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Yoyoyozo (65 D)
05 Dec 16 UTC
500 point live game
I want to try out a ridiculously high pot live game. I'm gauging interest to see if this is doable. If anyone is interested. Please PM me or post here.
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brainbomb (290 D)
02 Dec 16 UTC
Is gunboat taking over webdip?
I get notifications all day every day about the latest high quality gunboats set at 33% or lower RR. These are fast times at webdip high indeed.
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tvrocks (388 D)
03 Dec 16 UTC
Possible feature idea
See below
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brainbomb (290 D)
29 Oct 16 UTC
My ex hasnt contacted me
So its been since August that she got thrown in jail and totalled her car. My ex has my phone number and she just opts to no longer talk to me. In our last conversation she tells,me I am psycho but I am too good at expressing my emotions.
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Yoyoyozo (65 D)
03 Dec 16 UTC
Being a Diplomat
I've finally hoarded enough points to achieve the elusive label of "Diplomat" on my profile again. For some reason though, I'm not really all that thrilled with the "upgrade" from the previous rank.
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Mother Land (181 D)
03 Dec 16 UTC
need a few more experienced diplomacy players for fun game
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=186264
password: rstlne
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Fluminator (1500 D)
27 Nov 16 UTC
Religion Tier Ranking
Rate the following religions in order from best to worst.
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Peregrine Falcon (9010 D(S))
03 Dec 16 UTC
Soloing without building fleets
I'm curious how often powers can solo without building an additional fleet. I'm also wondering which powers could accomplish this feat. From what I can think of, there are only two powers that could accomplish it, Austria and Russia.
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Obama tried same thing as Trump and got blocked
Obama repeatedly tried to give tax breaks for companies that "insource' jobs to the U.S. from overseas while eliminating tax deductions for companies that move jobs abroad.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/senate-bring-jobs-home-bill-blocked/
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/213780-republicans-block-bill-to-end-tax-breaks-for-outsourcing
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joepr (100 D)
03 Dec 16 UTC
new fast game; 10 minutes game
join
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Wiza Mastermind (0 DX)
28 Nov 16 UTC
Do kids play Web Diplomacy?
I am a kid playing diplomacy in the 8th grade and am 13 years old, does anyone else here is a little kid like me.
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slypups (1889 D)
03 Dec 16 UTC
The Pacifist Game
I've noticed the "Pacifist Diplomacy" game, http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=166960, and I'm trying to figure out what's going on there.
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slypups (1889 D)
01 Dec 16 UTC
Game naming trends
Has anyone else noticed the tremendous uptick in Donald Trump themed game names since he won the US presidential election? What do you think of that? Not seeing that many Justin Trudeau themed games.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
02 Dec 16 UTC
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Is poor satire taking over webDip?
I get notifications all day every day about the latest high quality threads mocking something about 2 hours old with no original twist. These are fast times at webdip high indeed.
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brainbomb (290 D)
28 Nov 16 UTC
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Webdip forum dead at 90
Former webdip forum dead at 90. Feel free to exercise your right to freedom of speech in this thread as a tribute to webdip forum, where freedom basically didn't exist.
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Hannibal76 (100 D(B))
02 Dec 16 UTC
Please pause our game
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flash2015 (1447 D(G))
01 Dec 16 UTC
Quick Game Now?
Anyone up for a dip game now?
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MajorMitchell (1874 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
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I hate getting Italy in classic Diplomacy
Italy is a dog of a country and that's being unkind to dogs
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MajorMitchell (1874 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
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I hate Italy in classic Diplomacy. If you help Austria the bastard builds a second fleet and screws you. If you help France that bastard also screws you. I'm sick of it. I reserve the right to, if I get Italy again, launch suicide attacks at Austria and France at the start then put the pestiferous Italy into Civil Disorder.
brainbomb (290 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Italy is winning alot lately
brainbomb (290 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Italy just soloed in gunboat group B
brainbomb (290 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Its a frustrating place to be in dip because you are balancing trust building and a dire need to stay ahead of the drama
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
I think it's time I stopped joining games, finish the ones I am.playing and then have a break from diplomacy. But I think the next few times I get Italy I am not going to try to play properly, just do the stupidest things I can think of with italy
Floodgates (2004 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Italy is my favourite nation. Tons of fun! You can dictate the direction of the game :)
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
I occasionally have success with Italy, but at the moment I think it's not worth the effort. There's too many times when gee whiz, you might influence the game only in the manner of the inevitable defeat, or you get stuck in alliance deals that are shotgun marriages, eg you give Tunis to France and play on as a puppet grateful that he doesn't just finish you off.
No I'm well over trying with Italy for the next half dozen times I get stuck with it. Stupid orders and a quick exit
Hit that west Med hard from the start.
Or play Austrias little helper until 1902-3 to stab Austria,
but stab it deep,
so you are the first to get to Vienna and Serbia in 1904-5 and there is your good result. (This is OK for gunboat, full press I didnt play for quite some time, but principles are the same).
And one more thing; when playing any of the central powers, there is no time for changing your mind, when you pick your victim, you go after it. Four outside powers have that luxury of waiting a bit or changing general strategy after first 2 years, but central powers almost never. Hope this will help a bit.
civwarbuff (305 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Well, I certainly do not agree with this. I do not mind playing as Italy as I find Italy to be a very challenging country, to be sure, but also a potentially fascinating one. I have studied Italy's position fairly hard, so I have a pretty good understanding of how I view Italy and what options you have in approaching different positions and situations as they may arise.

