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Piers,

Mikey seems to be being totally uncooperative at the moment - he doesn't answer my emails and does things which are contrary to my suggestions without letting me know first (despite giving him every opportunity to come up with alternatives which I would happily have agreed to!!). I can only assume that he has decided he can 'hold us to ransom' while attempting to get into a position where he can gain more strength (ie. if we attack he threatens to hand provinces over to Germany). Can *you* see if you can get a satisfactory explanation/response from him as to his intentions, as I am being ignored? He may feel more able to talk to you.

If we do not get a satisfactory answer then I think we need to start weighing up whether a strategic strike to try and get as many of his provinces as possible is in order - this is risky, but with careful planning I think we could do this without letting Hippie gain the required 8 SCs (having looked at the map in detail, we would be able to gain 2 or 3 of Mike's SCs this Autumn alone - 1 for you and 1 or 2 for me)... I am beginning to get very frustrated by Mikey, and trying for the 3-way draw (myself, yourself and Hippie) is beginning to look more and more appealing. At least it would mean we know what movements are going to be made by the German-opposition!

What do you think?... Have I gone totally loco?... Should we just bide a bit longer?... You have the weekend to think about this as I am away until Sunday evening...

Suzi

She later said:

I have heard nothing from either Mikey or Piers... I will continue to attempt to get something from at least one of them!! (but if nothing here by 6pm I'll make a whole bunch of assumptions and send something anyway)

Spring 2010 Results.
Britain (Jim Hill) R.I.P. 2005	Egypt (Suzi Holyoake) A Sib s UKRAINE A Vol A Pod s UKRAINE A Hun A Ode s A Pod A Ist hold A Alb s UKRAINE A Ser A Ale - LBN - ION - Nap F EME hold F LBN c A Ale - Nap F ION c A Ale - Nap A Rom s A Ale - Nap F MAL s F WME F WME s F Alg F Alg hold A And s FRENCH F Bar F SOG - SAO (*bounce*) F TYR s A Rom
France (Mike Smith) F Por Support F Mor - SAO A Nav - Bar (*bounce*, *dislodged*) F Mor - SAO F Bar Support A Auv Hold A Auv Support A Lyo Hold (*cut*) A Lyo Hold A Mar Support A Lyo Hold A Swi Hold A Pie Support A Swi Hold A Aus Hold A Cro Support A Aus Hold A Ven Support A Aus Hold A Tus Hold	Germany (Hippie) A Mur s A Ura hold A Ura s A Gor hold A Gor s A Mos hold A Mos s A Bie hold A Lat s A Bie hold A Lit s A Bie hold A Bie s A Mos hold A Kra s A Slo hold A Cze s A Slo hold A Slo s A Cze hold A Sax s A Mun hold A Mun s A Sax A Ruh s A Als hold A Als s A Pic - Par F BoB c A Bel - Nav F ENG c A Bel - Nav F MAO s A Bel - Nav A Bor s A Bel - Nav F Bri s A Bor hold A Pic - Par (*bounce*) A Par - Auv (*bounce*) F IRI s F MAO hold F NWG hold A Bel - Nav A Ham - Hol
Italy (John Fouhy) R.I.P. 2005	Poland (Drew Buddie) R.I.P. 2004
Russia (Ross A Chapman) R.I.P. 2002	Spain (Jason Gool) R.I.P. 2002
Turkey (David Ashton) R.I.P. 1998	Ukraine (Piers Forrest) A Kie S A CRP A Vol H A CRP S A Vol A Kha S A Vol A Don S A Vol A Ser S A Hun A Hun S French A Aus A Rum S Turkish A Pod F WBS S A Rum

The French army in Nav retreats to Madrid.

