Hey Turkey! How are you doing? Looking forward to working with you this game! You there? Would love to talk strategy at some point Hey Austria, yeah, I'm around Good to hear from you! How's your night? I'm kind of getting the grips on this game No worries! Are you friend of admin? Yep, get dragged into a lotta things. Must say this is kind of out there Anyway, Russia is kind of scary. They start with 4 units You play Diplomacy before? Yeah they are.  I'd love to take him out asap honestly I'm not sure I can do that much but I'm happy to help If you trust me, I can coach us both through advantageously You don't know who I am, but I was the #1 player on the Diplomacy app Conspiracy and I run the largest only Diplomacy tournament in the world, so I can coach us both through to a pretty good result Ah that's cool. Yeah I'm afraid I'm gonna get stuck in a snag somewhere. In general I was hoping to at least take the black sea and kind of capture the supply center in bulgaria I'm not so sure about what to do beyond that Those are both good starts.  I suggest sending that second unit to Armenia It will make the attack on Russia far more effective in the future Like setting up a move sequence in chess I read that sending the smy to constantinople was good Yeah, that's a typical move too The Arm sequence indicates a hard commit against Russia, which is why it's not quite as often used, but I'm hard commiting against Russia so I would love for you to do the same I'm happy to support you if I can get sevastopol That's the hope! How would the army to armenia play out? I suppose the fleet in sevastopol either goes to black sea or rumania. Probably black sea... Do you plan to go to Rumania first? I wasn't planning to go to Rum first, should I? Alright, will you be able to provide support to attack sevastopol? Can I do it in the next spring? I'm not adjacent to Sev here I could go to Rum for some more support to assault sevastopol? You could.  I suggest it That went pretty well lol, amazing Good work! Glad to see Russia down a peg here Nothing? Whats the plan here? Unfortunate for the two of us that Russia left that fleet in the Black Sea :/ Yeah I'm not sure what his play is. Russia seems very inconsistent I think I'll need a few turns before I could move north to attack russia though. What is a good plan from here? Looks like you're pretty committed North already, the fleet builds sold it You're in a good spot.  You should take the Black Sea here, that will give you a ton of leverage in the future So are we just coordinating anymore? You might as well just tell me you want to attack me Hi! I'm actually away from home so I haven't been paying too close attention yet. Yeah I'll take care of that fleet in Bla. Then with +1 support it should be easy to move on to mos Looks like we were always at war with Eurasia after all Seems as if.  What's the plan? Poor russia I feel bad but I ended up going to sleep before I got a response from you so I figured you were out to attack me Very poor Russia.  The worst possible start You squeezed him too hard and now he's dead 😦 I didn't squeeze him haha But yeah, we had a good mutual effort there Mutual, as in, he got his stuff destroyed while he got walked over huh I mean, he's partially to blame of course Anyway, i don't think I'm doing too badly for my first gae I haven't "attacked" you so far either nor have I had the opportunity to besides claiming centers that are close to me You're not doing badly! Just need to keep that momentum going Eh, I'm good with what I have/had. An attack of strength ~~3~~ 4: for when you really really really ~~really~~ want that region 😭 Yeah..... Italy is such a pain in my ass I must say I agree You online? Yep It's going poorly for me but I'm a rational player so if you wanna suggest something go ahead I'm thinking. It's tough because I'd rather keep it clean than overtly lie to you, I'm not that type of player. Honestly, you're in a tough spot Sure am You request the pause? So believe it or not, I may actually have to work with you if I don't want E or G to win I believe you because I can see that happening too So plan out a fair strategy.  Wouldn't be surprised if you were mad but I'm willing to put some of that shit behind for the good of the game and the players on the losing end of it Alright, but here's the thing. 2/3 of turkey is occupied by you and italy. So the payment would come out of your own pocket Like, I'm willing to look beyond there and consider maybe russia or italy I'm willing to sacrifice a little but not much.  I'm the main line of defense against Germany rn. At least you're semi reasonable about it.  Many aren't I also don't want germany to win. And I can see that you're being pressured If you were to fall to germany (completely) that would be bad for me too Right My guess is they're looking to draw it out at this point unless someone has a 1909 stab Englad is getting some reinforcements to Stp now Yeah, I see.  We need to move this turn Honestly I should have reached out last turn but I thought I had a good guess left in me i think if we can come to a nonagression accross the Turkey Straits that would be beneficial for both of us You can use the armies stationed there now for your defense while I rebuild and attempt to go north That's fine If you are okay with that then I will take Con, build an army in Ank and then take Smy You don't need Con and Amy right now.  This only works if we give up what we have to.  I can give you Con, but your units won't have anywhere to go after that, esp if we can't break you out of Sev here Is this about moscow? I don't have a way to hold onto that yet. Yeah, but we have to move fast, esp as that English reinforcement is coming soon As they lock down, we need to move fast and keep them guessing If I would be able to take Moscow with you support then in Fall I would be surrounded by three angry armies Is there a step two to this plan? Frankly, I'm not sure we get far anyway, but we don't get anywhere if Moscow is supported by STP next turn I can see what you're saying but I am not afforded the luxury of a gamble at this point in the game You're not, but you won't later either.  You can still hold Moscow with your fleet plus my army, and worst comes to worst, your army would be loose behind their front.  The alternative is we continue to attack you and we all lost out.  Italy, me, you I don't want to play that game I think the only way I can hold moscow is if you move A rum - Sev while I go to moscow. Then next turn we can hold it. For you to hold Rum, then, you'd retreat A Con - Bul simultaneously Of course my fleet cannot support my army in moscow Why not? Genuinely curous Oh, never I misread your statement Oh, so give me your moves right now, I want to confirm this. I have to sleep in a sec I'm not going for moscow. It's too far of a stretch at the moment Hey, I'm going to be away for a bit but just wanted to prod you prior to that about plans. I hope to stay neutral for now though I'm not sure what germany & england will think of that To be upfront with you, I'm not particularly happy with your moveset I gave you Con to solidify our line and you not only didn't do that, but you attacked the remaining stalemate ally What do you mean by solidify the line? Against the Germans and the English? I think we agreed to a ceasefire? The moscow plan was very wild at the time. I'm going to be busy for two days so I'll stay as I am for a bit and not attack any positions. I plan to build a fleet in Con unless you have a better idea. I do not plan to do anything with said fleet. It's just for my own protection. I'm read to attempt some push in the coming year if you have a suggestion For example, I could attempt A Sev- Ukr after I move A Smy-Arm Such that in the season after I can do a supported attack on moscow or something else. You're a dick dude.  I will make sure that that's the last one you take.  I'll let E/G walk over me of I have to I don't understand why people kill their own chances to survive games.  What's wrong with holding the line? It's so frustrating playing with players that would rather sabotage themselves than work with a teammate You exist because of me.  And you made a terrible, terrible strategic move Good talk