| Broadcasts for Spring of 1905 in goofy |
Movement
Broadcast message in goofy:
>>>> Goofy votes:
>>>> A - E 0 F 3 G 4 I 0 R 0 T 0
^
Freddy, Freddy, Freddy. I fear your brains have
been addled. No more than 3 votes per power. Please
give one to me.
Heh, the GM caught that too. I must admit I don't have the rules
copied anywhere. OK, here they are:
A - E 0 F 4 G 3 I 0 R 0 T 0
Whoops, can't do that either :)
I'll give it to "you."
A - E 0 F 3 G 3 I 0 R 1 T 0
You are Russia, right? :) If not, Russia deserves the point for
ignoring the two armies roaming through Russia.
F.F.
Here are the results of the French jury:
Italy - 0 points. Ahem, the Mid-Atlantic is DMZ
England - 1 point. Had to give it to someone
Russia - 1 point. Ditto
Turkey - 1 point. Just noticed Serbia unowned. You deserve some
credit for that. (AF, you'll get yours later.)
Germany - 1 point. Every time you do something good (Sev-Arm) you do
something bad (Fin-Swe).
Austria - 3 points. Neutrality - a wise decision. Want to try that
convoy in the spring?
Broadcast message from Italy in goofy:
> Italy: Nice preparation for max. goofiness next year. This time however:
> No points.
I> Wah!
> Russia: Go West! ...
I> I'm going East. Does that count?
But Russia has the head start! Feel free to collect Serbia,
which is unowned. I'm a bit sad about Trieste, as I wished to build
another fleet. Well, there is still time for that.
I> MajorDomo
I> BTW: A: 1 I'm still confused on what you did.
I used bogus phase orders to trigger the "partial orders
received" flag. There are two ways to trigger that flag:" (1) Submit
a full set of orders with an error (2) Submit any set of phase orders
with an error therein.
The reason I did not broadcast press as Austria was that
signing on as Austria would have changed the "part" flag to just a
"no orders received" flag. That would have spoiled my attempt to NMR.
The Judge will process through a "part" flag, but not through
a "late" flag. But it waits until the end of grace to do so,. which
is why Robert moved up the end of the grace period.
Freddie
Pardon a newbie's reaction, if you please, but it is heartening to see that
in this sterile, no-misteaks-allowed world of Judge Dip, humans can still
find ways to tinker with the machines!
As for goofiness: Austria and France score extra, Russia (as >yawn< usual)
scores none, others keep pluggin' away. Getting harder to develop strange
strategy, no?
Hey, Freddie, wanna visit Liverpool?? How 'bout it, Italy? Order da convoy,
or proxy the appropriate units to me!
--The Silly English K-nnnn-ighit!
Austria gets 3 points for finding another clever way to NMR. Minus two points
for collaborating with the ultimate evil of the Universe in order to
do so.
England: Cute random generation of moves... 1 point.
France: Absolutely hilarious... 2 points.
Italy: In anticipation... 1 point.
Russia: I'm not quite sure yet, but I think you may be onto something big. :)
In case I'm wrong, 1 point for now with more to come.
Turkey: CUTE!! What else can I say... 1 point
One thing that puzzles me... why is fin - swe a "bad" move? Have we gone
the rather legalistic route of Less = Good, More = Bad? If you'll notice,
I was unable to use the build (again) and I knew that would be the case.
My fleet currently in sweden is pushing steadily forward on the quest for
the edge of the board. The long route we are taking was made necessary by
our disguise of the merciless master-hunting fleets as armies, and also by
the somewhat dissapointing revelation that the crew was unable to carry the
merciless master-hunting dinghy "Robertjack" through the streets of St.
Petersburg because of an obscure zoning ordinance. Much saddened, the crew
of the Robertjack is continuing their trek along the beaches of Scandanavia.
Sincerely,
ps - Russia is planning on occupying all of the centers on the board in
succession.
>why is fin-swe a bad move?
because you could have played fin-gob...stp-fin-gob is goofy
>My fleet currently in sweden is pushing steadily forward on the quest for
>the edge of the board. The long route we are taking was made necessary by
>our disguise of the merciless master-hunting fleets as armies, etc.
well if you put it that way...
master, can you find it in your heart to take the point i gave to
russia and give it to germany?
ps. russia, portugal is mine.
"Conspiring with the Ultimate Evil of the Universe?" Ah, too bad you
did not see the content of my lost phased orders. A definite strike
at the GM.
The only conspiring with Mr. GM (Herr GM?) was arranging for an
earlier grace, out of courtesy to the other players.
I agree with the German's defense of his moves. Fin - Swe is hardly
expansionist. Along the same lines, I note that my armies have been
sitting in Africa for a long time immobile. Their position is not so
noteworthy as the fact that my home SC's were completely undefended
and undefendable.
Look at it this way: if the game were suddenly declared serious, who
would do well, and who would fall? Bogus supports and convoys have
some humor, but I think real extremism, such as Germany's, ought to be
rewarded.
I thought possibly that Russia was trying to occupy every SC on the
board, but he has definitely passed up oppurtunities to expand into
Austria. I would like to find out what his strategy is. As his
armies get further west, his moves increase in goofiness.
