Congratulations Simon



Steve





On 8/23/2013 4:11 AM, Jeremiah Attento wrote:


Well, this took some time for me to do. I've been quite
busy these past few days. And, oh, it's been an interesting
thread I've seen so far. 
Now for my end game statement. It's been a pleasure to play
with all of you, even if I got eliminated after Turkey. One
thing I've learned about playing with Austria is that I should
always do the Hedgehog opening from now on. (Sigh.) I had
hoped to make peace with Italy, but it seems he wanted me out
immediately. I do remember that I lost my temper with Italy on
one occasion, and as a result he (graciously) returned one of
my SC's. I still wonder why he did that. It allowed me to
survive a few turns, though. I wish Germany was more vocal and
open with me; he would have helped me stare down Italy in
Tyrolia, allowing me to do the Balkan Gambit without any
problems. But since nobody wanted to talk to me, I decided to
ally with Russia, mainly to destroy Turkey, but when he turned
against me, I decided to ally with him still. Some of you may
wonder why I did it, but it was because I wanted to
inconvenience Italy. I would rather not bitch about getting
stabbed; I would have done the same. The best I could hope for
was to take somebody down with me. It's not a nice game, but
that's the way things have to be. To paraphrase a quote from a
favorite series of mine, "When you play the game of Diplomacy,
you win or you lose; there is no middle ground." 
Well, there you have it. It's not much of an end game
statement, but I don't think I can say anything more. Somebody
in the email thread mentioned something about Simon having
some Jedi mind powers or whatnot: as a Diplomacy fan, I'd like
to learn that as well. I hope to play with you guys next
time. 



Jeremiah