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MOdern Noobs
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Pot: 122 D - Autumn, 2004, Finished
Modern Diplomacy II, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
1 excused missed turn
Game won by Buzzle (1531D)

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06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: My first game of diplomacy in at least half a year, glad to be back. Good luck, may the dagger always be in your hand, never in your back.

So I've not played this variant before, anyone familiar with early game trends? Or could point me toward some material on this variant, vis-a-vis how it tends to play out?
06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: no idea either how bout we go allies lol
06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: So is not communicating during opening a standard thing now? It seems odd that none of my neighbors have anything to say.
06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: Normally theres a bit of chatter. Silence is never a great sign
06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: No I dont trus non com players...even less than those who do lol
06 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1994: Well, I have found with experienced players playing variants that they are very familiar with typically talk less during the opening turn. The reasoning for this (my guess) would be that, depending on the variant, there is a limited number of reasonable openings.

I mean, for example in the modern variant for Britain:

Option 1:
Edi - Nwgn Sea
Lon - Nor Sea
Liv - Iri Sea
Gib - SAO

Option 2:
Edi - Nor Sea
Lon - Eng
Liv - NAO
Gib - SoG

I mean...any other move for each unit seems a tad bit silly and counter productive (apart from Gib possibly staying put) So there isn't much for Britain to discuss move-wise.

Alliances are another thing entirely...However, again with experienced players, they typically talk a little pre 1st move and then observe the movements of their neighbors to garner what their intentions may or may not be and compare that to pre-move chatter.

So, I would imagine there will be much more talking after the first move....Unless people are already lying and chatter is normal....and they just want others to think that chatter is down. (shifty eyes)
22 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 1998: New England here.
25 Apr 15 UTC Spring, 1999: GameMaster: I&ntilde;igo was banned: multi/meta/no reply. The time until the next phase has been extended by one phase length to give an opportunity to replace the player.
Remember to finalize your orders if you don't want to wait, so the game isn't held up unnecessarily!
26 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 1999: GameMaster: Tarsil was banned: multi/meta/no reply. The time until the next phase has been extended by one phase length to give an opportunity to replace the player.
Remember to finalize your orders if you don't want to wait, so the game isn't held up unnecessarily!
26 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 1999: Ok, guys. As much as I would like to continue this game, at this point with Egypt being gone it would become grossly unfair to continue this game, don't you think?

Thoughts?
26 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 1999: New Egypt here. GAME ON!
26 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 1999: HUZZAH!
30 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 2000: WB Italy. Let us know when you're ready to take on Poland.
30 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 2000: Why would he do that?
30 Apr 15 UTC Autumn, 2000: LOLOLOLOLOL
02 May 15 UTC Spring, 2001: Poland wants a two-way draw? Who is he kidding?
02 May 15 UTC Spring, 2001: I accept your offer Poland.
03 May 15 UTC Spring, 2001: I accept, England.
03 May 15 UTC Spring, 2001: I except!
03 May 15 UTC Spring, 2001: What is going on......

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