2003

I hope you were telling him all your plans for aligning with me. :shrug:

Mills
Jun 13, 2003

Also your inbox is full. :getin:

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Mills posted:

I hope you were telling him all your plans for aligning with me. :shrug:
nah it was pretty much "go away I don't want to align with you"

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?
Fixed.

EccoRaven
Aug 15, 2004

there is only one hell:
the one we live in now
I am going to roleplay itt as a hungarian-jewish refugee.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

Honey, it's only going to get worse.

EccoRaven
Aug 15, 2004

there is only one hell:
the one we live in now
Dr. Oszkár Bárány

It has been three days since my family arrived in Prága; I am so thankful we were able to make it here without being caught. The Russian invasion of the Empire was swift, and when Budapest fell, we knew the Jews would be the first to suffer. I first heard the news that the cossacks were at the gates while I was busy with a patient. I was barely able to finish filling his cavity before I closed the office early and ran home to my wife and children.

We packed our bags that very afternoon and boarded the last train to Bécs. We made it as far as Győr before hearing that the Russians were in Ausztria as well, and we would have to disembark. How could the Russians do this? Such naked aggression hasn't been seen since the days of Napoleon, and from the East since the Mongols. If it's true that all of Europe has descended into war, I dread the pain that awaits us all.

From there we had to go by foot, hitching rides with carriages and spending nights in strangers' stables whenever we could. Luckily my wife Éva had a cousin in Pozsony, which thankfully had at the time been free from Russian attack. We stayed with her family for a few nights, happy to have warm beds and food again, but we knew we could not stay for long. The newspaper announced that Bécs had fallen, and it was only a matter of time before the army swung around to consolidate their gains.

With Éva's cousin and her family in tow, we all took a train to Brno, then a final train to Prága. A day after we arrived the government announced that, due to the invasion, all available coal has been recommissioned for the war effort, and civilian train travel is done for. We are so tired from our journey; I pray we are safe here, because, where else can we go? And do we even have the strength?

I write this sitting at a desk in a shelter set up by the Spanish Synagogue for refugees fleeing in from the south. There are about two dozen of us, mostly Austrians, but some Hungarians like us. The only one I know though is Ignác Róheim, a barber from across the Duna... but he's alone. I fear asking what has happened to the rest of his family. Mine at least all have beds and bread, though it's not sure for how much longer, as supplies are beginning to run low, and already the rabbi calls for rationing.

As winter has set in, we all huddle by the fireplace, hoping for a miracle.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Winter 1902


(Hal didn't submit a move, so I RNGed his disband)



Spring 1903 deadline: January 18th, 10 PM eastern

Triskelli
Sep 27, 2011

I AM A SKELETON
WITH VERY HIGH
STANDARDS


Not that I should be butting in again, but my 1902 review is definitely marked by a burgeoning Western Triple alliance, most likely as a response to the initial cries of Juggernaut. But in lieu of a full analysis I'll just offer an old poem:

The Juggernauty posted:

'Twas Autumn, and the Turkish fleet
Did thorn and threaten in the Black:
An army in Armenia,
And Russia seemed under attack.

'Beware the Juggernaut, my friend!
The roll that steams, the plots that hatch!
Beware the pseudo war, and end
The devious center snatch!'

They took their rattled swords in hand:
Long time the battle fake they fought-
Unsurety plagued Hungary,
And the Archduke paused in thought.

And, as he paused with waffling thoughts,
The Juggernaut, to his great shame,
Came crashing through the Balkan dots,
And gobbled as it came!

Spring, Fall! Spring, Fall! And all to all
The Juggernaut just grew and grew!
The nations died in R-T tide:
The game, alas, was through.

But canst thou slay the Juggernaut?
Hark to my words, my I-A hearts!
Ally today, with no delay!
And stop it 'ere it starts.

'Twas Autumn, and the Turkish fleet
Did thorn and threaten in the Black:
An army in Armenia,
And Russia seemed under attack.

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

I'm so confused by the lead in of "I shouldn't say anything but here I go again"

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

Can we get a spectator thread so triscuit can tell me what's going on?

EccoRaven
Aug 15, 2004

there is only one hell:
the one we live in now
Yes and so I can post my fanfiction without bothering the players.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

I made a google doc to discuss :effort:

I'm PMing those who expressed an interest with the link. If anyone else wants to join in, just post here or PM me.

Oldskool, if you have an email address you want me to send it to

Pinterest Mom fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Jan 17, 2015

StupidSexyMothman
Aug 9, 2010

Pinterest Mom posted:

I made a google doc to discuss :effort:

I'm PMing those who expressed an interest with the link. If anyone else wants to join in, just post here or PM me.

Oldskool, if you have an email address you want me to send it to

discountcleric at gmail
Thanks (and I really need platinum which I will totally buy eventually I swear)

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

One hour!

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Bowmore has requested an extension so you have until I wake up tomorrow morning.

EccoRaven
Aug 15, 2004

there is only one hell:
the one we live in now
If Hal hasn't submitted anything I'm fine taking the reins (for his one turn left).

Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

EccoRaven posted:

If Hal hasn't submitted anything I'm fine taking the reins (for his one turn left).

I will live on forever... a single boat, travelling the seas and taking outposts

Mills
Jun 13, 2003

:patriot:

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

I can't believe hal sweet talked me into letting him take my spot and then didn't submit moves

Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

MildManeredManikin posted:

I can't believe hal sweet talked me into letting him take my spot and then didn't submit moves

Wait a second... the only thing I didn't submit was what to disband. And PM RNG'd the one I would have chose anyway

EccoRaven
Aug 15, 2004

there is only one hell:
the one we live in now
Dr. Oszkár Bárány

When I heard that an entire army in Serbia was disbanded, I was devastated. When I found out that was intended by the national government, I wept. The war was already lost; we would never be able to return to our homes again.

Jump King
Aug 10, 2011

Hal Incandenza posted:

Wait a second... the only thing I didn't submit was what to disband. And PM RNG'd the one I would have chose anyway

Ah let me amend my statement

I can't believe hal sweet talked me into letting him take my spot and then was promptly crushed

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Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

EccoRaven posted:

Dr. Oszkár Bárány

When I heard that an entire army in Serbia was disbanded, I was devastated. When I found out that was intended by the national government, I wept. The war was already lost; we would never be able to return to our homes again.


MildManeredManikin posted:

Ah let me amend my statement

I can't believe hal sweet talked me into letting him take my spot and then was promptly crushed

:smithicide:

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