Yep you lose your bet if you CD

Yes. Yes I do. SplitDiplomat is an ass.

My own NMR in 1901 was because my connection dropped, my router needed re-setting and it took me a little over 15 minutes to get back online - by which time I'd gone into CD.

I was glad to see most people having the sense to immediately vote "Cancel". As Turkey, SplitDiplomat was handed a huge advantage by my issues, and the fact that Austria never showed up at all. A tainted win if ever there was one. Not classy, SD.

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Not at all classy, but what's worse he attempts to blame me for it in order to save his own face.. That is just fuckin low

This is in part why I prefer 10 minute games to 5 minute ones. An internet reset can kill the whole game if any single player has it.

Well, I guess we have a sense of how splitdiplomat got that high rating.

True that Ogion, far from a mystery now, I bet over half his games were won by NMR's in it...

@ Lopt, what exactly was your reason for NMR-ing?

You know, one easy way to get the cancel is for all those who agree to cancel attack the one who doesn't. It tends to get quick compliance.

That's not so easy when the NMR-ing states form a buffer zone.

Ugh. SplitDiplomat is fucking notorious for playing and taking advantage of CD. He does it all the time and I'm sick of him.

I want a black list.

Well, forewarned is forearmed. I'm sure this will play in future gaming decisions

Don't make excuses for poor play, It's not becoming.

I had no idea SplitDiplomat was like that. I had a lot of respect for him until now.

At whom was your comment addressed, Lando?

What of CDs when players drop out cause they are in a bad position and give up?
Isn't that like surrender and spoils to the victor!

One way to look at them. Usually if I have time and appetite I do my very best to ensure the doom of whomever destroyed me though.

But SplitDiplomat is just being an ass

Split is a damn good player, guys, easily #1 in gunboat on this site.

No wonder you say GB, because I doubt he could do proper real diplomacy. Still doubt he is the best, the #1 player wouldn´t feel the need to buff his record with flawed wins over and over again. I mean, where´s the joy in that...?

Lopt ^ I'm with you.
Like monty pythons black knight. Fight to the last!

He barely speaks English. Given that you played in his native language (I don't know what it is), I'm sure he'd be a solid player.

I can't explain why he chooses not to cancel or draw for CDs, but all of you are saying that he's a shitty player and shouldn't be respected for his status when he's still the best gunboater I've played. Play him sometime; you won't come close to beating him.

He might be a good player, but refusing to draw/cancel when there's 1901 CD's, and then taking advantage of them to solo, means he will not get my respect. I've played in several games with him where he has done this, and I'm sick of it.

I am not sure, but there might be some games in my history were I HAVE beat him. You seem to say like he is god. He might be good sure, could be, but certainly not THAT good. And I don't play in my native language either, a lot of people probably don't. Judging from what he's said so far he could do fine diplomacy with a little better attitude, but instead he just seems like an arrogant twat.

As have I, Chaqa. I've also played in games where he has pulled out ruthless stabs out of nowhere and taken me down en route to a solo. Players that can do that have my immediate respect.

Lopt, of course he is beatable. I'm not insinuating that it's impossible - it's Diplomacy, no one is immune to defeat.

You obviously have a fine grasp of the English language, native or not. He can barely even communicate on the forums, let alone in a game. You need to have it mastered in order to communicate with it on this site - you do, he doesn't.

I've talked to Split on here before. His English seemed fine, and he came off sounding rude and asshole-ish.

You really won't concede an inch, will you? I'm not going to dig through the forum and find you some incoherent line of his. I've got a paper to write and cookies to cut. Maybe someone else would like to try getting through to Chaqa and Lopt.

All we are saying is that he comes over in the wrong way, no matter whether he is a native speaker or not. That has nothing to do with it. Also, apparently he likes to play for false victories. What do you want us to get about that?

If he is as good as you say, then he has no need to play against absent players to bloat his rating. Frankly that undermines my respect for him a lot

bo_sox is wrong as usual, SD isn't "easily #1." He's in the top tier with Lando, Barn3tt et al. He's not unbeatable; I took him down despite him having a significant advantage due to CDs (and surprise surprise he was the only one not drawing/cancelling, and voted both as soon as the tide had turned). He's damn good but he's not head-and-shoulders above everyone. And while he's certainly earned a high ranking he definitely abuses CDs a lot in live games.

Split is far from unbeatable. His win/draw is excellent, although not the best, but since he only plays gunboats, and live gunboats at that, those statistics need to be taken with a grain of salt. He's very good at taking advantage of the idiosyncrasies of the live game format. Don't let his points fool you.