Well, this experience has affirmed my opinion of 95% of the players on this site...

Which is?

Took over another game. Let's go, Maniac. Step it up. I figured you'd be at 70 by now.

Maniac: 18 (39)
Bo_sox: 18 (39)
Rosaville: 6 (9)
VirtualBob: 6 (9)
Goldfinger: 6 (12)
2ndWhiteLine: 3 (3)
yebellz: 3
KingRishard: 3
Hecks 0 (9)
Stra89 0 (6)
Rommeltastic: 0 (3)
pjmansfield99 0 (3)

I guess I can count the SoW game and gameID=103915 too...

bo_sox: 18 (45)

Austrian position with potential

gameID=107533 come and join the fun

gameID=108352

So I take over England in above game for 10 and straight away everybody draws because the game has been affected by cheaters. And I get 9 . I try and help out and lose 1 point. Could we raise a petition or something to get the mods to give me my point back?

@maniac - no

gameID=108473

Took over France, but was becoming so powerful that Maniac and the rest of the board got scared and NMR'd, forcing me to draw out of a sense of pity.

It was a 12hr phase game, and I have a life (sort of) and only missed deadline my minutes.

I was joking Maniac :p

Me too old finger but I forgot the : )

gameID=109640

Took over Italy in a live game, just barely made the Spring 1902 move, so I missed the first year. There was an average of 1 CD per turn for pretty much the first 5 years of the game, and each CD seemed to happen exactly when I really didn't want it to happen :(. @SplitDiplomat, I think you would have had a better shot at the solo if you had left me alone to fuck with France. You could have probably worked out a stab 1 year later that would have left France and the Iberian in complete shambles and up to me to awkwardly save.

All in all though, probably the most enjoyable games I've played never being above 3 units.

gameID=107764

Finished another for a threeway draw. This game will live long in the memory. I joined as England in autumn 1904 with 4 SCs. Germany was in NS and EC and France was in Liv. Turkey at that stage had 8SCs.

This game was anonymous and just before being eliminated turkey posted on global that I must be a noob or didn't understand WTA. I won't embarrass stress lines by mentioning his name here.

Lol... nice job Maniac.

Thx Bo

I just updated my score.....maniac plays in so many games I fear I'd get it wrong

Maniac: 18 (39)
Bo_sox: 18 (45)
Goldfinger: 15 (3)
Rosaville: 6 (9)
VirtualBob: 6 (9)
2ndWhiteLine: 3 (3)
yebellz: 3
KingRishard: 3
Hecks 0 (9)
Stra89 0 (6)
Rommeltastic: 0 (3)
pjmansfield99 0 (3)

gameID=108124

Another game finished took over France 1903 and took them to a three way draw.

I'll update all my games soon, I have anon games that I don't record when I take them over.

gameID=109812

Picked up a CD in this live game as Italy, and it promptly drew, netting me an easy 35 with less than a minute of work.

Maniac: 18 (39)
Bo_sox: 18 (45)
Goldfinger: 15 (3)
Rosaville: 6 (9)
VirtualBob: 6 (9)
KingRishard: 6
2ndWhiteLine: 3 (3)
yebellz: 3
Hecks 0 (9)
Stra89 0 (6)
Rommeltastic: 0 (3)
pjmansfield99 0 (3)

We are about to need a new France in gameID=108779 ... pretty good position.

Took over England in gameID=109222

Maniac: 18 (39)
Bo_sox: 18 (45)
Goldfinger: 15 (3) <-- something funky here; backwards numbers? or "30"?
VirtualBob: 6 (12)
Rosaville: 6 (9)
KingRishard: 6
2ndWhiteLine: 3 (3)
yebellz: 3
Hecks 0 (9)
Stra89 0 (6)
Rommeltastic: 0 (3)
pjmansfield99 0 (3)

You can drop me from the standings. I picked up a bunch and finished a bunch, but lost track.

I've completed 5 games, so I have 15 . I'm in one game, so there are 3 potential points. Nothing funky about that.

Just saw the thread... I've been in CD-replacement mode for at least six months (getting stabbed by Mad Max can do that to you). Will report retroactively to the start of the project, not sure if they count, retroactively.

There are only two completed games that i would have joined post Dec 10:
107936 (won as russia) and 105025 (survived as italy). Deduct 1 point for an NMR.
I'm currently in two anonymous world games, if that counts.

it is a great thing to help out - even greater if you can win or draw :) good job yeb and group!

has anyone noticed that the forum seems to be a bit more civil these days? Or am i just reading it less? :)

@GF ... I think the convention is finished games followed by (in parentheses) total potential, so you should have 15 (18)

Huh....well I wasn't aware of that.

gameID=105839

Another CD takeover that ended with a solo. I will get round to updating my games soon.

@indy - I agree that debates in forum are more civil these days.

Maniac: 57 (81)
Bo_sox: 18 (45)
Goldfinger: 15 (18)
VirtualBob: 6 (12)
Rosaville: 6 (9)
KingRishard: 6
2ndWhiteLine: 3 (3)
yebellz: 3
Hecks 0 (9)
Stra89 0 (6)
Rommeltastic: 0 (3)
pjmansfield99 0 (3)

My update - I've entered 27 CD takeover games; eight of which are still running.
Between us we have made 66 games more competitive. Well done us! (But particularly me)