Howdy Germany How’s your early game shaking out? Not so bad. Yourself? Hey Italy! Thought I’d reach out and say hello. I’m excited for this game! eh I mean Im fuckin italy how do you think its going hahaha Hahaha yeah. Germany isn’t much better I think nonagression for these first few turns makes perfect sense? Me and you? perhaps obvious but I thought worth saying it yeah lol I’m probably down. Tomorrow morning I’m going to think through my strategy a little more before I commit to it. Hokay, no worries I go off to work and have no cell phone use starting at 730am just FYI So don’t take lack of communication for hostility lol Have you talked to France much? Are you EST? Yah est And no; have you? A very little bit I’m east coast too, DC. From Philly originally I’m reallll worries about that dude What’s France been saying to you? Same dude. Basically he dived right in no small talk or pleasantries asking me to bounce bur Idk how he is in person but he’s pretty blunt virtually lol Yes. What did he say to you? Nonaggression in piedmont Hahaha yeah he kinda skeves me out I’m keeping my options open for at least the first year but I’m pretty down to go after France And  yeah let’s do the non-aggression for the first few turns Word to both Dope Let’s get dem first few builds then revisit the topic of le France, honhonhon HAHAHA sounds good Hey Italy! I wanted to take your temperature on your plan for this turn Hey!  I don’t honestly know just yet! Was your bounce with France on purpose?  Or accidental? On purpose. He asked me to bounce. I said sure to be nice and to deter a potential excursion into Mun What’re you thinking for next turn? I don’t know for sure. Do you trust Russia? I’d like to take Hol but I want even more to protect myself hahah He said he wants to go north in the only message he’s ever sent to me...which, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Man, I have had like zero interactions with that guy Are we ready to talk France? Sure What’re you thinking???  I’m skeptical of France, they’re being pretty taciturn Yeah I don’t know! I mean the guy means buisiness. Basically between Russia, England and France I need to pick two to ally with and total war the other He’s getting hella builds next turn, and then he’s going SOMEWHERE I mean...I dunno if you can trust someone being so monosyllabic lol And it’s not at England, and it probably ain’t at me I mean, I’m ready to be a junior partner in mission “put some heat on the frenchies” if you’re down I could be down, but I want to wait and see if he actually goes after England or not What are your plans with Austria? I dunno man...I’m really tethered to h m rn in part bc France is hella unreliable I don’t love it but I don’t see a good alternative Yeah I like Austria - we’ve talked a lot. Don’t have anything formal worked out but you two are the two I’m closest with. What’re your plans with Austria? Feel bad Russia got wrecked I like him too, I just don’t like being so dependent this early lol But if France isn’t going to be my friend, I sure as shit need Austria to be Yeah but if you have to be dependent on someone he’s a good dude for it Yeahhhh Russia’s in some trouble lol That’s fair!  He is competent and responsive! He had a real rough go of it I’m guessing you’re gonna get all up in Russia’s business? I feel bad for bouncing him in Sweden, but I couldn’t trust him with two units crouching in on my border Why didn’t he move into Berlin??? Perhaps. Maybe not right away. Let him fight it out with Turkey and focus on making sure England or France don’t get too strong. He told me he wants to focus on the south I honestly didn’t trust him but then switch from moving to Ber to Ruh at the last second Austria confirmed that he told him the same thing Hey- have your thoughts changed at all? What’re you thinking re: France? I think england and France might be working together The bounced the channel The Franco-Anglo alliance is worrying. What’re your thoughts on the coming play? I mean, if you’re worried about them teaming up, we could go joint against France...I’m game to try it I literally don’t know but they’ve been suspiciously silent. It looks like it’s Italy Austria and German standing together That worked out irl right?!?  Second time’s the charm! Nice work with burgundy my dude!!!  Can you support me into Marseilles next turn??? I still have no idea what England and France are up to... Then I can support you into France further using Marseilles as a base to support your advances.  Lmk!  Looking forward to talking this through. Hey amigo, you around at all? Yeah sorry on a work trip No worries man!  If now is good to talk lmk. Not now but soon Rgr, just lmk. Can talk now Updated my orders to support you Ok- so I’d really like your support for my army in piedmont into Marseilles.  Thoughts? Already did it My man!  