And what else is new when it comes to the Serenes Forest Mafia forum?
"Life is playing! Guys, everyone watch out of him!"
*15 minutes later*
"Guys, Life is winning! I told you all to look out for him!"
Look, let's take a serious look at my situation.
I have an army in Ankara. And an SC in Smyrna which I'll probably lose. If Russia and Turkey work together to knock me out, where does that leave me? With 4 SCs and nowhere to expand to the East without running into major problems. If I go West, I've essentially pissed off France who will devour me at this point in time without even trying (though no fleets in the Med help me a lot here). North to Germany is suicidal.
I've been scrambling from Spring 1901. And suddenly I'm a threat? I'm still fucking scrambling since if people decide to try and mow me down, I have no defense left. It's not optimal for them to do so but that means that I'm going to be sitting in Italy, twiddling my thumbs and eating spaghetti until the rivers run dry and a stalemate is called.