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michael_b (192 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
Cuban replacement needed.
Hello, please can someone replace Cuba to keep the balance in this game:
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=203827
Thanks a lot.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Aug 17 UTC
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If this thread gets *eight* comments I'll post it again but double the number.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Aug 17 UTC
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If this thread gets *16* comments I'll post it again but double the number.
My forum experience is either experiencing a new high, or a new low, at this moment.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Aug 17 UTC
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If this thread gets *four* comments I'll post it again but double the number.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Aug 17 UTC
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If this thread gets two comments I'll post it again but double the number.
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dargorygel (2684 DMod(G))
09 Aug 17 UTC
Solar Eclipse Game
In honor of this year's Solar Eclipse's swath through populated areas of the US (and others) someone should start a game which commemorates the event. (Not me, because I believe in a flat earth...)
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marxsankles (100 D)
11 Aug 17 UTC
World Diplomacy IX Game 24Hr Turns
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=204271

We've got 12 people so far, game starts in 28 minutes. It would be a shame if we got this many people and the game didn't go on.
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michael_b (192 D)
05 Aug 17 UTC
"Known World" variant absent
I may only be clueless about news here but on the Variant page is the Known World variant but not in the "new game" creator. Anyone know?
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wolfsong5663 (20 DX)
04 Aug 17 UTC
Reporting myself for multi accounting
I created this account when I used up all of my 100 coins to join games and wanted to play more. I did not realise that this was prohibited and in fact, I still cannot find where the rules are located on this web site. I had to google to find the page.
Could the Mod please contact me and ban this account and verify that the two accounts have never been in the same game.
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iimusashii (130 D)
08 Aug 17 UTC
Im always France
Is there some kind of setting that I don't know about, because I always draw France.
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brainbomb (295 D)
26 Jul 17 UTC
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Trump bans Transgendered people from.Military Service
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/trump-military-transgender/index.html
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Monfils (0 DX)
10 Aug 17 UTC
DAILY Diplomacy player's piss thread
Instead of a thread forming every time someone wants to say something about a certain topic just type in a topic below and see if someone wants say something about it (bumps will not be used as bumps but instead as topics to talk about
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Randomizer (722 D)
10 Aug 17 UTC
Don't forget buying a gun for Back to School
Wal-Mart wants you to be ready for anything going back to school or at least one employee thinks so:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/09/news/companies/walmart-guns-back-to-school/index.html
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Farenheit (0 DX)
09 Aug 17 UTC
New Mode? Bots?
I think that we should be able to play with bots 1v1. It would be much more fun for some people and it could be free
dargorygel (2684 DMod(G))
09 Aug 17 UTC
No... no.. .no... that would just be the next step in robots taking over the world!
Farenheit (0 DX)
09 Aug 17 UTC
very funny! but i mean, really, i am sick of waiting so many hours for a turn (if i even find a game)
A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
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Build it and they will come.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
09 Aug 17 UTC
Issue with an AI with this game is there is no perfect move. In reality you can never predict what a human would do. The robot would do the "ideal" move each turn. Which you could very easily figure out and counter. Then you'd use it for practice and get so "good" at countering. Then you play a real game and lose everytome because you fail to recognize individual play styles.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
09 Aug 17 UTC
If you are looking for a fast paced game play live. Otherwise the game wasn't designed for that. The original board game is a 4+ hour affair.
A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
I think it's absolutely possible to write a formidable AI for gunboat, especially 1v1. I think the reason no one has is due to lack of sustained interest from capable people, not because it's inherently impossible.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
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intention of diplomacy is 'not' to be a 'fast' game... it is diplomacy - talking / negotiating / yelling / crying etc..... for a fast game, best to play a pure war game instead of diplomacy...
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Read the back issues of Diplomacy World. The discussion and development of AI in Diplomacy has been going on for 30+ years. It's fascinating but problematic.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
anybody who would prefer to play a computer instead of other humans needs some electric shock therapy
A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Do you have any particular links? I'm aware of the DAIDE project, but I thought the Diplomacy World article about it mostly described a protocol for AIs to communicate with game masters (so there must be more articles than I've seen).
MajorMitchell (1605 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Do I hear echoes of the Test Cricket V 20/20 debate ? Or real Diplomacy V Pantomime
orathaic (1009 D(B))
09 Aug 17 UTC
What ATC said, learn how to use a deep learning neural network, feed it info from hundreds of 1v1 games, and then train it against itself for thousands upon thousands of games.... (learning how to beat itself- or an earlier version of itself - each game, and get better at beating itself...) and then play against the best in the web.
eturnage (500 D(B))
09 Aug 17 UTC
There was an old Diplomacy program that ran an AI circa 1990. It was not good. Could be easily defeated. But better than CD.
CCR (526 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
The ALBERT bot is strong. It allies and it stabs.
https://sites.google.com/site/diplomacyai/
Play it with the DAIDE interface.
Play seven games agasint six alberts. If you win one game, you are a good player.
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Sorry ATC, I don't. As I say, the different articles span decades and are quite fascinating, from a social history perspective if nothing else.
2ndWhiteLine (2736 D(B))
09 Aug 17 UTC
It's going to be a long time before AI is able to beat the top Diplomacy players but I'd say a basic bot could probably beat 80% of the scrubs on this site.
orathaic (1009 D(B))
09 Aug 17 UTC
@2ndwhiteline, i wouldn't not be surprised if it only takes a few years, the only issue is getting quality press to train the bots on, decent natural language processing is hard, and linking the language directly to the abstract map is likewise difficult...