Rest assured you’ll get plenty of the France pie too when his house starts to crumble. Anything I can do for you in the here and now tho? Yeah. I’m more worried about the limey brits rn Let me look at the board but I don’t think so I think he’s sympatico to our anti-France agenda...he said earlier he’s been trying to reach you.  I bet he’d be down to discuss! And ok just lmk He’s a little salty with me for the Belgium thing Mhmm yeah I see that.  But idk if he’d be salty enough to ally with France after last turn... Do what you want, but my unsolicited advice is to try to work out a compromise- he could really give you a bad day if he feels like it. Yeah. I don’t want to fuck him or Russia but it would be silly to not take a SC in Scandinavia. Russia is very weak, england is strong at ultimately a long term threat to me. You ain’t wrong!  But it might be to your advantage to find a way to live with England for at least the next few turns, imho What does that look like? My idea is to enlist Russia to support SKA into Norway. Promise russia non aggression, so I can focus on england and France. Take the North Sea last year and begin my land invasion. So if I’m you I do different- I knock Russia and France out, THEN hit England if that must happen How do I benefit from letting him get stronger or even survive? I don’t see it. Germany wins usually through an early england knock out, usually allied with France. I mean, it’s England’s call here, but if I was him I’d just want a) not to lose builds and b) not to lose my foothold on the continent.  Maybe you can offer him that, maybe you can’t. How do I benefit from helping him tho? I just think England + France is too many fish to fry, even with my help, but eh, what do I know, it’s your call That’s my question. I just don’t see it... You get France out earlier- and get builds from that That’s why you want to work with England in the short term IMHO He’ll want Paris But I won’t get builds from France is the thing I don’t believe for a second I’m going to get the last one on the coast of the English Channel, or what something in the Iberian peninsula? You want mar I just don’t see how I benefit from working with england? Other than he seems like a solid dude I think if you’re assertive and you play it right you can get plenty You hold the cards here; he doesn’t Thatcsaid, it’s your hand to play Yoooo there’s no way you can help England take Paris??? Unless I switch bur to supporting him He asked me and I told him I’m already supporting you Are you going to take Smyrna? I’m attempting a deal with england right now. Yeahhh he may just be out in the cold this turn Yeah plz still support me to Marseilles obviously lol England may be? Yeah I mean aside from the fact that you promised to support me into Marseilles, it obviously makes more sense for you to help me out than England Of course Yeah England is telling me y’all couldn’t reach a deal Bummer, but I get it I can’t agree to a deal where he keeps the North Sea. I just can’t have two armies sitting around doing nothing to be this guys friend. Fair enough my dude Did you know Austria is apparently one of the top ranked players in the world? Lol yeah Wild How’d you get roped into this game? A friend of mine is doing this study Hbu? Same lol With an all out war with england breaking out things might get hairy Yeah I want to avoid that at all costs But you’ve got to play your game What’s your long term plan? Maybe you can help mediate. Ugh so I’ll tell you the offer I made him Ok man- this is what I’m gonna propose- if you attack Paris and I take Marseilles- and I mean, what else are you really gonna do with that army?- I will fight like hell to give you two builds during france’s collapse Like, imho we need to separate North Sea from The France Question If we don’t steal a build from France here we waste valuable time France doesn’t threaten me directly tho. I would probably be allied with him if the guy was more chatty. Eh if he decides to make moves he could threaten any of us And that’s the thing- he’s not talkative or communicative.  Ergo, he is a Bad Ally Talks breaking down between me and england almost guarantees France the channel. I offered an armistice in the North Sea (no fleet there) which would give us bother protection. Can I mediate between you two? What is this North Sea dispute? We are talking about an armistice now, talks are being reopened. Rgr, I stand ready to support After France, what’s next? That’s a big question my dude, and I’m open to your thoughts I kinda want early game to shake out before making tough decisions Understood. We have to see what this Anglo-German alliance holds. I’ll just say that i consider you my close ally and have every intention of finishing this game that way. Don’t fuckin tell him this- but you are a closer ally than England lol I mean same bro Did y’all make a deal? Like it’s not inked but I just changed my orders based on the tentative terms I feel like it’s coming together, but it’s not final Rgr.  