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07 Oct 16 UTC	Spring, 1906: GameMaster: Austria voted for a Draw. If everyone votes Draw the game will end and the points are split equally among all the surviving players, regardless of how many supply centers each player has.
16 Oct 16 UTC	Spring, 1911: GameMaster: Italy voted for a Draw. If everyone votes Draw the game will end and the points are split equally among all the surviving players, regardless of how many supply centers each player has.
25 Oct 16 UTC	Good game all. I could only see this game heading to a Turkish solo at this point since my resource were terribly placed.
25 Oct 16 UTC	This much is true; sorry Ender, but I thought you were starting to make a play for more centres off of France. And Eli, sorry you were on the end of the thinning... An enjoyable game; I was v tempted to take down my Draw flag, but thought a solo by me was v unlikely, given the good play to this point.
25 Oct 16 UTC	gg
25 Oct 16 UTC	Short summary: I was very fortunate to be part of this draw. Interesting and well-played game. My hat's off to England who completely outplayed me in the north, and basically forced me into a defensive try-to-force-the-draw mode. Once St. Pete falls, Russia is mostly on its heels. Turkey, you were right that I was just trying to get to Ruhr to help pressure England into the draw - I can see how you thought otherwise. Your early move to Armenia had me worried, but we seemed to sort ourselves out in time to put up a decent front. Italy, you had guts going so hard after Austria early - often a perilous move for both countries, especially in gunboat. When I saw the potential Western Triple forming, I thought it was going to work out for you. I suppose the French stab was not completely surprising, but you were in the same boat as I at that point. France, I think your move to take Berlin may have sealed your fate as England was basically left with a very small front and could have just waited to make very slow gains against me or stab you. I think it was just a matter of time. Regardless, you played this quite well too. Towards the end, I am quite sure that England and Turkey could have carved me up rather quickly, so I was truly thankful to still be part of the draw. Thanks for the game everyone...and apologies for the long-winded EOG.
26 Oct 16 UTC	Agreed with everything you said, Russia. France: I would have liked to continue working with you, but the stalemate was completed in the Med and in 1912 the only possibility for movement was if you moved into Galicia or if there was a stab. I was not satisfied with a five-way draw, so I stabbed, with the eventual goal of soloing but if impossible, having a four-way draw since your loss of centres would lead Turkey to hopefully move on Italy at last. But then in 1915 Turkey stabbed Russia and his support to Mao showed he was willing to help France if it meant stopping me, and even though I was still leading I was in a position to do, well, absolutely nothing due to all my useless fleet. Turkey could have eventually soloed I believe, and I would have also made a few gains in that situation once France and Russia could no longer defend Paris and Warsaw. Being a PPSC game, that outcome would have been very good for me, but Turkey's draw flag was still up so why not! Good fight, all.
26 Oct 16 UTC	Good game, thanks. I'm sorry for mistakes I have done, there was a couple of them. I agree with Russia and understand Britain. Thanks again!