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Syria remained Turkish 'til the end! And at least Austria was destroyed.

Congrats to Hydra, tau, and Elbbsas.

Not quite -- Bohemia remains an Austrian outpost! The only nation that was fully assimilated was Germany. Good game, everyone.

Will anyone else be posting their messages? I'm pretty curious as to all the subterfuge that was going on.

I shall curate some interesting bits to post. I kept screenshots for the first two years, but stopped ~1902. By then, most of the interesting parts of negotiations had already taken place.

1901, Robin: non-aggression pact and negotiations with Italy

1901, Elbbsas: discussing potential alliance

1901, North: discussing potential alliance

1901, North: negotiating Belgium

1901, Robin: my nice pun

1902, Elbbsas: I try to convince her that I'm not invading

1902, Robin: discussing his betrayal of Turkey (and he correctly guesses my moves)

1902, Elbbsas: an interesting proposal

1903, North: he tries to convince me that he's not invading

1903, Elbbsas: my proposal

1903, Elbbsas: the alliance begins (also I should've heeded her warning that North was RP'ing)

1903, Elbbsas: her strange overall strategy

1903, Elbbsas: a problem turns into a perfect plan

[argument with North is redacted]

1904, Elbbsas: I make a halfhearted attempt at supporting Gerrick/Turkey

1905, Robin: negotiations finally break down

1913, Elbbsas: our last conversations (discussions gradually turned into stuff like this over the course of months)

Well, I reckon the funnest year for me was 1902-3, in which everyone tried to help me out. Case in point:

1902, Robin: Advice

Robin: Aaahhh the slugfest!!!
Robin: Though it seems you're the one who's anticipating the slugfest... concerning positioning of the French or what?
Elbbsas: Germans too, at least to me. They don't have a great deal of space for expansion, and they're the only country that hasn't communicated with me yet! Everyone else said hi to some extent.
Robin: Ooh that is concerning then... but then again you do have a crap ton of navies to defend yourself... XD

1902, Robin: Advice after Tau moves to the North Atlantic Ocean

Robin: Uh oh. That doesn't look good. How're you fairing diplomatically?
Elbbsas: I'm mildly annoyed at myself for not talking about a certain thing (vagueness, yay). Other than that, I think things are going to be fine.
Elbbsas: But hey, I get to be first to lose a unit! That's neat.
Robin: Be careful with your defence. Convoys=Trouble. That and vague border shapes

1903, North: First communications!

North: Hey England. I got no beef with you but I need to use the North Sea right now. Could you please clear it our for a bit? I dont want to accidentally destroy your fleet. Dont worry, I'm not attacking you.
Elbbsas: Hey, Germany. That sounds highly suspicious. Why do you want the North Sea?
North: Russia is about to attack me. I want to launch an offensive on Scandinavian.
North: Trust me, if I was going to attack you I would not ask you to please move your navy

1903, Taulover: Meanwhile, in France

Elbbsas: Quick thing: North just asked if I could move out of the North Sea so he doesn't "accidentally" destroy my fleet.
Taulover: If you do, I don't fault you, and I do have contingency plans already in place for that.
If you don't, then thanks for sticking to your proposal.
Elbbsas: " Hey England. I got no beef with you but I need to use the North Sea right now. Could you please clear it our for a bit? I dont want to accidentally destroy your fleet. Dont worry, I'm not attacking you. "
Golly, that doesn't sound highly concerning or anything. XD
Elbbsas: I'll probably end up saying "yeah sure I'll move", and then keep camping it.
Taulover: Oh, I see what you mean. I mean, if you wanted to spite me for my betrayal, that's a perfectly valid move, even if North is lying and doing a very bad job at it.
Elbbsas: Nah. Spite is all well and good, but it's much more satisfying to try set someone else up to win.

And then the advice really kicked off.

1903, Gerrick: Advice

Gerrick: You and Germany need to make a truce if you don't want to be destroyed by the Austria/Russia/France alliance.
Elbbsas: Yeah, that's how it looks.