but getting an AI to play 1v1 games should be comparitively easy.
2ndWhiteLine (2736 D(B))
09 Aug 17 UTC
A good Diplomacy bot would have to be taught how to lie. I'm not sure we would want that.
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
I haven't played against Albert for a good few years, gave it a go today...

https://i.gyazo.com/9e7c384795b77a556097769b75739985.png

Got the solo first try, although the AI gave me a hell of a hard time. It's certainly much better than any other AI I've played against.
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
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I also just noticed that the difficulty goes up to 100 (was playing on the default, 50). I guess I'll have to try again at top level :D
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Update: Eliminated 1917 as Italy. This is really hard.

Also, my PC has a really hard time running Albert Level 100.
Claesar (4665 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Where can I get Albert?
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
CCR linked it above:

https://sites.google.com/site/diplomacyai/

Go to the 'DAIDE QuickStart Diplomacy' page and click the 'Download QuickStart Now' link. After an installation wizard it'll put a green icon on your desktop called 'QuickStart Diplomacy' - run that to play against Albert.
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
One thing to note - it shows units in Liverpool as being in Yorkshire, so make sure to check the 'Last Results' tab to check if the unit is where you think it is. Found that out the hard way.

Controls are relatively simple - left click a unit to begin giving it an order, then you can do a number of things:

- Left-click it again to set it to hold.
- Left click an adjacent province to set it to move there.
- Right click another unit to set your unit to support whatever you've set that unit to be doing - you can issue draft orders to other players units too, to allow you to support their movements. If they are set to support or hold, your unit will be issued to support hold them; if they're set to move, your unit will be set to support the move that they are making.
- If you've clicked on an army unit, you can set a convoy path by left clicking on each fleet on the convoy path in turn, then finally on the destination space. This will set all clicked fleets to convoy your unit's move, and will set your unit to move via convoy to the final province.
captainmeme (1632 DMod)
09 Aug 17 UTC
The bots fought on until 1940 (!) after I got eliminated.

https://i.gyazo.com/6ee59ffe7fa5f097ad64dea9c55feee4.png
Jeff Kuta (2066 D)
09 Aug 17 UTC
Don't play vs Albert! You're only teaching it to destroy us all!
CCR (526 D)
10 Aug 17 UTC
So anyone else tried against the Alberts?
The challenge remains: can you play seven games agasint six of them - at level 100 as Cpt.Meme pointed out - and be able to solo once, or twice?


