PPSC Points Per Supply Centre
WTA Winner Takes All
GFDT Grand Festive Diplomacy Tournament
CD Civil Disorder

There is an update on the way I think.

Other acronyms anyone?

I've seen:

TMG: TheMasterGamer
TGM: TheGhostmaker

and that's about it that I can think of, beyond standard things like "lol"

There is of course the Tarassile, which is where the forum is spammed to push threads off the bottom.

And what is the GFDT?

Also: Gunboat, No-Press

And what are the Ghost Ratings? Where can they be seen?

GFDT- Grand Festive Diplomacy Tournament. It's a tournament of Diplomacy that occurs roughly annually. It's in the middle of one right now.

Gunbaot and No-Press are the same and refer to games in which no messages are allowed to be sent. It is a purely tactical game and alliances must be inferred through orders.

Ghost Ratings are an alternate ranking system to the points next to your name. They're unofficial but generally considered to be a more accurate representation of your skill. TheGhostmaker posts Ghost Ratings on a monthly basis.

I've learded most of these, but good for the FAQ, because these terms get thrown around the chats:

Juggernaut

TGM.. lol, Ghost..

I almost forgot.

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

Ukla, its happened alot.

Regarding Gunboat, I started one of these last week and we had to sort out the fact that it was supposed to be no press. One player commented that on other diplomacy websites Gunboat means anonymous but with communication allowed and that no press means no press. I'm a newbie to online playing so can't really speak to it, but it appears there is some debate about what Gunboat really means. Can someone with wider experience with this issue comment?

Juggernaut is a standard Diplomacy term for a Russian/Turkish alliance.

Well, I think Gunboat is classically both anonymous and no press. We don't have anonymity as an option here yet, so Gunboat here refers to no press. I didn't think Gunboat was ever used to describe anonymous but pressed games.

Chris, I think it actually was once, but that changed before website diplomacy.

Juggernaut is the R/T alliance, because its extremely difficult to stop once it starts rolling.

How about links to the complete rulebook and the many strategy and tactics articles available on the web? Too many folks here have to rely on the learn-as-you go method.

The rules:
http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/diplomacy.pdf

One collection of articles:
http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resources/strategy.htm

building off V+'s point probably makes more sense to add a limited number of acronyms/definitions to the phpDip FAQ and then have a link to something like diplomacy a-z

http://www.badpets.net/Diplomacy/AtoZ/Intro.html

Explaining strategies would hurt the game a little, though. I believe you should create/learn your own as you go.

NMR No moves returned

Wow, TGM, I was about to ask that one.

;)

In addition to the A-z there is a player guide for new people to Play By EMail,
it has been posted on several sites and may eventually be posted in the Help/FAQ section here.
Anyone who wants it can write to me
EdiBirsan AT astound DOT net

My fav site is (I think it's Edi's site):
http://www.diplom.org/Online/Openings/

It gives opening move strategies... fun stuff when playing with really experienced players...
It taught me the Lisbon Leap (and Slingshot) that I've used successfully and really hammered england in a game...

I'd like to see a FAQ section on the phpDiplomacy interface itself - just listing the meaning of the various icons, what "finalize" does, etc.