I mean my priority is helping us stay cohesive to beat France- and taking Marseilles lol- so lmk how I can support y’all in figuring something out. Happy to offer to drive to the door of whoever breaks and alliance and punch them out  irl, just saying lol “Meet me in Temecula bro” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/lookit/2014/12/26/7449927/snottiedrippin-temecula-christmas-twitter-fight-kobe-bryant Lol Excellent dude.  Thank you much.  Let’s go get you some of those France builds. Of course man. Glad I could help! Yo you see that order England gave in Picardy to support a Paris attack on you in burgundy?  I think he fucked you. Or tried and failed any way. Wtf was that. Yeah maybe France just didn’t follow through...either way, doesn’t seem like the kind of order you give accidentally.  Let’s check in with England, see if he has a good explanation, but I’m not optimistic. Yeah and here I fucked Russia thinking this is the beginning of a great Anglo-German team.. Imho- we need to put Russia down ASAP so you can focus on this emerging England/France nexus. I mean we still have good odds if we’re up against an Anglo-France team, we’ll just need to work closely. We should talk builds when you can.  Idk if I’m building army or navy, but you good with an agreement on no Munich/Venice builds? Oh no I was gonna build an army in Mun But he’s literally just there to support me into Warsaw Yeah england we’ll see what he’s really up to this year Why no army in Berlin?  Just as close to warsaw, protects you against Russian navy fuckery Or were you gonna army in Berlin also? Yeah doing both. My Berlin army might get bogged down with that pesky ruski fleet I really don’t need a third fleet Ahhh that’s fair.  Guess I gotta trust you here.  Np np. Russia needs to die already lol.  I feel bad for the guy, but it’s curtains time. Yeah you’ll see next turn I’m not going after you Yeah it’s really sad. I haven’t had the heart to look at whatever he sent me :/ Literally just have an unopened message Lmk if you want any advice on France...if you got it covered, np- just want to support. Sure happy to listen to advice Sorry, away from my phone all day- mountain biking + swimming hole (I’m on vacation rn) Same lol We’ll work trip but same difference Lol where to? I mean, you may already be thinking this, but you gotta get all those armies out so they can all play a role in attacking France and England.  With all of them together, and support from me down south, you’ll be in a good position imo. Charlotte NC Oh cool I’m in Colorado rn Do we need to talk about anything?  Anything I can do for ya? Hey my dude, anything I can do to help move things forward against england/France? So I want Paris Word.  I want you to have Paris!  How can I help! Probably will have to wait til next year tho. I’m gonna move in deeper into France to support my guy in Paris next spring. Basically just don’t bounce me out if Gus Thanks man! Yessir.  I shan’t.  Scout’s honor. I have an ask of you though (unrelated to the above).... Can you lay off Russia for a hot min while we kick turkey’s ass? Sure man what’s up? Uh I’m gonna hit warsaw, I want that fleet gone But I don’t think I’ll get it until next year Uh that’s fair.  I mean I’d do the same if I was in your shoes.  I just want turkey gone, and that’s gonna be a real long road without support from the north. Thanks for understanding bro. It’s a natural pick up for me. I don’t think I’ll get it until next spring if that’s any consolation No no, I get it man.  Maybe you can help out with Turkey when you get far enough east if we haven’t cracked that nut by then, but all things in good time. I may just try for Paris again instead of Gus, don’t want you to think I lied to you if I run that move instead My thought it I don’t risk losing burg and who knows I just might take it Rgr.  Stand ready to support whatever you decide. This alliance is a two-way street and you’ve been crushing it on your side of the avenue- just lmk how I can help! Absolutely man! Thanks for being so supportive 😃 Hey man how’s it going? Hey dude- went to bed at 945 last night and just now seeing this.  My week for a busy work trip hahaha.  What’s up? Yo just a heads up- I think england and austria are going to attack you in Warsaw... Why do you think that? Austria has been really incommunicado recently and it’s what I would do if I was him England is a homie tho. England getting a build- which england needs!