the ultimate solo

Use this forum to discuss Diplomacy strategy.
Forum rules
This forum is limited to topics relating to the game Diplomacy only. Other posts or topics will be relocated to the correct forum category or deleted. Please be respectful and follow our normal site rules at http://www.webdiplomacy.net/rules.php.
Post Reply
Message
Author
Tugster
Posts: 87
Joined: Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:14 pm
Karma: 87
Contact:

the ultimate solo

#1 Post by Tugster » Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:30 pm

total conquest, 86 SC win!!

First time ever this has been done!

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=493593
1

User avatar
Jamiet99uk
Posts: 29806
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:42 pm
Location: Durham, UK
Karma: 18611
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#2 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:44 pm

Well, isn't that something.
This signature is hard to read in dark mode.

User avatar
Jamiet99uk
Posts: 29806
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:42 pm
Location: Durham, UK
Karma: 18611
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#3 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:45 pm

You were helped by Western Canada and Brazil NMR-ing a lot of times.
This signature is hard to read in dark mode.

Tugster
Posts: 87
Joined: Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:14 pm
Karma: 87
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#4 Post by Tugster » Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:44 am

I had a lot of help by a lot of people, mostly inadvertently, but that's the way it always is with any solo, with correct play, no one would ever solo.
2

Octavious
Posts: 3869
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2017 4:16 pm
Location: The Five Valleys, Gloucestershire
Karma: 2632
Contact:

Re: the most inefficient solo

#5 Post by Octavious » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:02 am

A triumph of the colouring in philosophy of diplomacy :razz:

Be careful, though. Such instincts have cost far more solos then they have delivered
I eat cookies to improve my snacking experience

User avatar
David E. Cohen
Posts: 197
Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:27 am
Location: Treading the Path to Diplo-Shambhala
Karma: 169
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#6 Post by David E. Cohen » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:37 pm

Tugster wrote:
Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:44 am
I had a lot of help by a lot of people, mostly inadvertently, but that's the way it always is with any solo, with correct play, no one would ever solo.
I disagree with that.
The warrior's Way is the twofold Way of pen and sword.

Friends don't let friends draw-whittle.

Play every game like it is the last one you will ever play!

My website: http://diplomiscellany.tripod.com/

User avatar
Jamiet99uk
Posts: 29806
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:42 pm
Location: Durham, UK
Karma: 18611
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#7 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:33 am

David E. Cohen wrote:
Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:37 pm
Tugster wrote:
Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:44 am
I had a lot of help by a lot of people, mostly inadvertently, but that's the way it always is with any solo, with correct play, no one would ever solo.
I disagree with that.
Well, no, surely he's technically correct?

If everyone always made perfect moves, the game would tend towards a stalemate.
This signature is hard to read in dark mode.

af(k(x-d))+c
Posts: 4
Joined: Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:59 pm
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#8 Post by af(k(x-d))+c » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:51 am

Did everyone just agree to let you solo this way?

jamesa7171
Posts: 28
Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:50 am
Karma: 28
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#9 Post by jamesa7171 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:20 am

af(k(x-d))+c wrote:
Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:51 am
Did everyone just agree to let you solo this way?
No, it was a gunboat game, and at least 1 of us was annoyed at having to play a ton of extra turns for no reason.

User avatar
David E. Cohen
Posts: 197
Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:27 am
Location: Treading the Path to Diplo-Shambhala
Karma: 169
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#10 Post by David E. Cohen » Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:17 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:33 am
David E. Cohen wrote:
Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:37 pm
Tugster wrote:
Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:44 am
I had a lot of help by a lot of people, mostly inadvertently, but that's the way it always is with any solo, with correct play, no one would ever solo.
I disagree with that.
Well, no, surely he's technically correct?

If everyone always made perfect moves, the game would tend towards a stalemate.
Perfect moves are not always available, and tendencies are not absolutes.

The play philosophies of the players will also have an impact.
The warrior's Way is the twofold Way of pen and sword.

Friends don't let friends draw-whittle.

Play every game like it is the last one you will ever play!

My website: http://diplomiscellany.tripod.com/

qrzy
Posts: 111
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:07 am
Karma: 74
Contact:

Re: the ultimate solo

#11 Post by qrzy » Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:39 am

Not a big deal. If somebody make it on the modern diplomacy II map, would be sometging.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: wintergreen and 199 guests