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lobstermagnet (145 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
Disbanding?
This is my first game (and my first build phase) of online diplomacy. How do I disband an army to build something else?
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
07 Jul 09 UTC
New game
All are welcome(except the riff raff)
15 replies
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jbalcorn (429 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
Moderator, Please unpause
New Deal 2
Game # 11544

Password protected gunboat game. Austria wanted a pause to go away for the holiday weekend. It's Wednesday.
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Danaman (1666 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
Paused games
Is there anyway to force a player to unpause a game? I am in a game where a player paused the game over 2 weeks go as soon as it went bad for his country. HNone of his other games are paused just the one.
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idealist (680 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
question about retreat
hypothetical situation:
If an army in st.pete bounced an army in sevastpol in moscow, and an army in warsaw was dislodged, can this disloged army retreat to moscow?
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raid1280 (190 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
24 Hour Turns - The Quick Dagger - Need Players
Need 6 players for a 24 hour turn game. 20 pt bid.
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jbalcorn (429 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
New Deal 2 - paused
New Deal 2 paused so that Austria could go to Disneyland for the weekend. Apparently, he's having a really good time.
5 replies
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djbent (2572 D(S))
07 Jul 09 UTC
league bets
anyone want to bet virtual money on who will advance or be demoted in the leagues. it's too early to tell definitively, but it would be fun, as long as it doesn't devolve into commenting on ongoing games or some other metagaming.
39 replies
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lanyards (100 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
New Forum Suggestion
Hey, I am new here. I don't know what forum this is, but phpBB forums are way better. I suggest whoever owns this site to look into switching over. http://www.phpbb.com/
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
02 Jul 09 UTC
"Greatest" Philosopher (2 Categories, See Below)
It's a silly thing to "name" one the greatest, there are at least 10 titans of thouht who could easily all claim the title of "Geatest Philosopher" but anywhoo...... it's fun. :D

So, 2 categories, Mental (ex. Kant, Descartes, Kierkegaard) and Political (Locke, Hobbes, Marx) and off we go.......
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lilone223 (100 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
join ww33
jon game u have about 6 minutes to join
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jiaflu (443 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
Need 2 for a game.
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12005

101 buy in.
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lilone223 (100 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
join doomed world
join my game doomed world so i can get it go join quick game starts in 12 hours
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DingleberryJones (4469 D(B))
06 Jul 09 UTC
I'm stuck on a 3 hour conference. I don't have to speak. its really boring.
Now entertain me!
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KaiserAl32 (135 D)
08 Jul 09 UTC
Fast Game
I started a fast game with a 25 point pot. It's called Troubadour. This is specially designed for all those people that want to bet 25 points on a fast game, but require notification via forum.
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denis (864 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
LIVE GAME just 59 minutes to join!!!
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12033
Kozaki Odin-Nol-Odin
5D's
7 spots open
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denis (864 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
LIVE GAME who wants in?
Wondering how many people would be interested
15 minute turns tommorow morn 9 PST 11 EST
7 points to join
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ruffmike (100 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
join newbie-9 .....
join newbie-9 ..... bet only 10 to play....
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airborne (154 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
world leaders fast game tomarrow?
http://www.worldleadersthegame.com/fast_games/fast.php
Anyone interested?
5 replies
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Ursa (1617 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
Dutch Diplomacy draadje
Zijn hier nog meer Nederlanders?
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ag7433 (927 D(S))
07 Jul 09 UTC
Suggestion
It would be handy if the mods had a central email we could mail instead of posting on the forum. Does this exist?
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Xapi (194 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
Moderation actions
Question/proposal inside.
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bh (898 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
Pluraserver
When I load a page on phpDiplomacy, my browser starts making hundreds of requests to pluraserver.com containing an affiliate id. This is bothersome. Anyone else experiencing this behavior?
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airborne (154 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
High Bet Game?
a 50-75 point ante game is anyone interested?
0 replies
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Chalks (488 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
WTA 101 buy in
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12005
DO IT. :D
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Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
" The Thirteen Neighbours ", Study of 13 Adjacent Alliances.
" The Thirteen Neighbours ", A Study of the 13 Adjacent Country Alliances
* (A/G) Anschluss, the Austrian-German Alliance
* (R/T) The Juggernaut, the Russian-Turkish Alliance
... . * = -Known tactics- ; ...
Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC

" The Thirteen Neighbours "

