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Magnus Chase (94

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Help! I'm new!

Hi everyone, I just joined this site a couple days ago. I understand relatively how to play Diplomacy, but I've only played in real life before. Typically, I've never been able to round up many friends to play the game because it takes so long, but I've played some games. Can anyone direct me to any resources so I can learn to play better? Sorry if there was a post like this, but I couldn't find it.

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Going to the game

On my way to Wrigley.

Go Cubs!!!

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03 Nov 16 UTC

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Game 7

Go Indians!

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03 Nov 16 UTC

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Hey this looks like a nice game

What's going on in thi- gameID=185002 <looks at game for first time at Autumn 1903> - oh lawd!

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MoscowFleet (129

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02 Oct 16 UTC

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MLB Playoffs

Well fellas, we're down to the last day. The Mariners' drought continues, the Cards continue to somehow stay in it, the Jays thank the Lord finally get a win to push them to the #1 spot. The Nats also clinched home field advantage over the Dodgers.

Any WS predictions? Is it really the Cubs' year? Can the Dodgers finally make it? Who's going to surprise? My money is on the Jays duelling it out with the Giants, but of course I have a strong bias. What do you all think?

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31 Oct 16 UTC
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If the election were today...

http://www.270towin.com/maps/3nY92

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27 Oct 16 UTC
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Live Game Tournament - Results and Feedback

The inaugural webDiplomacy Live Game Tournament has finished! See inside for more.

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02 Nov 16 UTC

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Nihilist webDiplomacy

No matter if you 2-way, 3-way, or however you draw, you're going to die solo.

Play wedDip.

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01 Nov 16 UTC

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nanowrimo

National Novel Writing Month
http://nanowrimo.org/

Who's in? What's your topic, passion or ploy?

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Camptown Girls

gameID=184750

I teared up a little when I realized that Italy was going to give his partner, Austria, a piece of the pie instead of soloing. There are happy endings in Diplomacy after all!

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19 Oct 16 UTC
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Let's fight

Hi friends, I'm looking to play a FP DSS semi-anon game with 2 day phases. Anyone down??

ps: pls don't sign up if you don't send press I can't stand that shit

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webDiplomacy continues to lose players

The number of players listed each month in the Ghostratings continues to decline. Every year, there is a peak around May/June. We peaked in 2011 with 3,571 players, and steadily lost players from then to now (if you don't count the 2013-2014 inflated numbers anomaly). This last May peak we hit 2,503. At this rate, I figure there will be seven of us left in 2029.

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25 Oct 16 UTC
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Frostweaver's Personal Comments on Live Gunboat-483

Just a note: I'm not playing in the game, just spectating and inputting my personal comments on the game's moves.

Classic opening moves were made by all countries - except for Turkey. Seems Turkey is susceptible to Russian retaliation from the Black Sea. Also quite interesting how Britain and France strayed away from the English Channel.

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31 Oct 16 UTC

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College Essays

My early decision applications are due tomorrow! Help!

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29 Oct 16 UTC
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GUNBOAT. DONT

Just don't. PSA over.

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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Oregon Standoff Defendants Acquitted

Once in awhile, the system works.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/us/oregon-standoff-ammon-bundy-acquittal/index.html

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Deep Learning

So, how long until we get a machine that can kick our asses at Diplomacy? Will AI be forced to play only gunboat games, or can it do full press too? Discuss

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13 Oct 16 UTC
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Petition to Introduce Chaos

The variant on the classic map where every center is a different player.

Sign this thread if you think it should be brought to webDip!

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GroverCleveland2.0 (2373

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Looking for a couple more to join a game:

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=184890

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MrcsAurelius (3051

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Needs two more! gameID=184565

See title! Join up.

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31 Oct 16 UTC

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making sure I'm avoiding meta gaming

I'm wanting tk play with friends from IRL on here as well as existing people on here

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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New player, friend of mine, looking for game

hey everyone, because I'm sexy I got a coworker of mine to make an account and play with me. Has nothing to do with the fact that he reports to me. He is userID=82252

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27 Oct 16 UTC

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U.S. Hysteria

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-putin-idUSKCN12R1W6

Thoughts?

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Randomizer (722 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

I don't understand why people here don't believe a foreign government interferes with another country's election. The US does it all the time, although we are more blatant about it. Elect the leader we want or we cut off foreign aid.

After Gulf War I, Bush did that to Israel to replace the prime minister that had not attack Iraq for launching Scud missiles into Israel. More recently with Egypt.

leon1122 (190 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

"It's a sad day when American citizens would rather believe a Russian dictator than their own governmental intelligence services."

