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steephie22 (182 D(S))
29 Oct 15 UTC
Help me think of a more useful Computer Science end project!
The current plan of the teacher is for 10 16 to 18-year-old students to create and program a machine with lego-stuff that effectively sorts different colours of candy. I'm really annoyed by the prospect of spending many hours on creating something utterly useless.
Better ideas? It needs broadness, with different aspects and groups working together.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
29 Oct 15 UTC
Submissions For Issue 1 of Diplomacy Openings
https://diplomacyopenings.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/submissions-for-issue-1-now-open/
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
12 Oct 15 UTC
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Mafia XIII Game Thread
Please see below.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
28 Oct 15 UTC
CISA
http://uk.businessinsider.com/senate-passes-cisa-2015-10

What i like is the common ground between libertarian Rand Paul and liberal Bernie Sanders... Any opinions on this invasion of privacy?
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wjessop (100 DX)
29 Oct 15 UTC
Walking Dead Season 6
Discussion.
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BloodWolf99697 (100 D)
29 Oct 15 UTC
Fast Pace
Starting a live game if anyone wants to join
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diplomat61 (223 D)
28 Oct 15 UTC
Unlearn this hatred
Two more required for gameID=168991

Ancient, WTA, Anon, Hidden, 24hrs, 20 D, high RR
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BaldOldGuy (74 DX)
14 Oct 15 UTC
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No diversity in the Democrat party
Old white people debating who can spend more of your money, make government bigger, eat the rich and take your freedom.
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diplomat61 (223 D)
27 Oct 15 UTC
Power, Corruption & Lies / three more required
Classic, 20 D, WTA, Anon, Hidden votes, 24hr turns, 90% RR

You know you want to … gameID=169019
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Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
27 Oct 15 UTC
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Mod Team Announcement
Captainmeme has decided to step back from being a moderator due to other commitments. We'd like to thank him for all his service to the site over the months and years, and wish him luck for the future. I'm sure we'll see him in future mafia games still.

- The Mod Team
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2ndWhiteLine (2736 D(B))
26 Oct 15 UTC
Richard Hucknall the Imposter!
See inside.
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diplomat61 (223 D)
26 Oct 15 UTC
Roll up, roll up
One more required for gameID=168912

Ancient, anon, PPSC, hidden votes, 24 hr turns, 20 D, 90% RR.
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Frost_Faze (102 D)
26 Oct 15 UTC
Need an English player, brand new game.
gameID=169009

Need an english player, first one didn't enter orders. Its not to far behind, only one or two round.
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diplomat61 (223 D)
26 Oct 15 UTC
I'm not really from Guildford
One more required for gameID=168966

20 D, WTA, Anon, Hidden votes, 24hr turns, 90%RR
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noobi (23 DX)
26 Oct 15 UTC
game with frends-and you!
if you want to play with friends play here! the password is in the name. here's the ID#:
gameID=169060
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noobi (23 DX)
26 Oct 15 UTC
game with frends-and you!
if you want to play with friends play here! the password is in the name. here's the URL:
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=169060
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Middelfart (1196 D)
26 Oct 15 UTC
New France needed ASAP
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=169039&msgCountryID=0&rand=28875#chatboxanchor
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diplomat61 (223 D)
25 Oct 15 UTC
Only two more required ….
Classic, Anonymous players, Winner-takes-all, Hidden votes, 24 hour turns, 20 D bet.

gameID=168966
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Ogion (3817 D)
25 Oct 15 UTC
North coast south coast resolution bug?
So I may have found a bug or a gap in my knowledge

North coast Spain to MAO
mAO to south coast Spain ought to succeed? No?
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peterwiggin (15158 D)
21 Oct 15 UTC
New Italy needed
gameID=168341
No NMRs.
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KingCyrus (511 D)
22 Oct 15 UTC
Terrorist Attack in Sweden
A guy with a sword killed two and injured two in a school. (Who the heck uses a sword???)

Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.
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twinsnation (641 D(B))
24 Oct 15 UTC
password help
Boldness be my friend; arm me, Audacity!" password help pease
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Skulduggery57 (100 DX)
24 Oct 15 UTC
Which Provinces Are Occupied The Least/Most?
I was thinking about this the other day. Which province, spends, on average, the highest percentage of its time being occupied by a unit. Or being empty? Empty, I think we can all agree would be North Africa (?) although I'm open to suggestion. But what about second most empty?
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diplomat61 (223 D)
24 Oct 15 UTC
Something for everyone
Looking for a new game?
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twinsnation (641 D(B))
24 Oct 15 UTC
pass word
sned me pass word for game that starts in one hour
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Al Swearengen (0 DX)
09 Oct 15 UTC
Gameplay Analysis Requested
I would please like to request that people review my gameplay in my last game, in my opinion this is my strongest play to date.
Halt (270 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
First of all, post a link maybe? If you're asking people to do you a favor, might as well make it easier for them.
Al Swearengen (0 DX)
09 Oct 15 UTC
Halt,

