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bonbon (100 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
The cancel button?
I was just wondering, what does the cancel button really do.
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spyman (424 D(G))
24 Sep 09 UTC
New WTA Game : 2 Day phase : 30 points
Claw Your Way To The Top
gameID=13673
All welcome
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TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
20 Sep 09 UTC
TMG Masters '09-'10 Round 2 Games List Published http://phpdiplomacy.tournaments.googlepages.com/
With any luck, I'll be able to control the country ownership for Rounds 3-8. This will mean that the round 2 game will be the one where you draw the country you play twice in the tournament.
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QUESTION!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13573

Say I do this: Norweigian Sea support North Sea into Norway, Denmark support Skaggerack into Sweden; But me enemy does this: Norway supports Sweden, Sweden supports Denmark.
ONLY ANSWER IF YOU ARE DEAD POSITIVE: Would I take both territories, or would everything freakin bounce?
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Bearnstien (0 DX)
25 Sep 09 UTC
LIVE GAME NOW! JOIN! http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13710
GAME NAME: ARMCHAIR GENERAL II
PHASE TIME: 10 MINUTES
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hellalt (113 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Join me in hell
New anonymous WTA game
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Artorius Perim (100 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Live Conquest-3
5 minute/phase! join here: http://webdiplomacy.net/faq.php
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Bearnstien (0 DX)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Live Game - Armchair Generals II
10 minute turns : gameID=13710
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
24 Sep 09 UTC
The Anti-Troll Award
We have a thread for best in-game diplomat.

I would like to hear from you all who most impressed you on the forums, either by using it correctly (not trolling) or by being funny or thought provoking or nice or whatever. Just no trolls please. Lol.
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Speaker (100 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Web Based Noob
Just a quick question as I'm in my first web-based games. If I have orders updated but not finalized, will the updated orders be executed if I'm not on when the phase turns?
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hellalt (113 D)
22 Sep 09 UTC
Players that impressed you
Have you ever played with anyone that his/her moves really impressed you? If yes who's that?
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kaiserwilhelm101 (104 D)
23 Sep 09 UTC
i suspect cheating in a game. what should i do?
The game is called Noobs All In and right off the bat austria and italy don't submit moves (700 pt pot), in fact they have neither said nor done a thing since the game began. This makes the game very easy for Turkey and Russia to storm across these lands and to take control of the game uncontested. Coincidence? I think not!
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jcnabu (100 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
My fleet has occupied Hol, but I didn't get the SC???
Hi everybody,
I'm Germany in game http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13613
I've moved from Kiel to Hol but I wasn't awarded the country: it's still indicated as neutral... Is there a glitch? Or a rule I don't know?
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`ZaZaMaRaNDaBo` (1922 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Balance of Power.
Does no one understand it?
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denis (864 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Anyone from Corona del Mar High here just wondering...
New at the School and wondering if in the 1/18,845 chance i can meet a diplomat at the school.
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Rocky (1380 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Germany offers all is territory to russia...
Look at this game and tell me what you see germany doing?
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Maniac (189 D(B))
23 Sep 09 UTC
Haiku 3 - game posts
Players please state your country before posting...I've moved first posts here so that everyone gets chance to read theirs before they scroll out of global tab.
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SirBayer (480 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Rules about a draw
I need to get some info about draw rules.
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Speaker (100 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Late Night Live
Anyone in for a Live game starting soon? it's 1am CST here and I'm geared up to play some fast moving Diplomacy. How does 20 minute turns sound? I need a tally so I know whether to create the game or not
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DerekHarland (757 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Live Game!!!!
If anyone is interested in a live game, join here: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13688
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DerekHarland (757 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Live Game Now Anyone?
I have the rest of the day off and I would love to play a live game right now. Is anyone else interested?
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Evilbert (361 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Slightly confused, rule clarification, please.
Evilbert (361 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
gameID=12861
In the last round (spring), France was in Munich and needed to hold it to claim the area. The Munich unit had direct support from Burgundy and from an Austrian unit in Tyrolia. Germany was (understandably) trying to get Munich back so he moved on it with Kiel and supported with Berlin and Silesia.
At the same time, the Austrian unit in Ruhr was trying to take Kiel with support from the French unit in Holland. As the German unit in Kiel was moving to Munich, he wanted the fleet in Heligoland to move there [Kiel] in it's place and supported this with the fleet in Baltic Sea.
Now, this is my first game and the Austrian player's second. We're squaring up against two seasoned players of the pen and paper version of the game so they have a much firmer grasp of some of the more intricate rules. From first glance, I thought the French unit in Munich should have bounced all the German units but obviously there is some deeper, more involved rule kicking in somewhere that I don't know about, seeing as I didn't hold the area and had to disband the Munich unit. Would somebody care to tell me what that is, please? Is it because I set the Munich unit to move on Berlin instead of holding?
Thanks for your time.
If you had units programmed to "support hold" Munich, and then you ordered Munich to move, the "support hold" no longer applies.
Looked at the orders. That is what happened.
Evilbert (361 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
That's what I partly suspected but I was under the mistaken impression that if I set it to move and it didn't move, then the hold orders would apply, seeing as it didn't move.
Ah well, you live and learn! Thanks for the help.
It's a very common mistake/assumption. I did the same thing in some of my first games. It makes you feel like you have a "Plan B."
Evilbert (361 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Yeah, for some reason I hate letting units just hold, it seems boring to me, like they're stuck in traffic or something. Keep 'em moving if possible, I say. Looks like I'll have to get over that.
LOL
Jacob (2711 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
evilbert - I agree with you that you always want your units moving if possible. BUT, when you need to hold, hold! =)
selquest (297 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
or, if you really don't want to just set it to "hold", you can always make it feel better about itself by having it support a hold too ;)
orathaic (1009 D(B))
24 Sep 09 UTC
keep them moving or supporting.

