patently Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] That, and he's broken rank too. [/ QUOTE ] Apologies for the lack of clarity, Mollox. The quote was to acknowledge your wise and erudite comment. The move from TG was valid, of course. All moot now, anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Sequence please! Scroll back and you'll see that Turnham Green was the last legitimate, sequential move - and you won't be getting to Mornington Crescent from there! Anyhow, Ealing Broadway to Mornington Crescent would be a Northern Approach (not allowed under Simple Rules ) and could possibly considered under Montague's Second Stationary Ruling. So ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Gotcha. Mornington Crescent!!!! [/ QUOTE ] There's always one that tries on the rather contentious Hemmelmann Maneuver isn't there? Are we allowing that, given that Charing Cross is wild, so the 11:30am boundary should have applied to all tangential passes from Acton Town? I suppose we could let you off, given that the cold weather rules extension would apply, and the judgement of the move as used in the 1987 3rd quarter semi-final playoffs could point towards it being in your favour under those circumstances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] could possibly considered under Montague's Second Stationary Ruling. [/ QUOTE ] Ah, indeed. Not quite such an open and shut case then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 game if you ask me. You didn't, I know, but it's still . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 But Marston's loop is derelict, Mollox, and London beat Paris for the Olympics thereby invoking the Metro exception even in a "Simple Rules" game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] game if you ask me. [/ QUOTE ] You're just upset because Finchley wasn't the move you hoped it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] game if you ask me. [/ QUOTE ] You're just upset because Finchley wasn't the move you hoped it would be. [/ QUOTE ] I bumped into chri5 on the platform. What a muppet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Finchley! Don't even get me started on why Finchley wasn't allowed. Its not even a station! There's Finchley Central, West Finchley, East Finchley and Finchley Road. Each of which would have needed to be considered very carefully. MrMe its one of the best strategy games you will ever find! Patently, I'm still waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Patently, I'm still waiting [/ QUOTE ] Hope you're patient I'm sitting here, resting on my laurels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] MrMe its one of the best strategy games you will ever find! [/ QUOTE ] Yeah right, right up there with Noughts & Crosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Lurching East to Stratford via the Cobblethorpes 1960 Beeching execution variant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omi Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 You all seem to have forgotten the invocation of the Stanley-Mattheson by-rule, considered integral after the precedent set in 1994 when Mattheson sought to circumvent the rules by preying on the fact that a number of the players were unfamiliar with them... It should therefore be noted that all participants in this round are in breach of the 1967 Mornington Accords and play should be restarted from the first move, with play moving in the opposite direction and the game starting with the 3rd player from this round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Omi, check your references mate (page 2 of my copy). This is a very easy one. This exact situation was addressed back in ’38 with the Van der Booling Clarification. Basically, rulesets or variations cannot be introduced or retrospectively applied once a starting Point of Origin has been declared and accepted. Apparently the game became almost unplayable until that one was officially passed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omi Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 You're absolutely right... - I thought we were playing the Fotherington variation. Obviously a classier crowd than that on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Sorry. I have the ultimate trump card. I lived in Mornington for 20 years..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Obviously a classier crowd than that on here. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thank you Learned Colleague Mollox for thwarting that insidious attempt to corrupt the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syeldham Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Anyway, just to step in and adjudicate here, Letterworth's loop is not invoked in the simple rules to which we are playing, and so the move to Mornington Crescent is invalid. To help progress the game further I shall change the move to Ealing Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Where are you trying to move there from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syeldham Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Don't ask question,s just play on - I'm trying to keep the game moving along. Simple rules include no conferring about the basis of moves, you should know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 The only rule that is near universally agreed is that all M-C games end in acrimony .... which we seem to be sticking to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 So if I said South Kensington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 I seem to remember the last valid, sequential move was, as Mollox pointed out, Turnham Green. I guess we must accept the validity of St Pag's adjudication taking us to Ealing Broadway, which means Ritey's move to South Kensington is surely a vertical approach achievable only through the application of Montagu's third stationary rule... Er... Oxford Circus (yes I can ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Right, feck the lot of you....I say Newcastle Central (GNER, naturally). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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