What is the best country in bot games?

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Re: What is the best country in bot games?

#41 Post by georgefc3 » Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:55 am

Here is another win, this time as Germany. Much faster as the game ended in 1909.

The key here was to take out England quickly. After that everything fell into place.

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=426643

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Re: What is the best country in bot games?

#42 Post by Trigfea63 » Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:04 pm

It's a small sample size, but I'll share my results so far against the bots. I count draws as losses for the win percentages.

England: 3-2-2 (43%)
France: 2-6-0 (25%)
Germany: 3-2-2 (43%)
Austria: 3-3-0 (50%)
Italy: 4-3-1 (50%)
Russia: 3-2-0 (60%)
Turkey: 3-3-0 (50%)

Differences in win percentages compared to others could be due to the small sample size, partly or entirely. Still, a few observations:

I haven't seen nearly as big a variation as others in playing one power vs another. My win percentages are all in the same ballpark, except for France (where my game may need improvement). As England and Austria, maybe I've been luckier than average and my percentages will come down with more games. As Austria, like everyone else, I win when Italy doesn't attack, and I lose when Italy attacks.

As Russia, I usually send Moscow south and try to ally with Turkey. If Turkey is up for the jugg and Italy attacks Austria, it seems like Russia has a chance even if it takes a beating in the north early on. At least, something like that has worked 3 out of 5 times so far. We'll see if it holds up with more games.

More information and links to the games can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

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Re: What is the best country in bot games?

#43 Post by georgefc3 » Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:08 pm

These are extremely strong numbers.

The only thing that looks a little strange is France. Supposedly France is an easy country to solo with. (I've struggled myself...)

The other numbers, especially Russia, is very impressive.

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