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by DougJoe
Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: XX Questions - Game XCVII
Replies: 188
Views: 7616

Re: XX Questions - Game XCVII

Did this character first appear in a work published or created after Dec. 31, 1899?
by DougJoe
Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: XX Questions - Game XCVII
Replies: 188
Views: 7616

Re: XX Questions - Game XCVII

Female?
by DougJoe
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:57 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10792

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

"Vastly" higher than 12% openings of an attack on Austria ... says 75%?? which is very different than a typical game. A couple of mods have said in the past that bots programmed to learn ... but they can't be as this is normally such a disastrous opening for Italy (not always - but normally) How ar...
by DougJoe
Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10792

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

Oh, and those games are from PlayDiplomacy, which, AFAIK, doesn't have bots... So those are (theoretically) human-only games. That might make sense that there's such a difference in the percentages. I don't what games the AI bots were trained on here, but it would be interesting to see the differen...
by DougJoe
Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:21 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10792

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

The dataset I found is here. Admittedly, it's six years old, so there may be new trends in way the game is played. https://data.world/maxstrange/diplomacyboardgame Oh, and those games are from PlayDiplomacy, which, AFAIK, doesn't have bots... So those are (theoretically) human-only games. That migh...
by DougJoe
Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:29 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10792

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

Here's my current data on the 348 Classic bot games I have played where I wasn't Italy: A Ven->Tri. A Rom->Ven. F Nap->ION. : 21 6.0% A Ven->Tri. A Rom->Apu. F Nap->ION. : 12 3.4% A Ven->Tri : 33 9.5% A Ven H. A Rom->Apu. F Nap->ION. : 69 19.5% A Ven H. A Rom->Nap. F Nap->ION. : 14 4.0% A Ven H. : 8...
by DougJoe
Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10792

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

Design flaw by developers of programming Italy to attack Austria a high percentage of the time makes Turkey very powerful in lots of bots games... I've been doing some analysis of a diplomacy moves dataset that includes over 20,000 games -- and 12% of the games, the first move from VEN is to TRI. 3...
by DougJoe
Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: How can I cancel a Bot game?
Replies: 7
Views: 8167

Re: How can I cancel a Bot game?

My advice is to always immediately cancel a game as Austria when Italy attacks = so the Bots don't learn that this is a feasible attack (although I still strongly believe a design flaw...) I didn't think the classic bots were learning from "new" games that they play, only from the games they were p...
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!
Replies: 103
Views: 5489

Re: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!

Hm. Is C a primate of some sort?
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!
Replies: 103
Views: 5489

Re: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!

Does an average member of C's species weigh less than an average human male?
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!
Replies: 103
Views: 5489

Re: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:16 pm
DougJoe wrote:
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:00 pm
For C, is this creature a carnivore?

If the answer is no, I will guess Dolly the (cloned) Sheep (since you got me thinkin about cells with Henrietta Lacks).
Dolly was a female sheep.

This creature is male.
*facepalm*
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!
Replies: 103
Views: 5489

Re: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!

For C, is this creature a carnivore?

If the answer is no, I will guess Dolly the (cloned) Sheep (since you got me thinkin about cells with Henrietta Lacks).
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!
Replies: 103
Views: 5489

Re: Twenty Questions - 4 Score & Bumfitt - Multiball Madness!

-) Is it debatable whether they are dead or not because only some parts of her are still alive? If the answer for D is yes, is it Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant)/HeLa cell line? -) (mostly meant for C) Are they a mammal? We have a new leader! The immortal Henrietta Lacks (may all of her be ...
by DougJoe
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions game 92
Replies: 48
Views: 1947

Re: Twenty Questions game 92

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:57 pm
10. Born 1800 or later.
That's not necessarily true, based on what Darg asked, right?

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dargorygel wrote:
Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:04 pm
Was she alive (discounting reincarnation or time travel) Between the years 1800 and 2023?
For example, someone born in 1799 could be a "yes" to Darg's question, correct?
by DougJoe
Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions game 92
Replies: 48
Views: 1947

Re: Twenty Questions game 92

No, this is not another quibbling geography question. Was this person royalty/member of a noble or aristocratic family? I feel like this is implied by the famous parents but there are multiple interpretations. This is a good question in this context, I would also have asked. Agreed, that's the firs...
by DougJoe
Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:47 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions game 92
Replies: 48
Views: 1947

Re: Twenty Questions game 92

Free guess: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia?
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:10 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 91
Replies: 109
Views: 5792

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 91

I guess we're bored of this then. Bored isn't the right word. More like... vaguely uninspired to try to grind through all the possibilities. That being said, free guess: Jack Lemmon? Had a kid who is/was an actor. Won Oscars but not after the date in the questions. Born north of 40, died south of 4...
by DougJoe
Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:57 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions - Game 91
Replies: 109
Views: 5792

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 91

damo666 wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:11 pm
I guess we're bored of this then.
Bored isn't the right word. More like... vaguely uninspired to try to grind through all the possibilities.
by DougJoe
Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions, Game 90
Replies: 107
Views: 6475

Re: Twenty Questions, Game 90

han-shahanshah wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:23 pm
It is the Dragon of Echigo, congratulations damo!

Sorry for all the confusion around geography, good game everyone.
Just curious, any particular reason you thought of him?
by DougJoe
Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions, Game 90
Replies: 107
Views: 6475

Re: Twenty Questions, Game 90

Free guess: since the other two "great unifiers" have been guessed, I'll try the third, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.