1903, North: Advice

North: Word of advice, protect Liverpool. France is about to invade it.
North: Look, I'll be honest with you, we dont stand a chance alone. We need each other because sure as the sun will rise in the morning France and Russia do not need us. Russia already stole Norway from you and invaded Austria. I have reason to believe They plan on me next. And France is planing to invade you. We need to work together to survive.
North: You need to move your fleet away from the North Sea. I want to help you but you wont survive if your fighting Russia and France.
Elbbsas: Alright, I'll move.
North: Protect yourself. When France moves on you, Ill move on France. Stand fast and good luck.
Elbbsas: You too.
North: France will attack Liverpool

1903, Robin: Advice

Robin: Also, convoys can be prevented by attacking the convoying fleets
(I basically don't want England to die and France to inherit the Earth)
Robin: Move North sea to London, London to Wales, and Norwegian Sea to NAO. Will explain later but this is imperative if you prefer not being wiped from the map by the French, which is beneficial for the both of us.
Elbbsas: No, I can see where you are getting at. Thing is, North has two navies over there. If I don't support it, he can just move in freely while I move out.
Robin: Do you want to lose Liverpool?
Robin: And yeah he can move in if you move out and don't support it
Robin: And sorry for overt message there before that second one
I misread initially XD
Elbbsas: It'll be better for me to move in bits, all things considered.
Robin: Well in the event that your desire is to recap Liverpool (in the event it falls to a Frence Navy, which is possible next turn) by the end of the year so as not to lose a unit, drastic measures are required.

And then I ignored the advice.

1903, North: Irony

North: What. The heck. Is wrong with you? Why did you not evacuate the north sea?
North: Do you really think that I am your biggest enemy? France just took Liverpool from you because you ignored me. Well done, genius.
North: London will probably fall next, maybe just make things easier for France and leave?
North: Or capitulate now, save everyone some trouble.
North: If you want to survive do EXACTLY what I tell you. You will lose one navy in the next turn. Lost the North sea and move your navies to York and Edinburgh, then take Liverpool back before France steamrolls you. I want to help you but I cant if you keep attacking me. Now, do you want to live or die?

1903, Robin: I attempt lying

Robin: You didn't counter tau!?
Elbbsas: Sorry )= The Germans are playing mind games.

1903, North: I attempt lying, part two

Elbbsas: ...Right, I've been trying to puzzle this out for a bit. What does "lost the North Sea" mean? I can assume you mean for me to move out (sorry about that, Robin was suggesting I act otherwise and now I'm thinking that advice was bogus), but I'd like some clarification. I really don't want to misinterpret stuff.
North: Defend. Your. Homeland. While you do that (with your now only 2 navies) I will attack France. But I need North Sea.

I don't think I can pull off the "Oh me oh my, I don't know how to play" thing again, but it was great while it lasted. =D

Wintreath's inaugural game of Diplomacy is over at last, ending in a three-way draw with myself, xXTheHydraXx, and Elbbsas!

*saddened but got 2nd in Scav*

Wintreath's inaugural game of Diplomacy is over at last, ending in a three-way draw with myself, xXTheHydraXx, and Elbbsas!

*saddened but got 2nd in Scav*

Wait what does Scav mean?

Wintreath's inaugural game of Diplomacy is over at last, ending in a three-way draw with myself, xXTheHydraXx, and Elbbsas!

*saddened but got 2nd in Scav*

Wait what does Scav mean?

http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/

Could we hold another of these?

I really want to -- thought it was great fun. Perhaps when more people die off in the Werewolf game.

Also, I can't believe that was 3 years ago.

I would play if we did.

I've never played, but I'd be interested.

I'd give it a go

I used to be really good at Diplomacy, but now I'm rusty. I had one OP Austria strategy but I don't remember how to execute it anymore.

As the one who brought up Diplomacy yesterday on Discord, I also am interested in this.

I used to be really good at Diplomacy, but now I'm rusty. I had one OP Austria strategy but I don't remember how to execute it anymore.

runs away scared

Yay! More backstabbing!