Ages ago I looked at total games vs options, and concluded that the more options we have, the fewer games get played overall. The graphs will be still linked in the old forum if someone wanted to dig them out. A good solution to this problem would be a game queue, where you can select several settin...

I think it relied on API modifications that vdip had and webdip didn't. Maybe?

Normal activity in live and gunboat games is for italy to get to four centres, then do nothing and wait to die. Would you rather it did that?

I think the 'Gamemaster' had Russia

There's also no Gamemaster in Diplomacy.

Does taking over a position affect your ghost rating less than playing a full game? No. One of the problems with the system is that it only counts the players at the end of the game. This is a pretty hard problem to solve for a general case without allowing exploits. I've posted about this before, ...

I wholeheartedly agree with the Captainmeme.

I opened the game and I see everything beige too

Everyone gets the same cached map, unless that entry is removed from the cache.

I've not seen this before. When I was working on the code, the maps were saved in a cache when they are generated. My guesses are: - There was a short-lived map bug that got fixed, but your map was generated during the time the bug was around. I would guess the map generation code was at least touch...

Thanks Doug, but I'm not sure how your reply is related. I'm talking about the stats reported on the site only.

I think Kestas said in another post that Facebook shuttered their AI division, and so he replaced their bot with the other one. Maybe.

The evidence you have supplied suggests that it is.

While we're on the subject of ratings, my ghost rating seems to have gone down in the last two years, despite me not having played a single game. Is there perhaps something wrong with the calculation?

Look after yourself, MM. Health (especially mental) is very important. Good on you for taking care!

Maybe this? http://diplomacycast.com/page.cfm?link=podcast&aid=38

^ I think Chaqa's reaction clearly illustrates what's good about not calling it PPSC

tl;dr: I like your system

Also: I think the solution to the "fewer games when there are more options" problem is a game queue - it would be AWESOME if you could say "I want a new game, I'm happy with any of these options" and the system notified you when the game was starting. At the moment, you can find games that are start...

I like it, but I propose that it not be called "PPSC", since that used to mean something else. DSS = Draw Size Scoring, so how about "SCS" for Supply Centre Scoring? Or DSCC for Draws by Supply Centre Count? SoS's introduction was a bit controversial for a few reasons For the record- there definitel...

Notify me, senpai

> Would be great of all variants had a Beta option.

Is this a petition to remove all the non-classic variants?