Welcome Djembe... Your global ranking is quite impressive. The last longtime leader of GRS quit the site a while ago and we wondered if he'd ever be topped. Well done.
The fact I am not dead, and ranked 3rd as you say should tell you something. Obviously you are coming to a wrong conclusion again. If the move was bad for you, that doesn't make it idiotic. You were warned what would happen. That makes your move that instigated your destruction the only stupid move. With the unit caps on territories, you need other places to place units when cashing cards. Just cuz the results were expectedly unfortunate for you doesn't make it a bad move. Part of being a good player is having people know you will keep your word and mean what you say. So that and the practical application explained will be as much of my 3rd ranking worthy strategies that I will share.
Well, seeing as you got yourself killed with your decisions, it seems I have to message you here as you are not likely to see my response in our LOTR game. All I can say is that you were warned many turns ago about Mordor. You shouldn't complain about sleeping in the bed that you made. It makes you sound like an idiot. And then your choice to ignore a read of the board gets you eliminated. Perhaps next time you'll heed a wise warning. Cheers and good luck out there.