Pootleflump wrote:jay65536 wrote:I was all set to decry the carebear draw, but then I saw the result--this is either a total breakdown (which seems unlikely from an outsider's perspective) or the biggest carebear meta-gaming result I've ever seen. Only once before have I ever seen such total lack of fight in an endgame.
Anyway, now that the game is over, my point was, as of Fall 1908, when the replacement Turkey took over, France appeared to have a losing position, and instead she went on to win.
Hey. Congratulations Pootle. Maybe you just played a decent game of diplomacy and managed to get other people to do what you wanted them to and steered the game to the ending it was. 'Carebear Metagaming' gee thanks.
I was not expecting the subsequent response that it was apparently a total breakdown, not meta-gaming. Seems you did such a number on England (and Germany earlier in the game) that Turkey didn't care to try to reach out after you finally stabbed. So that was quite well-played.
I guess I was just annoyed because after S11 I was hoping to be able to watch a tight, non-stalemated endgame where you would have had a good shot at pulling out the win even if they decided to make you. Instead it just ended! Nothing for me to watch now.