Dip 1047 It's Official - German EOG

First off, thanks to Rob for stickingit out with all
of us.

Well, what a long strange trip it's been!
I came in as a Germany with, I think, 3 units.  I did
some fast talking and managed to stay alive, how and 
why I'm not exactly sure.  Austria was actually a key
part of it though.  He wanted to be part of a history 
making game.  He and I teamed up to take France down
from 14 to zero and code named the plan 1420 (14 "to"
0).  Well all was going as planned and the then France
was slowly coming apart at the seams.  Then he up and 
left.  That's where Libby came in.   Now, taking down 
the old France was pretty simple because he was making
some pretty cool blunders and Austria and I exploited 
them.  But Libby, LIbby was another kettle of fish 
altogether and I knew 1420 was going to be a bit
tougher.  Somehow through it all Austria managed to
just stop making sense.  Heck, I offered him my
centers to ensure his solo since I knew Libby being
in the game would make it all tougher.  Well, he
didn't want to take Rusty out, which I understand
completely, and he didn't want to take me out so Libby
and I figured we would take him out or stalemate
things to the point that Turkey would gobble at
Austria from behind.  Which he finally did.  Well
since Austria wanted to be part of history and since
LIbby and I being in a game together was historic in
and of itself, she and I opted to take HIM out since
he was obviously not interested in the solo.  Libby
and I figured we would make it even more memorable by
playing it to a 17/17 tie and shocking anyone and
everyone that knew our history together.

Well, it all went as planned.  We were very close to 
17/17 and I think Libby and I both sensed the other 
might have had 18 on the brain.  I was set to come
after her after she had taken centers that were not
agreed to, I guess you could call it a stab, but
either way I was no longer sure she was going to stop
at 17 although I was sure I would.  Well, sort of.  18
looks real big sometimes.  But, as luck would have it,
I am getting hammered in a couple of other games for
reasons a LOT better than the reasons we were
hammering Rusty.  I guess it was a twinge of
conscience but I wasn't sure I could stop at 17, I 
wasn't sure Libby would and I began to wonder about 
the "fairness" of what we were doing to Rusty.  So,
since Libby was talking about a 2 way if Rusty would
vote for it and since I either vote for a solo or a
DIAS I opted to propose the DIAS and put a graceful
end to a watershed game.  Libby and I are in another
game and I even jumped into a game she is running.

Who'da thunk it?

Thanks to ALL of you for making this a great game and
one I will remember for at least another couple of
weeks or so.


--- Rob or Denise Wesley <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Guys,
> It's unanimous -- the three way F/G/T DIAS succeeds.
>  So at the end of 1924 the Continent is now at
> peace.  This game commenced on 9/17/2002 so if I
> count correctly that is just under 16 months.  I
> haven't compiled the list of all of the players --
> there were a few.  Of the three completing, only
> Rusty started the game (although his family was
> smaller when he started :-).  Libby and Scott both
> cordially agreed to replace others who had gone by
> the way-side.  Interesting story on Libby's taking
> over France -- when I posted for the replacement for
> France one of the first responses that I received
> indicated that it was a useless position as Austria
> could take the solo that fall.  Interesting reasons
> why he didn't.  Anyway, I will compile a list of all
> who played (and those who disappeared).  For those
> Dipknights (me, Scott, Libby, any others?), I will
> submit the results to get the credits.  It's my
> first time doing it, so I'll try to get it right.  
> 
> Here's your last deadline:  If you want to submit an
> EOG please send it to me no later than next Thurs
> March 18, and I will compile all the EOGs and
> publish them at once.  I will also send the final
> map (builds / disbands included) for posterity.
> 
> Thanks to everybody for a great game, and
> congratulations to the survivors.
> 
> Rob -- Dip 1047 GM


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