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Author:rodtheworm
Posted:Jun 01, 2010 at 5:03 pm
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Guys,

 

Due to increasing time pressures I'd like to put out that I'm also now willing to accept any draw proposed.  While I've enjoyed this game a lot, I'm really feeling the pressure with placements now and I'm worried about missing deadlines - I really don't want that to happen.  Normally I'd try to stick this out and just let Mike and Garry lead the tactical stuff, but with Nigs also wanting to resolve things I think it's better to end things here than try to grind out a resolution when we can all see which way things are going.

 

From my point of view, if this alliance held, the game would end in a three-way.  I think it virtually certain that we would break out and overrun Greece.  However, I don't think this game should necessarily be taken as an indication of what could normally be expecte to happen.  I think the main reason this alliance has held so far is that it looks like it shouldn't work and a new variant is an opportunity to test crazy stuff.  If this variant becomes more popular - which, with a few revisions, I think it has the potential to - I think the BSR alliance is about as likely to hold stable as an AIT in Standard.  It can be made to work, but it's not one I think you'd see cropping up often.

 

Anyway, that's my position.  Could I count this as an ongoing, permenant yes vote for any draw proposed?

 

Thanks,

 

Ross


 

This message is in reply to post 16507:

Word of the day is: Fail. RP printed the word *Fails* in this
adjudication more than you'd see in a whole day on failblog.com. The
curse of the fail struck indiscriminately - Romania, Bulgaria, Greece,
Serbia, and the Ottomans all failed at something or another that they
tried. Better luck next season. That leaves Austria - who has the
one retreat order needed for this season, and Italy, who caused said
retreat. On to the history blurb, at the site of the fiercest
fighting this season: Tirana.
Tirana before the First World War was one of the great bastions of
Islam in Europe. No Ottoman territory in Europe embraced the culture
and religion of their Turkish overlords more than Tirana. This
favored status led to regional prominence for Tirana under the Ottoman
reign, though the city slipped into decline as the Ottoman hold over
the region waned. Independence (and communism) brought even greater
disaster for Tirana and Albania as a whole, which is struggling even
today to emerge and assume its place as a European capital.
***NEXT DEADLINE: I would really like to see Allen's retreat by
tomorrow, though the deadline will have to actually be Tuesday, 1700
EST. If we *do* get that retreat broadcast before tomorrow, then the
Fall 1867 deadline will be Thursday, June 3rd, at 1700 EST. If not,
then I will extend the deadline accordingly.
***RETREAT DUE: Army Venezia may retreat to Trent, Bologna, or OTB.
***DRAW PROPOSAL: A 3-way BRS draw has been proposed. Please include
your votes on that proposal with your next set of orders.
***PLAYERS:
ITALY: Adam Levy
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Allen York
SERBIA: Garry Bledsoe
GREECE: Nigel Phillips
ROMANIA: Mike Sims
BULGARIA: Ross Webb
OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Gregory Bim-Merle
***RESULTS:
Italy:
A Salzburg - Venezia
Austria-Hungary:
A Venezia Supports A Salzburg (*Dislodged*)
Serbia:
F Adriatic Sea - Gulf of Venezia
A Agram Supports A Trieste
A Bitola Supports A Tirana
F Cetinje - Adriatic Sea
A Kragujevac - Scutari (*Fails*)
A Sarajevo - Cetinje
A Trieste Supports A Salzburg - Venezia
Romania:
F Bosporus - Sea of Marmara (*Fails*)
A Budapest Hold
F Constanta - Burgas Bay
A Craiova - Nis
A Graz - Salzburg
A Nis - Skopje
A Pecs - Graz
F Salonika Supports A Serres - Kozani
F Sea of Marmara - Thermaic Gulf (*Fails*)
A Tirana Supports A Kozani - Agrinio (*Cut*)
Bulgaria:
A Ankara - Manisa
A Antalya - Izmir (*Fails*)
F Bursa Supports A Antalya - Izmir
A Kozani - Agrinio (*Fails*)
A Plovdiv - Sofia
A Serres - Kozani (*Fails*)
F Thermaic Gulf - Gulf of Izmir (*Bounce*)
Greece:
F Aegean Sea Supports F Athens - Larisa (*Fails*)
A Agrinio Supports F Scutari - Tirana (*Cut*)
A Ancona Hold
F Athens - Larisa (*Fails*)
F Eastern Mediterranean Supports A Izmir - Antalya
F Gulf of Taranto Supports F Scutari - Tirana
F Larisa - Kozani (*Fails*)
F Saronic Gulf - Gulf of Izmir (*Bounce*)
F Scutari - Tirana (*Fails*)
F Torino Hold
Ottomans:
A Izmir - Antalya (*Fails*)
Thanks!
B.
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ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (Kenshi777) May 27, 05:02 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (Kenshi777) May 27, 05:03 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (teflongnome) May 28, 06:37 am

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (Nigs) May 28, 12:13 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (teflongnome) May 28, 12:17 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (Kenshi777) May 28, 01:46 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (FuzzyLogic) May 28, 01:59 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (rodtheworm) May 28, 02:00 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (teflongnome) May 28, 02:11 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (FuzzyLogic) May 28, 02:25 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (rodtheworm) Jun 01, 05:03 pm

ACD236/DC288: Balkans1860 Spring 1867: Tirana (Kenshi777) Jun 01, 05:05 pm

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