
My perspective was simple. I decided to play a more defensive England than normal because I had noticed unusual patterns in the signups for other live games immediately preceding ours. That required a move to channel, and so an anti-France strategy and German alliance.
It worked well, until Germany did two things to piss me off. One, he didnt bounce pic to let me try to take Brest, when it couldnt have hurt him. Two, he didnt allow me to take STP without capturing Sweden. Both times, rather than let the alliance grow, he benefitted himself. So I switched to France who had shown good defense.
I hoped France would understand the northern move and switch to me. He was too angry, and I get that. But if he had moved to the stalemate line sooner, we could have eliminated Germany and had a smaller draw. I guess thats the way things go in boat.