Suzi wrote:

Piers,

Right - I've given a little thought to potential moves for the spring. How about:

UKRAINE A Ser - Cro
UKRAINE A Hun s A Ser - Cro
UKRAINE A Rum s A Hun
EGYPT A Pos s UKRAINE A Hun
EGYPT A Ode s A Pod
[to potentially gain you Cro]

EGYPT A Alb - Ven
EGYPT F ADR c A Alb - Ven
EGYPT A Rom s A Alb - Ven
EGYPT F Alg - Mor
EGYPT F SOG s F Alg - Mor
EGYPT A And - Gib
[to potentially gain Ven, Mor and Gib]

all other egyptian and ukrainian units that have been cross-self-supporting continue to do so.

???

How does that seem for a starter?

I haven't yet projected this forward to the Autumn movement... but I am well set up to convoy additional armies from egypt to france/spain, and it should give us and additional army for you ready to move some across the centre for support.

Any other suggestions?

Suzi

(This could be interesting <g>)

Piers' reply is unknown.

Autumn 2010 Results.
Britain (Jim Hill) R.I.P. 2005	Egypt (Suzi Holyoake) A Nap s A Rom A Rom hold F TYR - LIG F MAL - TYR F LBN - MAL F EME - LBN A And s FRENCH A Mad (*void*) F WME s FRENCH F Bar F SOG s FRENCH F SAO F Alg hold F ION - ADR A Ist hold A Ode s A Pod A Pod s UKRAINE A Hun A Sib s UKRAINE A Vol A Alb s UKRAINE A Ser
France (Mike Smith) F Por Hold F SAO Support F Por Hold A Mad - Nav (*bounce*) F Bar support A Auv A Lyo Hold A Mar Support A Lyo Hold A Auv Support A Lyo Hold (*cut*, *dislodged*, *disbanded NRP*) A Swi Support A Lyo Hold A Pie support A Swi A ven Support A Aus Hold A Cro Support A Aus Hold A Tus - Mil	Germany (Hippie) A Mur s A Ura hold A Ura s A Gor hold A Gor s A Mos hold A Mos s A Bie hold A Lat s A Bie hold A Lit s A Bie hold A Bie s A Mos hold A Kra s A Slo hold A Cze s A Slo hold A Slo s A Cze hold A Sax s A Mun hold A Mun s A Ruh - Als A Ruh - Als (*bounce*) A Als - Lyo (*bounce*) F BoB - Nav F MAO s F BoB - Nav A Bor s A Nav - Auv F Bri s A Bor hold A Pic s A Par hold A Par s A Nav - Auv F IRI s F MAO hold F NWG hold A Nav - Auv A Hol - Bel F ENG hold
Italy (John Fouhy) R.I.P. 2005	Poland (Drew Buddie) R.I.P. 2004
Russia (Ross A Chapman) R.I.P. 2002	Spain (Jason Gool) R.I.P. 2002
Turkey (David Ashton) R.I.P. 1998	Ukraine (Piers Forrest) A Kie S A CRP A Vol H A CRP S A Vol A Kha S A Vol A Don S A Vol A Ser S A Hun A Hun S French A Aus A Rum S Turkish A Pod F WBS S A Rum

Adding up the adjusts, there are no adjusts (France has a build pending.)

The following table summarises the changing SC situation - this is not always the same as the number of adjusts!

The following table contains a game summary, broken down by power.

The NMR/Late score are for the current player.

Dropouts:
No players have yet dropped out of this game. Though Ydris (Turkey), Ross (Russia), Drew (Poland), Jason (Spain), Jim (England) and John (Italy) have been eliminated.

The following table contains a game summary, broken down by SC. Sc's are grouped roughly according to geographical area.

