ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Hehe, GO Gamecocks!!!
Yeah, right back to their mid-season dive... and the Bulldogs are back in the driver's seat for the SEC East title once again after taking out the hated Gators. Go Dawgs!!!
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Hehe, GO Gamecocks!!!
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
1) I don't think PzH had his dreams set on playing a strong defense. He is very aggressive. For some reason, he decided to stop his attack long before he should have/had to. At least, I think so. As with most aggressive players, he may not enjoy playing a drawn-out defensive game. I think that's the reason for his lack of interest in the game (not Real Life matters, though that may have contributed at an earlier point). Steve probably decided he didn't have a good shot at auto victory, so that he felt he had to go on the defensive. I think he had a shot, but I'm not positive.
2) I continue to believe that an experienced, gifted and aggressive IJ player in Scenario Two has a strong shot at auto victory. I can think of at least two players who, IMO, would have a very high probability of scoring an auto vic against me. That may be because of my style of play and the flaws included therein. The thing is, an IJ player would probably have to sacrifice long term health (IE, his prospects for a good defense should auto-vic fail so that the game went on into '44 and thereafter) in order to have a strong shot at it. Under the right conditions - IJ player with that mentality against an Allied player of my ability and typical "soft defense" strategy - auto vic is a distinct possibility. I think PzH had set things up very well to test out this theory, but decided to call it off. I wish he had gone for it.
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Last weekend, Steve and I cordially exchanged emails about the status of the game. I invited Steve to resign. I encouraged him to resign. He declined to resign. He asked how often I needed turns. In a show of good sportsmanship, I told him - after thinking things through - that there were no expectations. He could send them whenever he wanted to.
And that's the last time I heard from him. No turn. No email saying no turns coming. No nothing.
Very soon now I will unilaterally declare this game over.
P.S. For those thinking, "Well, you said 'no expectations,'" it is implied therein some reasonable minimal courtesy and activity. Steve's conduct is beyond mystifying at this point.
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
...promise me that if this game ends you won't stop playing! Promise!!
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
...promise me that if this game ends you won't stop playing! Promise!!
I'm not going anywhere. This is the only game for me - at least for another decade or two. But I do think I'm going to take a sabbatical for awhile. I just can't imagine starting another game - all the patience, all the logistical work, all the planning and preparation that it takes to get the Allies ready to go later in '42 - wondering if my opponent will disappear for any of a variety of reasons. I'm temporarily burned out.
ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Oddly, we USC types had to pull for Georgia to retain any hope. Then Lattimore happened. Sigh.
As for the game, if it ends that's a shame, but is probably a de facto concession by PJH.