- is much less threatening to Austria than you getting a build. Now that Russia is done and France is close to being dead, what are you thinking for the future? I mean, you know his interactions with you better than I do, but it seems like his back is up against the wall a bit here Mannnn, I’m Fence sitting as long as I can I don’t wanna make this choice No chance for a three way Germany austria Italy victory huh I’m doing the same. Austria kept trying to get me to attack England but I stayed neutral. I wish we could just all hug it out imo Lol I agree!!! I mean Idk about England I’ve gotten mixed signals from him And I haven’t followed the Scandinavia brouhaha very closely honestly What’s good man? Yooo what’s up So what’s happening with that army in Munich??? Idk but I promise I won’t hit you. Tyrolia would threaten me obviously Can you promise it’s not going there? Yes I can promise So long as I can continue to expect non-aggression from you Word Similarly you have to understand if you move uni Tryolia I would see it as aggression :/ Hoping we don’t go there bro Oh for sure Neither of us move there If we do we’re fucks Dirty no-good finks Bitch boys Asshats I’m totally game!! Sounds good man. Glad we’re on the same page here. Sidebar- what’re you gonna do about england? Based on the overtures he’s making to me, he is not your friend Woah dude Austria knows my IRL name I’m freaked rn What How Yeah idk dude Wtf That’s not cool man Not cool at all How does he know Dude idk I’m like freaked I mean it was only my first name but I assume he like knows who I am IRL Did he say it in a threatening way??? Context??? I think he was trying to get me to trust him but like it backfired big time How did he say it Just causally incorporated my first name into a chat “You far overestimate me *******” Yikes Yikes indeed He’s like freaking me out I basically said that this gambit by using my irl name backfired because now I don’t trust him Let’s talk dude Yeah dude for sure And he was like “We never had had trust before” So I’ve lost a LOTTT of respect for austria By him doing this gambit “You thought we had trust. That is the mirage of diplomacy” How allied with England are you? Well I thought we were strong AF but idk now based on what you and Austria are telling me Strong AF as in, willing to end the game together? Nah idk about that but strong enough to leave parts of our borders undefended Strong enough he let me take the North Sea Ok What does a good endgame look like to you I’ve lost a lottt of respect for austria bc of this shit At this point, Austria getting knocked out. Beyond that I’m an open book. Are you willing to commit to me rn- no england- for a shared victory Np if you’re not And if you say no now, you’re not necessarily foreclosing that option forever Well me and england are only committed to taking out Austria I’ve indicated I’m open to a final two arrangement, but he hasn’t agreed so I’m open to an arrangement with you. I mostly indicated my openness because I would feel more comfortable having a total and complete ally Are you comfortable with revisiting this after we take out Austria? I don’t want to make a final decision until my primary objective is complete I appreciate that but I’m not really comfortable waiting Bc if we want and your answer is no, then I’m fuckin hosed, yknow? Okay I understand. I can agree if we can be agree to a reasonable arrangement with England (aka I don’t want to knife him until Austria is disposed with because that is the terms of our alliance) What is your idea of a reasonable arrangement with england Three way shares victory? Me not attacking him until Austria is gone Also just strategically if we want Austria gone, we shouldn’t hit him right away. Can you get on board with that? I’m down to work with you to a two way victory so long has you don’t expect me to knife england earlier than I would like. Let’s revisit this in a turn?  I gotta go to bed- but I’ve lost a lot of respect for him...and I need to think about how I see things evolving Yeah if you want to take your time with england that isn’t an obstacle That’s my only issue. If your in, I’m in. Can’t make decisions when I’m this tired- but I think we have an agreement. That army in Venice- where do you want it to go under this arrangement? We need to move on Austria all out ASAP If I can trust you, into try As a sign of trust here is my move set Don’t fuck me over tho A Ber - Sil
A Bur H
F Den - HEL
A Mun - Boh
F NTH H
A Par S Pic - Bre
A Ruh - Mun
A Sil - Gal
