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El_Perro_Artero (707 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
2008 Olympic Games
So much to talk about! Which countries will win which events? What is your favorite obscure sport? And how about this protesting?
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Jerkface (1626 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
Are all people equal?
It is generally understood that all people are born equal (if you disagree, please chime in) but are all people always equal? Should all people be treated the same way?
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Karkand (2167 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Support Question
Hi All

Need a venerable sage to verify a support question. Let me know if your willing and I will show you whats going on in our private game.
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CountArach (587 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Retreating
I was under the impression that you couldn't retreat into an SC. Is this correct?
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fwancophile (164 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
WTA take 2
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3627
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Treefarn (6094 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Rule questions - When supporting unit attacked
Here's the scenario.

Russia:
A Warsaw is supporting hold A Moscow.
A Galicia is supporting hold A Warsaw.

Austria
Silesia to Warsaw
Sev to Moscow
Ukr support Sev to Moscow.

Does the Austrian move to Warsaw break Warsaw's support or Moscow? Or since Galicia is supporting Hold Warsaw, the Warsaw support of Moscow is still valid?
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xgongiveit2ya55 (789 D)
20 Apr 08 UTC
Question on support
I am new to phpDiplomacy, but I am quite familiar with the board game. In the board game you may not support the hold of a unit that is giving support elsewhere, but in this game it appears that the Aegean Sea supported an attack to Constantinople, and the Ionian sea supported the Aegean Sea in a hold. Are you allowed to do that in phpDiplomacy? Or am I reading it incorrectly?
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Joining a bit late?
Hello there. I'm new to this (but have been a fan of Risk for a long time, and am already a fan of this game!) and 6 people (including myself) JUST started a game today (all of whom go to my high school, actually!).

Now, Italy is a computer, I think, as it's name is "Civil Disorder Germany" (which I would have assumed to be Germany, and not Italy!!!), and I've noticed on same games it will say "Take Over A Country" when they are in "Civil Disorder", so, I was wondering if there was a way my friend who is late to the party could join in as Italy.

Is that possible? How does it work? He literally JUST got able to join about 3 hours after the game started (and by the looks of things these games last pretty long!). Is he out of luck?

Thank you very much for your help!
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cynderblock101 (406 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
New Game
hey yall we got a new game going with the buy in 50 points
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DeathOfRats (182 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
Questions about DRAWS
Dear all,

I have read topics on this many times, but even the most knowledgable players don't seem to be able to answer consistently.

If a game is Drawn and one player has 17 scs, one player has 10 and the remaining 2 players have 4 each how do the points get divided.

There are 3 points of view depending who you ask -

1) It would seem some people think all players get 25% of the pot (as there are 4 players left)

2) some people think all 7 original players get their points back

3) and some people think that the person with 17scs gets 17xpoints and the other players get 10pts and 4 points respectively.

could someone please tell me the correct answer, 1, 2 or 3!

Obviously option 4 is Noodlebug who believes all players in a draw should be taken outside and hung, drawn and quartered!


Cheers fellas :)

Mark
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Braveheart (2408 D(S))
23 Apr 08 UTC
Kestas: pls draw UN Variant 2 (3425)
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3425

Unfortunately Brutorix and Pandora both went CD - which with the treaties that we had in place effectively ruined the game, so we've had to call it a day!! Very frustrating as it was building up nicely.

Other 3 non-CD powers will post agreement shortly.
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dangermouse (5551 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
In honor of pitirre...(sort of)
Just thought I'd point out that Puerto Ricans may decide the next President of the United States. It's still unlikely, but with the two Democratic candidates remaining so close the Puerto Rico's electoral votes (and yes they do have them) could decide it between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The only two states that vote later are Montana and South Dakota and Puerto Rico has almost twice as many votes as the two combined.
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lexolex (100 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
fun game
I just started a new game called "fun game". As it says, its a game for people who want to have fun...
The bet is only 10 points, so it is meant for beginners.
I hope to meet you soon on the battlefield!
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wawlam59 (0 DX)
22 Apr 08 UTC
Information about yourself
How long have you been on this site?
How many games have you played? For myself...

Time joined: 12 Aug 07

Game played: 55 in total with one ongoing.

(there are about 20 games in which I was not the original player. I just took over those CD players, hoping to read their messages exchanged and learn from it. No surprise, most of those who went into CD do little communication, i saw turkey never sent a note to Russia and things alike..

How about you?
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fwancophile (164 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
WTA game
"fwancophile challenge" - http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3616
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El_Perro_Artero (707 D)
13 Apr 08 UTC
Best of Fiction
I know it's been done before, but which fictional characters do you think would make the best diplomacy players.

For me, I would have to nominate:
Ender and/or Bean from Orson Scott Card's series
Paul Atreides from "Dune"
Darth Revan - You'll have to be a complete Star Wars nerd to recognize this one. =)
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keeper0018 (100 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
back from the dead... er, at least from vacation
in case you misread the title or something, i am back from florida, and ready to kick some foreign diplomat arse! (sorry, cant swear in the forum, it would set a bad example) ;-)
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flashman (2274 D(G))
21 Apr 08 UTC
Why do people start new games...
...when they have just allowed themselves to go cd in others?