A Study of the Adjacent Country Alliances


+ (E/G) The viking Hammer, (V-H), the English-German Alliance

* (E/F) The Entente Cordiale, the English-French Alliance

+ (E/R) The Cold Guys, the English-Russian Alliance

* (F/G) The Sealion, the French-German Alliance

(F/I) The Latinos, the French-Italian Alliance

(G/R) The Fist in the Middle, the German-Russian Alliance

(G/I) World War II, the German-Italian Alliance

* (I/A) Lepanto or Back-to-Back, the Italian-Austrian Alliance

(I/T) The Old Sea Farers, the Italian-Turkish Alliance

* (A/G) Anschluss, the Austrian-German Alliance

* (A/T) The 'Hedgehog'ers, the Austrian-Turkish Alliance

(A/R) The Mother and Son, the Russian-Austrian Alliance

* (R/T) The Juggernaut, the Russian-Turkish Alliance

. ( * = -Known tactic- ; + (Lummis added) )


Number Neighbours:

Country: #
Austria: 5
England: 3
France : 3
Germany: 5
Italy .: 4
Russia : 4
Turkey : 3
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Have better names ? & more references..? ... ;-) planning on writing up articles for the lesser known combos of duos.
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rlumley (0 DX)
03 Jul 09 UTC
Don't you hate it when you don't prewrite?
rlumley (0 DX)
03 Jul 09 UTC
I suck...
trip (696 D(B))
03 Jul 09 UTC
not all alliances are between two countries.
...and yes rlumley, you suck ;-)
djbent (2572 D(S))
03 Jul 09 UTC
indeed. and several of those are openings more than alliances. i think R/A is sometimes called the "better jugglenaut"
trip (696 D(B))
03 Jul 09 UTC
eng-russia is northern alliance (i think)
sealion and lepento are moves.

f&i should be the culinary alliance
trip (696 D(B))
03 Jul 09 UTC
fist in the middle makes no sense. russia is not a central country.

aut&tur should be known as "the turkish solo victory alliance".
Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
*Well Known Alliances*

"better jugglenaut" . ( R/A )
"the turkish solo victory alliance" . ( A/T )

Corrections:
"fist in the middle" ... well, kind of a geographical metaphore of some sort, didn't come up with a better one yet,... open for debate!
trip (696 D(B))
03 Jul 09 UTC
i think djbent had a misspelling there lummis.
*juggernaut
Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
- " juggle " sounded cute.... really want a repetition?
Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
any other?
djbent (2572 D(S))
03 Jul 09 UTC
not a spelling mistake! that's the new en vogue way of saying the T/R alliance =P

yall missed that post?
Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
Thought it sounded creaive ;)
NinjaPirateRobotZombie (825 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
My friends used to refer to a Russo-Austrian alliance as "The Turkish Bath". :)
Lummis (100 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
Thx. heard of that before... ;)
Lummis (100 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC

... Updated List:

+ (E/G) The Viking Hammer, (V-H), the English-German Alliance

* (E/F) L'Entente Cordiale, the English-French Alliance

(E/R) The Cold Guys, the English-Russian Alliance

* (F/G) The Sealion, the French-German Alliance

(F/I) Los Latinos, the French-Italian Alliance

(G/R) *you name this*, the German-Russian Alliance

(G/I) World War II, the German-Italian Alliance

* (I/A) Lepanto or Back-to-Back, the Italian-Austrian Alliance

(I/T) The Old Sea Farers, the Italian-Turkish Alliance

* (A/G) Anschluss, the Austrian-German Alliance

* (A/T) The Better Jugglenaut, the Austrian-Turkish Alliance

* (A/R) The Turkish Bath, the Russian-Austrian Alliance

* (R/T) The Juggernaut, the Russian-Turkish Alliance

. ( * = -Known tactic- ; + (Lummis added) )
rador (144 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
thier is also the good old triple alliance, but i don't know what they are called, e-g-f, and r-t-a.
trip (696 D(B))
04 Jul 09 UTC
northern and southern
trip (696 D(B))
04 Jul 09 UTC
sorry, thats west and east. got my directions mixed up
KaiserAl32 (135 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
G-A-I = triple alliance
G-A-R = three emperor's league
G-T = Berlin to Baghdad
E-T = the cocky bastards
Lummis (100 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
Thanks, but the combos in this list are adjacent of two countries. ..."three emperor's league"... is a good name.
OMGNSO (415 D)
04 Jul 09 UTC
EFG - Western Triple = Inevitable stab of Germany
ART - Eastern Triple = Immediate stab by Turkey.
TuriGuiliano (196 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
The G/R should be called the Kaiczar which is an amalgamation of Kaiser and Czar. Alternatively, Kaitsar would work since romanization is an inexact process.
EdiBirsan (1469 D(B))
05 Jul 09 UTC
In naming at this stage of the hobby, simplicity is preferred and many of these are already referenced in other sources. I would also echo staying away from the names of current actual openings that are in vogue, such as Lepanto, Sealion, etc. since any article on the fundamental alliance structure should (MUST) expound upon multiple openings and their functional relationships tactically, strategically and diplomatically.
You might take a look at the series of 2 articles I wrote on the play of Italy that was featured on the Avalon Hill boards as an example.

