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22 Jul 08 UTC

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Tips for Newbies

On the heads of the 'Stone Age' players thread, I figured maybe this would help. The rules of diplomacy are easy, its the strategy that makes this game difficult AND fun. But newbies frequently fail to think things through.

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22 Jul 08 UTC

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50 pot game

Wanted to make a game for semi-noobs, so I figured a 50 pot game would be something a newer player with experience wouldn't mind joining:
<A HREF="http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4724">http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4724</A>

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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Multi-account players

So are there any rules, and how are they enforced, for multi-account players in a game?

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themonkeymon (100

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22 Jul 08 UTC

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Uh, a bit of confusion.

In the game bunnies in the wind I am playing as Austria and I moved my unit into on the first turn. On the 2nd turn can I move that army and still keep Serbia or not?

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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Rules clarification

If I order a unit to support move, and the supporting unit is attacked, will the support move revert to hold?

If so, will ordering another unit to support hold the original unit provide a second defender?

Thank you.

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keeper0018 (100

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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wierd game

this is one of the wierdest games that i have ever played in, check it out... p.s. look at all the pretty colors!!!

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4630&msgCountry=Global

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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Draw Request 'Quick, no CD, 9am-5pm EST'

I'm Italy and as you can see by the messages, all are in agreement for a draw...

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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Strange Numbers

There was a thread a couple weeks ago pointing out that I had just started game # 4444, and that I had 666 points at the time. My points have hit another unusual number today.

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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Rules Question - RETREATS ("Run away! Run Away!")

Okay, say I have a unit on Spain, I'm surrounded on all sides and an attack from Gascony succeeds and I'm forced to retreat. My only retreat option is Gascony, the place the attack came from. Can I retreat there, or am I forced to destroy my unit ? Thanks!

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14 Jul 08 UTC

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Bounce question

Say there is an unestablished French army in Spain (i.e. Spain hasn't been taken yet), that moves to Marseilles while an Italian army is moving to Marseilles as well. The two will bounce off each other, but will Spain be completely captured by France? or will the army in Spain still have that blue box around it that shows that Spain hasn't been captured?

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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How long does should a game stay in "Your games"?

I got knocked out of "The Spanish vol5" (game 4433) in Autumn 1909 yet it is still listed on my "Your games" page in Autumn 1910. Is this normal, or a bug?

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RogueMcGyver (455

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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No Press - One player needed for a CD power

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4702&join=on&gamepass=e4f24bdd1599f0964abeb92ffb862f35

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Kent C. Tugood (483

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20 Jul 08 UTC

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Draw Game Request

After years of Bloodshed, the powers in this game: http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4105 have decided to declare a draw.

Their posts shall confirm it soon enough.

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Yet Another No Press Game

Anyone interested?

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Gobbledydook (1389

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21 Jul 08 UTC

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a new 1001-buy-in game?

For us high-rollers.

I am planning on starting a new 1001-buy-in game (PPSC though, don't like betting everything but only having 1/7 chance of getting it back...)though it can be WTA if you all want that...

It should start by the end of this week...and please all interested reply here to sign up.

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20 Jul 08 UTC

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Could you support an attack against your own country?

Just a thought. Is it possible to support an attack against your own country?

Say, you were Italy. Could you support an Austrian attack into Italian occupied Venice?

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Suspicious activity in "Does backstabbing come with blindsiding"

Turkey and Austria seem to have an unearthly level of cooperation and trust in "Does backstabbing come with blindsiding"

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4501

More details in 1st reply.

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20 Jul 08 UTC

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Feature request

Usually, if a player has no choice in their orders i.e. it's a Build phase and they have no builds/destroys or it's a Retreat phase and they have no retreats, then they get automatically finalized so nobody has to wait for that player to log in and finalize their blank orders.

There is one case that is missing - if a player has a retreat to make, but there are no valid areas to retreat to (they are surrounded, or it's an army and the only free areas are sea etc.) - in this case, they have to submit an order, but the drop-down list says - no valid destinations if you choose retreat, so you must choose submit.

Would it be possible in this case to auto-select that order and finalize the orders if there are no others for which a choice must be made?

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Hyperactive Jam (299

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20 Jul 08 UTC

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9 SC Austria in CD

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4483&msgCountry=Austria

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17 Jul 08 UTC

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Point division upon end of PPSC games

What is the cap on the number of points a winner of a PPSC game can win?

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18 Jul 08 UTC

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Civil Disorder

Is it considered good etiquette to go CD if everyone knows you're going to lose? (I know that only one of my games has someone CD, and I'm not trying to point fingers. I've just seen this a lot as I've looked down the games list.)

abgemacht (1076 )
18 Jul 08 UTC

IMO, no, it is very rude. Going into CD can drastically slow down the game. If you can't win, you should try to turn the tide or hold on to a few SC. If you truly can't do anything, at least finalize your moves so the game moves quickly.

