For those of you unfamiliar, the goal of the webDip School of War to provide an organized learning experience. Seven new players (Students) are each assigned an experienced player (TAs) for advice and then play a game which is commentated and "graded" by venerable, expert players (Professor and Adjunct Professor(s)).
The Professor for the 2015 Winter SOW will be abgemacht, with Adjunct Professor being Sh@dow.
Looking for Students:
As a student, this represents a unique opportunity to receive one-on-one knowledge-transfer with a more experienced player. You will be assigned a TA, who will work one-on-one with you throughout the game. This is an excellent opportunity not only to learn about your country and get advice, but also to form a bond with another player. Many of the former TAs are also former SOW students.
What we're looking for in a student is someone who has shown commitment to games (the SOW can go for months and to NMR/CD is of utmost disrespect to others, even more than usual), the ability to clearly and somewhat frequently if need be communicate with their TA, and possibly most importantly a yearning to learn more about the wonderful game we play here. If you would like to be a student, please post below or PM me.
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Looking for TA's:
As a TA, you'll be responsible for the ludological growth of a knew member of our community and disseminating that esoteric board game knowledge you keep in your mind to someone in a useful manner. I was a TA for the 2014 Fall SOW and it was a great experience, both as a Diplomacy player and as a friend to my student. Often we allow or encourage TA's to list a country preference as it is completely common and understandable that a player excels at a certain country or would rather avoid a certain country, when it comes to teaching others. Lord knows I can't teach someone to play Germany well!
What we're looking for in a TA is an experienced player who enjoys spreading knowledge and love of Diplomacy. The ability to clearly and effectively communicate to your student is of course a major strength for the TA. As a TA, you'll be expected to give both strategic and tactical advice to your student, although the student will have the final say and need not follow your advice (but is strongly encouraged to give you the reasoning they have for choosing another avenue of play). Please consider this to be as much a time-commitment, and possibly more at the beginning, than a high-quality Full Press game for yourself.
If you would like to be a TA, please post below or PM me, and include if you have inclusions or exclusions of the Great Powers as well for your TA'ing preference. It’s a truly rewarding experience, and a nice way to give back to this great community!
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The School of War game will be
Full Press
Non-anon
Winner-Takes-All
2 days/phase
Because it's a non-trivial point: I will again iterate that at 2 days/phase this game will take months, please make sure you have time for that kind of commitment. The last SOW game went from OCT2014 to JAN2015.
We plan on starting March 2nd, 2015.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Valis2501
SOW Chancellor
Links to past SOW:
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