you know you want to......

ABC Auto-Industry: Points-per-supply-center. Bet 5.
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4690

Time Zones: Points-per-supply-center. Bet 10.
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4691

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4471

A game I could probably win, but medical issues interfere. Others to confirm I guess.

I was playing a face to face game where about half the players were new to the game. There was some discussion as to whether it is better to teach in person or online. While I agree that it is easier to demonstrate the rules in person, I believe it is easier to master the rules using something like phpDip where you are told what the legal moves are. My primary reason for this believe is that a number of moves that were written down were canceled because the move was invalid. It felt unjust to punish those players for not having mastered the rules but it equally is important to reinforce that the written orders are of paramount importance and must be written correctly to avoid ambiguity. I am interested what everyone's thoughts are.

We just started a new Random game and we need 4 more players.

To enter the game costs 20!

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4688

To anyone interested. I have started the game "Endgame" Only 5 points to join. This is primarily intended for novice players like myself.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4674

51 points to join, and we need three more players. Entry to the game ends in just over two hours.

I get the impression from your posts that you are an old hand at this game and are very active on the dip pouch site and diplomacy game world in general.
so i was wondering what you think of this site? how does it compare (the players i mean not graphics or code) with dip pouch and other places?
what variations are popular on dip pouch and other sites? we sometimes play no press/gunboat and team (2 or 3 team) games.

just interested in your thoughts.

oh ...and join a game!

New Game <In Memory Of Marcus Tullius Cicero> starting within the next 24 hours for 75 credits

Has anyone tried to get through a game in an afternoon/day online here?

That would be something I'd like to try in the future, if anyone else is interested...

I am not accusing anyone, but the fact that two players in this game (England and Italy) disappeared for 3 days, with exactly the same last login date and time, and then reappearing 3 days later within 3 minutes, makes me think, what strange coincidences there are in life. :-)

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4619

Under "Games", there are currently 4 tabs:
Your games
Joinable
Active
Finished

Would it be possible to split "Joinable" into something like "New Joinable" and "Existing Joinable"? "New Joinable" would be games which have not yet started, and "Existing Joinable" would be where you take over countries in civil disorder.

I ask for this improvement since I don't like taking over countries in civil disorder. I find the most exciting time of the game is the first year. However, 90% of the Joinable games are always civil disorder joins and I get frustrated having to sift through them to find new games starting up.

Just a suggestion :)

I cannot open this game, Error triggered: A database lock (4322_map) could not be taken.

The database may currently be overloaded, please try again momentarily..

This was probably caused by a software bug. The details of this error have been successfully logged and will be attended to by a developer.

Thanks Kestas

I'm pretty much permanently on phpDip. Granted, sometimes I log out, so people are less inclined to "chat" with me about tactics. But sometimes I never leave. How often do you check in?

I would like to take this time to poll the phpdiplomacy audience for the most demented thing that someone has ever said to them in a private or public chat.

Hi,

I am new on this site. How can I start a game?

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4640

Debatable whether or not to report it since only 35 points are in the pot.
Odd that one "player" has gone CD. :)
Still...

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4626

I am Germany and Berlin // Munich stayed vacant even after I ordered to build Armies.

What can I do?

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4477

England & Turkey at 17 SCs each. England will post.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4585

Strong France, strong Russia, England falling to France, Germany falling to France/Russia, Russia/Turkey at war. Russia has been vulturing Italian centres, but you could stop that fairly easily.

5 dollar bet... anybody's game

I'm sure this has been answered before, but I can't seem to find it. I

n game Move Along Now (http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4490) I have for the last two turns observed Austria to have the red X indicating unfinalized orders as the game reported being "Due Now". Furthermore, the game reported that Austria's player was not logged in at that time. And yet Austrian units still acted upon apparently valid orders.

Does the game carry out entered but unfinalized orders, then? I had been under the impression it didn't, but...?

There are a host of world wide face to face tournaments for Diplomacy.
Are any of you interested in these?
The World Diplomacy Championships will be held in Austria next month and
next year the event will be in Columbus Ohio at Origins. Anyone interested can contact me.

Does anyone want local contacts for face to face social games.
Contact me..

EdiBirsan at Astound dot Net

Even though Italy and France got new SC, there was no build phase. What happened there?

Game: No Press 23!

England went into CD and it is slowing down the game. If anyone is interested in No Press, please take over England and do NOT send individual messages to anyone and the global chat is okay as long as you don't discuss the game at all...

http://crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/shoplifting.php

http://crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/shoplifting.php

http://crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/asfuck.php

Did anybody ELSE notice the pronounced difference in writing styles, and use of punctuation between S's & P's long rants and their other comments and postings?

I rule.

What happens when a country goes into civil disorder? More specifically if nobody takes over the country does the game go on regardless according to the CD rules (all units hold, no builds, dislodged units disband etc) or is the game held up until someone takes over?

1429 points from each to join. Anyone interested?

I got a message from the game mmmmmgggrlll that I earned 12 points, but I did not get the points. I took over a country in CD here, and I'm wondering if the code changes caused this.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4458

When I went to check my game, the initial page that loaded displayed the chat between the Russian and Austrian players. I am playing England... Luckily this game is nearly over and I caught just a fleeting glimpse before I realized the problem and switched chats, but in another game this could have been disasterous.