@gohornsgo, or GHG, is the nom de guerre of Ed Sullivan, a middle-aged lawyer who practices labor and employment law in Houston, Texas. Ed began playing Diplomacy in college at The University of Texas (hence, the reference to “horns”). During law school, at the dawn of the Internet, he played on Usenet at rec.games.diplomacy, until he was lucky enough to find a girlfriend, who did not understand why he had multiple board games set up in his apartment with various maps of Europe, and why he was talking about other countries like they were people. He soon quit to marry that girl, and then life took over for 25 years or so, as he built his career and family.
With the passage of time, he turned to Diplomacy, and found that hobbyists had improved the Diplomacy experience over the Internet.
He is best described as wanting everyone to like him. His tactics are average, and his social game is either amazing or pathetic depending on the day. He kindly asks you to ignore typographical mistakes.
Diplomacy Achievements
Notable Placements
Winner, 2023 Armada Regatta
Winner, 2022 Nexus Season 7 Main Event Top Board
Winner, 2021 Virtual Cascadia
Co-Winner, 2021 Media Wars II
2nd Place, 2024 Weasel Moot XVIII
2nd Place, Broadcaster Brawl 2 (2023)
2nd Place, 2021 Dixiecon
2nd Place, 2021 eCarnage
2nd Place & Top Qualifier, 2020 Virtual Carnage Top Board
2nd Place, 2019 Nexus Season 2 Main Event Top Board
T-3rd Place, 2024 DBNI Top Board
3rd Place, 2023 Carnage
3rd Place, 2023 Virtual Summer Classic
3rd Place, 2022 Weasel Moot XVI
3rd Place, 2022 Dixiecon
4th Place, 2024 vWDC Summer Classic Top Board
4th Place, 2021 vWDC Summer Classic Top Board
4th Place, 2020 Virtual Diplomacy League Top Board
T-4th Place, 2021 Virtual Diplomacy Championship Top Board
T-6th Place, 2024 Armada Regatta
6th Place, 2021 Virtual Boston Massacre
7th Place, 2022 DBNI Top Board
7th Place, 2021 WeaselMoot XV
9th Place, 2020 Virtual Boston Massacre
10th Place, 2021 Virtual Whipping
Notable History
Global No. 1 Ranked Player for 2021 by World Diplomacy Database
3 Tournament Wins
10 Tournament Top Boards
22 Top 10 finishes
DBNI Invitee, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
Nexus Hall of Fame Member
2022 “Literati of the Year” winner by Diplomacy Briefing.
5 Best Germany awards (2023 Virtual Summer Classic, 2022 Weasel Moot XVI, 2021 Virtual Boston Massacre, 2021 eCarnage, 2021 Virtual Cascadia) and one second best Germany award (2023 Armada Regatta)
3 Best Russia awards (2024 vWDC Summer Classic, 2021 Virtual Cascadia, 2020 Virtual Carnage)
2 Best France awards (2023 Armada Regatta, 2023 Carnage)
2 Best England award (2023 Carnage, 2022 Dixiecon)
1 Best Italy award (2021 eCarnage)
2 Golden Blade awards (2021 Dixiecon, 2020 Virtual Carnage)
Top Weasel (tied), 2024 Weasel Moot XVIII
Best Pirate, 2022 Whipping
Jason Mastbaum Memorial Award, 2021 eCarnage
3 Speedboat League Finals