There was a third vote as well but that disappeared.

I had a pause vote issued for some time. I responded to the vote by France and Germany, just to say I would be fine with a pause. When a couple of days past and no one else seemed to be voting for the pause, I withdrew my vote.

Basically, what hellalt said.

I think it all started with Turkey asking for a pause, but then withdrawing the pause vote.

basvan if anyone remembers what country issued the third vote, then you have exposed your identity.
lucky for me I don't remember.

Or lucky for him.

Anyone care to make some EOG statements?

let's start with mine.
1. England more than once I thought about stabbing you and going for a solo but I was hesitant to do it and then it was too late.
2. Turkey surely late in the game you couldn't stab Italy since you needed him to hold the E/G alliance away, but why didn't you stab him earlier? There were some turns you could have gotten 2 or 3 scs stabbing him.
anyway, gg all. I enjoyed it and the level of play was good too.

I've got an EOG saved on my home computer. I'm at work now, so I'll post it this evening.

And yes, I did reveal my identity. I realised it right after I made the post. Sorry, it was a bit stupid of me...

didn't even notice this thread till now. enjoyable game, thanks to everyone.

I was playing Turkey.

Took a massive risk early on in trusting Russia not to move from Black Sea to Ankara - worked out in the end and allowed me to focus on Austria.

In response to the post above. By the time I eventually broke out into the Ionian, Germany was in such a commanding position and in such a strong alliance with England that stabbing Italy wouldn't have helped me much. By the time my 3 builds managed to get out to the front line they wouldn't have made much impact and English fleets would probably have made it into the Med.

I always had Italy in my pocket, so I could have stabbed at any stage - but the fact Germany had no fleets meant i was never going to be able to force E/G into a fight hence I called the draw in the end.

England - I hope no offence - but you got away very lightly this game. I have never seen anyone lose so much tempo (consistent failed moves) and get away with it, especially in no press. Your first move was a bounce with yourself for example (from memory anyway).

overall - probably the most trust i have seen displayed across a no press game, which is a credit to you all.

apologies for lack of structures in these notes... off the cuff and from memory.

All I have to say is that is was frustrating for me to get defeated so soundly by an England who bounced himself in the North Sea in S01.

But anyhow, good game all. Congrats to the surviving 4.

England here, I actually have two games in a row now with England where I horribly screw up my 1901 moves but end up with 9 centers as part of a draw in both of them. It really makes you think, maybe it is better for England to stay defensive at the beginning and strike when everyone has written it off...
Germany, I think it was wise for you not to stab, and the same can be said for me - I could feel you getting nervous and knew my stab wouldn't take you by complete surprise, so I decided against it...
France, it wasn't me that caused you downfall, it was Italy and Germany. I merely picked up Brest and focused on setting up the MAO stalemate line and helping you stay alive and fighting Italy in the Iberian. When Italy was no longer a threat, Germany supported me into Spain and that was it for you...
Anyway, I enjoyed the game a lot and really hope to play you all again! I promise to pay more attention to my 1901 moves in the future... :-)

Italy reporting in. I'm glad I was able to stay relevant enough to become part of the stalemate line and eventual draw, but I'd be lying if I said I was 100% happy about how this one went.
It all started out innocently enough, but between Turkey moving their fleet into the Aegean in the first year and France building one in Marseilles in 1902, I had a feeling I was going to get squeezed. Austria, at least, was at that point taking the brunt of Turkey's attack, so I focused on defending myself from France.
I managed all right, taking Marseilles. England and Germany evidently took this as a signal to pounce and France was basically torn apart, but all the while Turkey was growing to my east. Obviously forcibly taking the Ionian from me was alarming, but I guessed/hoped at the time that he was just doing it to flank Austria. Unfortunately the Turkish presence was alarming enough -- he definitely COULD have stabbed me in 1903 but opted for Greece instead -- that I had to constantly watch my back and guard Tunis and Naples. This was quite frustrating because I had actually made some modest gains in the west -- Marseilles and now Spain -- and around 1905 had a clear path to taking Portugal and conceivably holding MAO if I only could have ignored my eastern border... But that Turkish fleet in the Ionian kept me too paranoid to really spread my forces too thin.
Defending myself against a possible stab from Turkey, I wasn't able to properly defend my gains in the west, and the Anglo-German alliance moved in. By 1907 it was painfully obvious that my only option was to try and set up a stalemate line in the Western Med and to hope that Turkey would help. It seemed clear that if he were to stab me at that point there would be no stopping the British fleets from pouring into the Med. Luckily Braveheart was actually thinking the same thing.
Good game to everybody, it was definitely hard-fought. I don't feel like I really did well enough to earn the points that I got, but I suppose I at least was able to make myself useful in some way, so whatever.

Pledge Allegiance to the Grind EOG statements: Austria.

My game started off well, with Italy not attacking me, and Russia issuing a misorder that cost him a center. Russia recovered, but got attakced by England/Germany, whereas Italy and France were engaged in some heavy warfare. Hey, this could end well!

My main ally was Italy, and my main enemy was Turkey. I didn't know how to deal with Russia. I grabbed Rumania when I could, just to get some builds. I hoped that Russia would be okay with the loss of Rumania if I helt my attack there.

In Spring 1904, things were looking good. Italy was occupied with France, but it didn't work out. Turkey was headed towards him with a couple of fleets, so he had to go back and defend. Russia was dying, and I was fighting with a Turkey who was completely unable to harm me (only two armies!).

Along came autumn 1904. I was set to move Ser-Gre, Alb S Ser-Gre, Rum-Bul, Bud-Ser, Gal-Rum for a long time. A solid attacking move, which might just hand me Greece. There were little risks, because a joint attack on Rumania was unlikely. But it would probably not work. Turkey had undoubtedly seen it, and he could just move Aeg S Gre, Gre S Smy-Ion, Con S Bul, Smy-Ion. A solid defensive move, no risks at all, and possible to enter Ion!

I decided to gamble, and try to counter that move. While I was at it, I could also grab Sevastopol, and move my army around the Black sea to Armenia.

My move backfired, I lost Serbia, and I never recovered. Had I done the normal move, I would have gained a center. I'm curious how it would have ended had I guessed right.