What Russian dictator? Putin is a democratically elected President with much higher approval ratings than Obama could ever hope for.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Okay, elected and high approval ratings, but I wouldn't say democratically. Russian elections are shady as shit. Much shadier than what people want America's to look like.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Putin is democratically elected TrPrado.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Also having a majority of your country's media in your pocket really helps with your approval rating ;)

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

"Also having a majority of your country's media in your pocket"

AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Okay. I have stopped laughing. Oh man that was a very ironic statement when you consider the U.S. media.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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PVA, Breitbart, FOX, and the Blaze are more significant in the news than you think. Obama's at 54% because we have a far more diverse media than Russia.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Iran's elections are democratic elections. Russia's are not.

bo_sox48 (5202 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Prado, you are somewhat right but mostly wrong, and it is ironic that you are mostly wrong at a time when Time Warner and AT&T are in the middle of combining into a massive media/media-distribution kingpin. It is so, so easy to see that just about every single news story in the media in this country is slanted and twisted and turned based on what a few suits want. PVA, Breitbart, Fox, and The Blaze have absolutely nothing on a corporate conglomerate like that.

bo_sox48 (5202 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Hell, if you Google "PVA," you get the Paralyzed Veterans of America, polyvinyl alcohol and acetate, and a bunch of other random crap before you find anything on stocks.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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But there is far better opportunity to infuse different ideas into the public in the US. More free internet access helps that as well.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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TrPrado should start a comedy routine. He is comparing the Blaze and Breitbart to the following: USA Today, NYT, Washington Post, TIME, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, HuffPo, NPR, Slate, Politico, Salon, the Atlantic, New Yorker, Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, Mother Jones, New Republic, Media Matters, etc.

Funny stuff TrPrado.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Don't forget Forbes, WSJ, NY Post. Those are also shills of the liberal media.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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I wouldn't exactly say Forbes and WSJ are shills of the liberal media, but the websites/radio/TV stations that I listed above are in league with the DNC.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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FOX dominates the cable news ratings.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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I was being sarcastic with the Forbes/WSJ thing. I thought it was obvious with the NY Post thing.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

So? Fox is one platform and it is in the center of the political spectrum. One platform doesn't compare with all of the liberal platforms I listed above.

Truth is that the liberal spectrum in the U.S. has a stranglehold on Media. Much more than the "Boogeyman" (lol) Putin does in Russia.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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You're the one who should start a comedy routine.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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If Fox is primarily centrist I'm a flying monkey named Algonquin.

trip (696 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Tr: for arguments sake lets say there's the same amount of conservatives and liberals. If the conservatives have three options for news slanted towards their beliefs and the liberals have twenty, wouldnt it make sense that the one of the conservative options would draw the most people.

trip (696 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Fox is not centrist.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Yes it does make sense. As a matter of fact that's what happens. The government doesn't have an active hand in controlling it. Media sources with a conservative bias are easy to find and stumble across here. Anti-Putin sources in Russia aren't.

JamesYanik (548 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

@ND

there are direct government ties that make it LEGAL for cooperation with the gov't in fashions that here in the USA, we have laws against

trip (696 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

I wouldnt go as far as to say the the US government or political parties arent coordinating with media outlets, but I agree with you that its not like the Russian state media.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Do any of you actually watch Fox on a regular basis? I am telling you it is centrist. I am a right-winger. And, I am telling you as someone on the right they are middle of the road.

ND (879 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

@James: Wikileaks has revealed intense Clinton Campaign and mainstream media ties. So, no it is legal because we both know that Hillary Clinton and her team will never be prosecuted. She could be recorded shooting someone and you people would still vote for her. Unbelievable.

TrPrado (461 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

"She could be recorded shooting someone and you people would still vote for her. Unbelievable."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/01/23/trump_i_could_stand_in_the_middle_of_fifth_avenue_and_shoot_somebody_and_i_wouldnt_lose_any_voters.html

brainbomb (290 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

"Do any of you actually watch Fox on a regular basis? "
Nah Im a recovering bulimic. Best to not chance it.

JamesYanik (548 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

@Clinton

I think the more damning evidence was in the 3rd Veritas video, I don't condone it, I know it's there, but mate, Russia is a whole other level of corrupt

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Facebook Diplomacy

I've discovered a bot that allows you to play chess on a Facebook Chat page using algebraic notation. Could someone conceivably create a Diplomacy adjudicator for a Facebook chat page? It might make Diplomacy more accessible as you can easily play with your friends without worrying for phase length, pauses etc. Would this be in any way possible? It's just a thought.

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30 Oct 16 UTC
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I Predict

As the years go on, as millennials come to player a more important role in the world as politicians...
The waistcoat will once again be fashionable for politicians to wear.
Thoughts?

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31 Oct 16 UTC
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Frostweaver is banned.

Thanks for multi-accounting or meta-gaming man.

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30 Oct 16 UTC

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Trumps Wicked Kids

At first I thought Trump was alright, but after I looked at this I just cant vote for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4Mi4ocyDw

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30 Oct 16 UTC

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Violent [censored political group name] and corrupt LAPD

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-homeless-woman-posts-video-protecting-trump-walk-of-fame-star/
Violent ________ attack an African American woman supporting Trump and calling for deportation of illegal immigrants. LAPD blames victim, saying she "incited" them.

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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Rule Clarification - Absent Players

Could somebody please clarify the rules relating to a player leaving a game. How do attacked units retreat, or are they simply disbanded? When is a new player invited to take over and at what point in the turn (e.g. is it always after the build phase)?

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Flagrant examples of election fraud

https://www.buzzfeed.com/qsahmed/the-10-most-gerrymandered-districts-in-america-dh45?utm_term=.yb2ozLooj#.spgn4PnnL

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