but yeah, i understand the not holding thing....
Ivo_ivanov (7545 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
You really need to read the rules. As boring as it may sound. They are not that long actually. http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf

Asking here is ok, but this way you'll only learn through mistakes. And it's always a sad sight when good diplomacy and strategy are ruined by something so basic and small.

Support HOLD, naturally, requires a HOLD :) - support MOVE is the other one.
Friendly Sword (636 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Wow, that was an excellent defense on the part of the German, I must say. :)

And yes, Ivo has it right. The rules are generally intuitive, but perfect understanding only comes through experience or study. And study means less ruined games. ;)
Evilbert (361 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
To be fair, I did read the rules but as I said, it's my first game and I can't be expected to remember every nuance of the rulebook in my first game! Sometimes the only way to learn is through mistakes - often these hard learnt rules are the ones most remembered. Now that I've read over that section of the rules, I can see it quite plainly but it's certainly a rule I'm unlikely ever to forget.
I'm also reading through the strategies presented on The Diplomatic Pouch, some of which are quite fascinating. I started playing this game about two/three weeks ago and I've been lamenting since then that I haven't been playing all my life!

@ Friendly Sword: While I'm not denying that it was great defending by the German player, he did get lucky in that I screwed up too, to be fair! :)
Alderian (2425 D(S))
24 Sep 09 UTC
Just to clarify, Support HOLD does not require the unit be ordered to hold. It just requires the unit not be ordered to move. A support hold can support a unit that is convoying or supporting another unit to hold or move, as well as simply holding.
DrOct (219 D(B))
24 Sep 09 UTC
@Alderian - that's a good point to make and one that I think a lot of newer players don't immediately grasp. Often I'll order a unit that's being supported to support a move or hold that is unlikely to matter, but it helps to make sure I've gone through what each unit is doing, and occasionally pays off when someone makes an unexpected move!


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orathaic (1009 D(B))
24 Sep 09 UTC
alternatve to pauses?
A downside to a pause in a game is that you can't tell if the player will come back.

A simple alternative would be a vote alter the lenght of each phase. (so with a 48 hour phase i can at least go away for the weekend, enter my orders...
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Babak (26982 D(B))
24 Sep 09 UTC
New Game (Ancient Med): "Third in the Med (English)"
http://game.xbsd.kr/endip/board.php?gameID=498

WTA - 25pts - Anonymous - PM me for the password
(this is on the korean sister site - talkers only please)
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imafool (100 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Join "I'll Surrender When I'm Dead"
25 D, Points-Per-Supply, 1 Day Phases
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KEEP *UCKING THAT CHICKEN!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13672
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how to join an open game
heyho im new here and i wanted to join an open game to start as fast as possible, but he always claims i entered the wrong password. my password is correct (tried it several times) or what am i doing wrong?

thanks for any help
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Troodonte (3379 D)
14 Sep 09 UTC
Portuguese speaking players
I was wondering how many Portuguese speaking players are in here. Would like to create a game spoken in Portuguese if there are enough players and enough interest.
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MajorShenanigans (159 D)
24 Sep 09 UTC
Sunday GMT Live game
I'd love to play a live game, 20 min phase, WTA, this Sunday at an agreed time GMT 9 - 11 am begin.
5 point buy in, for fun and quality play. Any takers?

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StevenC. (1047 D(B))
22 Sep 09 UTC
Who wants to play a set alliance game?
Details inside....(let me post first)
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