8MP Team Game - The Axis team

[Sammy5IsAlive]

What are the victory conditions in this game?

In terms of 1945 result I think the Axis have this comfortably won already barring any blunders. But if there is an early auto victory to aim for I think it could be exciting - for me the Soviets have held enough ground and preserved enough forces that an attempt to score enough points for AV could come with a fair degree of risk.

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive
What are the victory conditions in this game?

Bitter End - so there is no game defined victory until the end of turn 224. Currently only two of the original 8 commanders are still taking a go so to some extent an overall game result is not too meaningful for most players. It would be more for how the game situation changed from when they joined I guess? But I think any victories or defeats would have to be subjective judgements of our own now rather than the conditions defined by the program.

[Telemecus]

UPDATE ON THE NAME OF OUR SUMMER OPERATIONAL PLAN

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS

What will we call out summer campaign plan?

We started planning our summer campaign way back before the winter started - and now we are actually playing turn 38 we are only a little while away from Kick off and on version 15 of the plan. But we lack one crucial ingredient - the operational name. Last time we had nominations and a vote for the name of our campaign for Moscow, Operation Totenritt. This time we are opening nominations for all lurkers to contribute, nominations even from our Soviet opponents will be considered. However any suggestions which imply anything other than a complete victory will of course be eliminated!

So what are your suggestions????!!!!

Nominations remain open but the following are still contenders

The Stelteck Plan
Hangman (thedude357)
Noose (thedude357)
Sehnsucht (leverkuhn)
Treppenwitz (leverkuhn)
Zugzwang (leverkuhn)

These nominations were eliminated

Operation flatonface (SparkleyTits) - too negative
Operation Wishful Thinking (M60A3TTS) - too negative
Case Blue (historical) - too negative
Operation does not imply anything other than a complete victory (N35T0R) - too long
Operation 'I hear Siberia is very nice this time of year' (Zorch) - too long
Operation Golden Spike (Crackaces) - sounds like we are drug dealers
Operation Yellow Snow (AFV) - sounds like we are drug dealers
Operation Don't eat the yellow snow where the huskies go (Zorch) - sounds like we took those drugs
Operation ******** Prize (lowsugar) - redaction spoils the point of an operational name
Plan ******** (thedude357) - redaction spoils the point of an operational name
Operation PanzerTotenKriegKopfBlitz", or PTKKB (Zorch) - too long, or too abbreviated
Springtime for Hitler (Zorch) -taken

[EwaldvonKleist]

My submission:
(Case) Death from the sky

Of the ones already suggested, I vote for Treppenwitz by leverkuhn

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist
My submission:
(Case) Death from the sky

Adele just messaged us saying she would do the team theme song for the summer campaign!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI

[leverkuhn]

ORIGINAL: EwaldvonKleist

Of the ones already suggested, I vote for Treppenwitz by leverkuhn

It's the one I like the most. A treppenwitz can be a brilliant and decisive thought that comes to you shortly after you left a discussion clueless and puzzled. It evokes the idea of a brilliant solution to a very difficult problem.

[EwaldvonKleist]

A good name with a suitable theme song for the summer offensive, what else do you need for advertising. Will the make tours through Germany to attract volunteers to fill out the ranks?

[Elijah]

Waltz across the Don!

[Telemecus]

UPDATE ON THE NAME OF OUR SUMMER OPERATIONAL PLAN


Nominations remain open but the following are still contenders

The Stelteck Plan
Hangman (thedude357)
Noose (thedude357)
Sehnsucht (leverkuhn)
Treppenwitz (leverkuhn)
Zugzwang (leverkuhn)
(Case) Death from the sky (EwaldvonKleist)
Waltz across the Don! (Elijah)

Treppenwitz has taken an early lead. After opening out the nominations process including to the Soviet team they have taken an interesting interpretation to extend that to actually casting votes too [:D] With or without Soviet votes Treppenwitz would still be in the lead.

ORIGINAL: Wkitionary
Noun
Treppenwitz m (genitive Treppenwitzes, plural Treppenwitze)
Staircase wit, l'esprit de l'escalier; a devastating rejoinder thought of only after leaving the scene of the debate.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

UPDATE ON THE NAME OF OUR SUMMER OPERATIONAL PLAN


Nominations remain open but the following are still contenders

The Stelteck Plan
Hangman (thedude357)
Noose (thedude357)
Sehnsucht (leverkuhn)
Treppenwitz (leverkuhn)
Zugzwang (leverkuhn)
(Case) Death from the sky (EwaldvonKleist)
Waltz across the Don! (Elijah)

Treppenwitz has taken an early lead. After opening out the nominations process including to the Soviet team they have taken an interesting interpretation to extend that to actually casting votes too [:D] With or without Soviet votes Treppenwitz would still be in the lead.

ORIGINAL: Wkitionary
Noun
Treppenwitz m (genitive Treppenwitzes, plural Treppenwitze)
Staircase wit, l'esprit de l'escalier; a devastating rejoinder thought of only after leaving the scene of the debate.

Operation Shaving Stalin's Mustache.

[Zorch]

Stalin has a bigger mustache than Hitler.

[Zorch]

Operation Home Before the Rasputitsa Comes

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch
Stalin has a bigger mustache than Hitler.

Our victory parade will include Stalin being seen shaved

[SparkleyTits]

He somehow looks even more Russian........

[Telemecus]

Should he not look Russian but Georgian?

[Telemecus]

And as for the Georgian alphabet - well definitely looks more like my alphabetti spaghetti?

[Telemecus]

CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE NAME OF OUR SUMMER OPERATIONAL PLAN

Nominations have closed and these are the final contenders

The Stelteck Plan
Hangman (thedude357)
Noose (thedude357)
Sehnsucht (leverkuhn)
Treppenwitz (leverkuhn)
Zugzwang (leverkuhn)

The results show will be tonight in Berlin and you can follow its broadcast on Eurovision!

These nominations were eliminated

Operation flatonface (SparkleyTits) - too negative
Operation Wishful Thinking (M60A3TTS) - too negative
Case Blue (historical) - too negative
Operation does not imply anything other than a complete victory (N35T0R) - too long
Operation 'I hear Siberia is very nice this time of year' (Zorch) - too long
Operation Golden Spike (Crackaces) - sounds like we are drug dealers
Operation Yellow Snow (AFV) - sounds like we are drug dealers
Operation Don't eat the yellow snow where the huskies go (Zorch) - sounds like we took those drugs
Operation ******** Prize (lowsugar) - redaction spoils the point of an operational name
Plan ******** (thedude357) - redaction spoils the point of an operational name
Operation PanzerTotenKriegKopfBlitz", or PTKKB (Zorch) - too long, or too abbreviated
Springtime for Hitler (Zorch) -taken
(Case) Death from the sky (EwaldvonKleist) - too long
Waltz across the Don! (Elijah) - too long
Operation Home Before the Rasputitsa Comes (Zorch) - too long

[Telemecus]

AND THE WINNER IS

TREPPENWITZ

with Skyfall by Adele being the official summer campaign song!

We have had some debate about the English translation of Treppenwitz - the one I see as coming closest to it at the moment is "Belated Rejoinder"

Many thanks to leverkuhn for first suggesting this!

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

AND THE WINNER IS

TREPPENWITZ

with Skyfall by Adele being the official summer campaign song!

We have had some debate about the English translation of Treppenwitz - the one I see as coming closest to it at the moment is "Belated Rejoinder"

Can I get a VAR? [:(]

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch
Can I get a VAR? [:(]

You want a video assistant referee? [&:]
value at risk assessment?