You'd have done well to enter the Tyrrhenian Sea and defend me properly. As soon as I fell Turkey's solo was all but assured.

In other news: FUCK. YOU. AUSTRIA. I try to Lepanto, and you decide to repay me by attacking me while Russia and Turkey gobble you up? Absolutely incompetent. I blame Austria for Turkey's victory more than anything else.

Well I would have been able to at least draw if Russia and England understood the concept of WTA. Don't know what they were thinking there at the end.

Also I didn't see how he was able to take Berlin until it was too late, and then I made the wroung guess of what he was gonna do. That's when it all tarted to fall apart.

Also: I thought Smokeout was banned. Did I hallucinate that?

Around 1909 once you had Germany's centers taken you probably should have tried to move into sil/ tyr/ boh. Those are important countries in holding a stalemate line. Also you could have helped out Italy to hold more effectively. But I think at that point you were probably thinking that you may have a shot at the win, since we were tied in scs then.

It didn't help that Russia wasn't using Budapest to support Italy's moves. There were several times I had to make a guess and left either Serbia or Rumania in harms way, but he didn't capitalize.

I had the same thought YNH ?

Interesting fact, I have 7 solos and 6 of them are with turkey 1 with Russia. Lol. I should probably learn how to win with another country.

False, you should learn how to always draw turkey :)

Actually I looked back 1 of those is ancient med with Egypt.

Same color, same difference :)

Egypt is the hardest country to solo with (imo), so props.

As for the OP's question, there was a lot you did right, but you could have been more proactive in the south defending Italy and in the middle trying to advance into Boh, Sil. A single unit in the enemy's backfield is always worth it. It plays havoc with them for years. But in the north you should have been a little less forward. Russia and England probably feared (and rightfully so, I think) that you would try to eliminate them from the game. And of course a survive is better than a defeat, so (without knowing the press) I'd say you could have done more to win them over to your side. It looked as if though Russia were trying to swap out F Den for A Swe towards the end before you moved to Ska. Had he done that, you may have been able to keep Ber.

no press, this was gunboat.

You can communicate with moves, no? Isn't that what gunboaters keep touting over us full-pressers?

now now goldfinger, no need to poke fun at gunboating. We all know who is better :-)

+1 goldfinger

I am going to get some popcorn as I watch the full pressers rip the gunboats to thread

<would post PE's popcorn gif here if he could find it>

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/scarjo_popcorn.gif

^ thanks PE

I used to think gunboating was stupid until i played it. i feel like you cant get the full effect of diplomatic interaction online, so i just dont play with it. It adds a fun twist to the game by not talking.

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Wow you guys really jump on things, don't you? I'll give the crowd what it wants ;)

Gunboat isn't real diplomacy! Its not the game as Allan Calhamer designed it to be. How can one really conduct diplomacy without actually talking to someone? There's no strategy to it, just luck depending upon who your neighbors decide to attack.

a strong, but over-used, attack from gf. Who will win?

He's partially right in regard that it depends on who attacks you and who doesn't, though it's more than luck. Hence why I suck at it and the top players are quite good at it.