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21 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: (TheWorst): Joined this one because at least I could talk in this. :P
21 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: (Rancher): agreed!
21 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: (airborne): Designer here :P
21 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: (TheWorst): Idk what to think about Austria possibly having access to three of Italy's SC's... Or England having five SC's... Looks good though.
22 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: The Messaging is why I joined this one.
22 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: shhhh I said that before.
22 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: lol
23 Jan 12 UTC	Spring, 1901: I love the first phase of a European match. You get to see who stabs whom. Very exciting.
01 Feb 12 UTC	Spring, 1903: Be apart of history if you dare. We currently need 9 more players to kick this game off. I tried to get one started a while back and didn't get but 3 to join. I didn't start this but it will be a long, long game. Please join. http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=5580
09 Feb 12 UTC	Autumn, 1904: A phoenix has arisen.
17 Feb 12 UTC	Autumn, 1906: Nothing angers me more than a missed phase on a busy day, eh Russia and pals?
17 Feb 12 UTC	Autumn, 1906: Yeah, but I haven't heard from you since February 8th, and then you didn't execute.
26 Feb 12 UTC	Autumn, 1908: I always trust people too much in these games.
27 Feb 12 UTC	Autumn, 1908: GG I was hoping this game would end soon.
11 Mar 12 UTC	Good game everyone.
11 Mar 12 UTC	Yes, good show. I was surprised to win after I prematurely made a run for the solo thinking I needed less than the actual number of supply centers needed to win.
11 Mar 12 UTC	Good game.
11 Mar 12 UTC	Probably wasn't worth me taking over Britain there :P
11 Mar 12 UTC	Great variant. Though there are similarities to Modern II, I think Abstraction III more effectively expands the Classic map in a great way by staying true to the number of powers involved. I would concur that Italy be reworked to be involved in contesting Valencia in the opening. But to avoid making Valencia a center that is so easily taken away from Italy, I would move the supply center to Sardinia -- instead of Sicily or Bari, giving both Sardinia and Rome access to the Gulf of Lyon, and to give Italy a true option to go west instead of east. I felt lucky to do well as Russia here, as I think Germany and Turkey (and Austria) have ample opportunity to deal Russia crippling blow early and will likely take Russia out most of the time, even with the armies in Sevastopol and Angora. While I think fleets in the Sevastopol and Angora would make things more interesting for Russia and Turkey to start (as in Classic), I think this will also make Russia nearly impossible to defend (I think Russia is actually in a tough situation in the opening). So, I would consider eliminating Bielorussia and having Warsaw and Moscow's borders meet. This will make it better for Russia defensively (being interconnected to Warsaw), while still making it tough for Russia to acquire centers.