            Start End
      SC       95 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
----Africa----------------------------------------------------------
         Libya  .  E  E  E  I  I  I  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
       Morocco  .  B  S  S  S  S  S  S  F  F  F  E  E  F  F  F  F
       Tunisia  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  E  E  F  F  E  E  E  E  E
---Britain----------------------------------------------------------
     Edinburgh  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
     Gibraltar  B  B  B  S  S  S  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
     Liverpool  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G
        London  B  B  B  G  G  G  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
-Central Europe-----------------------------------------------------
       Austria  .  I  I  I  I  G  G  G  G  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
      Bulgaria  .  T  T  I  I  I  I  U  U  U  E  U  U  U  U  U  U
       Croatia  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  F  F  F  F  F  F
Czechoslovakia  .  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Greece  .  T  T  I  I  I  I  E  E  G  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
       Hungary  .  U  U  U  I  I  I  I  U  U  U  U  F  U  U  U  U
       Rumania  .  U  U  U  I  U  I  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
        Serbia  .  .  I  I  I  I  I  I  E  E  E  U  U  U  U  U  U
----Egypt-----------------------------------------------------------
    Alexandria  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
         Aswan  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
         Cairo  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
----France----------------------------------------------------------
      Bordeaux  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  G  G  G
          Lyon  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
    Marseilles  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
         Paris  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  G  G  G
---Germany----------------------------------------------------------
        Berlin  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
     Frankfurt  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
       Hamburg  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Munich  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
----Italy-----------------------------------------------------------
         Milan  I  I  I  I  I  I  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
        Naples  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
          Rome  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  F  F  F  F  E  E  E  E
        Venice  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
--Middle East-------------------------------------------------------
          Iran  .  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
        Israel  .  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
  Saudi Arabia  .  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
----Poland----------------------------------------------------------
        Gdansk  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Krakow  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Warsaw  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
----Russia----------------------------------------------------------
         Gorky  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  U  U  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Moscow  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  P  U  U  U  G  G  G  G  G
      Murmansk  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Rostov  R  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
St. Petersburg  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  R  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
-SovSatellite-------------------------------------------------------
   Bielorussia  .  P  P  P  R  R  U  P  P  P  U  U  G  G  G  G  G
       Georgia  .  T  R  R  R  R  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
     Lithuania  .  P  P  P  P  R  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
--Scandinavia-------------------------------------------------------
       Denmark  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Norway  .  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Sweden  .  R  R  P  P  P  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
----Spain-----------------------------------------------------------
     Barcelona  S  S  S  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
        Madrid  S  S  S  S  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
       Seville  S  S  B  B  S  F  S  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
----Turkey----------------------------------------------------------
         Adana  T  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
        Ankara  T  T  T  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  E  E  E  E  E
      Istanbul  T  T  T  I  I  I  E  E  E  E  E  U  U  U  U  E  E
        Izmair  T  T  T  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
---Ukraine----------------------------------------------------------
          Kiev  U  U  U  P  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
       Kharkov  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
        Odessa  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  E  E  E  E
    Sevastipol  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U  U
-West Europe--------------------------------------------------------
       Belgium  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
       Holland  .  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
       Ireland  .  B  B  B  B  B  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G
        Monaco  .  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
      Portugal  .  S  S  B  B  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F
   Switzerland  .  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F  I  F  F  F  F  F  F  F

Could you extend the deadline for the draw and spring moves in Perdita as I'm still in the process of trying to convince Suzi that she doesn't have to be nice to Mikey (it's not like anybody else ever is ;-) )

Little does Hippie know that Suzi is trying to convince Piers of the same thing....

A few days later, Hippie wrote:

Well despite the fact that Suzi is poorly and despite the many ways I've tried to persuade her to kill Mikey AND despite the fact that she said she would consider it.I have come to the conclusion that her heart is set. I therefore, most sadly accept a 4 way draw.

As it turned out, the draw vote failed. At this point everyone in the game had voted yes to a draw proposal at some point.

Hippie commented:

Well the game continues (good old Suzi). Looks like my mail bomb of witty emails hit the mark....I knew she was a sucker for good jokes and funny email.

Do you realise we have reached the 1 year mark now....good grief!!

This is quite full of irony, as Suzi actually voted for the draw. (Suzi's vote revealed with permission of Suzi)