After the trial a week ago distributed processing seems to be a potentially effective way to monetize the site without irritating ads or premium accounts. It's not as lucrative, but it is better and more consistent than donations, and it would still provide an incentive for me to work on the more mundane coding which I'm otherwise not interested in

I think most people would gladly trade some (otherwise unused) CPU usage while playing to see further development on the site (and perhaps leave their browsers open as an alternative to direct donation).
But I'd like to hear from those who experienced crashes a week ago, it was the only negative aspect of the trial and it seemed to only be a small subset of Firefox 3.0.1 users, so hopefully it can be resolved and I can go ahead with it

Not all of the players voted for a draw, and now I have received less points than I paid to buy-into the game.
Could a Moderator/Administrator explain and possibly rectify the situation?

Hello all. I just created a 250 point / 36 hour game. Feel free to join.

Message down below >_>.

learning how to play and learn strategies, doesnt care if wins just wants to learn how one wins

I just looked at the open games and found two that stand out with 3 or 4 countries that did not move in 1901. Why are you all remaining people playing these games? Call for a draw and end the misery. It is not Diplomacy if you do not have 7 active players.

52 points to join....36 hour turns....PPSC.
Need 4 more!

New to the game and the site... where do I download a complete set of rules? The obvious ones I get, but the more remote ones I'm having trouble with. For instance, if I make an attack out of a country, can an army retreat into it from if dislodged out of another area (not where the attack is directed)? Is my support to a third country cut when the army attacking me is dislodged?

They're giving out free copies of Crossover Office today, fyi

http://lameduck.codeweavers.com/

Ok lets try this better to find people who want in. Who is in?

Join! =)

Any way to quit a game you joined by mistake before it starts?

I took over a cd in game http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=6148 only to find that all the other players had voted for a draw in a paused game. What are our options now? If I allow the game to be drawn, what is my return on my investment in points? Might I be permitted to be removed from the game, as if I had never joined, so that I do not take a "draw"?

Is it possible to change your password?

I feel always more interested in using this Forum for non-dip conversations... I wonder how strange other folks see that. Anyway, here we go.

A question and 2 proposals - see first comment.

In a recently initiated game (Good times-2), 5 accounts were made and joined a 100 point game all together and all within one hour of each other. Additionally, they all submitted and finalized orders within this same hour and all appear to be working toward the two countries not controlled by the suspected owner of the 5. If you look at england's opening in particular, the move to Clyde seems odd.

Suppose you have a fleet in the Mid-Alantic and another fleet down in Spain's south coast.... is it still possible to support hold each other ?

Can you send me an email if you want to play in the league still? There may be a place forming in League A

Thank you

So what are we supposed to do about them. Do we name and shame them?

The game is paused, so no-one starts in a CD position.
It is a high buy-in, but as the points are added to the pot, you stand to make a significant profit.

A purely hypothetical question: Is it against the point of the Diplomacy game to be gracious to someone who is about to get defeated from a game in what is obviously the last moves?

=)

Yay to diversity!

even england would do!

This is just a quick notice that I'm planning on killing my yahoo mail account. This means that I would like to open a new account on this site using a different email/password. I will not be joining any single game with both accounts and I plan to let the games on my yahoo associated account wind down before I switch.

Top 20 countries based on how long they have lived peacefully without going to war.

below the 10,000 mark now.

If a player is going to be out of net reach for a vacation or some illness, how does the stand by/temporary player work here?

I think it's just for a laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhXaFUlTwm0&NR=1

Just opened a new game (12 hour rounds) for some more practice:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=6406