Greetings Leaders of Europe,
This is Wladimir Mysonski and I playing from San Francisco, CA, USA. I began playing face-to-face Diplomacy back in high school and last year I picked it back up again.
My first game back (dc270), I played with Charles and he taught me quite a bit about how to play Germany and about German elections. Our topics would occasionally stray off of the game.

The second game (dc283) included Dirk in the 1926 variant that Charles play-tested. I was lucky to pull a draw out of that one.
Nick (France) accurately pointed out our playing history wherein I am barely surviving in dc307. For what it is worth, the Asia variant is grossly uneven in power distribution but this could just be sour grapes talking.

I believe that is the entirety of my connections in this game.
Just a comment about the bidding. I like it. I am very surprised though in how the bidding went. I think Poland is potentially very powerful and frankly am a little disappointed that it didn't get more votes. Turkey was also not very popular but perhaps you all know something that I don't. We shall see.

I enjoy chatting about anything geo-political, historical, or game-related.
Thanks,
Wladimir