Italy, like Germany, is a nation that typically reveals a poor player very quickly.
Jamiet99uk (808 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
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I like playing as Italy, Austria or Germany. The one I hate is Russia.
Yes, Russia is to exposed. I thought what could be said about Russian opening, but the only thing that came up was - enter Ukraine, bounce Galicia and hope that E,G,A,T will not attack you for to long. :)
TrPrado (461 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
I agree with OP. I'd rather be Austria than Italy.
Ogion (3882 D)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Funny, I'm usually a tough Germany, but Italy is hard. I woke this morning with just the same sentiments this morning about Italy myself. ATC actually gave me the good advice of "don't do a Lepanto" which I mostly don't. Finally had my first Italian solo recently, so that was fabulous, followed up shortly with a first Austrian one. Everything in the north: easy, everything in the south: a nightmare (in my hands that is.)

Of course, now I REALY want to play Italy and Austria to see how it goes.
grumbledook (569 D(S))
24 Nov 16 UTC
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I love playing Italy. England is the country I hate playing the most.
ssorenn (0 DX)
24 Nov 16 UTC
Italy, is the most fun country to play.
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
See how personal tastes / likes vary.. I take the opposite view to good old Grumbledook.. I love to play England and hate playing italy
JamesYanik (548 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
I love Italy, hate England hahaha!
fourofswords (415 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
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Playing Italy is good practice. A true gamer wouldst not shirk at such a challenge!
ssorenn (0 DX)
25 Nov 16 UTC
Practice for what?
Oddly enough France is usually my worst power, I have been playing very poorly as Italy recently though.
fourofswords (415 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
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Practice for playing other games of Diplomacy, of course. Not for taking over Europe in RL. I wouldn't recommend trying that. Especially as Italy.
fourofswords (415 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
France is a great starter, a difficult finisher. Turkey a difficult starter, pretty good finisher. England, easy all around, Let's face it.
TrPrado (461 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
Austria is always exciting through the whole game.
captainmeme (1723 DMod)
25 Nov 16 UTC
Interesting, at the 2016 World Championship, 5 games were soloed - 3 of those were by Italy. Chris Brand drew Italy in the final and topped the board with it, becoming World Champion as a result.

Food for thought. Both other solos were by France.
President Eden (2750 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
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Italy is the blades. I'd probably rank the countries like this as far as my preferences go:

1. France. Easy paths to 18. Complacent German players (i.e. those who view the West as a 2v1 and don't bother to involve Russia and/or Italy) abound, and you are the clearly better ally for Germany and the bigger beneficiary of England's demise, so you end up with a very clear vision for how your game should play out. Naturally strong defenses give you a lot of room for error.

2. Italy. Similar ease to 18 as France, and great allies too (Germany and Russia are phenomenal pairings with Italy). Problem is that most German players don't recognize Italy's potential as an ally, and Russia is intrinsically vulnerable to just getting blown up by AT or EG and leaving you holding the bag of shit against Austria. Italy gets better in games with more skilled players across the board, since those games have fewer runaway blowouts and players with the strategic vision to recognize what Italy has to offer them.

3. Austria. The only problem with this country is that soloing is hard due to its awful naval capabilities. Yeah, you're exposed early, and yeah, Italy can bury you early if they want. This is a net weakness, but it's not that big of one, because it gives you overwhelmingly clear objectives from the start of the game. The gameplan is almost linear: go for Greece, move to Galicia, pacify Italy, secure the Balkans, expand where convenient from there. This is a big strength because you know what you need to be working toward from day 1, which means you have a clearer picture for when things are going wrong and you need to pivot.

4. Russia. Gets the edge over Germany because it has more paths to 18. Russia and Germany are a test of your work ethic. In Russia's case, you are overextended and vulnerable to a concerted attack early in the game, but your overextension gives you a lot of offensive potential and, with that, lots of opportunities to make good alliances. You have two great allies for the long haul in France and Italy, and you aren't an existential threat to any individual power, meaning no one feels they "can't work with you" by default. You have to work HARD to make Russia good, but the explosive potential is there.

5. Germany. Basically a less explosive Russia. Your main problem is that England and France both come out ahead of you in a war against the other one. You have to get Russia or Italy involved in Western affairs to prosper. But Russia makes you walk a tightrope where you get them involved enough to make England collapse, but not so involved that they gain a bunch of centers from their involvement and turn on you next; and Italy so often relegates itself to being an "Eastern" power that it doesn't even see its own potential against France. Again, you gotta work hard with these guys to do well.

6. England. Obvious enough path to 18, and a strong defensive position gives you the strategic edge against everybody around you. You are the presumptive favorite to come out on top of any Western diplomatic scene that doesn't involve a coalition against you. Problem is, everybody knows this, and if people behave accordingly, you're never going to get a chance to flex that muscle. Your saving grace is the fact that people are bad and make all kinds of diplomatic and strategic mistakes, and you only need one thing to go right (France and Germany not allying against you immediately) before you have the ability to brute-force your way to a dominant position.