No names, no need to point the finger directly: you know who you are.

Is it attention seeking? Or is it the equivalent of checking your mobile phone every few minutes to confirm that you are connected - you need to know that other people will play with you?

If I come across as being somewhat judgemental here, I most sincerely apologise. I should have made my position clearer: I am totally and utterly judgemental on this...

It might not be cheating but it sure ruins games as quickly as the meta-gamers.

There, rant over.
sean (3490 D(B))
21 Apr 08 UTC
name names
figlesquidge (2131 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
Amen to that Flashman!
imo, there are two general rules for polite losing. When you are loosing:

1. First try to survive.
2.If survival is not possible, try to make it as hard as possible for the person killing you.
Medi (280 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
In contrast, I think there is only one rule: keep playing. Naturally, I would prefer that a losing player continue to act rationally and to do everything in their power to hold onto their position, in hopes of earning at least a draw, but players often don't act rationally, and it isn't really fair to expect that of them. But going into civil disorder is unquestionably disrespectful to the people one is playing with, no matter what the circumstances. I think the only excuse for doing so is, quite frankly, if one is going on vacation or similarly unable to access their account.
figlesquidge (2131 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
I was going to suggest that maybe you shouldn't be able to start or join another game if you have any CD games at the time, but then I realised that this could lead to people who have given up just going on and finalizing no moves, leading to no gain for the game, and indeed meaning that the account will not be taken over in the future
Crazen Markay (113 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
What are meta gamers? I just started playing but that sort of sounds like me. Uh oh...
Medi (280 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
A metagamer is someone who collaborates with other players using information outside of the game. For example, if two people are friends IRL, so they ally in-game, that would be metagaming. If someone backstabs you in one game, so you refuse to ally with them in another game, that would also be metagaming.

No one really minds really minor metagaming (like remembering someone's personality and using that information in a future game), but gross violations, like "if you ally with me in this game I'll ally with you in that game." etcetera, are really frowned upon.
Crazen Markay (113 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
Oh, that's not me, phew, I am glad.
thewonderllama (100 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
I hope you aren't a multi-accounter then...someone with more than one account...especially bad when they play in the same game. That's ban territory. If you're doing that, renounce your other accounts immediately else they'll come an' burn ya.


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positron (1160 D)
19 Apr 08 UTC
Platinum -- another game of elemental diplomacy.
78 points. Points per Supply Center.

Positron says, "Platinum has 78 electrons."
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carnivalmafia (847 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
*** Need one more for big pot game!***
8 minutes left!
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carnivalmafia (847 D)
20 Apr 08 UTC
Paranoia: 100 point game looking for willing participants!
Sign up and let´s get the game started!
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Sun_Tzu (2116 D)
21 Apr 08 UTC
Problem with game: Yellow Submarine
I move Burgundy to Marseilles with support from Spain and Gascony. The army in Marseilles only had one support and the move didn't go! I double chech the order!
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pitirre (0 DX)
13 Apr 08 UTC
why communism is a bad word?
our friend guangshao continuosuly calls everyone a "communist" as if it is a kind of a bad word or if that person is the devil himself. are we still in the cold war? why communism is bad an capitalism good? is fidel castro the devil and george bush an angel of god?

tell me guang, am i blacklisted?
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Careless (0 DX)
20 Apr 08 UTC
What's better? A Dog or a Cat?
Dogs obviously:)
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menace3society (927 D)
20 Apr 08 UTC
Vexacious Vexilium
I bought into a CD France for 1D. The current phase is retreats, of which I have none to do, but there's still an (x) next to my name on the roster anyway. Any idea what gives?

Game url: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3439
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The Mahatma (1195 D)
14 Apr 08 UTC
Capitalists vs. Non-capitalists
I propose a Diplomacy game between declared supporters of capitalism and communists/non-capitalists/those not entirely crazy about capitalism. Given countries are assigned randomly, I'm not sure how it would be set up, but 3 of the powers would be the capitalists (England, France, Germany?) and the other 3 would be the non-capitalists. Italy would be in a state of anarchy or ambivalence.
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wawlam59 (0 DX)
17 Apr 08 UTC
Can you open this website?
http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/

When I try to open this website, I enter another called easyspace...

Anyone can help? Thanks!!

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fwancophile (164 D)
19 Apr 08 UTC
just wanted to say
god damnit i hate being austria. worst country ever.
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Commander Thomas (395 D)
19 Apr 08 UTC
join my game "battle 67"
hey would some other people please like to join me thanks
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Braveheart (2408 D(S))
18 Apr 08 UTC
Payola Variant
Anyone ever tried playing it? Completely different game but looks like fun....

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/W1996A/Tarzan/Basics.html
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