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Magnus Chase (94

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Help! I'm new!

Hi everyone, I just joined this site a couple days ago. I understand relatively how to play Diplomacy, but I've only played in real life before. Typically, I've never been able to round up many friends to play the game because it takes so long, but I've played some games. Can anyone direct me to any resources so I can learn to play better? Sorry if there was a post like this, but I couldn't find it.

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Going to the game

On my way to Wrigley.

Go Cubs!!!

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03 Nov 16 UTC

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Game 7

Go Indians!

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03 Nov 16 UTC

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Hey this looks like a nice game

What's going on in thi- gameID=185002 <looks at game for first time at Autumn 1903> - oh lawd!

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MLB Playoffs

Well fellas, we're down to the last day. The Mariners' drought continues, the Cards continue to somehow stay in it, the Jays thank the Lord finally get a win to push them to the #1 spot. The Nats also clinched home field advantage over the Dodgers.

Any WS predictions? Is it really the Cubs' year? Can the Dodgers finally make it? Who's going to surprise? My money is on the Jays duelling it out with the Giants, but of course I have a strong bias. What do you all think?

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31 Oct 16 UTC
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If the election were today...

http://www.270towin.com/maps/3nY92

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27 Oct 16 UTC
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Live Game Tournament - Results and Feedback

The inaugural webDiplomacy Live Game Tournament has finished! See inside for more.

bo_sox48 (5202 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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FINAL SCORES:

1.) Valis2501 - 71 points (45 SCs) - 1 win/2 draw/0 defeat
2.) Gerry - 35 points (31 SCs) - 0 win/4 draw/1 defeat
3.) Yoyoyozo - 22 points (22 SCs*) - 0 win/3 draw/2 defeat
4.) Zybodia - 22 points (18 SCs*) - 0 win/2 draw/1 defeat
5.) wpfieps - 19 points (18 SCs) - 0 win/2 draw/2 defeat
6.) Dariusz - 12 points (12 SCs) - 0 win/2 draw/1 defeat
7.) brainbomb - 7 points (10 SCs) - 0 win/3 draw/1 defeat
8.) eliwhitney - 1 point (1 SC) - 0 win/1 draw/3 defeat
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9.) ! - 16 points (13 SCs) - 0 win/1 draw/0 defeat
10.) peterwiggin - 10 points (8 SCs) - 0 win/1 draw/0 defeat
11.) guak - 4 points (5 SCs) - 0 win/1 draw/0 defeat
12.) arj11 - 2 points (4 SCs) - 0 win/1 draw/1 defeat
13.) HappyThoughts - 1 point (16 SCs*) - 0 win/0 draw/1 defeat
14.) The Czech - 1 point (1 SC) - 0 win/1 draw/0 defeat
15.) achillies27 - 0 points (0 SCs) - 0 win/0 draw/2 defeat

Game 1: gameID=182770
Game 2: canceled
Game 3: gameID=182968
Game 4: gameID=182972
Game 5: CD, canceled
Game 6: CD, canceled
Game 7: gameID=183442
Game 8: canceled
Game 9: gameID=183729
Game 10: canceled
Game 11: gameID=183950
Game 12: CD, canceled

The winner of the inaugural webDiplomacy Live Game Tournament is Valis2501, who wins 500 points. Gerry finished in second place, winning 200 points, and Yoyoyozo finished in third place by winning the tiebreaker, winning 100 points. I also quietly gave Zybodia 100 points after losing the third-place tiebreaker because I felt bad and I can (inb4modabuse). Those below the line did not complete the three games required to be eligible for the winnings but I scored them anyway. Everyone has had their point total adjusted to +/- 0 points for the tournament (except for rewards), so any winnings were removed and any lost bets were refunded.

I thought the tournament had its ups and downs but ultimately was pretty successful. We got 9 games off the ground, and though a couple were marred by CDs, that is a pretty good number as far as live games go. A lot of players participated in anywhere from 3 to 5 games, which is awesome, and everyone that signed up for the tournament played at one point except for Octavious, but this whole thing was his brain child in the first place, so he deserves some thanks for helping to put it together.

