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Known World 901

#1 Post by Tanteno » Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:28 am

What ever happened to the known world map? Why can't we play it anymore?

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Re: Known World 901

#2 Post by yavuzovic » Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:50 am

It was buggy so they removed it.
But I don't know if someone is repairing it.
I miss it so much.
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#3 Post by Tanteno » Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:02 am

Makes sense I suppose. I never got to try it. It got taken down about a month after I started playing on the site, and I never got around to it. But it looks great and I love the idea of so many players in conflict without the over reliance on fleets. I hope it comes back. It would bring some much needed variety.
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#4 Post by Mercy » Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:44 am

You can play Known World 901 on vDiplomacy.net. That site contains a lot of variants in general, so if you like variety, it should be quite suited for you.

(If you register at vDiplomacy, please never play PPSC scoring though.)
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#5 Post by Mercy » Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:45 am

(Accidentally posted twice, but can't remove my post.)

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Re: Known World 901

#6 Post by Tantrum » Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:50 am

They also have Western World 901 on vDiplomacy.com - it is similar, but smaller in map size and player numbers. I prefer it to Known World myself.
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Re: Known World 901

#7 Post by yavuzovic » Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:28 am

I think it's hard to fill games at vdiplomacy. I prefer playing KW901 on WebDip.
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Re: Known World 901

#8 Post by David E. Cohen » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:57 am

Hello all. Thanks for the kind words on KW901.

Tantrum, I would be interested in knowing why you find WW901 preferable to KW901.
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#9 Post by Tantrum » Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:50 pm

Hi David... probably just a personal preference. I find 9-10 player variants the best mix of size and wieldiness; Aberration and Colonial 1885 being two of my favourites. Maybe it's also because I don't think I have done anything but fail spectacularly at KW 901 yet. :-)

I'd like to have the transform option in WW 901 though. That's fun.
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#10 Post by David E. Cohen » Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:54 pm

I am not a fan of the transform option.

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#11 Post by Enriador » Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:11 pm

yavuzovic wrote:
Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:28 am
I think it's hard to fill games at vdiplomacy. I prefer playing KW901 on WebDip.
I don't share this experience. Filling games at vDiplomacy is certainly slower, but far from hard. There are four games of a 50-player (!) variant running at the moment, I don't know anything harder than that.

Tips:

1) Make the variant's "Joining pre-game period length" be 10 days.

2) Give it a low bet entrance (5 points are enough).

3) Advertise it on the forum.
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Re: Known World 901

#12 Post by David E. Cohen » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:11 pm

Bom dia Enriador.

Enriador has graciously decided to put in some work to add some of my other variants to vDip.
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Re: Known World 901

#13 Post by Tanteno » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:35 pm

There are games for up to 50 people?

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#14 Post by Fafa_power » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:21 pm

Would love to try KW901 out, hoping it will return soon

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#15 Post by ubercacher16 » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:57 pm

Tanteno wrote:
Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:35 pm
There are games for up to 50 people?
Yes, and some have included many more players because of NMRs.

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#16 Post by bo_sox48 » Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:38 pm

Sadly (and I mean that genuinely; I love KW901), the map was coded in a rather disorganized manner and it just doesn't mesh with what webDip needs to be comfortable hosting a variant. It risks breaking itself and breaking a lot of other things if we host the games, so we deactivated the variant. It is still available on vDip and if anyone would like to get a KW901 game going on vDip but use the webDip forum to find players, I don't think anyone would have an issue with that.
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Re: Known World 901

#17 Post by Enriador » Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:26 am

David E. Cohen wrote:
Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:11 pm
Bom dia Enriador.

Enriador has graciously decided to put in some work to add some of my other variants to vDip.
Hey David, boa noite!

Currently I am working to port David's 'Spice Islands' to vDip. Once it's ready I will let you webDip crowd know.
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#18 Post by [email protected] » Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:05 pm

i just joined and i really want to play a known world 901.

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#19 Post by ubercacher16 » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:03 pm

[email protected] wrote:
Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:05 pm
i just joined and i really want to play a known world 901.
You can play it on Vdip!

http://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=57

Lots of other awesome variants!
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Re: Known World 901

#20 Post by David E. Cohen » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:00 pm

Thank you for the kind words on Known World 901, all. Each of my variants is a labor of love, so it is nice to hear praise for them.
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