Heyyy guy Thoughts re: la France? Thinks seem pretty cordial so far. That said, I wouldn’t mind a thorn in his side. What are you thinking? I’m thinking it might be to our advantage to pressure him a bit...rn he’s getting a LOT of builds this turn, and then he’s probably coming straight at us. I can move on Picardy, but only if you move on Belgium.  I think Germany is going for him, so now’s your chance to get a slice of France while the getting is good. Looking back at the board and damn, he has left Belgium wide open for you Do it I was already planning on it. Let’s slice her up 😼 Hey fella Let’s fucking keep clowning on France, yeah? He can’t fight you off from north and me off from south Let’s do it Hell yah bruh Excellent work dude.  What’re you thinking you’re going to do with that army in France??? No clue yet. Germany is knocking at my door. Have you talked to Germany at all today? He’s incommunicado Same lol.  Sucks bc a lot is obviously up in the air depending on what he does...but let’s give him some time to respond to us and try to take things from there. Ok I obviously have a vested interest in you putting full court press on France...which requires further coordination with Germany...just keep me in the loop on how I can support. The only thing preventing that is Germany. Let’s work on him together On Germany or France you mean??? Work on Germany I mean. How?  I’ll be honest, feels like we’re still a bit too far apart...and tbqh, I can’t fight Germany AND France at the same time lol. I mean diplomatically Ok what do you have in mind?  I’ll be honest- not really trying to stab Germany, who has been good to me, but I’ll hear you out. You’re completely misunderstanding me. I’m talking about convincing Germany to lay off of me and join against France. Possibly turn on Russia too. Ohhhh damn my bad!  Sorry dude!  Totally my mistake. Yeah word I would like that very much.  Obviously I’m putting a lot of stock in the anti-France effort- and obviously that is near-impossible if Germany ain’t down. Let’s both lobby him on it. Yes Had the chance to feel Germany out yet? Nada Any move decisions yet?  I have an ask for you but idk how realistic it is I heard from Germany What’s your ask? Attack Paris (is my ask) How’d talks with Germany go? Well he sounds committed to supporting you into Marseilles. I asked him to support me into Paris and he said no. It seems there was a discord glitch which is why he stabbed. Ugh sometimes my messages aren’t going through bc it says I haven’t pressed thumbs up.  Hasn’t happened to anything big yet but I see it. So what’re you going to do with that army? I’m still nervous about him. I asked him to take Sweden and he hasn’t answered yet. I won’t interfere with you taking Marseilles, don’t worry. Well it would be much more a sure thing if you could attack Paris I’ll try to finagle Germany on your behalf Can you provide him assurances you’d give him a lion’s share of the France builds?  I think it would go a long way to securing his cooperation Are we allowed to group chat? We should work out the slicing together. I suggested you take marseille and Spain, I take Brest and Portugal and he gets Paris and Belgium I don’t think we can!  Which sucks but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We can’t what, split up like that? Yeah, me and Germany can’t come to terms. No no I mean talk in a group That split sounds fair to me tbqh 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 Ok- per Germany’s suggestion I am mediating between you two.  What is this North Sea dispute ? We’re going to DMZ it But I want to do it next season so I can convoy into Norway. Ok he says y’all are talking again I stand ready to support What’s the good word my dude Me and Germany are iffy He’s being cagey but we’ll see what happens So at this point I’m accepting that the england/Germany relationship will need to be worked out beyond this turn Trying here My question is- bc it has relevance for my naval moves- what’s that army in Picardy doing??? No no I hear you I can support later But moves are due in 10. We need to worry about the here and now rn. I’m concerned you and Germany are plotting against me Absolutely not. If we’re going to knock France out we need to be a team. I agree Ok, I’ll hit Paris. I mean, I’d ask how I know you and Germany aren’t plotting against ME, but at some level I trust y’all not to be pulling that Excellent. If I take Marseilles, you have secured my future cooperation and goodwill. I hope you and Germany can live together for the next few turns. What did he agree to do?  Asking so I can hold him to shit next turn if he doesn’t do it My man.  Owe you.  Won’t forget your help here. Waitttt...what’s up with this “supports Paris into burgundy” order? That you gave your army in Picardy? Complete oversight. I had my orders like that before we came to our agreement. Between talking to you and Germany and Austria AND my gf last night I forgot to change them up. My bad. No worries, I believe you- not sure Germany will tho.  Probably worth talking to him. Are you talking with france at all? Nothing with France Germany asked me the same thing and I explained. I hope he believes me. Ay you around??? Yes whats up? Germany got fuckin big huhhh Iiiii’m not sure how much I like it That is the subject that I wished to discuss how do we  bring him down?  austria is talking to me about the same thing We need a united front first and foremost Obviously I built that unit in Venice as leverage on Austria to secure his cooperation against Germany lol Yo- MAO- how do I get there to take Portugal lol if you recall, i was supposed to get brest and portugal, you were supposed to get marsielles and spain and Germany was supposed to get paris and Belgium so i should ask you, how do I get into MAO to take portugal? You gonna support me into Portugal or what? (Or wherever you bounced me from, idc to look it up) What’s in it for me, after you’ve already bounced me out of Marseilles? we don't let germany win How does you taking Portugal keep Germany from winning And how does it help me specifically You’re gonna have a rough time taking Portugal without me...prepared to let you have it if I get Marseilles back We have a deal. Gotta kill France 👍🏻 Vacate Marseilles and then next turn I’ll help you kill France Deal? There is no next turn This is the last move No I think it’s fall 1909 So winter 1909 next right? It’s actually inconsequential who takes what as neither of us can top the board. The only thing that matters is the we kick France (Apologies if im being dumb and missing something) Yeah but I’m still not doing this for free bruh I gotta go in 2 or so hours so we should probably figure this out sooner rather than later Update I have Marseilles and I’m happy Wanna talk France? put me in portugal We can do that Good with waiting til next turn?  So I know you won’t stab me? Why did you keep France on the board? He gets paid out now Boneheaded play 1) I think we still have another turn to knock him out? 2) you didn’t respond to my messages earlier?  Where I asked if I could wait a turn to attack him? It’s not over now? I did respond I said we should move on it now I didn’t thumbs up or thumbs down it 😦 So it didn’t send Oh wow, looks like we have one more chance to knock France out, exactly like I was saying I’m attacking Portugal from Spain- support me from mao and we’ll knock him out