a little overzealous perhaps...
first off, I never said we were playingh modern, it just was the gaem I had opened at the time. I paly Diplomacy all the time when I am online.
I just dislike the e-mail system. its really annoying. when you play BOUNCED its like playing the computer game of Diplomacy. its all there infront of you. I have played only 3 FtF {Face to Face} and then only against 1 other person. I won each time. I have never played by snail mail. I would like a few things though:
first, everyone, e-mail FF ASAP I hope we all can have this done within 72 hours.
second, please post here this following info, so we all know what we are up against:
how many games you have palyed, and under what system
my exmaple:
FtF 0 {no REAL games, with 7 players that is}
SM {snail mail} 0
NET 40 {I dont like PBEM, it sucks, Play By BOUNCED is now all I do}
so post your FtF SM and NET stats, and we can see what we are all ready for
some info
on a scale from 0-100 here is a list I have compiled of each nations power/popularity/ease of play
France 100
Russia 99
England 97
Germany 94
Turkey 90
Italy 84
Austria 78
although players may be more compatable with some nations than others.
nations like Italy and Turkey require a stedy hand and a cool head. risks often dont pay off, and they are the more conservative and traditional powers. Austria, on the other hand, requires a hot head and an iron fist. you need to be fast and cutthroat in order to get places, you also need, as I once heard an Austria who soloed refered to as a "velvet tounge". some nations require alot of talk, others very little...
on my first game, I was germany, and I moved
A Ber-Kie
A Muh-Ruh
F Kie-Hel
to you regulars, you'll realise how funny and yet stupid of a move that indeed was
needless to say I was killed by a EFR attack by 1905
my second game ever, as Austria I was defeated by a joint attack by 1905...
my second game as Austria I was defeated by a joint attack by 1905
my third game as Austria I was defeated by a joint attack by 1905
my fourth game as Austria I was defeated by a joint attack by 1905
by fifth game as Austria is no press, and I am doing ok I guess. its 1903, and I am not dieing
my sixth game as Austria I am loosing cause of a joint attack, looks like I will be dead by 1905
come to think of it... I do well as Germany... I want to change my preference list:
Germany
France
England
Turkey
Russia
Italy
...
...
...
Austria
I will go on about my diplomacy carrer, the only other important thig is that you e-mail FF ASAP. I will do so when I finish bragging.
my carrer as France... well by 3rd game ever was as France. I dident do too bad, but was killed after getting 6 cetners. hey.
second France I did the same
third france I was attacked by Germany, and died evenmtually
forth france I was same as 1&2
fifth france, same deal as third
then as Turkey
fist Turkey was a replacement, he was ok in power, but I skrewed up a move, and lost in the end
second turkey was from the start, I lost
then as Italy
First Italy I did well, lasted till 1912. I had an alliance with Austria and Germany... Austria eventually soloed...
Then pretty well the same in my second game
in my 3rd game I tried alliances with France and Turkey, but my war with austria eventually killed me, when France and Turkey steped in against me
my 4th game I dont remember much... but I remember playing a 5th game.
my 5th game as Italy is a nopress game, its only 1902
then as Germany
first game ever was as Germany, I lost early
my second game as Germany was same as the first
my 3rd game as Germany resulted in my best shwoing EVER at EOG, I drawed!!! 4 way draw, I was weakest alive with 7 centers.
my 4th game as Germany is going superb. I have 9 centers, and am the #1 power alive!!! the game is named HappyDays, and thats a way to explain the feeling
then as... whos lefT?
England
england was another early cuontry I played as. I lost after a bit
I think I played 2 more games as England, not many anyways
then as Russia
I also drawed as a Russia once. in a 5 way draw... to STOP an Austria solo, I remember now, the man with the velvet tounge, dident win, we stoped him
the draw was MY idea, even though I only had 3 units left, they were in StP and Nor, making a stalemate... but that was my most recent game as Russia.
my first game I dident do to well
nor my second
nor my third each time I was alive to see a solo.
then in variants, I played China in Youngstown once, lost, of course.
in Modern...
my first modern game was nopress, I took over a 2 center Germany, and played it to see the 3 most powerfull people, Poalnd, France, and Italy, all of whom were killing me, be TOTALLY destroyed by Russia, Egypt, and England. the game is not over still, but after a long 10 years, I was eventually killed. this game shoed me a alot about how to play a game near the end.
then I played a game as Italy, and lost
then I am in 3 modern games right now as Russia, Poland, and Ukraine. I am also signed up for another, where I want France or another western power.
I dont know if that adds up to 40. there were a number of games I was banned from due to some confusion. 2 that I can think of right now.
that adds up to... 32. but there were a number of games that I took over and palyed out for 1 or 2 seasons. in short, I am not a newbie, but I am not an expert eathier.
my best finishes:
Weimar's Gambit
its a move I coined when I was still weimar_republic. its done as so:
A Mos-Stp
F Stp-Gob
then
A Stp-Gob-Swe
its more of a surprise then a move to Lvn, and is usefull in co-hoots with England to kill Germany. I tried it 2 times, once as Russia, when I drawed, and once as England, when Russia Soloed. HE SOLOED!!! with MY MOVE!!! YEAY!!!
the second best finish is the one I just talked about, a draw as Russia. it was
17-3-3-3-8 A-R-I-E-F
then my best finish yet was a Germany in a 4 way draw
7-8-9-10 G-A-T-E where England and I drawed the Austro-Turkish alliance. its funny cause the single best alliance to 50%+1 of dippers is the England-Germany alliance, and the single worst alliance, according to most dippers is the Austria-Turkey alliance
well thats about it. enough talking about diplomacy, its time to log on and check my games. I'll send a map of that game where I am germany.
here;s the map
if they ask for a login and password, both are the word guest
Easiest way to eliminate odd cultural foibles in my view!
