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07 Jan 12 UTC

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Nooby question

Like in the title :d . If two enemy armies are marching against each other will they bounce or swap?

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05 Jan 12 UTC

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WACcon 2012: Seattle

Currently *seven* boards and counting, who else is going?!

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Troodonte (3379

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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What a great way to finish a gunboat! Really GB this time EOG

gameID=74804
Last move: convoy involving fleets from the 3 powers in the draw!
Great game :)

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dr. octagonapus (210

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Acronyms

can someone give me a basic list on terms and phrazes used in the game, things like gunboat, full press, PPSC, playing solo? etc

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Kochevnik (1160

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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Quick Support Question

I have an army in Livonia that wants to move to St. Pete. I have fleets in Norway and GoB. Obviously, the fleets can only move to North Coast or South Coast respectively, but can they both support the army in at the same time?

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SantaClausowitz (360

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Syria

What a mess, Suicide bombers in the capitol with no one claiming responsibility, a force of Army defectors. Several interested parties pulling strings. I not only have no clue how this ends I don't quite understand what i going on at the moment.

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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my worst fear

I play mostly in 5 min phase game and sometimes because my daughter is crying in her crib i have to drop.
Anyhow this is not the point I want to start a debate what you fear most playing against experienced players or against newbies ?
I fear more against newbies because they can do stupid things unpredictable that can cost them but also to the balance of the game :P

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redhouse1938 (429

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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Tournament qualification

More info follows

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Help restore my honor

Revenge...details inside.

Scythe

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Tru Ninja (1016

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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Another new game

Im introducing my bro 'sanctified' to some of the players on this site and I had him start a new game. For those interested in playing, the game name is skyfall. Theres no password and its a low pot wta. Id link it but im on my phone sending this. Id love some competent players I know from the site to join. Open invite, hope to see you there.

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Dharmaton (2398

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02 Jan 12 UTC

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PPSC Really Sucks

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=76615

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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experiment 0001

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=77065

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FieryPhoenix (227

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07 Jan 12 UTC

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Any takers?

We just had 2 people banned in our game before Spring 1901. Anyone interested? gameID=76847. Wta, anon, 2 day turns.

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31 Dec 11 UTC

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The mod email is [email protected]

If we all keep this bumped up, then it will always be there.

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Thucydides (864

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04 Jan 12 UTC

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Classical music

Opinions and thoughts on the genre, and its standing in music today favorite and least favorite pieces, composers, periods, and so on. Go!

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Diplomat33 (243

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Site's legal Rights

Im curious. With the recent incident here would the site have the right to take legal action against someone doing such a thing?

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The Czech (41800

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27 Dec 11 UTC

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Beating your head against a wall.

Damn PPSC. Here I am playing a game as if it is WTA and can't figure out why no one else is. Now I get it. Damn PPSC

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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A smooth con

How does someone enter the end of a live game and walk away with 75

for five minutes playtime?

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Last night I was playing a live 5 min game, worth 140

, had numerous CDs in it, near the end it was me and 1 other player both sitting pretty close to 18 SCs. Someone else entered the game (9

to enter) the other valid player had to go suddenly, asked me to draw....
I play to win, not draw, my one issue with this site is the amount of people who drop out or try and force a draw (can't wait to have a decsent amt of points).... Anyways he left, and this new guy (with only two SCs piped up saying 'why didn't you draw, it the right thing to do'
I'm new to online diplomacy, love the game! Anyways this guy guilted me into a draw, and unknown to me he walked away with 75

! in less then ten minutes!. This is pretty obviously wrong to me, and had I known better, it wouldnt of happened.
So anyways i am curious what some of you diplomats out there think of this situation, and ask why/how it is allowed to go on, please tell me it's not normal practice.

Patriot (0 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

I would not draw. Take the center u can and end the game.
Draw in that situation would be stupid.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Lol.. Yep it was stupid, i get that no excuses, i've read the site rules, just dont know them well yet, this aspect i now know well! Lol
My concern is how this gies on?

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Goes on

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Check it out gameID=76968

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

I don't know what you mean. It goes on because you were foolish enough to allow it to go on.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Ok so all us foolish newbies, not the switched on ones, just the foolish ones can be exploited this way? It's a method of points grabbing unfairly, that puts certain users into a higher, yet false ranking, no?