Would you oblige, Sir? My proxy is mangling the URL of the game, rendering me unable to find the link. If you can think of any other way for me to find the link, I would be so willing. Please advise.
Halt (270 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=168116#gamePanel
Part 1
1901 Spring: Failure to move A(Smy) is a huge mistake. It adds no strategic value to you. Generally speaking, you want all your units to be doing something, especially on the first year.
1901 Autumn: Again, failure to move A(Smy) is a huge mistake. Even moving it to Armenia would have given you a strategic advantage to pressure Russia with. Occupying Black Sea was lucky. I dislike the army build though. Its highly unlikely Russia would have supported Austria into Bulgaria seeing they are at war (note the russian move to Gal). A second fleet would have been better to occupy Aegean and help leverage on Greece/defend against Italy.
1902 Spring: Things are finally moving. No complaints from me about these moves, though if you had done the Armenia move earlier, you could have taken Sevastopol or ensured Austrian occupation of Rumania. Negotiating yourself into Greece was a good move as well, playing on Austria's weakness being at war on two opposite fronts (a very dangerous position in the early game).
1902 Winter: Stab on Austria was weak. A superior move would have been to support yourself into Serbia with Greece and Bulgaria. If you knew Austria would go for Rum, bouncing him serves no purpose except to strengthen one of your enemies (Russia). Builds - Exceptionally horrible choice. Bulgaria and Greece would be better reinforced by a fleet in the Aegean, which sets up for a stab against Italy later on.

damian (675 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
I think this is the game he's talking about.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=168116#gamePanel

It was definitely well played. I do feel like the PPSC setting did make it easier to negotiate with your pawns. But it was a very solid game by you and a ton of fun to play in
Halt (270 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
Part 2:
1903 Spring: Bad move choice. It would have been better to either hit Serbia, as mentioned earlier, with your 2 armies (Austria unlikely able to defend with Italy showing no signs of letting up on him). Alternatively, double supporting Sev-Rum, then double supporting yourself into Sev again the next turn with Armenia.

1903 Winter: Good job predicting their bounce and supporting Austria in so you could get serbia. However, might have been more optimal to hit Rumania with the F(BLA) to get A(SER) disbanded - but that's a hindsight thing. Build choice, we see a Fleet at last. I question the build in Constantinople because it limits your access. Rule of thumb: build in a center that gives you the most options. In this case, Smyrna allows you access to Aegean and E. Med, Constantinople only to Aegean and Black Sea (which you already have a fleet in, and therefore, is redundant). The only merit to Con over Smyrna is it can support Bulgaria - except this center is completely secure as it is.

1904 Spring: Good moves in general, the alliance with Austria was well done as well. Your lack of fleets here is punitive though - you have no way of challenging Italy's hold on Ionian, which means any war is bound to end up in a deadlock if not for France coming to save you.

1904 Winter: Nothing much to say here, though I personally would have considered taking Rum from Austria (arguing that he can't build anyway, and his chances of winning are shot, so he should focus on surviving by helping you and being useful - hard to negotiate this given the time limit though). At this point, you might as well have stabbed though. Russia is defeated for the most part and Italy is having trouble with France, meaning you are in a prime spot to come out as leader in the Balkans and the East.
Halt (270 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
Part 3:
1905 Spring: Good moves all around.
1905 Winter: Failure to stab Russia is a mistake IMHO. A stronger England is in your favor because it will create instability in the western countries, which will help you solo. Also, because you could use the units.
1906 Spring: Good moves all around.
1906 Winter: Failed to stab Austria. -100 D. At this point he has outlived his usefulness and provides you no strategic value aside from maybe a forward proxy ally - not so useful given there's no solo threat in the west yet. It will be awhile for Germany to beat France, and even longer to beat England, facts which would put a stranglehold on his ability to fight off a strong Turkey.
1907 Winter: Alb should have gone to Adriatic for a stronger positional advantage. The Trieste support was a complete waste of a move unless you suspected Austria stabbing you - in which case further countermeasures should have been used. Half-heartedness gets you killed.
Halt (270 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
To summarize: you made a lot of tactical errors throughout the game, refusing to optimize moves which hurt you alot. Whether this is due to the time constraint, or a lack of practice, I don't know - but its something you need to work on. Under a live game, it takes quite the multitasker to succeed, but it can be done. If you want to get better at live games, take the time to analyze more games until finding the optimal set of moves is second nature.

