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by DougJoe
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:56 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41992

Re: Bot Talk

Continuing to love playing Bot games but wish the developers 1) had some deep diplomacy history and 2) knew that 18 centers wins a game ;-) My #1 adv9ce for playing bots is to always immediately cancel your game if italy attacks Austria outright as this rarely happens in real games - live or online...
by DougJoe
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:36 pm
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

Hello everyone, I am new on webDiplomacy, great to join the community ! Quick question, if someone kind can take 1 min to answer :) I do not figure out how to play vs 6 Cicero IA in a short game (5 min or 10 min / turn). Anyone can help me ? When I "start an AI/bot game", i dont see any settings ab...
by DougJoe
Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:56 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Russia in Bot Games
Replies: 7
Views: 2853

Re: Russia in Bot Games

I did, yes. In hindsight I should have just drawn so that I could reference it in the post, but I was annoyed enough with the bots at the time to cancel it. Ah, that's too bad. Was hoping to see what the board looked like after S01. It was probably not salvageable, but it's hard to say. My current ...
by DougJoe
Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:37 am
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

Not sure if I should post here or in a new thread, but is anyone interested in doing another one of these GR challenge things, say, after the new year?
by DougJoe
Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:34 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Russia in Bot Games
Replies: 7
Views: 2853

Re: Russia in Bot Games

CaptainFritz28 wrote:
Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:45 pm
Yeah, it's just a bot game though. I was just curious if I was doing something wrong.
Probably not, bots and all. Did you cancel the game? I couldn't find it in your list.
by DougJoe
Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:31 am
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

England/Yigg’s Perspective on game: https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=733365 I was banking on him holding up the Jugg at least a few more years. This means Russia now has to build in either St.P or Sev, which would pressure either of Russia’s allies. I lobby hard to not see a build in St.P,...
by DougJoe
Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:10 am
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

My feeling is that this came was played very carefully and intelligently by everyone Eh, nothing I did really worked out, so I'm not sure either of these apply to me in this game! :? But better players than I have gotten blasted as Austria, too, so it's not the end of the world. Comorant's post con...
by DougJoe
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

This is so disappointing. I played in the GR2 game. We successfully played a key Lepanto. I thought it would be an interesting game. But one player dropped out, so a six way draw. The GR1 game ends in a seven way draw. It seems most players here seldom go for the win. They miss half the game. I'd s...
by DougJoe
Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:29 pm
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

GR Challenge 9/23 G1 is over and ended as a 7-way draw! https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=733365 After the "GOAT" game blew up into a million pieces, there was an attempt to have some of the same players start a new game but we didn't get 7 and, well, DOA for that one. So when Yonni posted t...
by DougJoe
Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Civil Disorder Take-overs
Replies: 53
Views: 15404

Re: Civil Disorder Take-overs

Esquire Bertissimmo wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:21 pm
you can get them from bot games (I think?)
Not from "started as a specifically a bot game" games. You pay 5 and always get 5 back no matter the result.
by DougJoe
Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: I am going to make my own Hamas
Replies: 12
Views: 13312

Re: I am going to make my own Hamas

Hummous tip: roast/toast the garlic.
by DougJoe
Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty questions: sesquicentennial anniversary?
Replies: 62
Views: 26302

Re: Twenty questions: sesquicentennial anniversary?

So its a toy, but not a doll. But somehow definitively male. A hand drawn character, but not in a novel, comic book, children's book, magazine or newspaper. I realize this is our last question, so I'll have to go for it. I think he must from the game Clue / Cluedo. If so there is a one-in-three cha...
by DougJoe
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:48 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: 20 Questions - Game 147
Replies: 102
Views: 40529

Re: 20 Questions - Game 147

Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:43 am
DougJoe wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:36 am
Matt "How you doin'?" LeBlanc?
Not born in a permissible year for a white man.
Oh, yeah, I read the answer to that question backwards. Guess withdrawn.

(67 was so close!)
by DougJoe
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: 20 Questions - Game 147
Replies: 102
Views: 40529

Re: 20 Questions - Game 147

Matt "How you doin'?" LeBlanc?
by DougJoe
Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: 20 Questions - Game 147
Replies: 102
Views: 40529

Re: 20 Questions - Game 147

Born in Canada or Australia?
by DougJoe
Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: 4! - 4 questions: game 2! + 4! + 5!
Replies: 69
Views: 29594

Re: 4! - 4 questions: game 2! + 4! + 5!

Free Guess: Taylor Swift
by DougJoe
Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:46 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Redirect to Beta Map for non-logged in users
Replies: 1
Views: 682

Redirect to Beta Map for non-logged in users

I noticed that when I'm not logged into the site and I try to browse to something like "https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=761586&viewArchive=Orders" I automatically get redirected to the beta version of the map. By chance is there something that I can put in the URL to prevent the redirectio...
by DougJoe
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: New Games
Topic: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23
Replies: 129
Views: 13108

Re: Ghost Rating Challenge 09/23

Spectating game 2, saw all the NMRs, wondered what was going on. I had a thought just now and wondered what others think of it... for these kind of games, does anyone think it would be worth implementing some sort of "power selection" mechanic where the lowest GR rated player gets to pick their powe...
by DougJoe
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:28 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41992

Re: Bot Talk

I'd be interested in seeing your statistics. I had exactly the same impression about the Mos-StP opening, which seemed to amount up to 50% when I draw England (out of a very small sample of max 10 games as England, which I used to play on play.webdiplomacy.org, i.e. the games haven't been archived)...
by DougJoe
Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: XX Questions - Game CXLV
Replies: 60
Views: 23696

Re: XX Questions - Game CXLV

Was this person part of the military of the Confederate States of America?