If I may make some suggestions on the pairs
R-T commonly called the Juggernaut
I-T the Unholy Alliance
E-F commonly called the Western Alliance
G-I the Axis
ER The Northern Alliance
AT The hardest alliance on the board
IT the Mediterranean Corkscrew
AI Austro-Italian

As for the triples:
EFG Western Triple
AIR the air alliance
RAT The rat Alliance
AGI The Central Alliance
Chrispminis (916 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
I almost want to pitch alliances solely on the words that they spell. EAT, TAG, FAT, FATE, RAFT, RIFT, GIFT, TIRE, RATE, GATE, AFTER, GREAT. There are lots more, and some of them are less than tasteful... =)
Glorious93 (901 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
FRIGATE? Of course that's everyone so it could be a boring game...
regulafrankyfan7 (143 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
i like the great alliance
OMGNSO (415 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
Here's a saying I've made up based on the country initials:
The AIRhead alliance become IRksome very quickly!
Lummis (100 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
Chris' input is GREAT ... this would leave IS in disadvantage ;-)
Lummis (100 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
UPDATED LIST:

+ (E/G) The Viking Hammer, (V-H), the English-German Alliance

* (E/F) L'Entente Cordiale or the Western Alliance, the English-French Alliance

(E/R) The Northern Alliance, the English-Russian Alliance

* (F/G) The Sealion, the French-German Alliance

(F/I) Los Latinos, the French-Italian Alliance

(G/R) *you name this*, the German-Russian Alliance

(G/I) The Axis, the German-Italian Alliance

* (I/A) Lepanto or Back-to-Back, the Italian-Austrian Alliance

(I/T) The Unholy Alliance or the Mediterranean Corkscrew, the Italian-Turkish Alliance

* (A/G) Anschluss, the Austrian-German Alliance

* (A/T) The Better Jugglenaut, the Austrian-Turkish Alliance

* (A/R) The Turkish Bath, the Russian-Austrian Alliance

* (R/T) The Juggernaut, the Russian-Turkish Alliance
Centurian (3257 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
I feel like Austria Hungary should be part of Axis. They were more Fascist than most Italians. Austria was part of Nazi Germany (mostly willingly), Croatians were the fascist Yugoslavs and the Hungarians were Fascist allies of Germany.
marestyle (185 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
G/R - the German - Russian alliance: "The Spearhead"
explanation - the combined territories of Russia and Germany look like a spearhead lodged into Europe's heart, and make a pretty good team.
Lummis (100 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
centurian, you got a point, but between I-G : austria 'falls' usually ;-)
Lummis (100 D)
05 Jul 09 UTC
Marestyle : I like that name. seen it before elsewhere??
marestyle (185 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
"The Spearhead 2,457 m (8,061 ft) is a peak in the Garibaldi Ranges of British Columbia, Canada..." :-)
Actually, I didn't see that name anywhere else, it just came to me... and the borders on the map look like it, i guess. All in all, it sounded cool to me at the time.
Lummis (100 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
indeed ;-)
Lummis (100 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
Another variants: mun-bur OR mun-ruh-BEL. (giving sweden to english)
Lummis (100 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
(oops, posted in wrong place!)


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Lummis (100 D)
03 Jul 09 UTC
The Viking Hammer , (E/G) Alliance.
* ' The Viking Hammer ' * ... (VH) - (The V-H)
or, the English-German Alliance (E/G), an anti-French Gambit.
- Introduction: I was reading strategy articles and found t...
...
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yeunghauyip (1654 D)
06 Jul 09 UTC
How does the system decide who gets the retreat if two countries both retreats to that place?
May I ask if both countries are trying to the same place, which is the only choice for both countries, then how does the system decide who gets the retreat?
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qoou (434 D)
07 Jul 09 UTC
There was a recent post about a certain cool strategy that got bumped off the bottom
If I remember correctly, someone had made a post about something like the following (using a Germany being attacked by Russia as an example):
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bishopofRome (0 DX)
06 Jul 09 UTC
Moderator Email?
anyone know it?
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