Here is the folder to the maps and order logs:
https://tinyurl.com/VGB50A
Again, many thanks to abge for helping out with that.

An example of what I learned:
Every game as Turkey I opened
CON-BUL
ANK-CON
SMY-ANK

and then assuming Russia moves SEV-BLA (which I believe happened about 8/10 times):
BUL-CON
ANK-CON
CON-AEG
getting my fleet to the AEG ASAP and then self-bouncing in CON to prevent CON/ANK being taken by BLA.

However IIRC there was never an attempt on my home centers by BLA. So I might just start going straight ANK-CON and not waste the turn in paranoia protecting my home centers. This would drastically change my Turkey play in gunboat, and it wouldn't be so obvious to me without this fun little party =) Lots of other things to learn as well I think.

If everyone was willing to say who they were for each game I'd be much obliged.

First I want to thank abgemacht and the mods for letting me play even though I was short on points. I had a ton of fun (even though it ended early) and I'm really grateful for your support. Abge probably wants his points back now, so if someone could set up a transfer that would be great. If it doesn't happen in the near future, I'll send a reminder email the mod address.
 
Here are my countries:
001 Russia 
 002 Turkey 
 003 Russia 
 004 Turkey 
 005 Germany 
 006 England 
 007 France 
 008 France 
 009 Russia 
 010 Italy 
 011 Italy 
 012 Turkey 
 013 Russia 
 014 Russia 
 015 Italy 
 016 Russia 
 017 England 
 018 Austria 
 019 France 
 020 France 
 021 Russia 
 022 Austria 
 023 Russia 
 024 Austria 
 025 Austria 
 026 Russia 
 027 Turkey 
 028 France 
 029 England 
 030 Italy 
 031 Turkey 
 032 Turkey 
 033 Austria 
 034 Austria 
 035 Germany 
 036 France 
 037 England 
 038 France 
 039 Russia 
 040 Austria 
 041 Italy 
 042 Italy 
 043 Russia 
 044 France 
 045 Turkey 
 046 England 
 047 Italy 
 048 Turkey 
 049 Russia 
 050 France 

Here's the breakdown:
Austria  7
England  5
France  9
Germany  2
Italy  7
Russia  12
Turkey  8

I was amazed I only had Germany twice. I'm actually a big fan of Germany, especially in gunboat. But that's the way it goes I guess. France seemed really easy to play in most games. My other most successful games were generally as Russia and Turkey (though I had a few good Austrias and my Germanies were pretty good). Russia, Turkey, and Austria seemed to have the most volatility, especially Turkey, where I could be dominating one game (7-8 centers were fairly common) and struggling with 3 centers in another. For Austria it largely depended on whether Italy was friendly, and for Russia one's early successes seemed to rest upon Turkey.

I mixed up my openings a bit and quickly found I like some better than others. While it can be tempting for England to open to the English Channel, it didn't seem all that profitable as it's much easier to get France on one's side early in the game than it is for Germany. Perhaps the problem was that I forced my way into Belgium and then was unable to do anything with it once it got there.
France has some interesting opening decisions to make. I chose to play Bre-MAO in every game. The upside is obvious and I couldn't bring myself to try Bre-Eng. Moving to Burgundy is pretty much a necessity, but there are many possible ways to do this. Marseilles supporting Paris-Bur is an obvious choice, but I found myself worrying about Lon-Eng and having to use my MAO fleet to cover Brest. Regardless, it's still a very strong opening for France. I like Paris-Bur and Mar-Gas because Brest is covered whether or not Paris-Bur bounces. Though in those games I missed having a guaranteed army in Bur.
Turkey's interesting choice is whether or not to play Ank-Bla. I tried both in this series, and I still can't decide which is better. It's nice to communicate good intentions to Russia, but sometimes those aren't reciprocated. One time I played Con-Bul, Ank-Con and Smy-Arm. I think that lets Russia know that you're friendly but also cautious. Then again, my most successful games as Turkey were those in which I was able to grab Sev because Russia was too busy fighting up north.

I forgot to mention another thing I tried as France. I think Par-Bur alongside Mar-Bur is the safest option, because all home centers can be easily covered and Germany has no chance of entering Bur. Though once again I missed having an army in Bur, especially when England was friendly

Oh and I should mention that I borrowed 58 from abge, bringing me back to 192 .

lol you didn't take any of my points. The mods gave them to you. We're all square.

Abge, interested in joining the next round? ;)

So I can add 50 defeats to my record?

something like that

I'll play with 50 games of Pure Gunboat

If they had pure on webDip I would, but I can't afford to check another site every day I'll end up NMRing, I've found this out the hard way.

I can do a repeat. This didn't seem quite as crazy as the "around the world gunboat" series we did a few years back, but then again my largest position this time was 7.

Yes, please also put down if you're interested in a repeat. It was so fun and informative! Thanks all not only for participating, but being good sports about the canceling.

thank you mods

I'll comment on everything tomorrow, but just putting down my interest for a repeat. I could do full 50, actually.

+1

You're welcome.

Signed,
zultar, zultar2, zultar3, zultar4, Hellenic Riot, zultar5, zultar6, and zultar's robot

My attempt as Austria for hedgehog opening was as amusing at it was a failure.

I found myself experimenting a little too much due to the volume of games. I'm sure if this happens again, the one who is the most mentally disciplined will have the greatest net results.

Although it's really tempting, I don't think I can play next round. My summer's winding down and I expect to be busier this fall.

Plus you probably want to spend some points on the upcoming Gunboat Tournament :/

ag7433, if you want my videos you'll find I immediately recognize and give a shoutout for that opening ;)

Can confirm.

So, I just watched your commentaries... I love you too, Valis. :)

Are we gonna set up something to make comments on every game separately? Perhaps /r/VGB50, and 50 threads?

By the way, I got France 0 times for the 25 games, and I think only twice England. Which is very bad, because a) I'm best at gunboat with France, and b) the system obviously thinks I shouldn't be getting France.. And since the games are cancelled, it will continue to think that for the next series.

Also, who was the poor Italian I attacked in VGB45? I'm sorry. I just had 8 Austrias, was bored of all other openings.

Sherincall that was hillarious. I was Turkey, who profited nicely from your experiment. I think we're talking about the same game

Yes, we are. I was hoping Russia would open south, and sensing the huge vacuum you and Russia would fight it out. Russia ended up going north/Germany-way, so it all failed miserably. In the end it was me and Italy just trying to eliminate each other before you took over.

<3 you Sherincall!

i cry i want 50 game

Bump.

Thanks LF. I'll try to post something tonight and see how many were missing

I'm also waiting for some analysis of the games. Just watched your videos Valis; it's pretty entertaining to watch--especially the games in which you were my neighbor. But once the maps are posted I'd love to talk a bit more with the other participants about what they were thinking in the 3-4 years we were able to play.