I have seen a lot more live games take off in the last couple of weeks here than I had in a long time, and a lot of those games have been filled with some players from this tournament. That is a great sign and I hope that continues going forward.

This thread is open for feedback, responses, reactions, EOGs, or whatever you would like for both participants and non-participants in the tournament.

Durga (3609 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Nice

brainbomb (290 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Aw but my french draw with one sc was legendary

bo_sox48 (5202 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Brain, you averaged 3.33 SCs per draw. That alone is legendary.

Zybodia (355 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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I feel like "Mod Abuse" is when peterwiggin gets three builds in 1901 as Italy, and uses that to give me my one loss. :P

brainbomb (290 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

lol

brainbomb (290 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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in all honesty, the tournament was great. I think gunboat is a better option for this kind of thing. or public press. mostly because its too hard to talk to everyone in such a short time span. but, hey there was still a solo so someone did something right. damn valis, get a job you hippie, just kidding congrats.

But yea, lets do this again with gunboat or maybe rulebook press, 7 min? I dunno. lots of options. We should have a live game tourney league or something where we have rankings that keep getting updated. keep this idea alive! its to good and live games are coming back on here bigtime

Valis2501 (2850 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Thanks everyone! It was super great double plus fun time.

I'm not particularly a fan of the idea of moving it to gunboat because
1) You can normally fire those anyways
2) Why not just run a 7 gunboat series? Takes about the same amount of time. and you'd get much more consistent turn out.
2.5) You wouldn't be able to do, say, 6 press games over 2 months if they were non-live, like we did with the live version. See point 2 about how you could totes do that with gunboat.

I'd support Rulebook Press and/or 7 minutes per phase however. I think they're both really good ideas, although I'm more inclined to implement the former than the latter.

Zybodia (355 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

I don't like the idea of rulebook press in live games, because sometimes retreats and builds are the only chance I have to get caught up on press.

Valis2501 (2850 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Zybodia's point ain't wrong.

Yoyoyozo (65 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

I didn't really mind the pacing. It was a bit rushed, but I think that added to the experience of the games. You have to prioritize your press a lot, especially later in the game when you to use a good portion of your time putting in orders

Red-Lion (382 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Congratulations to Valis and the other top dogs!

Gerry (3173 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Gratulation to Valis from me too.

Octavious (2701 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

Retreat and build phases are also excellent opportunities to make a cuppa or spend a penny :).

Great tournament, bo. Sadly I've been ridiculously busy for the latter half, and was somewhat unlucky in the first few weekends, so my experience was limited to steering Turkey into a deep hole for a year or two in one of the cancelled games :p.

What this has done is demonstrated that live tournaments are doable, despite all previous evidence to the contrary. The set up at the beginning didn't work particularly well, but the modifications improved matters a lot.

Whilst the idea of opening up the tournament games to non tournament players wasn't particularly popular, I still reckon it would be a good way of allowing more tournament games to be played. The tournament benefited hugely from having
a bo who was willing to be the seventh player when games were not quite going to fill up, and a future tournament with a larger group of bo alternatives has the potential to run with more games and fewer cancellations.

Hellenic Riot (1626 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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I recommend that Bo learns to spell "cancelled" correctly before the next tournament.

bo_sox48 (5202 )
27 Oct 16 UTC
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Maybe HR will learn to check himself before he wrecks himself.

grammarist.com/spelling/cancel/

Zybodia (355 )
27 Oct 16 UTC

I assumed he was just being British English elitist.

bo_sox48 (5202 )
02 Nov 16 UTC

Seems the forum is tame enough to bump this back up today. Any thoughts on future live game involvement?

brainbomb (290 )
02 Nov 16 UTC

fuck ya. live chaos. lets get 32 people to play a chaos live tourney

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02 Nov 16 UTC

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Nihilist webDiplomacy

No matter if you 2-way, 3-way, or however you draw, you're going to die solo.

Play wedDip.

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01 Nov 16 UTC

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nanowrimo

National Novel Writing Month
http://nanowrimo.org/

Who's in? What's your topic, passion or ploy?

