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by Bladerunners
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Possible bug in sandbox.
Replies: 3
Views: 154

Re: Possible bug in sandbox.

bugs and freezes seem to occur more often since Zultar left the site .... seems to be going downhill
by Bladerunners
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: How to Quit Game Before it Starts
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: How to Quit Game Before it Starts

Always - always - alway quit game immediately as Austria in Bot games if italy attacks Austria to start the game. Just in case Bots are learning per what some moderators say (which I don't believe one bit)... nowhere in the history of diplomacy - in person, online, gunboat of any form - is it a good...
by Bladerunners
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:14 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41850

Re: Bot Talk

I think creators messing around with anyone they say the bots don't know who the human player is haha... they only play certain openings and certain moves vs the human player but not other bots...
by Bladerunners
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:32 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41850

Re: Bot Talk

The creators of the bots did a neat job but the creators probably needed to learn the game itself more re. the concepts of winning (i.e 18 centers) and also in real games (gunboat or not) players would never do what the bots often do as Italy....
by Bladerunners
Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41850

Re: Bot Talk

Continuing to love playing Bot games but wish the developers 1) had some deep diplomacy history and 2) knew that 18 centers wins a game ;-) My #1 adv9ce for playing bots is to always immediately cancel your game if italy attacks Austria outright as this rarely happens in real games - live or online ...
by Bladerunners
Sat May 27, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: Twenty Questions Round 117
Replies: 74
Views: 3060

Re: Twenty Questions Round 117

Sports figure or actor/actress?
by Bladerunners
Sat May 27, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Bots are not submitting orders
Replies: 16
Views: 811

Re: Bots are not submitting orders

I know Brainbomb likes to stir things up but to break the bots - sacrilege
by Bladerunners
Tue May 16, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10490

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

It seems to me that Italy automatically in bad position by doing so as Turkey and/or Russia profit much faster than Italy can
by Bladerunners
Wed May 10, 2023 6:51 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10490

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

The developers made turkey extra powerful as they for some unfathomable reason have Italy attack Austria in the vast majority of games (over 80%) which is unrealistic to how diplomacy normally played both in regular and gunboat
by Bladerunners
Tue May 09, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: AI discussion forum
Replies: 5
Views: 1007

Re: AI discussion forum

It appears there are some different threads on AI/bot diplomacy - do you mean an entire new forum title? I love playing the bot games but biggest weakness is developers programmed strategy of Italy attacking Austria in 80% of openings which is not normal activity in live or gunboat games.
by Bladerunners
Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:32 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: How can I cancel a Bot game?
Replies: 7
Views: 8103

Re: How can I cancel a Bot game?

Just in case of the rare possibility that bots are learning (I disagree they are but in case) ... always good to cancel game immediately when Italy attacks Austria ,,... this happens in 80% of games which is very much against how the game normally goes (developers did nice job with the game but perh...
by Bladerunners
Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:11 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Bot Talk
Replies: 52
Views: 41850

Re: Bot Talk

Bot games really fun but developers forgot to program bots to realize 18 centers = a win (stop ‘any’ country from getting) and developers didnt know enough about faulty game play for italy to attack austria 80% of the time
by Bladerunners
Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Criticism of the Lepanto
Replies: 18
Views: 11426

Re: Criticism of the Lepanto

Lepanto likely still best option for Italy / attacking France risky as even if goes well if R-T allied you are in trouble. All depends on alliances of course but attacking Austria usually seems to fail both in reg and gunboat as R/T just takes any gains.
by Bladerunners
Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:32 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Austria vs Bots
Replies: 519
Views: 33424

Re: Austria vs Bots

He's right re. Italy being "rigged -- the developers mistakenly programmed Italy to attack Austria in greater than 75% of games rather than real life percentages....Italy Bots programmed not to learn from optimal play..
by Bladerunners
Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:03 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: My resignation at webDiplomacy
Replies: 65
Views: 16014

Re: My resignation at webDiplomacy

Thanks Zultar for all your hard work

As to the topic of “PC” - the forum is much nicer when people are asked to be PC and not attack others.
by Bladerunners
Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Refusal to let me me build bug
Replies: 13
Views: 897

Re: Refusal to let me me build bug

bot games stuck for me as well in build phase. Thx for updating moderators. Should be fixed soon
by Bladerunners
Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10490

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

"Vastly" higher than 12% openings of an attack on Austria ... says 75%?? which is very different than a typical game. A couple of mods have said in the past that bots programmed to learn ... but they can't be as this is normally such a disastrous opening for Italy (not always - but normally)
by Bladerunners
Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: How can I cancel a Bot game?
Replies: 7
Views: 8103

Re: How can I cancel a Bot game?

My advice is to always immediately cancel a game as Austria when Italy attacks = so the Bots don't learn that this is a feasible attack (although I still strongly believe a design flaw...)
by Bladerunners
Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:14 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Is Turkey too powerful?
Replies: 27
Views: 10490

Re: Is Turkey too powerful?

Design flaw by developers of programming Italy to attack Austria a high percentage of the time makes Turkey very powerful in lots of bots games...
by Bladerunners
Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Austria vs Bots
Replies: 519
Views: 33424

Re: Austria vs Bots

Nice job! Austria very hard to play as majority of starts has Italy very very strangely programmed to attack Austria in most games (which is not common diplomacy play / really bad opening normally for Italy)