[SPOILERS] The Kaiser Strikes back! A Bigger Germany is better

[Bigger]

so I'm going to disband BUR. I think if I support Rowain with both adjoining units into DEN in the spring, I can hold my 3 starting cores almost indefinitely from French hands - at least until Russia or turkey get bored and start attacking me. Probably the best I can hope for at the moment.


In exchange for this, Rowain has agreed not to take Berlin this year, and to support hold me in MUN with his SIL unit until the French unit in TYR is dislodged.

waterbat, taking a road trip starting tomorrow, and I'm not exactly sure what the wifi situation will be. can you take over communication and turns for this weekend? I'll give you a basic plan.

[waterbat]

Also on vacation and have been reduced to iPhone only.

Should have a laptop by end of day today, but little time to use it. Also I doubt my free time syncs up with the euros.

So I can do email exchanges, but probably no chat.

Let me know what you are thinking. I think we only hold if we have help as you said.

[Mardoc]

so I'm going to disband BUR.

...really? But you don't own BUR...

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Perhaps you meant RUH?

Also, with respect to your trip, it's quite possible for us to add in a delay or a pause, I think, if you were to ask for it. Especially if it's just a weekend you'll be gone.

[Bigger]

...really? But you don't own BUR...

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Perhaps you meant RUH?

Also, with respect to your trip, it's quite possible for us to add in a delay or a pause, I think, if you were to ask for it. Especially if it's just a weekend you'll be gone.

dang, busted. this is why I always look at the gamestate thread before submitting moves, hehe.

that might be best. ill find out what the wifi situation will be like tonight, maybe it won't be necessary.

[waterbat]

screwed!

no way (without a miracle) that we have more than 1 core come winter. Looks more likely that we will be finished.

[Bigger]

yeah we're boned. I don't get Rowain's play at all. I promised him all german cores - all i wanted was for his help to keep France out of them. Instead he handed France 2 of my cores, and france will get the other 2 (including denmark) before too long.

scooter really won't be that far from a solo victory once he finishes off molach and his part of Italy.

[waterbat]

email in from scooter:

Any objections to Sil-War?

my half-hearted last ditch effort:

me: we need a guarenteed core!
scooter: that was not what Bigger told me...
me: heh
Sent at 4:51 PM on Tuesday
me: well no core = no germany
scooter: he was tryign to give me Berlin last year and be done, but I couldn't take it as Rowain has too many units
me: yeah - i know he'd rather be done
<shrug> i'm just trying to play it out as best as am able
with 1 unit and 0 cores and 1 season to go - there isnt much hope
scooter: this was the chat from a week or two ago when he agreed to help me:
5:48 PM bigger: if I support you into DEN, could you support hold me from MUN in Berlin? I think id rather move the boh unit to sil than the BER one
5:49 PM I might as well work with you, the only other proposal was from tt to help the little guy, but even he realized my help only has a very small chance of actually helping him
5:51 PM me: yeah that should work...
5:52 PM bigger: ok
me: in the interest of full disclosure... I'll attempt to take berlin next year.
bigger: yeah i figured
me: main reason is actually because I have to keep england alive until you are gone
bigger: ill offer you the same deal as Rowain, since apparently he wasn't interested
me: yeah i got that diplo
Sent at 4:53 PM on Tuesday
scooter: yeah. I just need to take Berlin because 1) I need to get myself a center to build Brest and take out England and 2) I need England gone so you guys need to be gone too.
it's awkward, but I'm not sure what else I can do for this turn but take berlin
Sent at 5:00 PM on Tuesday
me: indeed
Sent at 5:01 PM on Tuesday
me: we can get Rowain to support us into BER - that's our only option then
unless you move to BER and let us sneak into MUN
scooter: that's what I was trying to somehow avoid hah
me: he expressed interest
but - wasnt open to us taking WAR as you can imagine
scooter: figured as much
Sent at 5:04 PM on Tuesday
me: 3333333333
oops - fell on the keyboard
scooter: hahah
Sent at 5:05 PM on Tuesday
scooter: i'm really not sure what else to suggest. I don't see another way for us to get a center
Sent at 5:13 PM on Tuesday
scooter: well, I gotta get going. email me if you have other suggestions, i shoudl be available that way
Sent at 5:15 PM on Tuesday

and by

me: he expressed interest

, I mean he told us to forget it, he's got bigger things to deal with.

[Bigger]

hah. I knew he wasn't going to give us berlin. Rowain can't support us unfortunately.

I'm just going to tell scooter I'll hit Rowain in war, then move BER anyway. I'll throw you under the bus or something <G>. Maybe Scooter will believe me and only send one unit into Ber.

I'll also email Rowain and let him know my plans. maybe he'll find one spare unit to support me in, who knows.

I expect to be dead in 4 hours, and I'm fine with that too.