23 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1960: GameMaster: Please remember that negotiations before the game begins are not allowed. |
23 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1960: Info: This is a choose your country game. |
23 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1960: Looks like you have a real hardon for this particular map. You'll likely win as its my first time here so I am not familiar with the patterns or ideal moves. Cheers. |
24 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1960: Haha I'm training for a tournament, but also yes |
24 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1960: Good luck! |
24 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1960: A tournament for this map? |
24 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1960: Yeah, it's on the Diplomacy Nexus discord server! |
24 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1961: Ok, so you're trying out various strategies here? |
25 Oct 21 UTC | Spring, 1961: not really, just getting a feel not very good at the strategy, just very good at feel |
25 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1961: I had a look across your last few games in both positions to see your approach. You've already differed in this one by not building in Albania or Cuba and putting more effort into the Pacific. From that I'm guessing you're trying different stuff out. |
27 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1962: Wow, you know every combo on this map and I can see why you chose USSR... its much more compact and centred in this map. With your knowledge of this map, I didn't stand a chance. |
27 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1962: to be honest, I actually prefer NATO. NATO games tend to be more 'giant behemoth slowly overtakes compact country', and I like the slow walk to a win... Also yeah, I've played a bunch on it, I think it's probably my most played |
27 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1962: you've played really well though! |
28 Oct 21 UTC | Autumn, 1962: Looking at your record, you've played this game vastly more than any other on this site and I've seen you win and lose both sides. Personally I'd be bored, but you've done well to find, I guess, the winning formula for both sides. I did review several of your past games as USSR to see if I could see any patterns, but in this game, you didn't follow some of your previous moves. Personally, I don't see what I could have done differently. Nato positions are too diffused around the edges. So, I really don't see how I have played well at all. |
05 Nov 21 UTC | Oh well, learned my lesson not to play people who specialize in just one variant. I'm sorry I had no way to give you a run for your money. Well done. |
06 Nov 21 UTC | Thanks, I personally think that you had some incentive moves in getting further to eastern Europe, but I hope that you play this some more and we can rematch! |