EmeraldCity Austrian End Of Game Statement
Janusz Ostrycharz Played Austria
Russia's 'told you so' only stings if he was fully precognizant of the fact that I would COMPLETELY STOP PLAYING for the last month of the game (except for that half a year where i retreated deeper into Russian territory). If he thinks the same thing would have happened if I had cconsistently submitted orders... well then I would challenge him to a face-saving duel of some sort at WACCon if I could, in fact, even afford to attend myself. :P
I failed Austria completely. We had imbibed a mixture of kool-aid
I pretty never intended to let Russia anywhere past RUM. In any direction. (But I didn't know how much trouble England &/or Germany would have with R's north...)
I offered Turkey Tunis in the long run (irony?) - then of course came the ongoing vacillation about whether to let him past (or even into) ION... and I stopped submitting orders before my final decision (and to his credit, the good faith lasted for an otherwise-unexpected army build and even farther, although my memory gets a little hazy somewhere towards the end...)
Never wanted to cooperate with Italy. Can't tell you why. Know nothing about them personally. Although apparently, France did a good job of convincing Italy to counter what would've been a much earlier invasion. :)
Speaking of which - barely communicated with France throughout the game. Same with England.
This was my first online game. Other things occurred that distracted me heavily. Some more than others. Is there any way any of you will join a game that you already know I'm in?
Good game, folks. See some of you from the sidelines at the WAC.
Janusz