A War S Sil - Gal I will not fuck you over I clearly trust you lol Let’s talk tomorrow I can’t make this big a decision rn I trust you too For sure Rn- promise I won’t move into tyrolia That’s what matters Or tell anyone about this discussion We have trust Okay I mean you can if you go after Austria Sounds good man! Talk soon Night dude Night man Hey man how’s it going What’s up? Hey- sorry I’m just messaging now1 was driving all day yesterday No sweat man. Checking in. Word I want to move into Tyr to help me take Vienna next year. I promise I will not go after you in any way. I can support you into Gas if you want Mannnn honestly I need help with the UK But I’m not sure you can, just bc I don’t think you have the navies Yeah I need to focus all my attention on Austria. My biggest advantage right now against him is only having one front. Do you see any chance to keep Turkey kicking a little longer? Not really.  You know how Turkey is- once the door gets kicked in they fall pretty quick- especially now that Constantinople is doa Yeah it’s over England and I couldn’t get engaged fast enough, and Turkey made some bad plays He held on long all things considered! Agreed dude! Hope you’re okay with my move into Tyr? I didn’t see your message about it until just now but I appreciate you giving me the heads up We Gucci I’m off to bed now, but let’s talk tomorrow and figure out where we go from here Thanks bro. Sounds good! Could you support Mun > Tyr? Maybe What’s England doing with that army in Brest??? I’m trying to see if there’s room for you to support me into Gascony Hey sorry I missed this. Are you going to support Austria? What’s your logic with the Tyr move? For the record - I have no choice but to see this as an act of aggression towards me 😦 Wowww there Just seeing this now, wasn’t trying to start shot Hahah do you blame me? I need Tyr. What was that in Marseilles??? retaliation for going into Tyr I don’t want any hostility between us tho Why did you move into Tyr? Same reason I held my fleet in eas- I wasn’t paying attention and forgot to issue orders lol Had a crazy few days/nights now that I’m back home in dc and I’ve been tuned out Hahaha okay I mean fair No worries then man. I hope you can forgive me for misunderstanding your intentions No sweat But let’s talk abut how to fix this later! I’m running ofc to something rn Sounds good to me. Hey man - you good to talk? Ugh was at work the Good now for a min What’s up? Just want to check in. Thanks for taking down that unit. I gotchu b So any chance you stay neutral in my fight  wirh England??? 100% Sorry for the delay in getting back to you Been traveling. In Cali rn. I expect you to stay neutral between me and Austria tho. I don’t want two theatres. If you could support me into Tyr that would be beyond dope. What’s going on man Reaching out one more time, but based on the attack you launched with Austria it’s going to be hard for me to not work against you now 😦 Hey dude you there? Yo honestly I’ve been so busy I haven’t been able to think about this at all.  Not talking to Austria in the slightest- he keept asking me for help into tyrolia so I decided bumping everyone was the best I could do to keep you both equally pissed at me. Truth is I think the game is basically over for me- would love for you to stay neutral in regards to me but do what u gotta do I don’t buy it Yeah okay sounds good Don’t buy what? I question if you’re working with Austria tbh Nothing personal I mean I get it bouncing makes sense if you’re you’re not paying attention I mean that’s fair In the last 2 weeks- I got back from vacation, got swamped with work, and got dumped, so now basically all my free time is work and dating to try vainly to keep me from dying alone lol Up to you to believe that or not!  Diplomacy has taken a back seat to life stuff, and that is fine by me.  I should’ve been asleep an hour ago, so I’m going to bed!  Night Germany! Dude so so so sorry about the break up That blows. All the best man. Good night Mannnn it was probably overdue tbqh, but that’s a separate story Don’t cry for me Argentina etc etc Anyway, night! Night bro What’s good man Ay just seeing this what’s up No worries man. Hoping we can chat. Yo you around??? Sort of at a party Ha don’t worry man, I’m at a bar, well talk later Word tomorrow is pretty low key for me I’m in west coast time till Monday night and I’ll be flying most of the day Monday FYI Rgr let’s try to chat tomorrow Deal Yo Last minute but you there? Hey man sorry- Sunday was busy.  You around nowV Yeah what’s good You wanna work womrth@g out? Yeah I’m down What’re you thinking?  How can I help ya? Idk man. I’m worried england is gonna turn on me, which means I have to hit him hard soon Without giving too much away I think you are right to be worried We need to get read of France then we can take him in *on Tbh can you give a little more than that away? Well what has he told you? To chill out and not worry Lollll He approached me about stabbing you Yeah right lol Suggests he does not view your partnership as permanent Hey, you asked me what he said, your call on whether or not to believe me all good man Appreciate the tip Lol I Yo you were right I got you into mar I see that and I’m grateful!!! What can I do for you my man One thing man! Can you support tri from ven?