You also have a weak killer instinct. By this, I mean you are far too nice for the game. You could have eliminated two countries 3 times, and failed to do so on all 3 times. Without stabs, you will never solo a diplomacy game, I'm afraid to say (or at least, a very very small percentage). The draw was also a mistake on your part - given you were one of two leaders and had an advantage over Germany at the time - which brings us back to your poor board evaluation.

Diplomacy wise, you're decent I think. I can't judge because I can't see the press, but being able to turn enemies into allies that quickly isn't easy. However, diplomatic skill won't be enough if you want to win games or get better.
Octavious (2732 D)
09 Oct 15 UTC
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Part one

After your diplomacy failed you agreed to a 7-way.

The end.

I dare say it was an enjoyable experience, but there is nothing strong about a 7-way draw.
BaldOldGuy (74 DX)
09 Oct 15 UTC
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Al - I played Austria in that game. I was down to one unit and you could have crushed me. I am surprised you let me survive. I lost my value as a minor ally on the front line. I was not in a tactically important SC, You had units behind, and could have replaced me without a loss of time or space.

I thought you had the solo. You were much too nice in letting A survive, and much too quick to offer a draw. IMHO.
Gobbledydook (1389 D(B))
10 Oct 15 UTC
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If your best showing to date is a seven way draw, maybe Dip isn't the game for you.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Oct 15 UTC
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Hahaha, Al, you suck. It's already been said, but if you think that gaining a few SCs and then taking a SEVEN-way draw is your strongest play, I don't want to imagine what your bad games look like.
I'm a little confused. His stats make him look like a veteran, with maybe a bit of a low win rate, but a high draw rate and generally solid other stats. Either he's a good player, or he's just draw happy. What's his GR?
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Oct 15 UTC
I think he plays a lot of live games - they tend more towards draws because they rarely reach a conclusion.
I agree with most commenters. Smy H in 1901 was a strange move. You progressed wuite slowly because you refused to take Austria's or Russia's centers. I like how you used them to advance your goals and delay the West, but you weren't getting any centers in the meantime. And then right before you could make your big strike you drew. Why?
shield (3929 D)
12 Oct 15 UTC
Cool review! Could you guys also look at gameID=88514? I think this is my strongest play to date.
DeathLlama8 (514 D)
12 Oct 15 UTC
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spring 01. Beautiful. The Hold in Berlin gives you great flexibility. You can move to a number of locations, none of which actually help you!
fall 01: Your moves here were incredibly inspired!
spring 02: F DEN H is possibly my favorite move of all time
fall 02: Throwing to France to tempt England into stabbing seems counterintuitive but it's a fantastic idea! I love the fake-NMR to make yourself look like less of a threat!
2ndWhiteLine (2736 D(B))
12 Oct 15 UTC
shield, I think playing a 25 hr PPSC was a stroke of genius.
Al Swearengen (0 DX)
13 Oct 15 UTC
At any rate, I want to thank everyone for both their participation in the game, and the excellent analysis provided by Sir Halt (userID=48876). Furthermore I should like to apologize to comrade David (userID=63836), whom had expressed dissapointment in my play that match. It was his concerns that had motivated me to seek community feedback.

I should very much like a rematch soon, especially if EJB (userID=69539) would have any interest in a rematch.

Certainly this is an exciting time for the sport of diplomacy. This has been a proud day for science.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
13 Oct 15 UTC
@ shield: Why the hell did Turkey accept a draw in that game? He was on the verge of winning. Very weird.
Al Swearengen (0 DX)
24 Oct 15 UTC
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I don't think the game can progress beyond it's current state until people place a higher premium on survival. Plenty of mediocre players are unable to sustain a prolonged asymmetric conflict. When the tide begins to turn against them, they fold like a house of cards.

We can do better.

This new level of mastery will proliferate once players strive for survival under any terms.
Nikola Maric Eto (24945 D)
24 Oct 15 UTC
(+1)
Much true.


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orathaic (1009 D(B))
23 Oct 15 UTC
Debate tactics?
Dear American voters:
What do you think of the following, awesome idea or waste of tine?

http://www.clearerthinking.org/#!the-2016-presidential-debates--subtitled/wt7g0
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kasimax (243 D)
21 Oct 15 UTC
kasimax gunboat series
i'm not good, play with me.

3 games, 10 point buy-in each, anonymous, hdv, no in-game messaging, 48 hour phases, rr 95 or higher.
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Eadan (454 D)
23 Oct 15 UTC
Double Post Workaround
What is the workaround to bypass the double (or triple) posting of the same message when sending private messages?
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ali2542 (752 D(B))
17 Oct 15 UTC
Where the hell do i donate?!
Why is it so hard to find the donation button?! I want to pay my dues!
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