Re: Solo AND alliance player

"Peter J Richardson" <pjrich-XZoyATsUNX5Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Sun, 8 Feb 2004 11:18:53 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.worldmasters.chat.wm2002
Message-ID <001401c3ee35$57587c40$4894fd3e@oemcomputer>
> You can argue that there really are no alliance players in the semi's since only one person from each board can
advance.

My point is that if there are players out there willing to throw games to their ally this is not an argument that
holds water.

Regards
Peter






----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Setzer
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player


What should it matter who soloed or no in any prior rounds. Its not like anything carrys over.

You can argue that there really are no alliance players in the semi's since only one person from each board can
advance. Its either top or your done. Perhaps a couple players may gang up on some prior solo getter, but I'd say
that really had nothing to do with the solo, but rather that those players saw advantage in getting control of  some
section of the board quickly. And even with that in mind, its likely that the other players on the board will try
and either scuttle that, or take advantage of it in some other way.

Its the semifinals man, you either bring your best game or you go home. If your distracted by what someone may or
may not have done in a prior round, your likely to detour from your best moves.

Take Yann for example...please. I don't trust him any further than I can throw a piano, but I do know that he won't
engage in a pointless stab, he won't wander off topic seeking revenge from some real or imagined slight, but I also
would be an idiot to leave open centers lying about where he can grab them.

I predict that people will play the board as it lies, and won't give a rats behind about what happened in any prior
round.


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter J Richardson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player


I suppose all this depends upon whether the soloist's ally throws the solo.

Regards
Peter


----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Stupple
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player


Good question. Of course, soloists from round 2 will argue that very point, whilst others will argue that a soloist
cannot be an alliance player by the very nature of the fact that he/she ruthlessly soloed in round 2 (or at least
one in rounds 1 and 2). .



Yann Clouet <[email protected]> wrote:
Funny demarcation.
Why would being an alliance player and a solo-goer be exclusive ?

(BTW hi to the list ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Stupple
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Getting close:


I'm not convinced that all players in the third round, will have a passing aquaintance with solos themselves. There
is probably just as many allinace players as ruthless go-getters, which will make the semis very exciting.

It's going to be a blood bath!


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