> I never thought our fake stab would be so convincing that people would assume that I'm throwing the game.

i've been surfing through the game history... wow, the work of a master. it never occurred to me it was fake

He agreed to let me take 17 SC's and draw or he would have destroyed me much sooner. He was going to do it but it didnt work so Im going to let him take those points. I dont feel bad at all about it.

"I feel what MadMarx did by putting him on the spot and probably making Zxylon feel guilty about not supporting him was wrong." That was part of the game and should not be debated here. Thats part of Diplomacy, its why we play.

"The funny thing is... He was the first one eliminated in the game."
Gob is still in the game.

well zxylon i think it's very naive of you given the magntitude of the game but credit to madmarx, he must have whispered some sweets words in your ear

why the hell are people criticizing zxylon for something that went on in a game? Lazysummer, should we go through all your games and point out your mistakes? What the hell?!

Not really. I just play with a certain set of principles. Im not playing for anyone else but me. I just know when to accept defeat.

@lazy - and perhaps it was the magnitude of the game that called for such a desperate action on his part. It was an all or nothing attempt. A hail Mary, a half-court shot at the buzzer, or a hocky or soccer equivilent if there are such equivilents.

New post Sent from: Zxylon (1254 ) Sent: 08:37 PM
Not really. I just play with a certain set of principles. Im not playing for anyone else but me. I just know when to accept defeat.
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Good, it's your game.
People, please stop judging a game in progress. LET THIS GO

bump

kinda seemed like a dead thread to me alamothe - why bump?

I guess this will cause an unintended bump just by asking why bump but that's the breaks - I gotta know

Yeah...a last-ditch attempt.
Well, France has won already, and the only thing I can do now is remember to take out Zxylon first next time I see him.

Ah..Metagaming again Gobbledydook..... Very classy.

heheh we should get at least one EOG from that game :-)

Gob...

Never mind, Dingleberry already summed it up.

England's EOG
I foolishly made an agreement with France to leave EC demilitarized for the 1st year with the intention of moving together against Germany. In Spring 1901 France took the EC while Germany also made aggressive moves against me. It was over before it began.

dangermouse: could you elaborate on why it was foolish? From my (admittedly non-ideal) perspective, it sounds like a simple calculated risk.

dangermouse, just out of interest, who proposed the dmz in the EC, you or France?

i'm giving my opinion, if you don't agree with it fine

if you ask me madmarx deserves the game because he talked zxylon into it

Austria's EOG

I was allied with Italy from the start against R-T. It worked badly at first,me once being put down to 3 SC by R-T. Then we realized that Germany was on France's side, not ours, so we and Russia united to fight them and Turkey. Our line was solid until Germany was stabbed...then we had to help Germany to stop France getting to 18. I don't know why, and that's why I'm complaining, but Germany suddenly threw the game to France by abandoning Munich to attack us. We managed to stop Germany but France had a clear road to 18 by then.
Down with Zxylon! I'd like to see his thoughts though...as well as MadMarx's.