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Gobbledydook (1389 D(B))
19 Aug 08 UTC
Need a sitter...urgent!
I need a sitter urgent...starting from the 25th to the 30th.
Please reply below, with complete email info.
Best to be a reputed player, and willing to spend lots of time in this.
I've unfortunately got many games running at the moment.
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DNA117 (1535 D)
22 Aug 08 UTC
New way of communicating
Who would be interested in using Skype in games for communicating with each other?
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monomorphism (100 D)
22 Aug 08 UTC
How you do propose a draw?
I believe the game "Free Conquest" is drawn, as Turkey controls 17, but the other players have set up a stalemate line.

How can we propose/vote on this?
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Alan3 (1097 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
Please draw the game Bah
Link: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4755&msgCountry=Global

Russia is requesting the draw.
Turkey & Germany will agree below
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arthurmklo (879 D)
22 Aug 08 UTC
not finalizing a crime?
in the game "()" (http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4635)
France is saying that me (Turkey) is not finalizing because im losing and trying to drag the game on, and that I need to show some sportsmanship. Now since that I didnt finalize, he is not taking the win until im dead

(details within)
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richo (100 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
Points per supply centre
Is there any other split of points available? Like winner takes all or second gets their bet back?
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Saad (100 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Two accounts
Well I told my brother about phpDiplomacy, and he's joined it. But would this be counted as multi-accounting since we have the same IP, I'm also in the same game as him so would this account to multi-accounts?
It could easily be construed as a form of meta-gaming. It is hard to imagine you and your brother actively working against each other in a game with strangers.

The above being said, it would at least seem fairer if you posted in global chat of your game that you and he are brothers. You might also include whether you intend to work together or not, but that might limit your options later in the game.

I would go so far as to say that at any face to face game amongst "friends" that some friends are closer than others. You situation would not be much different.

All of the above is just my opinion.
Saad (100 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
In your opinion or anyones opinion would it be ok if we are playing different games?
ldrut (674 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
I wouldn't say its hard to imaging two brothers actively working against each other. My brother and I are as likely to stab each other as anyone else. My wife has stabbed me in every game of Diplomacy we have ever played (and I still fail to see her coming - not because I give her a free pass but because she is a consistently better player than I give her credit for).

If there was a way to announce to people that you were brothers BEFORE you signed up (title, forum) then I don't see the problem with it, but I don't think there really is a reliable way of doing that in a public game. Unless you are certain that the other 5 players know before they join that you are brothers, best you don't play in the same game.

You could post in the forum an ad for a private game saying that you are both playing in it and are brothers and how you intend that to affect your play. Anyone who joins knew what they were in for and thats all that can be expected.
Bugger (3639 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
Just don't play in the same games and you're fine.
dangermouse (5551 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
I have no problem with you playing in the same games so long as you don't favor your brother BECAUSE he is your brother. As long as you are keeping that separate I don't even care if you make an announcement in game. We don't ask everyone who knows each other in real life to broadcast it to their opponents each time.

I suggest you don't only play games together though.
What dangermouse said.

My only addition would be to say that the reason to avoid playing in the same games is simply to remove all doubt.
kestasjk (95 DMod(P))
21 Aug 08 UTC
Enough stuff is put into the access logs so that it's usually pretty clear whether someone is multi accounting or if it's just someone using the same IP. There's definitely more going into it than just an IP check; if you're using the same computer, at the same time, from the same windows user account, and you have many brothers, who all happen to be working together across all their games, and even sacrificing themselves for each other, then the excuse no longer holds up.

So it's usually pretty obvious what's multi accounting and what isn't, so you don't have to worry about a knee-jerk IP-check and ban
kestasjk (95 DMod(P))
21 Aug 08 UTC
Although I should say that if a brother multi accounts then you'll probably get caught up in that, since that'd be harder to distinguish
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
Just make sure that you make every effort to win the game at his expense, and your knowledge of when to trust him or not will work for and against your alliance.


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Blackheath Wanderer (0 DX)
21 Aug 08 UTC
Moscow Mule 3 Super Fast Game
Takes less time to play than it took to secure South Ossetia from the Georgians :)

Sign up if you dare!
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amathur2k (100 D)
21 Aug 08 UTC
question regarding convoy rules
Hi if a fleet convoying an army with support from x units (other than the one being convoyed) is attacked by x enemy units, the convoy should still go through right ?
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vasvla (1220 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Draw request
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5035

I'm England. Russia, France and Italy agreed on global, so they should write here about that, too.
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Oxim (280 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Support move question
Given the following situation:
Eng S Bre
Bre S Pic - Par
Pic - Par
(Enemy) Gas - Bre

Does this cut the support from Brest?
Can you cut any support moves regardless of the number of support holds this unit gets?

I just had this situation in the game
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4720
and I actually expected to get Paris.
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Russiprocal (100 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
A sorta high-point game.
The additive russiprocal. Cause I'm so clever. I believe it's a 102-pt game. Come join!
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Talus Proteus (1961 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Frustrated Pre-game phase
What happens if the time limit for your Pre-Game phase expires and not enough people have joined? Does the game still start with less people and give others the option of bidding to enter? Or does it wait for more players?
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flashman (2274 D(G))
17 Aug 08 UTC
Canute et al...
Anyone spotted his new accounts yet?

