2018 World Diplomacy Championships - Washington DC
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2018 World Diplomacy Championships - Washington DC
October 5-7. Discussion thread! All information coming soon, just wanted to make sure there was a place for folks to ask questions ASAP.
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500 points and a front page banner to anyone who wins anything.
How far in advance do we need to sign up?
How far in advance do we need to sign up?
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I vaguely recall a player with a name like DesmondOverawed did pretty well. I don't remember any mention of a Durga though, sorry. Were you there too?
Still, not everyone can be as good as Des. What a guy :)
Still, not everyone can be as good as Des. What a guy :)
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The 500 points would only be for winning, surely?
Not sure we want to be celebrating mediocrity...![😉](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/s9e/emoji-assets-twemoji@11.2/dist/svgz/1f609.svgz)
Not sure we want to be celebrating mediocrity...
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@dancing queen, on the subject of World Championships, thank you for the 2016 World Diplomacy Championship YouTube series -- very cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp1p4VGZ0mY
I have a question about World Championship adjudications.
I've never been to a ftf tournament, but I must say that I was completely surprised how sloppy the adjudication was for a tournament of this caliber. I think there were 3 or more mis-adjudications:
Is it normal for tournament adjudication to be so careless? I would expect better adjudication from any tournament, and especially a World Championship final board. :|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp1p4VGZ0mY
I have a question about World Championship adjudications.
I've never been to a ftf tournament, but I must say that I was completely surprised how sloppy the adjudication was for a tournament of this caliber. I think there were 3 or more mis-adjudications:
- Austria's illegal retreat to Serbia
- France's fleet move to EngCh when support was actually cut.
- I watched the series a while back and I can't remember the third one.
Is it normal for tournament adjudication to be so careless? I would expect better adjudication from any tournament, and especially a World Championship final board. :|
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I mean, you can walk up morning of the event and we will get you on a board.
But the sooner you let us know the better we can plan for the right numbers. We should have registration links up before the end of the month.
In the meantime PM if you are planning on coming! We are really pushing hard for a strong WebDip group this year!
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First, thank you for the kind words! I enjoyed making those.chluke wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:12 pm@dancing queen, on the subject of World Championships, thank you for the 2016 World Diplomacy Championship YouTube series -- very cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp1p4VGZ0mY
I have a question about World Championship adjudications.
I've never been to a ftf tournament, but I must say that I was completely surprised how sloppy the adjudication was for a tournament of this caliber. I think there were 3 or more mis-adjudications:
- Austria's illegal retreat to Serbia
- France's fleet move to EngCh when support was actually cut.
The orders are read so fast every time that the players can barely keep up to move the proper pieces, and then they get moved incorrectly with no one noticing!?! It seems like everyone is too embarrassed that they may be the only one that can't keep up and are afraid to say "slow down, let's make sure everything moves properly". There's even times when the order reader seems to have trouble reading the order, and everyone just assumes a certain order and proceeds.
- I watched the series a while back and I can't remember the third one.
Is it normal for tournament adjudication to be so careless? I would expect better adjudication from any tournament, and especially a World Championship final board. :|
Second, YES, that is how almost all F2F games are adjudicated, and I don't think anyone knows how common such mis-adjudications are. Anecdotally I'd say that one or two mistakes per game wouldn't surprise me; especially if you include player-level mis-orders! The game moves fast and is adjudicated by the entire group together, so in theory everyone has a chance to catch mistakes. Myself, I am particularly prone to sloppy math - I once played two games years -2 units when I was managing the score sheet, and I know I've played turns +1 as well.
THIS year we are planning on having a dedicated staff member to adjudicate the Top Board. We agree that the championship game should at least have a neutral party _trying_ to get the adjudication correct!
There has been some talk of getting an adjudication engine to double check all results for the top board, too - we will see if we can make the technology for that work.
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Any transportation to/from airports? Which airport is most accessible on public transportation? And do I have to room with Valis again?
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He said win somethingDeeply_Dippy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:41 pmThe 500 points would only be for winning, surely?
Not sure we want to be celebrating mediocrity...![]()
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All three major airports will get you there - Reagan National is the one I'd take if you wanted to do public transportation to the event. We will arrange to pick people up at BWI or Dulles, you might have to wait a bit as we want to make less trips. Fewer? Less? I always mess that up.2ndWhiteLine wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:56 pmAny transportation to/from airports? Which airport is most accessible on public transportation? And do I have to room with Valis again?
As for roommates, well, we aren't going to MAKE you do anything. :D
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Nice, Durga! What two trophies did you win?Durga wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:58 amHe said win somethingDeeply_Dippy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:41 pmThe 500 points would only be for winning, surely?
Not sure we want to be celebrating mediocrity...![]()
and I have 2 trophies!! that is winning in my books :') 1000 points pls
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3rd place/best Turkey. Still waiting on those pointschluke wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:02 pmNice, Durga! What two trophies did you win?Durga wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:58 amHe said win somethingDeeply_Dippy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:41 pmThe 500 points would only be for winning, surely?
Not sure we want to be celebrating mediocrity...![]()
and I have 2 trophies!! that is winning in my books :') 1000 points pls
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Wow, 3rd place at the 2017 World Championships, Durga -- that's super impressive! Great job!!! I had no idea that we had a webDipper make the final table and place so highly!
Uclabb, what was your 2016 result?
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Cool. Are the WDC detailed results posted online anywhere?
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The ones that have been posted are on the World Diplomacy Database
http://www.world-diplomacy-database.com ... /index.php
Which is a lot of fun to play around with if you're into stats and whatnot. Not all events have as much detail as we would like - but we have Top Men working on improving that!
http://www.world-diplomacy-database.com ... /index.php
Which is a lot of fun to play around with if you're into stats and whatnot. Not all events have as much detail as we would like - but we have Top Men working on improving that!
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Where's the official signup information and stuff for the tournament? This seems really cool! I don't live too far from Washington, DC.
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swordsman3003 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:20 pmWhere's the official signup information and stuff for the tournament? This seems really cool! I don't live too far from Washington, DC.
dancing queen wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:34 amOctober 5-7. Discussion thread! All information coming soon, just wanted to make sure there was a place for folks to ask questions ASAP.
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