Finally, a 500-buy in PPSC...

I now invite Flashman, Wombat, Rait, anlari, Dangermouse, Treefarn, whatever...to join.

If I understand the php correctly, the difference between PPSC and winner takes all only applies if someone wins. If there is a draw, the pot is evenly divided between the survivors in both PPSC and winner takes all. Is that correct?

I find it a bit hard to negotiate with another player not knowing when they are likely to be around since I have no idea whatsoever what timezone they are in. It would be nice if the system could tell me for each player either the timezone they are in (GMT +/-) or how many hours they are off my own time.

On the downside it tells you which players are going to be awake when the orders are due. Then again, maybe you just want to play with people in similar timezones.

Another gamesite I am in shows a little flag for the home country of each player which kind of serves the same purpose.

What pluses or minuses do you see to this?

I think among the thousands of games played on here it must have happened once? I ask because it might happen in one of my games

What happens if:

Germany-
A Den -> Edi
F North Sea convoys A Den to Edi
F Norwegian Sea supports A Den -> Edi

England -
F Edi -> North Sea
F Lon supports F Edi -> North Sea

BONUS QUESTION!
What happens if the moves are same as above, but England supports from Edi and moves from London?

We need 1 more player to take over Italy within the next 21 hours

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4848

Hi folks! After a rough couple of weeks, I am taking a much needed long weekend away without the kids. I stopped joining games a while ago, but there are still two left and I'm hoping to find someone to sit for them. Neither of the two games are going well for me, so the expectations are low.

You're all gonna hate me, but this is a multi-account accusation. It is for the game "A boot stamping on a human face - forever"

There have been no moves made, but I, and the other legitimate players are convinced that England, France, Turkey, and the "main" account, Russia.

I'll post a response with proofs, and Italy and Germany will concur.

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4728

Many of us, including me, have previously critiqued the ranking and point system. However, I was recently thinking about it and I thought that it was really quite interesting. if you consider ranking and points as a measure of reputation, it is as if each game you play you are putting your reputation on the line to different degrees. Your reputation is held in a state of limbo as to that game until it is over. you maintain it or enhance it by the degree of victory you achieve. New and lower ranked players build up a reputation by challenging higher ranked players. It's a bit like boxing or wrestling, though more intricate. the point reset system is still a little weird, but it works in the context of the game. Well done Kestas

Have you done it? If so, how did you recover if at all?

Recently I changed my password and when I tried to log off I was unable to. I still get the "you have logged out successfully and are being redirected to the forum," however, I don't log out. I merely remain logged on. Is there anyway I can get off? Or any reason why it won't let me off?

between players Jokolino and Waweet (not suggestive of metagaming).

See thread enclosed.

... because you know you'll die if you order your units off the edge of the map!

68 points to enter, PPSC (so if seven people join it turns into a nice even 14 points per supply center)

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4728

Sorry if asked before, but I don't find the answer:

What procedure is implemented on this site to determine which units of a CD power are disbanded?

Is anyone else ever suspicious when people start spouting the "my friend/father/brother/etc took over my account for the (INSERT PERIOD OF TIME HERE) and didn't do what I told him to" line? Not trying to call anyone out here, I'm just saying that I've seen it three or four times now (in the five games that I've played) and I'm wondering why even say it? If someone is taking over for you, tell them to tell someone. Post it in global. That way we know if it's not your ideas that are being followed. Better yet, don't come back saying things like "I wish they hadn't made that move" or "I'm sorry, I told him to do something entirely different." Anyone else mystified by this "tactic?"

136 to enter. 24 hour cycle.

Go Lions!!

In honor of NFL training camp starting theres a new game for 125 points.

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4848

200 buy-in PPSC. 24 hour turns.

Everyone keeps talking about leaving games and putting their countries into CD. I was wondering is there a voluntary and instaneous way of doing this or is the only way to do it not ordering for several turns

I'm trying to play a more fast paced game. If you're interested join here http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4861.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4663&msgCountry=Global

In the retreat phase of Autumn 1905 the program is waiting for Germany to make a retreat. But according to my map no one attacked Germany this turn.

I apologize if I'm just missing something or if this is the wrong place to bring this up, but I suspect an error in either my map or whatever program handles retreats.

In a Germany game, an army of mine was forced to retreat, but had nowhere to retreat to. When I logged in, I saw the message:

The Army at Picardy [retreat] to
[No options available; you can't perform this order!].

Shouldn't it have either automatically been set to 'disband', or simply disbanded automatically?

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4857

Fast game for beginners, 1 hour turns

What is nice about letting you choose how long each phase is because you can choose if you want to have it a longer or shorter game... (1 hour to a max of 72 hours) This also helps me when I am on a trip across the country and I can know that I have at the most three days to finish my turn....

Thanks...

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4855
PPS
Bet is 30

Dolla dolla bill y'all

My streak is over, but I did manage to win the first TEN games I joined on this site!! If I thought it had more to do with my skill than luck, I wouldn't bring it up, but I don't know if any one could get as lucky as I did ever again... The last one was especially sweet since my record was relatively well publicized by then and it was the largest pot game ever on this site... Okay, I'm really not trying to brag, it's just so unlikely!! :-)

I'm also a fan of risk, and as such, I know that many variant maps of Risk have been developed, has anyone attempted to create a variant map for Diplomacy? In a fictional or real-world scenario. Or is the balance of powers in Europe so ideal and unique that no-one cares to develop alternatives? I admit Europe is beautiful in every way as a Diplomacy map, yet an alternative map would be interesting.

There was a long thread some time ago where someone (sorry, I don't remember who it was) said he had received a proposal for a meta-gaming agreement, whereby he would help a player in a game in exchange for favours in another game.
The player supposedly making the offer was Led Julio, I remember this because he is in one of my games and at the time I had a look at his other ongoing games.
Now, it would seem to me that he might have possibly found someone willing to accept such a deal.
The other player, Aero, is only involved in three games, and in all three he is a strong ally of Led Julio.
These are the games in question:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4327
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4609
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4347

Now, I believe in these cases there's only a very thin line between metagaming and just happening to find yourself allying with the same player in different games, but I would like to hear other players' opinions on this specific case.

Thanks,

D.