obviously Oct plays with the crack pipe a little too much

Perhaps, but you have failed to address any of my substantive points.

I do both, as everyone should.

Oct. Please share next time

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@Abge, do you play there player from the standpoint if previous experience or the player as you might know him outside the game. Good or bad?

You should stick to GB based on your typing skills.

I consider 3 things while making moves: where the pieces are on the board, the press I've received, what I know about the players from past games.

I'm not sure exactly what your question means, but to give some examples: there are some players that will never work with you again after you stab them, there are also some players that will do the exact opposite of what you demand of them. Things like this are very important to know and keep track of.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=147187 - would anybody care to join an ANONYMOUS (more or less) game? starts in 40 mins, live paly

^This guy is going places

I have never had the memory for keeping track of what players have done in past games, and searching tends to take too much effort. It is the combination of poor memory and laziness that makes anon games so appealing to me.

Thank you, thank you, please join, please join. :)

What does the 'more or less' in "would anybody care to join an ANONYMOUS (more or less) game" mean? Do you know some people in the game and you will share your identities with each other?

For 1901/1902 moves I look at player history as the country. After that, I don't think past games matter so much.

No, I meant 'more or less' because my username is revealed by posting the game here. THat is all!

@abge..each game is quite different...from my own experience I try to be different as much as I can. I've played with people and stabbed them but good( or the reverse) and been able to develop a solid working relationship in another game to make it to end game with the same person.

I guess more specifically, does the persons personality in the forum have anything to do with choices you might make in game? Or real life, if you play f2f?

No, I don't really consider the forum when playing, nor F2F. I'm a fucking disaster at F2F.

That's what I would expect from good players. It's about the game at hand and the press received.

I, for one, liked Octavious's tribute to Cake (although someone once said the cake was a lie, so...)


I, like ag, look at player tendancies as a guide. Not as much as I used to, but one example is when I was playing Russia and Turkey suggested DMZing the BLA. I checked his profile to see if the Turk could be trusted. Sure enough, he could. He also moved to Arm as a cover, so I nicely issued my fleet to bounce his army, the BLA was DMZ'd and we were both happy (although he was surprised at my fleet movement).

I also don't really take stock into forum press. I'm not trying to psycho-analyze a guy. I will say, that if you play with people enough, you learn their tendencies, and that comes in handy. One example was Draugnar. Decent enough guy when not trolling, but terribly trusting in the game itself. I knew that as soon as I saw him on the map, if I could ally with him, he would leave himself open for an ugly stab later on in the game. With Draug, patience was key. Sympathize with his rants about the other players and watch with a careful eye as he moves his units one more zone further from where you're at. Plus, if he started to get mauled, you knew he would suicide himself for you.

I don't look at people's past moves because a good player is going to play each game differently, but I will use what I've gleaned from past games from people when I can.