Guam Solo vs crockett36 G40.2 oob

[GuamSolo]

@crockett36 It would be fun to attend a tournament and see how everyone plays. Everyone can’t be too orthodox I imagine. It would be too predictable then.

[GuamSolo]

@crockett36 I’ve thought about that too - going back and playing the game vs. AI. But the AI always seems at some point to do something most humans wouldn’t and the results are hard to evaluate. The AI (almost) never takes risks, which is unlike human game play.

[crockett36]

I need to change my playbook to Modest dashing of Axis ambitions!

[crockett36]

JDOW '15 '14 8 days ago
@trulpen said in Post League Game Results Here:

a) trulpen - JDOW 0-1

b) trulpen - JDOW 0-1

I would like to emphasize that these have been everything but clear wins by me.
My general goal with the Allies is to outplay the Axis strategically and make the giant fall using the strategy of 1000 needle sticks. This did not work in both games and the giant did not stumble and Allies were in the corner in both games.
All I did is showing some qualities to be a slippy eel when cornered, supported by a mental slip (game 1) and a semi-blunder (game 2) from trulpen.
This allowed the Allies to take Berlin twice in game 1 which turned the tide in favor of the Allies.
In game 2, the Allies got a risky shot to take Tokyo. MARTI definitely gave me some horrible dicing early in the games but it showed merci in this all or nothing battle.
I had 75% on Tokyo and I did not just win, I won so good that Japan never had a chance to take Tokyo back. Although Germans were a juggernaut at this time, there wasn’t a chance to secure 9 CV with Japan never earning a single buck for the rest of the game.

Trulpen made an, imo, silly statement in one of the game thread, saying “he will only play me again without giving my Allies a bid”. I think I should be the one asking for a higher bid as strategically, it was my Allies that were pushed into the corner twice and I have to rethink my strategy against opponents that play Axis very controlled and risk-averse at modest pace without rushing to force matters quickly.

[crockett36]

death by 1000 nicks and cuts! So if we looked to reduce the Axis income by two or three each, that would add up over 10 rounds.

[GuamSolo]

@crockett36 Sounds like an interesting game - did you mean to put this in our game thread?

[crockett36]

yes, it’s the first time I’ve heard a top tier guy give that plain of advice.

[GuamSolo]

@crockett36 Does it not have to be reduced with some permanency? I see trading spaces often where the income is regained as turns switch and reconquer places.

[crockett36]

absolutely

[GuamSolo]

I like the death by a thousand nicks analogy though. I think you used different phrases in your essay.

[GuamSolo]

Sandbagging and something else was how you phrased it

[GuamSolo]

When do you want to spin a new game up? Are you on vacation? You said something about going back to work in a few weeks.

[crockett36]

it’s up! Scramble?

[GuamSolo]

@crockett36 I guess we use this same thread? That’s cool. It will appear to everyone that we have been locked in a game for ages! Can I see the map? I want to know if you brought your battleship in?

[crockett36]

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35758/guam-solo-l-vs-crockett36-x-g40-2-oob