thanks

ghug - have you had any luck with a 42 player setup? I've tried for a few hours fiddling around, and I'm still having trouble.

Will you please reiterate what you are trying to accomplish with the 42 vs 49? Thanks.

Goldfinger, ever used the diplomacy tournament manager?
http://www.diplom.org/armada/dtm/

Might be useful

Currently, the system is 49 player tournament, with 8 games played. Each player plays each other exactly once, and players 7 countries + 1 randomly assigned country.

People have labeled this as unfair if they draw Austria in the 8th game, so they suggested a 42 player tournament, where you play 7 games, play each country exactly once, but play some opponents more than once. This was judged to be fairer

I haven't. I'll check it out.

And just an update:

MadMarx - GR 1
slyster - GR 5
LanGaidin - GR 6
The Hanged Man - GR 7
Tom Bombadil - GR 9
Yonni - GR 10
WarLegend - GR 11
Tusky McMammoth - GR 15
C-K - GR 16
ghug - GR 17
rdrivera2005 - GR 18
gantz - GR 19
goldfinger0303 - GR 24 (dec)
Your Humble Narrator - GR 27
StackelbergFollower - GR 28
Lando - GR 33
sereginss - GR 35 (overall, dec.)(peak WTA GR would put him at 75 this month)
KyleFC - GR 36
bo_sox - GR 41
josunice - (NL - peak would put him around 50)
rhydon - GR (NL - 59 overall)
Pete U - GR 63
KingRishard - GR 70 (dec)
ckroberts - GR 73
hellalt - GR 75
qtlp - peak 82 (GR 346 currently)
Mapu - GR 87
Socrates Dissatisfied - GR 105
Gen. Lee - GR 121
Leif_Syverson - (NL - peak would put him at about 142)
sweetwatersam - GR 176
podium - GR 411

maybe:

TheWizard - GR 2
Cachimbo - GR 12
jmo - GR (NL - 12 overall)
uclabb - GR 14
EightFoldWay - GR 36 (dec)
Hellenic Riot - GR 90 (dec)

Sitters (available whenever a player needs it and a pause is not feasible)

martinck1 - GR 4
Octavious - GR 26
Indybroughton - GR (NL - 34 overall)

its not that its unfair, its that its hard enough to get 42 players.

I can't be on the "yes" list yet, I'll have to stay on the maybe one.

2 x 4 games take a lot of time and investment, time I'm not really sure I can manage to give ATM. I hardly keep up with the one game I'm playing ATM!

I'd like to join - allanxo

Sorry slyster - I thought your comments meant you were on the yes list :)

Although this question probably disqualifies me from the tournament, what is the GR? And how does one figure out one's position? Don't see anything about it in the FAQ.

http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/theghost-ratingslist

You are ranked #545 this past month

Are there any tournaments just for gunboaters?

Lando was thinking about one, so you can ask him. I'm not sure if the GFDT is gunboat or not...and that one hasn't been around for a while either

I would be interested but I'll be rather busy this summer, would that be an issue?

33 yes, and 8 maybe. We're getting very close! I'm just waiting to hear back from some more people.

MadMarx - GR 1
LanGaidin - GR 6
The Hanged Man - GR 7
Tom Bombadil - GR 9
Yonni - GR 10
WarLegend - GR 11
Tusky McMammoth - GR 15
C-K - GR 16
ghug - GR 17
rdrivera2005 - GR 18
gantz - GR 19
goldfinger0303 - GR 24 (dec)
Your Humble Narrator - GR 27
StackelbergFollower - GR 28
Lando - GR 33
sereginss - GR 35 (overall, dec.)(peak WTA GR would put him at 75 this month)
KyleFC - GR 36
bo_sox - GR 41
allanxo - GR 46
mdrltc - GR 48
josunice - (NL - peak would put him around 50)
rhydon - GR (NL - 59 overall)
Pete U - GR 63
KingRishard - GR 70 (dec)
ckroberts - GR 73
hellalt - GR 75
qtlp - peak 82 (GR 346 currently)
Mapu - GR 87
Socrates Dissatisfied - GR 105
Gen. Lee - GR 121
Leif_Syverson - (NL - peak would put him at about 142)
sweetwatersam - GR 176
podium - GR 411

maybe:

TheWizard - GR 2
slyster - GR 5
Cachimbo - GR 12
jmo - GR (NL - 12 overall)
uclabb - GR 14
EightFoldWay - GR 36 (dec)
Hellenic Riot - GR 90 (dec)
MKECharlie - GR 151 all-time

Sitters (available whenever a player needs it and a pause is not feasible)

martinck1 - GR 4
Octavious - GR 26
Indybroughton - GR (NL - 34 overall)

Ah, just put Slyster back in the yes column. He knows he wants in.