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Well it's a learning process. The game is called diplomacy. He tricked you into thinking that it was the right thing to do. You got diplomacized, and you won't fall for it again :)

If you don't know how the rules or scoring system works prior to beginning that's your fault. If he tricked you into thinking it was an etiquette thing, that's a bit shady, but it is within the realm of fair play.

jmo1121109 (3812 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

The point of the game is to do as well as you can, that means first winning, then drawing. If you can walk into a game with 2 centers and end up with a draw then all the power to you.

jmo1121109 (3812 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Though it seems like the player you are referring too has since been banned from the site.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Ha! So he has, is it possible the mods would be aware of, and disapprove of this tactic?

kanosha (95 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

looks like he was banned for being a multi

jmo1121109 (3812 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

No, if you read in his profile it says he was banned for being a multi which means he had more then 1 account and was using these multiple accounts to cheat.

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

What he did to you is legit, Leonidas. Suck it up partner :)

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Ok, so if it was a 149

pot and I had gone onto win, would I have gotten the entire pot, or no? How does that work?

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

was the game PPSC (points per supply center, the default)?

in PPSC you'd get 1/2 the pot cuz you took 1/2 the centers.

in WTA (winner takes all) you'd get the whole shebang for a solo.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Thanks YJ, i'm all the wiser and savvy now to back door diplomacy! Lol

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

though in this specific case, since the #2 guy resigned, I believe in PPSC you'd have gotten 18/20ths of the total if England had 2 SC's. Could be wrong about that.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

I dont recall which points system it was, where would i find that out?

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

just click the game link. If it says nothing at the top if its ppsc, it says WTA if its WTA. This one was PPSC, I looked.

Draugnar (0 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

@Leonidas - Points aren't a ranking system. Tey were instituted here to keep new players from joining to many games (more than they can handle) and to reduce the number of quitters going CD as they lose their points and don't get refilled. They are a convenience mechanism is all. They were also implemented before live games were created IIRC or at least before live games took on such a prominent role in the site.

Personally, I'd rather see all games of a certain type have the same buyin (say 5

for live, and 25

for longer games) and we use the private game feature for those not wanting to deal with "noobs". Then point farming (as you just experienced) wouldn't be such a big deal.

Leonidas (635 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

Thanks D, all good info, thanks to Yellowjacket as well, looking forward to playing in a league ahead of my own! lol

Yellowjacket (835 )
06 Jan 12 UTC

http://sites.google.com/site/phpdiplomacytournaments/theghost-ratingslist

Check this out too, Leonidas. This is the standard most of the better players use to measure their skill.

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Question about a situation (mechanics)

Hello, I'm newbe and have a question about common situation :) . Let's suppose that I have one province with support center and enemy is near. Can I move army from that province to neutral province with supply center and build (from that new supply center) unit in the first province just before enemy will take it? (other words - if I will take supply center and hold there, will I be able to build unit before next turn?)

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04 Jan 12 UTC

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One more player needed.

Don't post here, though, PM me. More details inside.

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Diplomat33 (243

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02 Jan 12 UTC

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Awww! The Wikipedia Bureaucrats fired me from my Admin job there!

Those stinking Bureaucrats! (Its an actual position there, Bureaucrat is)

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2ndWhiteLine (2736

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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6 resigns, 1 player

See below.

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Diplomat33 (243

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Please do not +1 this.

I couldn't stand it if you did!

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05 Jan 12 UTC

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1 solo and 2 defeats or 3 3WDs?

GR doesn't see a difference but which would you prefer?

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goldfinger0303 (3157

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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The Masters

As the final round is getting underway, I am in need of 1-3 subs for games to get started. Is there anyone who would want to be on the sub list? Its only for 1 or 2 games (since some Round 7 games are also in the works)

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ryanrogers (1824

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06 Jan 12 UTC

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Live Game Starting 15 Minutes - Players Needed!

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=77005

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05 Jan 12 UTC

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MAGFest

Anyone attending? I'm driving up in the morning and can't stay past the second panel, but there's a couple hours of wandering and lunch "planned."

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05 Jan 12 UTC

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As I don't see any threads whining about it yet?

Anybody know if TGM is sticking around to post the December GR?

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franzjosefi (313

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05 Jan 12 UTC

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talking with players in no-chat games

Is there any prohibition in the rules against talking to another player outside of a game where player names are not anonymous but there is no in-game chat?

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SantaClausowitz (360

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04 Jan 12 UTC

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Santorum in Dead Heat with Romney

Yes, the man who says the crusades were a good thing has a chance to win the Iowa Caucus. Take that 20th century.

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