I'm not the most reliable player--but I understand the tired tortoise problem as mostly a funciton of complexity. At the start of the game you have three units to control. There might be some initial alliances but they also aren't... they're really simple things like "does Russia open North or South...

How do I view a classic game with the old interface?

I once hit cancel and then half the site broke.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=350663

Large pot, would be nice if we could get this off the ground in a couple of days.

Similar to all the above, but I recieved this gem from knilgau recently. It was in the form of a paragraph but it boiled down to this:

Use your words first.

Try and be diplomatic before you try and send you armies/navies to steal someones stuff.

You hipsters are all wrong. Italy is weak just as everyone has always thought. It is weak. But it is also weak and fun. As opposed to say, Turkey, where you only have one option for an opening worth considering, and when you fail, you hang in games for years and years crippled but not put out of yo...

My favourite country is Italy. This is mostly because it was the first country I ever played. Just the fact that being in the center of the board allows you to be relevant to everyone, and therefore recieve press a lot more than, say, Turkey.

Also, I have a hard on for naval powers.

Congradulations!
Any ideas for names?

Is there a NZ team anywhere?

I missed sign ups, but I still want to cheer for/engage with my home team.

1. Dargorygel 2. Arca 3. Szpoti 4. worcej 5. RayJay 6. Rdrivera2005 7. Doug7878 8. Josef IV 9. TestSubjector 10. Peregrine Falcon 11. tr1285 12. hthefourth 13. Halls of Mandos 14. Dejan0707 15. Hamilton Brian 16. yavuzovic 17. jasnah 18. CptMike 19. teccles 20. mschwartz 21. RoganJosh 22. Nikola Mar...

Is diplomacy declining? I don't know, I only started in September.

Rulebook press, and three days a phase turns.

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=337689

Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: Prepare for Y2k what do you mean the date isn't 31/12/1999?

Gotta love the artical being in german(?) and everyone discussing it in English. Gotta fire up the old google translate to figure out what in the world is going on lol.