(Austria again) Autumn, 1980: This is public press. If I gave advanced warning for everything, the game would be quite boring, wouldn't it :)

(Russia) Autumn, 1980: A-H: Sorry, ran out of time last night for press.
"do I have anything to coordinate with you?"
That all depends how on what your intentions are, ha ha.

(Austria AGAIN--He's got some good lines.) Autumn, 1980: Germany - glad to hear we're on the same page then. If I could trouble you, would it be possible to move out of Galicia entirely? I'm sure Russia would be grateful as well as I

(Russia again) Autumn, 1980: Your treachery is getting old, von Habsburg. I will not hand you Anatolia on a silver platter and become your sacrificial lamb vassal-state. Terms rejected.

Guys, this is some good press here. Check it out. :-)

(Russia yet again) Autumn, 1980: Italy: I still haven't gone over my overarching view of the big picture with you, have I? I'll still try to get around to that, ha ha.

(Austria again, to Russia) ...You've been able to crawl back time and time again in this game because as soon as the heat is put on you, you get Germany to come to your rescue. Not this time, though. Germany has juicier targets than me.

(Italy) ~Tue 11 PM Wait, I thought when the heat is put on Russia, he gets Germany to NMR...

(Russia) ~11:37 AM Well said, Italy. You caught on to a few details I missed.

A-H: You did whisper. Don't think I didn't pick up on Gre-Bul. I simply chose to ignore that whisper since you tend to stab in baby-steps involving only a couple units and tend to make limited demands after stabbing (which you then steadily add more demands to as older demands are met or otherwise attained).
~12:46 PM A-H: How can you think public press is closer to no press when you are in a public press game that has reached the 1980's? This game would have ended ages ago without press.

(Austria) ~12:46 PM Coordination is closer to perfect in public press, whereas its not in gunboat.

Also, you can conduct diplomacy better in public press than gunboat, so people can be dissuaded from doing stupid things.

Does anyone else think it's a lot more fun to watch this game than to play it?? lol

austria, autumn 1974: "I don't want this to turn into the 1950s again."

russia, to germany autumn 1969: "Come on, let's be honest with each other. As I posted earlier, we've only had four wars in 70 years"

simply the best game ever. We should ask the mods that all remaining players should be banned if it is drawn unless every other move would result in a solo. They should be able to surpass our times…

*cough*

Are these the original players? Like no subbing?

I for one would really like to see the World Cup Tournament actually conclude...

Italy has been subbed, but only fairly recently.

And the sub was a teammate.

italy, autumn 1927: "No way would I want to pause for more than a week. With few prospects, this game has been dragging on for... so long I have lost track. And while this has been a bonding experience and I love you all (equally), I'd like to see this one end"

Why in gods name were you looking at press from 2013...

"And the sub was a teammate."

Which actually breaks tournament rules and invalidates the game, so y'all are gonna have to start over.

Wrong. Ghug, try reading it like this: "And the sub was a teammate (of the original player). Duh.

Rules stated you had to find someone new to be a sub. That's why I wasn't allowed to replace Sandgoose when he was banned. Still disappointed about that. I could be playing now...

austria, autumn, 1981: "I do miss the rapport I had with old Italy. He just knew what builds were meant to attack him and which were meant to attack Russia.

....maybe after 70 years new Italy and I can get to that level."

Ghug, can you point us to that rule?? Also, here's the latest quote, which I posted because of the imagery it provokes: " Sure, I might stop at Rum and Con, but certainly not based on the vaccum of peace proposals spewing out of your mouth."

goldfinger. How do you know I don't have it memorized?? I could be an idiot-savant. :-DDD

Mujus, teams signed up with separate subs. Every other substitution in the tournament was a player who hadn't played other games. The relevant pieve of the rules is as follows: " if a player will be gone more than two weeks he will have to get a substitute to take his place. It is requested that all teams have a substitute from the geographic area in mind. if they cannot find a substitute from the geographic area then another substitute will be allowed, however that substitute should not be a stronger player than the player being substituted (by the most recent Ghost-Ratings)" which doesn't actually state that, but does invalidate that substitution for another reason.

I'm also mostly messing with you. I think anyone who wants out of that game after 70 years should be allowed, even if they have to break tournament rules to do it.

ghug's still bitter that we stole Tasnica from his backyard. :)

That may be part of it. Zultar's nonexistent California connection didn't help much either. I'm really just jealous I didn't get to replace Sandgoose.