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by peterwiggin
Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:10 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: Human level gunboat AI
Replies: 4
Views: 6138

Re: Human level gunboat AI

RoganJosh wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:52 pm
Who's the bot??
jmo of course.
by peterwiggin
Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: Human level gunboat AI
Replies: 4
Views: 6138

Human level gunboat AI

Somebody needs to combine this with gpt-3 and make a human level press bot.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.02923

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/ ... 75360?s=19
by peterwiggin
Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:15 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Making webdip more female friendly
Replies: 11
Views: 4026

Re: Making webdip more female friendly

As stated above, sexist jokes are still sexist. I'll be locking this thread.

- Webdip admin

PS nobody wants to see me try to grow a beard.
by peterwiggin
Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:11 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Official webDip Holiday: On the first day of Xmas, my zultar gave to me
Replies: 157
Views: 49256

Re: Official webDip Holiday: On the first day of Xmas, my zultar gave to me

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by peterwiggin
Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: *Walks into room*
Replies: 17
Views: 7200

Re: *Walks into room*

Welcome back CB. I'm glad you're here and hopefully healthier.

Thank you for your service and your bravery.
by peterwiggin
Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!
Replies: 214
Views: 142068

Re: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!

Wow. Well done to all involved. @peterwiggin For a given power how is the sequence of orders determined given previous orders taken into account? Is it random, most adjacent neighbours, present or something else? Just curious. Thanks It's a preset ordering that tries to put units that are close on ...
by peterwiggin
Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:04 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!
Replies: 214
Views: 142068

Re: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!

The bots we have on webDip use a model developed by a group at MILA and described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.02128 . Here, I'm going to give a summary of how the model works. For details, go read the paper! In traditional computing, the programmer writes down what the program should d...
by peterwiggin
Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:03 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!
Replies: 214
Views: 142068

Re: AI bots on webDiplomacy: Skynet edition!

I've read the paper, and a lot went over my head, but this is incredible and massive thanks for doing it! I had one question about it - the paper says "orders from the last movementphase are enough to infer the current relationship between the powers". I know it's not easy to tell exactly what it w...
by peterwiggin
Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:12 pm
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: ODC 2019 Tournament Start
Replies: 399
Views: 118334

Re: ODC 2019 Tournament Start

All round 2 games are now underway. I hope you all have better luck than I did in round 1.
by peterwiggin
Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: ODC 2019 Tournament Start
Replies: 399
Views: 118334

Re: ODC 2019 Tournament Start

Hi all,

It's been brought to our attention that R2 games 1-4 have 48 hour deadlines while R2 games 5-8 have 36 hour deadlines. Because games 1-4 have been underway, we are changing games 5-8 to 48 hour deadlines for consistency.
by peterwiggin
Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:13 am
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: ODC 2019 Tournament Start
Replies: 399
Views: 118334

Re: ODC 2019 Tournament Start

Hello Everyone, The moderator team has taken over running the tournament with the help of captainmeme due to the TD and selected co-td not having the time or necessary access to keep up with the games. From here on out, please direct all requests and needs to webdipmod@gmail.com. We have also turned...
by peterwiggin
Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: Luck Plays No Part in Diplomacy
Replies: 251
Views: 46409

Re: Luck Plays No Part in Diplomacy

First of all, if we're policing language here, random and uniform are not the same thing.

Second of all, I wish more of you unlucky people would join my games.
by peterwiggin
Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:35 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

Just a friendly reminder that students and TAs should not post in this thread. TAs are welcome to ask the professors questions via PM.
by peterwiggin
Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:51 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

Question: if I'm Germany, how do I feel about A Bre?
by peterwiggin
Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

So the one point I want to double down on and disagree with captain on is that England's moves were worth the risk or may work out in a different game. I absolutely disagree with this assessment and think that England telling Germany they are moving from the channel to MAO and convoying to Belgium ...
by peterwiggin
Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:37 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

Durga wrote:
Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:17 am
Can't wait for your commentary on the game pw!!
It's actually much less stressful when I don't have to run the thing (remind professors to post) or post commentary myself.
by peterwiggin
Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:10 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

I just want to take a moment to provide some examples of how good these professors are.

For jmo:
https://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=71371

For Balki:
https://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=226807

For Meme:
https://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=182619
by peterwiggin
Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:51 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

Question for Balki: If I'm Germany, I can understand not wanting RT to roll over Austria, but how well do I actually want Austria to do? Won't a successful Austria be looking to take Munich and Berlin in order to set up a solo shot? Question for jmo: Now that the other players can't see when I've sa...
by peterwiggin
Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:30 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: School of War Summer 2019
Replies: 141
Views: 48287

Re: School of War Summer 2019

Balki Bartokomous wrote:
Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:31 am

* Pauses from task of distributing autographed headshots.
* Stares defiantly.
* Resolves to provide ever-so-suboptimal advice to Durga’s mentee.
* Smiles with satisfaction
* Resumes distributing autographed headshots.
I didn't get an autographed headshot :cry:
by peterwiggin
Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:54 am
Forum: Face to Face Diplomacy
Topic: Congrats to pw!!
Replies: 8
Views: 11942

Re: Congrats to pw!!

I can indeed confirm that I played a game against actual people, in real time, in real life. Thanks to Randy and everybody else involved in organizing Massacre for letting me show up for one round. Thanks Aurelin for stealing my +1s. Some general observations: ftf is so stressful. I should have done...