My experience as a mod elsewhere says he'll be back asap and messing up games.
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El_Perro_Artero (707 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
Experienced Game
This is a game for players who have played 15 or more games on this site.
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valoishapsburg (314 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
Strange Posts
in the following game: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4677

I took over Germany and when looking through the conversation with england there was never any asking for an alliance, no actual conversation. They merely state their orders. Is this usual?
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hermanobrown (925 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Time between the turns
I have one doubt. I am in several games where the phase is 24h, but sometimes the turn ends before the time. Ok, I´ve posted my orders, but how does it work?
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fidel (886 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Retreats and build phases count for going CD?
How long does it take to go CD?

I am playing a game (http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5064) where France didn't play for 3 days now (he didn't answer any messages either) , but he has not go CD yet, so there is no opportunity for other people to take it (he still has 5 sc's, and could have 6 or 7 had he played).
The phases of these 3 days were Autumn, Retreats and Builds 1904 phases. He has been attacked and has lost a sc, but as he has not retreated, he has nothing to build and so he has the sign of "completed orders" from scratch on that phase.

As in that game England was CD almost from scratch, Germany has all the opportunities to grow, and so, I was forced to move into him too early, which is not so good strategically.

I wonder if retreats and builds count for going CD, and if they do, what happens if the country have no orders to enter. I suggest that even when there are no orders to enter, the player should say "Ok" or something, so he can be counted as a step to go CD if he doesn't.

What do you say?
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Iidhaegn (111 D)
18 Aug 08 UTC
Obligations of the Player
Recently I've noticed this trend in the forums where I suppose there was some discussion earlier where a majority (or a distinct camp at least) was formed under the agreement that "if a player has an opportunity to undoubtedly win a game, s/he must do so." Please discuss.
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DeliciousWolf (112 D)
15 Aug 08 UTC
No Fleet Builds 2 - Needs More Players!
With just 7 hours to go the newest variant of No Fleet Builds has just two players - please check your messages for your invite and password!
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cteno4 (100 D)
20 Aug 08 UTC
Convoys involving the Black Sea
I've noticed that the Black Sea has some strange convoy options, particularly when convoying from Bulgaria. It says that I could conceivably convoy an army from Bulgaria to Greece or Smyrna when there is a fleet in the Aegean Sea; when there is also a fleet in the Ionian it presents the options of Albania, Apulia, Naples, and Tunis.

While those other fleets could legally perform the convoy, they should not appear on the list of possible convoy destinations for the Black Sea fleet.

This bizarre property of convoys involving the Black Sea fleet seems to only apply when the convoy is initiated out of Constantinople or Bulgaria; convoys starting from elsewhere along the Black Sea coast are only shown as convoyable to other territories along the Black Sea.

Is there some way this glitch could be fixed? I imagine a similarly confusing situation exists in the Heligoland Bight-North Sea-Skagerrak-Sweden-Baltic Sea-Denmark region as well as perhaps aroung Saint Petersburg with its two coastlines.
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cteno4 (100 D)
12 Aug 08 UTC
Multi-Accounting accusation
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5053
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5041

I accuse Tohr and GrandeBiller of multi-accounting, and suspect that the other five players in both of these games are also run by the same person. It seems that GrandeBiller has been creating games (and players) to give his account a higher win rate, to win points, and to screw with other games.

The two players are now together in nine games, seven of which are still going and some of which are with legitimate other players.

Can we ban these accounts and restart some of the games they are in? It's a real bother to deal with cheaters in a Diplomacy game, particularly when they are assigned neighboring countries as they are in http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5115 (France/Germany). If you're in another affected game, go ahead and post to reply with YOUR thoughts.

It's further suspicious when in that last-mentioned game the two players are the only two to have finalized orders, and they both did it within minutes of each other. Currently no player on the board has had any communication with them (except for possibly them with each other).
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daggertail88 (332 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
possible multi-account/metagaming?
this game makes no sense
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5011
i took over a CD england in spring of 1904. i am able to make a move or two without anything happening. after I take some centers from russia, russia, turkey, and italy all ally against me. Turkey is clearly able to take numerous amounts of supply centers from either one, but he is just moving around them to get at me. and i was nowhere near harming turkey or winning the game. Anyone's opinion?
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Caddy (100 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
Is this a bug ??
Why does Germany have 4 Armies on the board ??? They only have 3 supply centers.
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warsprite (152 D)
18 Aug 08 UTC
Why do people muti-account?
What is the point? If you have to win by cheating you must be a very bad player. I've seen players like this when playing face to face games, they are like little kids that cannot stand to lose. Why even play if you cannot stomic to lose.
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ldrut (674 D)
18 Aug 08 UTC
Question on retreats
Dumb question time

When a unit is forced to retreat is "Disband" always an available option? The rules seem to suggest that it should not be. I need to know for one of my games and I have no idea since, as far as I recall, every retreat I have had on this site has also been a forced disband.
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TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
13 Aug 08 UTC
Update on Leagues
An update on the happenings in the Grand flashy & Chrispee diplomacy leagues is below
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laurence208y (3405 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
Draw request for 12 hr/term game
Me and Turkey at 17 supplies each
turkey will post below
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4808
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Ivo_ivanov (7545 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
DRAW REQUEST for NFL Fans
Hello Kestas,

please, can you draw the game "NFL Fans" - http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4874

After a long and tiresome fight, and an even longer and public discussion :), we've agreed to a spectacular 5-way draw :)
The other players will confirm shotly.

Thank you.
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Uncle Willy (221 D)
19 Aug 08 UTC
Will someone please take over this CD France??
Myself (England) and Russia have been battling against France and Italy for most of the game. Now, after we have made some advances, France has went CD and Italy is just going to end the game by taking France's SCs. Can someone please join this game to prevent Italy from winning? I will move out of Brest and enter in an alliance with the new France against Italy.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4887
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