What is it with seans and phpdip. Of the 42 players in the league there are at least two seans, and now there's another here!

Haha. Well, you must have missed when he first came here then. There was quite a hubbub about him. I've just finished playing a game with him, and I'm happy to say he lives up to expectations.

if i hadnt have seen the "BC" in that article i would've assumed we were talking about 1971AD

No. Edi Birsan has been a Diplomacy World Champion for 3979 years.

I was about to say.....BC!??!?!
HOLY SHIT THE GAME HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE!!!!!

You've never played Diplomacy in the BC times? You get to play as the Egyptians, Sumerians, Hittites, Assyrians, and the Indus Valley Civilization

Lol, is Mr. Birsan on PHPdip?

BC, I hadn't noticed. Sure enough though, it is written that way on the website. I need to write that company an e-mail.

Actually I have been often ribbed by the 71BC designation. In postal games, there was a universal numbering system established by John Boardman (the first person to start a postal Diplomacy magazine in 1963).
The game number was the year then the letter 'A' for the first game played and then BA for the 28th game etc.
If you want a full EGO sheet for me then the North American Diplomacy Associations All Star sheet is enough to make me blush... and get me attacked again and again in Spring 01 by what is called the 'gunslinger effect'.
Go here if you want the full EDIfication of my background:
http://www.diplom.org/NADF/edi.htm
or just put my name in Google.
(( now that my hat size has swollen, I will return to my games where I am struggling to make it past multiple stabs...again!))

OH... and it is and has always been just Edi.
Mr. Birsan was dear ole dad.

OK, so this guy -- above -- is the man in the article? That's great ... And he's only got 621 pts. ;-)

--JTK, Capt. (UFP)

A pleasure indeed. My only game with Edi so far was somewhat curtailed by my foolish trust in another decent player. I look forward to a new game...

Truly a pleasure.

only 621 points? He joined after I did and I was thrilled to be at like 120 when he was at around 40 - because he had to spend some points to get into games. Now I've slowly increased my points to 147, which I feel fine about and I watched Edi go past 200, then 300, then 400 then 500 and now 600!! that's 600 points in just a couple months!! It's freaking amazing!

His secret to gaining points is not losing a single game.

As an aside on points, I do not play for the points. I think all the games I have played here with one exception, have been dropped positions: most of them countries that have not moved in 1901.
The point system here is interesting but at the same time not a motivator for me. In fact I have often ended some of the game early in what I call a more social ending that are in direct conflict with the philosophy that one would expect for this scoring system.

I agree with Edi about the point system. A vast majority of the games I've played (and wiped out) in were CD's that I picked up simply to add to a game that would have been less fun had I not.

Points aren't the motivation of playing here. Playing is and always will be the biggest motivation for playing here.

Whoa... so you're for real Edi? Alright then. I will savor this last moment of having more points than you. Even though you don't care about points.

Edi I didn't catch an answer in the block thingy thread, what do you do for a living? Someone answered for you but I'd like to hear from you. Dip related or non-dip related?

Since I left Grad School (International Poltiics at City University of NY) I have been in the then developing Cargo Container business. 13 years with one of the major companies eventually as Assistant Vice President for the Pacific Rim (prior to that in London as Assistant VP for Europe/Africa/Middle East) and then for the last 23 years or so as head of my own small business (there are 2 of us) that works in the Cargo Container business. Initially in the leasing of domestic equipment/government contracts/container sales/equipment inspection, and currently (since 2001) we have concentrated on equipment inspection /Certification and cargo claims.
Everyone uses diplomacy at work...the positive side of the Game...namely talking to people with different views and goals and trying to match those with your own.

Will you adopt me?

With two kids (age 31 and 29) and two grandkids, I am seeking to obtain the empty nest syndrome at home...still not there yet...but wife did adopt a three legged dog last week.