I have an interest, please sign me up if I am eligible......

Never mind, I see that I am already on the list, thanks

LOL Yonni! ;)

I'll take my decision right before inscriptions are all over. I have to say though that right now I'm leaning towards a no... = /

Can I coax one of the more experienced players to set up a kiddy table? I'd love to get in on some action, but I fall lightyears outside of the requirements. I'm sure there are many other in the deep chasms of the GR who'd like to join me for a tournament.

How many people in the top 100 GR like playing games, in general? Of these who said yes, how many like playing games against good opponents? Of those who again said yes, how many of us regularly play 2 games at a time on this site?

I suspect there is at least half of us. So, let's please fill out this roster, so everyone can have maximum fun against top opponents.

Maybe after it is all set up, Minister

MadMarx - GR 1
LanGaidin - GR 6
The Hanged Man - GR 7
Tom Bombadil - GR 9
Yonni - GR 10
WarLegend - GR 11
Tusky McMammoth - GR 15
C-K - GR 16
ghug - GR 17
rdrivera2005 - GR 18
gantz - GR 19
goldfinger0303 - GR 24 (dec)
Your Humble Narrator - GR 27
StackelbergFollower - GR 28
Lando - GR 33
sereginss - GR 35 (overall, dec.)(peak WTA GR would put him at 75 this month)
KyleFC - GR 36
bo_sox - GR 41
allanxo - GR 46
mdrltc - GR 48
josunice - (NL - peak would put him around 50)
rhydon - GR (NL - 59 overall)
Pete U - GR 63
L1Star - GR 64
KingRishard - GR 70 (dec)
ckroberts - GR 73
hellalt - GR 75
qtlp - peak 82 (GR 346 currently)
Mapu - GR 87
Socrates Dissatisfied - GR 105
Gen. Lee - GR 121
Leif_Syverson - (NL - peak would put him at about 142)
sweetwatersam - GR 176
podium - GR 411

maybe:

TheWizard - GR 2
slyster - GR 5
Cachimbo - GR 12
jmo - GR (NL - 12 overall)
uclabb - GR 14
EightFoldWay - GR 36 (dec)
Hellenic Riot - GR 90 (dec)
MKECharlie - GR 151 all-time (he says no, but he really means yes)

Sitters (available whenever a player needs it and a pause is not feasible)

martinck1 - GR 4
Octavious - GR 26
Indybroughton - GR (NL - 34 overall)

Thanks bo_sox. Wouldnt mind doing it myself, but since I've never hosted a tournament I'd be grateful if somebody experienced could give me a hand.

Hey, so if you want everyone to play everyone and for everyone to have 7 games total, you need to have exactly 43 people, and the games would be as follows, where each of the people have a label from 1 to 43:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 20 21 22 23 24 25
1 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 32 33 34 35 36 37
1 38 39 40 41 42 43
2 8 14 20 26 32 38
2 9 15 21 27 33 39
2 10 16 22 28 34 40
2 11 17 23 29 35 41
2 12 18 24 30 36 42
2 13 19 25 31 37 43
3 8 15 22 29 36 43
3 9 16 23 30 37 38
3 10 17 24 31 32 39
3 11 18 25 26 33 40
3 12 19 20 27 34 41
3 13 14 21 28 35 42
4 8 16 24 26 34 42
4 9 17 25 27 35 43
4 10 18 20 28 36 38
4 11 19 21 29 37 39
4 12 14 22 30 32 40
4 13 15 23 31 33 41
5 8 17 20 29 32 41
5 9 18 21 30 33 42
5 10 19 22 31 34 43
5 11 14 23 26 35 38
5 12 15 24 27 36 39
5 13 16 25 28 37 40
6 8 18 22 26 36 40
6 9 19 23 27 37 41
6 10 14 24 28 32 42
6 11 15 25 29 33 43
6 12 16 20 30 34 38
6 13 17 21 31 35 39
7 8 19 24 29 34 39
7 9 14 25 30 35 40
7 10 15 20 31 36 41
7 11 16 21 26 37 42
7 12 17 22 27 32 43
7 13 18 23 28 33 38

You're funny, goldfinger.

+1 uclabb... Did you figure that out in Excel?