oh okay thanks
its weird, i wanted to see how the strategy had changed from the past

Well the big changes have been as the site became compliant with the official rules.
For example, when I started, you could build on any owned SC and capture in spring. This made stabs incredibly powerful, as one rogue unit could virtually wipe out a nation, then be reinforced with a new build (eg my first game).
Some time after these (I want to say Easter 2008?) The two main rule flaws were solved, which were convoy's (until this point to convoy an army from London to Spain you told London to move to English Channel, EC to convoy Lon->Mao and MAO to convoy Lon->Spain) and self-dislodgement (best rule ever - you could force your own unit to retreat, perfect for getting round behind an enemy unit).

But yes, when the database was converted to its current format some of the old data was not imported, and thus old games do not have units.
Also, a MAJOR MAJOR change was the introduction of draws. Not sure when they came in (and at first it was only if you asked Kestas to draw your game for you, then forum threads, then /draw in chat, finally votes) but before that games would go on for ages in stalemate until someone gave up / went away (eg gameID=333). Similarly, change of phase length reduced the number of bad results.

I miss /draw It made me feel like I was doing something cool.

shit, I thought it was a thread about old VIDEO games...

What was your favorite old video game, hellalt?

I can't say about the favorite one that easily but the one that haunts my memories is probably Altered Beast.

Oh, boy, that's before my time : )

Golden Eye for me.

I'm so old I've never heard of either of those ... so anyway, it sounds like when this place started dudes weren't really playing Diplomacy, just some other game moving pieces around that happened to use a Diplomacy board

Favorite Video Game depends on the era/platform/type. Early 80s arcade style - Tempest. Mid 80s higher end arcade - Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator or Firefox, both were great. Console - The Halo series, Medal of Honor series, or the 007 games. PC Turn-based Strategy - a little known game called TacOps or Sid Meier's Civ series. MMORPG - WoW and Star Trek Online.