Nice job Chesney: congrats!

Almost halfway through the month again!

Here is my retrospective on last year's road to the ODC finals. (Now that I re-read what I've written, it is actually a retrospective on starting to play on webDip, I fear...) Registration for ODC 2019 [/b][/u] It was shortly after New Year 2019 when Durga announced to be running the Online Diplomac...

Not your fault, Swordsman, but I notice (and I note here for posterity) that the Round 1 records do not currently reflect my one solo, which put me at 100 points and in qualification for the Semifinals. As it stands it looks like I snuck into the Finals without qualifying for the Semifinals. There ...

That is some invaluable advice right there, for which I am already eternally grateful. I think it is also important to highlight here that this advice is coming from the winner of the last ODC back in 2015, so that it should not be taken lightly. In fact, how to apply these more abstract rules to a ...

What is this 'real life' my companions are referring to. I know nothing of that kind, so I guess the point is moot for me. In the absence thereof, I'll gladly cooperate if everyone agrees. If you want to reserve space for my press, I guess one page will do fine. On the bets, isn't diplomacy a game b...

I'd be interested in the SoS score for each country, if you have records that can produce it easily. Good idea, here are the average SoS per country: R1 1. France : 20.37 2. Austria : 18.39 3. Russia : 15.80 4. Turkey : 14.92 5. Germany : 13.27 6. England : 9.66 7. Italy : 7.60 Unsurprisingly this ...

Prior to the final, shall we throw some ODC stats in? Number of solos R1 : 12 out of 37 games 1. Austria : 4 2. Turkey, Russia and France : 2 5. Germany and Italy : 1 7. England : 0 R1 : 1 out of 8 games 1. Turkey : 1 2. Others : 0 Number of defeats (died) per country R1 1. Italy : 20/37 2. Austria ...

Which brings us to the question as to when they will be updated and published for Jan 2020?

Ladies and gentlemen, It was once famously written : "Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful." For a while, R2 of ODC 2019 seemed to be heading in that direction. A round and tournament which would last forever, after having started in February 2019. Diplomatically waiting for Godot....

Any news on the first 2020 Ghost Ratings (or actually last 2019 Ghost Ratings)? I know the holidays are a busy period with plenty of other things to do. I am just curious

I'd say three channels are really useful: 1. the dilomacy archive , including Richard Sharp's 'The game of diplomacy'. 2. the strategy section of this forum, discussing various topics and including breakdown of games such as in the School of War. 3. BrotherBored's blog (aka swordsman3003 on webdip),...

Fully agreed that annoyance is definitely one of the primary reasons to get you stabbed (or avoids to repair things later on). I will never stab just for the sole fact that someone annoys me, like you also imply. But when I need to stab, for example to make further progress, I will almost always att...

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Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:21 am

This will be fun to watch

Why not participate, ssorenn?

One of the flaws you raise is also that Turkey has a slow start. That is true but the upside is that it can also be defended probably best after France. And the actual magic about Turkey is that, once it picks up speed and particularly in midgame, it often becomes a powerhouse without much effort, a...

One last person still needed and then it's a full live-game!

I second Yigg, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48hrs preference.

No I can't take on any further obligations until January 2020 unfortunately. And I know why we cancelled it, just saying that it would have been fine if he had just returned. Still, what is done is done.

We shouldn't have cancelled that other one so quickly

If it helps, the game IDs for the second set of round 2 games are: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=245128 http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=245129 http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=245130 http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=245131 Good luck with the WDC to those participa...