Yes...I remember that it has been only a while ago when I posted a similar poll, but this very question has been left unanswered in said thread: Which one is the best WWI outcome for the world as a whole, quick Entente or quick CP victory?
Proposed scenarios:
Quick/Early Entente Victory
1914
August 17: The Russian Army enters East Prussia.
August 20: The Germans attack the Russians in East Prussia. The attack is a failure in addition to being a violation of the Schlieffen Plan.
August 17 - August 30: Battle of Tannenberg. After an unfortunate series of events, the German army undergoes a heavy defeat by the Russians. An almost complete destruction of German Eight Army.
August 23 - August 25: Russian Fourth Army defeats Austro-Hungarian First Army at Galicia.
August 25: Japan declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
August 26: Emboldened by their recent victories, Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire after finding evidences that the Ottomans gave safe harbour to German ships that fleeing from British ships.
August 27: France and the United Kingdom declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
August 28: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Tsingtao in China.
September 5 – September 12: First Battle of the Marne. The German advance on Paris is halted, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan.
September 7: Sultan Mehmed V declares jihad on the Entente.
September 10 - September 20: Ottoman troops suffer major casualties in Caucasus Campaign.
September 15: London Pact between the Entente and Italy.
October 8: Italy officially revokes the Triple Alliance, and subsequently declares war on Austria-Hungary.
October 10: First Battle of Isonzo. Major Italian victory over Austro-Hungarian troops.
October 18 - October 31: The Ottomans fail to capture Suez Canal.
November 10 - November 17: British and French naval attack on Dardanelles, and the subsequent landings of Entente forces on Gallipoli.
November 25 - November 30: Several squadrons of Kaiserliche Marine are destroyed by British Grand Fleet.
December 1 - December 20: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire keep trying to do their best in order to hold the Entente forces in multi-front wars, yet it becomes more and more apparent that the Entente holds the upper hand in this conflicts.
December 24 - December 25: An unofficial Christmas truce is declared between Entente and CP. Leaderships of the Central Powers begin discussing whether this war is worth continuing or not.
1915
January 2: Governments of Central Powers ask the Entente for an armistice, and quickly accepted. Peace Conference begins.
Quick/Early CP Victory
1914
August 7: British Expeditionary Force arrives in France.
August 14 - August 24: Using swift movements and maneuver, French Third and Fifth Armies, as well as the majority of BEF are successfully encircled and subsequently destroyed by the Germans. The Race to the Sea begins.
August 16 - August 19: Battle of Cer. The Austro-Hungarians defeat the Serbs, and continue to advance toward Belgrad.
August 17: The Russian army enters East Prussia.
August 20 - September 5: German counterattacks in East Prussia are major successes. The Russians are retreating eastward with heavy casualties.
August 23: Japan declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
August 25 - September 11: Battle of the Yser. German forces secure the coastline of Belgium.
August 28: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Tsingtao in China.
August 30 - September 20: First Battle of the Ypres ends the Race to the Sea. The British and the French are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk.
September 1: Austro-Hungarian troops enter and occupy Belgrad.
September 5 - September 12: Major German victory at Battle of the Marne. The Germans continue their march toward Paris.
September 7 - September 14: First Battle of the Masurian Lakes. The Russian army are forced to completely withdraws from German soil, yet with another heavy casualties.
September 8: The Austro-Hungarians successfully encircle and subsequently destroy Russian Fifth Army at Galicia.
September 10: The Ottomans, eager to take advantage from continued Russian military defeats, declares war on Russia.
September 13: Italy declares war on France, hoping to gain Nice, Savoy, Corsica, and Tunisia.
September 15 - September 29: The Ottomans win some major victories in the Caucasus, albeit with heavy casualties.
September 25: Fall of Paris to German Army. French governments flee to Bordeaux.
October 1 - October 10: Both Germans and Austro-Hungarians continue their march through Russian territories.
October 20: Realizing that the situation is hopeless, the French governments ask for an armistice to the CP. Russia follows the suit immediately afterwards. The British, seeing their two major allies in the continent have already surrendered, reluctantly ask for armistice as well.
October 30: The Peace Conference begins.
Is there anything wrong with the two scenarios above, anyway?