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Camptown Girls

gameID=184750

I teared up a little when I realized that Italy was going to give his partner, Austria, a piece of the pie instead of soloing. There are happy endings in Diplomacy after all!

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19 Oct 16 UTC
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Let's fight

Hi friends, I'm looking to play a FP DSS semi-anon game with 2 day phases. Anyone down??

ps: pls don't sign up if you don't send press I can't stand that shit

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20 Sep 16 UTC

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webDiplomacy continues to lose players

The number of players listed each month in the Ghostratings continues to decline. Every year, there is a peak around May/June. We peaked in 2011 with 3,571 players, and steadily lost players from then to now (if you don't count the 2013-2014 inflated numbers anomaly). This last May peak we hit 2,503. At this rate, I figure there will be seven of us left in 2029.

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Frostweaver (80

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25 Oct 16 UTC
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Frostweaver's Personal Comments on Live Gunboat-483

Just a note: I'm not playing in the game, just spectating and inputting my personal comments on the game's moves.

Classic opening moves were made by all countries - except for Turkey. Seems Turkey is susceptible to Russian retaliation from the Black Sea. Also quite interesting how Britain and France strayed away from the English Channel.

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31 Oct 16 UTC

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College Essays

My early decision applications are due tomorrow! Help!

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29 Oct 16 UTC
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GUNBOAT. DONT

Just don't. PSA over.

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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Oregon Standoff Defendants Acquitted

Once in awhile, the system works.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/us/oregon-standoff-ammon-bundy-acquittal/index.html

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Deep Learning

So, how long until we get a machine that can kick our asses at Diplomacy? Will AI be forced to play only gunboat games, or can it do full press too? Discuss

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13 Oct 16 UTC
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Petition to Introduce Chaos

The variant on the classic map where every center is a different player.

Sign this thread if you think it should be brought to webDip!

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GroverCleveland2.0 (2373

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01 Nov 16 UTC

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Looking for a couple more to join a game:

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=184890

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MrcsAurelius (3051

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29 Oct 16 UTC

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Needs two more! gameID=184565

See title! Join up.

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31 Oct 16 UTC

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making sure I'm avoiding meta gaming

I'm wanting tk play with friends from IRL on here as well as existing people on here

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Valis2501 (2850

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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New player, friend of mine, looking for game

hey everyone, because I'm sexy I got a coworker of mine to make an account and play with me. Has nothing to do with the fact that he reports to me. He is userID=82252

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27 Oct 16 UTC

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U.S. Hysteria

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-putin-idUSKCN12R1W6

Thoughts?

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31 Oct 16 UTC

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Facebook Diplomacy

I've discovered a bot that allows you to play chess on a Facebook Chat page using algebraic notation. Could someone conceivably create a Diplomacy adjudicator for a Facebook chat page? It might make Diplomacy more accessible as you can easily play with your friends without worrying for phase length, pauses etc. Would this be in any way possible? It's just a thought.

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30 Oct 16 UTC
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I Predict

As the years go on, as millennials come to player a more important role in the world as politicians...
The waistcoat will once again be fashionable for politicians to wear.
Thoughts?

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31 Oct 16 UTC
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Frostweaver is banned.

Thanks for multi-accounting or meta-gaming man.

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30 Oct 16 UTC

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Trumps Wicked Kids

At first I thought Trump was alright, but after I looked at this I just cant vote for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4Mi4ocyDw

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30 Oct 16 UTC

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Violent [censored political group name] and corrupt LAPD

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-homeless-woman-posts-video-protecting-trump-walk-of-fame-star/
Violent ________ attack an African American woman supporting Trump and calling for deportation of illegal immigrants. LAPD blames victim, saying she "incited" them.

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28 Oct 16 UTC

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Rule Clarification - Absent Players

Could somebody please clarify the rules relating to a player leaving a game. How do attacked units retreat, or are they simply disbanded? When is a new player invited to take over and at what point in the turn (e.g. is it always after the build phase)?

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26 Oct 16 UTC

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Flagrant examples of election fraud

https://www.buzzfeed.com/qsahmed/the-10-most-gerrymandered-districts-in-america-dh45?utm_term=.yb2ozLooj#.spgn4PnnL

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