EdiBirsan (1469 )
19 Jul 08 UTC

you could also make a proposal to end the game in a draw.

MajorTom (4417 )
19 Jul 08 UTC

Never give up.

I've had some spectacular comebacks including a face-to-face victory after being reduced to a single center. I also think a players actions when they are losing says more about him or her then any other situation.

RogueMcGyver (455 )
19 Jul 08 UTC

I will never put a country into CD, I think it is disrespectful to your opponents to start a game you don't intend on finishing.

I would rather draw a game I could win than go into CD.

Churchill (2280 )
19 Jul 08 UTC

I've gone CD twice.

Once I was held-up during a very long trip.
Once I was disgusted at the other player's complete ignoring my messages and all playing together against me.

orathaic (1009 )
19 Jul 08 UTC

yeah, CD rules are there for the worst case senario that someone can't get their orders in, (although you can use it as a diplomatic ploy...) except in that very rare circumstance I would avoid going into CD.

I've been away and phoned friends to submit orders for me, which is a real pain...

Gobbledydook (1389 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

me too...a real pain...luckily my friend is quite nice and helpful...

Worldbeing (1063 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

It's cowardly to flee a game when you're losing...it's the 'a good captain goes down with his ship' philosophy.

TheGhostmaker (1545 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

Gobbledydook, I love how you refer to "my friend"...

Major Tom, there is no reason to get angry if another player has burnt a bridge entirely with you. No reason to go into CD.

Remember, even if they do not reply, they still read your messages, and you can still do something through that.

DeliciousWolf (112 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

Even if you're down to your last center, it can still be fun to be the 'wild card' and act totally unpredictable, barter your support for survival, and just be a pain in the ass until the very end. Never give up! If you're lucky, people will remember and in a future game decide working with you is better than against you.

Fido (100 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

It's not very hard to finalize a hold...or a futile move, although you can support an attack on the countries around you.

cteno4 (100 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

If you're _completely_ hopeless, it's more fun to become "an hero" and try to die as quickly as possible than it is to just abandon the game entirely. I've been in some F2F games when it became evident that every other country on the board has joined a coalition against me, so I just picked some countries to support into my own home supply centers. No reason to delay the inevitable, I guess.

That's a very rare case, though. More often than not I will try to hang on as long as I possibly can, and there have been a number of times when doing so has allowed me to hang on by the skin of my teeth for years at a time as I faked out whatever country was trying to attack me. It's actually quite a lot of fun that way.

mapleleaf (0 )
20 Jul 08 UTC

Finish what you start. Period.

Everything else is flaky.

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Kestas, why no reset to 100 points?

I'm a mere political puppet with a single point and was hoping to join a new no press game after just being eliminated from a game that ended on the same turn (Thermopylae), but no points, can you help me out?

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DeliciousWolf (112

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18 Jul 08 UTC

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Builds Question

Let's say I've lost my three original SCs, but I've captured several others elsewhere. Can I build at all ? Must I recapture one of my original SCs before building again?

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thewonderllama (100

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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UK member needed for non-Diplomacy related help

I live in the US and am trying to have a certain item shipped to me from the UK. Unfortunately, the distillery in question does not export the item in question. As I don't know anyone in the UK *not* from this site, I figured I'd make my plea here.

Is there any UK resident who'd be willing to let me use his or her address for delivery and then ship it along to me, postage and some sort of token of appreciation paid by me?

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markthomas (110

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Support hold didn't work in game #4459

Hello, in game #4459 I support held Marseilles from Gascony, and Gascony wasn't attacked, yet the support from Gascony was broken. Is this possibly a bug?

Thanks.

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Stevelers (3084

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17 Jul 08 UTC

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Global Press Game, Round Two?

I just finished up a Global Press variant, and I found it to be a very interesting change to the game, and I'd like to start up a new one. I'd like to have some of the players back from the first game, although all are welcome to join, just express your interest here!

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keeper0018 (100

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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civil disorders

when i first joined this site, it used to be that in order for a country to go into civil disorder (CD), that player had to miss 3 consecutive turns. however, i just took over a country in a game that's only in the winter 1901 phase, where it is not possible for the player to miss 3 consecutive turns (none of his SC's were taken over, so he didn't have to retreat at all)... is it that if a country enters no orders for the entire first year they are replaced, or have the entire CD rules changed?

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Think about it

If I can talk you into this game have I not already won?
Come on now, I am a new player and I want to give this a try.

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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Macross frontier

New game 50 point kick in fee

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19 Jul 08 UTC

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10,000 pot PPSC game

It's called etat de siege. Join here:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4689

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