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NManock18 (0 DX)
10 Aug 17 UTC
HOW TO PLAY THIS
The instructions did not mention this scenario: If you attack a province that someone occupies, but that someone is moving their unit in that select province to a different province that is unoccupied, their move cancels and they have to defend their province which is being attacked right? I know this to be true based on my own experiences, but I wanted to confirm.
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peterwiggin (15158 D)
29 Jul 17 UTC
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call for new mods
The mod team is looking for more volunteers. If you are interested in being a moderator, please send an email indicating your interest and describing why you think you would be a good moderator to [email protected].
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MajorMitchell (1605 D)
08 Aug 17 UTC
See a great Australian car..the new CHIPS movie
The new CHIPS movie with Michael Pena uses a great Australian car..a VF model Holden Commodore, sold in the USA as a Pontiac ( I think).
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VashtaNeurotic (2394 D)
17 Jul 17 UTC
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Mafia XXX: Clown Fiesta Game Thread
See inside for more instructions.
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Durga (3609 D)
23 Jul 17 UTC
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Private game replacement rules
I've been told by a deadbeat admin that is losing a private game that he has the ability to pick any replacement he wants and he asked someone who I'd rather slit my wrists than play with. There's a reason I play passworded games and I think there should be a rule where you need the consent of people in your private game before picking a replacement.
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ubercacher16 (287 D)
07 Aug 17 UTC
World Map game
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=204084

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Tweeters (100 D)
03 Aug 17 UTC
Other Games
What are some other browser games you all enjoy playing?
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modell (115 D)
07 Aug 17 UTC
Ancient Med Player Needed
Hello,
One player needed for Ancient Medi game.
Game Name : Localwangs2
PW : wangtime
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
02 Aug 17 UTC
Nuclear stalled...
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/climate/nuclear-power-project-canceled-in-south-carolina.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/N8KHKxOnGi?amp=1
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captainmeme (1632 DMod)
29 Dec 16 UTC
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The Inaugural 1v1 Showdown!
With the addition of new variants comes a new official Tournament! Only one can triumph - and that could be you!
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Deefster10k (146 D)
19 Jul 17 UTC
Playing with less than 7 players
I'm just starting a game to play with a few friends of mine, and because there will only be four or five of us, I was wondering if the game would actually start if we only had 4 players, or if it would just cancel and refund our bets. If it does cancel, is there a way for us to play a game on here with only the four of us?
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Flaming Lunatic (100 D)
05 Aug 17 UTC
Why aren't my games available?
I am new to both Diplomacy and this site and I am currently in 2 games. One as France and one as Germany. But the turn timer rolled over and when I came back to view what happened the France game, it wasn't in my game list. What happened?

If details help, it had classic in the name, started in 1901, the game turn rolled over at 2:35pm and it was anonymous players.
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groza528 (518 D)
31 Jul 17 UTC
Joinable Games
Currently the Games window shows that there are 101 Joinable Games. However, when I select the Joinable Games tab I find only 3. There are supposedly 11 pages worth but anything after the first page is empty.

Can anyone explain this discrepancy to me?
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DonaldJTrump (155 D)
03 Aug 17 UTC
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Identity crisis
Donald J vs Donald J

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=203894
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PacThePhoenix (113 D)
05 Aug 17 UTC
Beginner question regarding the capture of supply centers
I thought I might find the answer to this somewhere in FAQ, but alas I could not. So, my question is: if an army/fleet moves into a territory with a supply center during the Spring, then moves out during the Fall, is that center considered yours?
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michael_b (192 D)
03 Aug 17 UTC
World Dip
Dont know if this is the place to advertise a game but this one is almost full and has an hour left. Join! gameID=203797
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