21-07-2003 08:29									#61
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Woohoo! Mornington Cresent! I knew that something had been missing from my life!

Sudbury Town for my opening gambit.

	21-07-2003 08:32									#62
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Alright, I can't resist.

I'll take West Ham to counter Imran's gambit.

	21-07-2003 08:50									#63
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Geez, molly took the thoughts right out of my head.

Coming soon from molly bloom and Apolyton Productions:

'Being chegitz guevara'

an alternate history seen through the eyes of one committed leftwinger, a world where Liebknecht and Luxemburg established a German Workers' Republic, Antonio Gramsci was Italian foreign minister, Eugene V. Debs succeeded Emma Goldman as Secretary of State and Cesar Chavez is ex-Governor of California.

I seeWHITECHAPEL and raise the spectre of the seldom exployed disused stations:

BRITISH MUSEUM

my version of a Capablanca Gambit.

	21-07-2003 10:14									#64
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To tell the truth I have been thinking of starting a mornington crescent thread for qquite a whil now, but I always remembered that I had lost the link to the map. It was quite a tragedy really.

In any case I'm feeling quite giddy, heady and gay, so I think I'm going to go with something a) unexpected b) strategically headstrong and c) totally foolish. Mill Hill East it is! hurrah!

	21-07-2003 18:57									#65
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Stupid server crashes causing double posts...

Last edited by reismark on 21-07-2003 at 19:06

	21-07-2003 19:03									#66
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Rayners Lane. The Gulfstream approach it shall be...

	21-07-2003 22:00									#67
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tsk tsk tsk, you naughty boy.

	21-07-2003 22:08									#68
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securing the flank with Cannon Street. Sorry molly bloom.

	22-07-2003 01:59									#69
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HA! HA! HHAHA!

Gunnersbury for me in the Insane Numblet Move!

Weeeeee!

	22-07-2003 02:05									#70
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Late start for me, but allows me to exploit an opened gap as regarding nisbet placement - Alperton.

	22-07-2003 05:06									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel securing the flank with Cannon Street. Sorry molly bloom.

Ha! Fie upon your Cannon Street gambit!

I am secure with the seldom-used Children's Rhyme Rebuff:

When I am rich, cry the bells of SHOREDITCH.....

No one expects the week-days only stations....

	22-07-2003 06:11									#72
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I'll transition into the Arabian defence by taking Finsbury Park.

	22-07-2003 14:40									#73
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a douglas wedge. White City

	22-07-2003 18:44									#74
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Epping. Throwing in the Charleston gambit for good measure...

	22-07-2003 19:24									#75
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**** **** **** **** ****....

Russell Square

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	22-07-2003 20:40									#76
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The game may be unwinnable at this point, but I'm still going to go the distance and no lose all face with Marble Arch. I will say nothing more as to my plans, for to reveal even the slightest bit of information would jeapordize them, as opposed to you youngsters who go around proclaiming the titles of their stratagems as if no one's ever heard of them before...

	23-07-2003 18:34									#77
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Moorgate

The circle is now complete.

	23-07-2003 18:44									#78
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I've never played this before but... well, would it be OK for me to go to New Cross Gate here?

	23-07-2003 18:49									#79
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That's an illegal move. Damn noobs....

	23-07-2003 18:51									#80
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I think you should consult your rules. English International Edition 3rd Revision. Page 28 of Vol. 2, third paragraph.

	23-07-2003 18:54									#81
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First used in competition by Roger Buckhampton, May 16th 2003 at the Pack and Spanner in Ufton Nervit.

	23-07-2003 19:32									#82
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While Buckhampton moves often don't give much of a precedent (that cad! Everyone knows he buys his games. There are some of us still angry about that 'fortunate' judicial call in his classic 1986 match against Ivan Kuibinev, then-up-and-coming Mark Hall and venerable Archibald Shoemaker), I believe MikeH is right in this instance - seeing that we're playing with Queen's rules and considering the alterations to the opportunity grid presented by Reismark's Moorgate, Mike's move is perfectly valid in this situation. Azazel should learn to play closer attention to the opportunity grid.

Northolt.

	23-07-2003 20:13									#83
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Finsbury Park. Amateurs...

	23-07-2003 20:22									#84
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Foul. Drake's already taken Finsbury Park.

	23-07-2003 20:30									#85
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Apologies for leaping into the fray at this relatively well-developed stage of proceedings, but as an unrepentant wharfhopper* then you can either forgive me and accept my boldness or strike back with chastening words and attempts to land me in squonk, but I'm here now and there's not a lot you can do about it!

As if that entry were not enough to put the wind up the most seasoned of MC observers, I have no hesitation in employing a strategem of nigh unparalleled naughtiness:
The bouncing poodlefaker!!

Originally known simply as the Baker's Reverse, the popularity of this move among libertines and bon vivants since the English Civil war has given it certain distasteful resonances and it took it's new name from association with Rear Admiral Wilson Chorlton, who had a far from glittering naval career but was well known for the width of his waistband and the height of his tales. Today the necessity of the correct wind conditions mean that it is less popular among dandies and those who play their MC off-the-cuff and without taking too long to consider every possibility (cf - A. Waters vs Dr H. Edinburgh, The Fletcher's Yard WC2 1986), it nevertheless can prove a turning point if used in the right way.

Whether or not I have used it in the right way remains to be seen, but with so little time left until rush hour and the resultant chaos on the Tube, I shall be able to avoid both the Dollis Hill Loop and the Upminster Refusal and reach the relative safety of Plaistow, declaring it home and depositing the eight tokens I picked up in passing through Leicester Square.


* Wharfhopper - originally something far ruder, this quaint phrase has entered the MC lexicon for someone who barges into a game in progress without so much a s a "by your leave" - so said because Canary Wharf is a favourite introduction of such characters.

	23-07-2003 21:16									#86
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You complete git. I'm stuffed.

	23-07-2003 21:39									#87
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Without venturing further into the petty discussion whether Buckhampton moves are allowed on weekends, I'd like to point out that duke o' york, while playing Plaistow, has exposed his afternoon ferries to long-term clock placement. Therefore, I'll play Mill Hill East and since that gives me 4 alarm bells, I'll use 2 of them, one in Euston, and the other St. John's wood, while posting the rest of them on 'secure'.

	23-07-2003 21:58									#88
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You did that just to annoy me, didn't you?

Parsons Green.

	23-07-2003 22:47									#89
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Azazel, you git, I already played Mill Hill East. For crying out loud, first the opportunity grid, and now this???

I'm going to try to set myself up a nice ruffle - Hackney Central.

	23-07-2003 22:48									#90
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Yes.

Queensway.

The portal is now open and nothing can stop me now. I can't believe nobody went Oxford Circus to block me.