Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375682)

Thing is, even in a slightly better iteration France isn't able to get fleets Black Sea, Armenia, and east Bulgaria to take one of SEV or RUM until 1903. By that time, I have fleets swarming all over the western waters, including a guaranteed fleet in MAO threatening any number of supply centers depending on where France chooses to station defenses.


-scorp

Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375682)

Thing is, even in a slightly better iteration France isn't able to get fleets into Black Sea, Armenia, and east Bulgaria to take one of SEV or RUM until 1913. By that time, I have fleets swarming all over the western waters, including a guaranteed fleet in MAO threatening any number of supply centers depending on where France chooses to station defenses.


-scorp

Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375674)

CLOSING THOUGHTS
Some people might have thought that one of us should have gone for the solo at different points of the game, but the key is that we were incredibly meticulous in planning our troops out in a way where we would have no great opportunities to stab the other. Creating stalemate lines, voicing concerns about our existing weak points and how to patch them up, etc. To me, it seems like a solo win should be incredibly difficult in games full of strong players, where people aren't easily manipulated. While I have a lack of experience in this game, I don't think I am necessarily an easy player to manipulate, and even though I would often defer to France's plans of attack, I kept a watchful eye to make sure I wasn't getting taken advantage of and stood up for myself when needed to, and France did the same when I asked a bit too much of him.
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Originally Posted by Kinseth (Post 2375687)

Negative, had France just used Alb to take Greece instead of ION. He builds F(Bre) and F(Mar), he can have ION to NAF to support MAO and have you stalemated there.

Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375693)

Cool story. Without the Albanian support of Trieste, He also risks me stabbing him from Budapest to Trieste with support from Vienna and Serbia in this timeline, which is an auto-win for me. Obviously I didn't do that, but it's not like it was such an obvious move. On top of that, he now has an opening along Serbia that I can exploit even if I don't happen to stab him for the victory first. Hindsight is 20/20.



-scorp

Originally Posted by Kinseth (Post 2375691)

Think of motivation, this game you were motivated to just get a good score(2 way draw), next game you might say screw it, I want that elusive solo, play it the same way with your ally and in the end make a run for it.

Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375272)

To be honest, I thought Germany was played by a newer player, and in that regard I kind of didn't want to crush a new player like I had been crushed my first go round so early out of the gate, plus a new player is less likely to stab a (slightly) more experienced ally.

Originally Posted by scorpiusx (Post 2375701)

I don't know much about baseball, but I reckon I would take a guy that gets on base every time he goes up to bat instead of a guy that hits a home run say 1 out of 6 times, gets on base another 1 out of 6 times, and strikes out the other four times.


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