Congratz Zmaj.

You sure seem to do well with these games, but have an awful time getting over the hump at the end. I tried to give you a little lift there at the end since France seemed to be more concerned with knocking me off than doing anything about Russia.

well yes you were in the way of every move i tryed to make to stop him so i decided to eliminate you

Actually, I was afraid France would leave England alone and join his fleets against me. It was the only thing that could have stopped me at that point.

Cspieker, you're right about my endgames. I usually fumble at that stage, trying to coordinate all those units, and go for a draw.

i wanted to

I tried to get out of your way moving to London and Edinburgh but you bounced me out of them!

I guess I deserved it though, attacking you at the start the way I did. Too bad for me that Germany didn't pitch in. The reason I jumped the Channel is it looked like you were NMRing. I guess I'll stop making moves based on the red !!'s. That has messed me up more than once.

yes that hurt us both but the Germany CD killed the game

Germany didn't leave by accident, I'm sure. He left at the precise moment he realized he wouldn't win. I hate that attitude. I'm very glad I won, but I know the game would have been much more interesting if that idiot stayed.

yes indeed

I just looked at the maps France, and you are full of it saying you were trying to work with me at the end. Also, I attacked Germany the minute it was clear he wasn't going to help me versus you. We could have walked over Germany at that point too.

I took no French centers. Just Belgium and then I left Belgium to you by moving into Holland, and I vacated the English Channel.

So yes, I maybe hurt our chances, but I think your inflexibility was also to blame.

And in terms of good stuff, Zmaj, the careful way that you didn't antagonize Germany and then stabbing Turkey just at the right time was brilliant. Walking into Germany was basically an afterthought at that point.

Cspieker, thank you for the praise. I noticed you wanted to support me into Sweden at the beginning, but I didn't have the guts to go back, lol. I admired your move into Belgium at the beginning, it was very daring. On the other hand, it just pissed both France and Germany. I don't think I'll be using it :P Generally, I think that England is the hardest nation to play in a gunboat. Very very hard to find allies.

once you moved out of belgium you suported holland into belgium an at that point i decided you were only going to be in my way and i went after you. i probably should have layed off later but i needed builds

talking to england

After I moved out of Belgium to Holland, I supported YOU to Ruhr two turns in a row. The first turn after I moved out of Belgium you supported Germany to Holland.

Not a big deal, but it is just interesting how different your recollections are from the actual game.