Freddie
PROXY FEST TIME!
austr!a: 3gp --- wOw! a new way tO nmr!!!
england: 1gp --- ! g!ve up. are yOu at war w!th russ!a, Or are yOu !n
an all!ance w!th russ!a? Or, are yOu really us!ng a randOm mOve
generatOr prOgram?
france: 2gp --- ! th!nk the french revOlut!On !s st!ll qu!te
!nterest!ng... but !t lOOks l!ke austr!a prefers tO rema!n neutral
(neuter?) fOr nOw. whOse s!de !s p!edmOnt On???
turkey: 1gp --- fOr try!ng tO g!ve me a gp. (that was fOr me, wasn't
!t?)
serb!a: 1gp --- fOr rema!n!ng neutral fOr fOur years. keep up the
gOOfy wOrk!
master: 2gp --- fOr lett!ng me break the rules by g!v!ng 4 gp tO a
player last seasOn...
ObsOrvOr
> turkey: 1gp --- fOr try!ng tO g!ve me a gp. (that was fOr me, wasn't
> !t?)
Uhv kors.
> Italy - 0 points. Ahem, the Mid-Atlantic is DMZ
Us goofy people ignore DMZs.
Besides, my armies have order to board the fleet and sail away. Unfortunately,
the orders were written so the embarture point is St. Pete. :-)
MajorDomo
P.S. I agree -- PROXY FEST! -- all of my units are proxied to other powers. It
is up to you to guess what units are proxied to whom.
Retreats
France is a big poop for messing up my trip to Liverpool.
:=P
Freddie
France:
I thought the MAO was suppose to be a DMZ, eh? Or does that apply only
to non-French units?
MajorDomo
Goofy votes:
England 2: Convoying an army to Liverpool would have been goofy.
France 0: You're no fun :(
Italy 2: Proxy fest fell through :( Glad you participated. My
proxies for you would have been better if you'd seen A Tri s vie -
bud, as well as A Vie S Tri - Bud.
Germany 2: Another participant of Proxy Fest.
Russia 1: Continued westward push!
Turkey 0: Ran out of points. Sorry.
F.F.
GM votes for Spring 1905
A1, E3, F0, G1, I0, R1, T1
Austria: While your not responsible for the almost successful convoy, giving
England the chance earns you 1 point.
England: Yeah! This time some of your umpteen proxy orders were indeed put
to use! Too bad you didn't use *all* units proxied to you. And the
almost successful convoy to Liverpool would have been even funnier
if you hadn't put up defense against its success... Nevertheless:
3 points.
France: You disrupted a nice convoy! Shame on you!
Germany: So it's no round trip around the Baltic. Sigh. But the way you
chose to StP is also goofy, I think. Seems you may be there earlier
than Italy, but later than Turkey.
Italy: Proxying all units to one nation (known to use them) is goofier
than proxying them all to different ones.
Russia: Go, Russia, go!
Turkey: Look who made it to StP first! Also very interesting is the
reinforcement of your Black Sea fleet.
I agree with Freddy. Here are my goofy points:
England 2: Convoying an army to Liverpool would have been goofy.
France 0: You're no fun :-( A big poop!
Austria 2: Proxy fest fell through :-( Glad you participated.
Germany 2: Another participant of Proxy Fest.
Russia 0: Ran out of points. Sorry.
Turkey 1: Consulation prize.
MajorDomo
Here are the results for 1904. Note that Austria has replaced Germany
in the leading position, while France overtook England. Russia dropped
from position 5 to the last position (it seems long-term goofiness does
not pay as fast as short-term goofiness).
Top-Goofy in 1904 was France with 25 goofy points.
w1904:
A E F G I R T
SC: 5 5 5 3 4 7 4
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1p: 5 5 5 3 4 7 4
1.5p: 7.5 7.5 7.5 4.5 6 10.5 6
2p: 10 10 10 6 8 14 8
And now, the goofy points in 1904:
A E F G I R T
----------------------------------------------
SC 7.5 7.5 7.5 4.5 6 10.5 6
GP 20 10 25 15 15 6 18
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1902 27.5 17.5 32.5 19.5 21 20.5 24
Goofy point totals (1901-1904):
A E F G I R T
----------------------------------------------
SC 28.5 27 31.5 18 19.5 37.5 24
GP 81 60 65 85 60 38 54
----------------------------------------------
sum 109.5 87 96.5 103 79.5 75.5 78
rank 1 4 3 2 5 7 6
I hang my head in shame :-\
My votes:
Austria - 0 points. No orders entered.
Italy - 0 points. No orders entered.
Russia - 0 points. Not enough to spare.
Turkey - 1 point. All I could afford.
Germany - 3 points. You made it!!!! Now what?
England - 3 points. All the rules would let me give you.
Hmm, I probably should double check my calculations *before* I send them
out, not afterwards. My first calculation showed Turkey with three points
more than actually true. Here's the correction (having Russia on position
6 and Turkey on 7).
Goofy points sum up to less than the possible 112 since Germany goofed
up on the voting in both seasons, thus leading to the deduction of those
points I assigned him.
w1904:
A E F G I R T
SC: 5 5 5 3 4 7 4
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1p: 5 5 5 3 4 7 4
1.5p: 7.5 7.5 7.5 4.5 6 10.5 6
2p: 10 10 10 6 8 14 8
And now, the goofy points in 1904:
A E F G I R T
----------------------------------------------
SC 7.5 7.5 7.5 4.5 6 10.5 6
GP 20 10 25 15 15 6 15
----------------------------------------------
1902 27.5 17.5 32.5 19.5 21 20.5 21
Goofy point totals (1901-1904):
A E F G I R T
----------------------------------------------
SC 28.5 27 31.5 18 19.5 37.5 24
GP 81 60 65 85 60 38 51
----------------------------------------------
sum 109.5 87 96.5 103 79.5 75.5 75
rank 1 4 3 2 5 6 7