Enewald: You see chocolate, I see Kahlúa but I imagine Paradox sees Belgium.
To all: Moving/unpacking has taken a little more time than anticipated and with the holidays up I’m going to try to get updates out whenever I can get them.
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A whole lot of nothing happened month after month. The US/UK signed a white peace; Sweden went to war with Denmark but I declined the Swedes their aid and Austria went to war with the CFKAP by mid 1923. Around this time my colonies went dry which was really too bad. Maybe they ran out of sugar, who knows?
With cash flowing through my fingers like lavender, bergamot, ylang sandalwood and chammomile, I decided to make four African provinces into states. I can’t remember my rational for this but sometimes I do things just because I can.
And here’s something odd. The Russians, totally disinterested in Russia, permitted me to colonize a piece of ignored land. Not to worry though, for Russia was still in turmoil!
1924 was even quieter - Hemingway would’ve been proud - with a peaceful resolution to the Austrian/CFKAP war favoring CFKAP with hegemony, and a Russian DoW on the OE for N. Caucasia.
Things began getting a little interesting for me again in 1925 when on 6 May 501 Communist brigades rose in rebellion. Have no fear for I’m confident they’re gonna die faster than hate blogs about Bush... unless they immediately DoW Sarah Palin. Hey, people gotta eat.
By July, the start of the elections, I’ve knocked out plenty, leaving a mere 303 communist brigades. Announcing something like that on these forums is going to cause a flood of tears. Invest in a small boat and rain gear when signing in next time.
The Nationalists held control in January 1926 with 41.56%; at the same time, there were only 48 Communists left. I think we can see where this is going.
Over the course of the year the Russians and OE signed a white peace. Who knows why Russia declared war or why the OE didn’t take advantage like a creepy old man trying to help a webcam girl through college. And the creepy part isn’t the old man, it’s the girl. Why didn’t the OE do anything? But this is 1.1 so we can't complain and can move onto the slovenly pace of 1.2.
26 December the commies were all destroyed, leaving me with little to do aside from reorganizing my troops. That, is a pain. It’d be great if there were a “Home” designation you could give certain units along with a button and when pressing that button, all units would go “Home.” But keep this option for the player and far away from the AI. Things are slow enough as it is.
The expansion of Belgium in strange areas continued in early 1927 when I finished colonizing S. America. Colonizing open areas in the very late game is a little repetitive and was kind of like when I quit drinking this morning... and the morning before that... and the morning before that... what the **** is up with this getting old ****.
So what have we covered tonight? 1) Apparently Motley Crue are satanists 2) There are, wait, scratch that,
were a ton of Communists in Belgium 3) Work on not getting old unless you’re a comic. For some reason old comics are funny. We certainly can’t turn to today’s comedians for humor. 4) When moving be sure to leave behind at least one pen or else you’ll be updating and crossing out pages of your AAR with blue crayon.