so do you change opt2 to "no block" or leave it? @farah

I also vote for option 3

Who again voted for those berserk-moves last turn?

so do you change opt2 to "no block" or leave it? @farah

I try not to change anything after the first vote has been cast, so no.

may i just leave this link here:

http://wzclot.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com/leagues/306/

join if you want to beat rufus in 1v1

Edited 10/5/2020 08:37:25

The world voted for option 3!

This is how the board looks now:



This is what happened:

The World:
Farah♦ plays an order priority card
Deploy 2 to Kyrgyzstan

Rufus:
Deploy 16 to Xinjiang

The world:
Deploy 15 to Tadschikistan
9 armies captured Cuba from Venezuela

Rufus:
19 armies captured Kyrgyzstan from Xinjiang
2 armies transferred to Brazil from Colombia

The World:
0 armies transferred to Kyrgyzstan from Eastern Kazakhstan
0 armies transferred to Kyrgyzstan from Tomsk
1 army transferred to Eastern Kazakhstan from Ufa

Rufus:
0 armies transferred to Mexico from Cuba

In short, we guessed the wrong border. It was a prediction after all. We do break Central America, but we lose Caucasus. We're on the verge of losing, but it might be an important lesson for everyone on how to seal a winning position. At this point we have to hope Rufus makes mistakes and exploit those. Expect a new thread soon!

Edited 10/6/2020 21:13:14

Apart from Rufus hiting first order, I don't really like his play. It could have also gone like this: We guess the correct border, pull our leftovers, Rufus hits a stack, we break Central America, we break the China border, Rufus surrenders.

I guess Rufus also played his order prio card to avoid some of the gamble. I would base our next move on Rufus not having the order prio card available. Lacking the order prio card he could be hesitant moving to our Russia bonus.

Edited 10/6/2020 23:19:59

One of the options we had as a proposal was stacking in Eastern Kazakhstan, transferring our armies to there. Just wait until the options show up :)

I do not like his passive play in SA this turn either, I feel like he should've at least taken back Colombia, however I do believe that attacking Caucasus was the correct move for him. Of course we could've predicted right, but there was no way to take China back if he full deploys, so it is not like not breaking us would be a losing turn for him, if he takes back Colombia.
So I am actually puzzled that he didn't do that, knowing it was a fairly safe move for him with OD card.

We'll come up with all possible ideas now how this position can still be thrown by Rufus, not saying that I think it will work, but it's still very interesting.

Edited 10/7/2020 08:13:54