7. Turkey. Godawful. See everything wrong with England -- neighbors being aware of your inevitability over them, poor paths to 18 -- but then compound it with the fact that Edi Birsan hoodwinked every Italian player forever into thinking that they should default to killing you instead of considering their options, and the fact that surviving the first round of eliminations doesn't actually put you far ahead of your opponents. (Austria is much better at exerting force in the Balkans than Germany or France are in the Lowlands and the other's home territory; Russia can just explode with a good start and outflank you in Austria and the Balkans while running away with centers in Scandinavia and Germany; Italy has a fighting chance at turning you back in the Balkans and stalling the Med on his own; and any combination of those three can still easily beat you back even after you get to 5-6 centers.) Turkey is abysmal to play with no realistic diplomatic options: Austria doesn't want shit to do with you 9 times out of 10, Italy defaults to throwing 75% of his military at you, and Russia doesn't mind working with you necessarily, but is wary of you having any real success and will drop you for Italy in a heartbeat. And even if you DO make it out of the slaughterhouse that is the Balkans, you're still approximately 95 million light years away from the stalemate line, let alone the 18th center you'll have to somehow take on the other side of it. What were they thinking???
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
25 Nov 16 UTC
Good, thoughtful post President Eden. I like your comments about Germany and Russia. Still dislike Italy.
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
26 Nov 16 UTC
Here's a different idea, but I don't want to be seen as spamming the forum with another thread.
The game is based on / in late 19 th century, so very crude communications by today's standards etc
The idea / thought / twist has probably been throught of before as a foggy war thing.
Spring 01 only.. Each country cannot mobilise all it's forces effectively for this one move so each player has to choose a unit that holds.. Does nothing in the opening move.
OK I like to play England, but now I have to choose. Deploy two fleets, but not be able to convoy my army in the Autumn move, or deploy one fleet, move the army and the second fleet has to wait until the Autumn move ?
With one change, the number and variety of opening moves / outcomes of spring 01 increases significantly.
Would anyone be interested in trying it in an unranked game ?
Ciyan3 (100 D)
26 Nov 16 UTC
I would.
MajorMitchell (1874 D)
26 Nov 16 UTC
Are different countries able to adapt better to such a change ? For example Germany, you simply move fleet and army Berlin, army Munich holds... How does that compare to Austria ???

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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
26 Nov 16 UTC
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Fidel Castro dead at 90
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dead at 90. Feel free to exercise your right to freedom of speech in this thread as a tribute to Castro's Cuba, where freedom basically didn't exist.
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
29 Nov 16 UTC
Trump to dump Pence after inauguration?
After appointing a Supreme Court justice and a big tax cut, Trump might be replaced by Pence (due to conflict of interest of biz dealings), but what if Trump replaced Pence with a Democrat first? Then Trump is immune from investigation because Pence is no longer there to replace him. Genius?
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Halls of Mandos (1019 D)
26 Nov 16 UTC
Modern with Friends
Some RL friends and I need to fill up a few more spots in a Modern game, we understand and will respect the rules.
25 bet, day phases, DSS.
Any takers?
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swordsman3003 (14048 D(G))
01 Dec 16 UTC
Get this World Gunboat going please
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=185901
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Lethologica (203 D)
30 Nov 16 UTC
Quality Press
http://www.pid.gov.pk/?p=30445

Would you ally with this man in S01?
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VashtaNeurotic (2394 D)
28 Nov 16 UTC
What is you Favorite Movie? Why?
Been getting really back into film lately and was curious what each of your favorite films is and well, why? If you have more than one feel free to give a grouping.
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peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Nov 16 UTC
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M25 tracker program
Noticed that the signup was closed. So I start this to show what my mafia tracker program is capable of....
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peterwiggin (15158 D)
30 Nov 16 UTC
GR Challenge subs
Due to an emergency, I have three replacement positions open in the ongoing anon GR challenge. If you are interested in taking 1 or more of them, please send an email indicating which ones you'd like to [email protected]. It's an anonymous challenge, so don't post here.
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Durga (3609 D)
23 Nov 16 UTC
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Board games
Political talk aside, what board games (other than Diplomacy ofc) do people really like playing? I usually stick to video games but given we all likely have similar gaming interests I figured I'd ask for some recommendations.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
27 Nov 16 UTC
Donald Trump Accidentally Calls for a Recount
https://puu.sh/swv71/cefe12e552.png

His lawyers have to be quitting right now.
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Cade (100 D)
30 Nov 16 UTC
Mediterranean Diplomacy with friends
We need one person to fill our game tonight. We are real life friends, but are playing an anonymous game, so that we don't metagame. It begins at 8:15 tonight. Its a speed diplomacy game, so 5 minutes per phase, no chat. Heres the game link: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=186101
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X3n0n (216 D)
29 Nov 16 UTC
DC representation
Hey does anyone has an idea how I could represent a general sigmoid function as a difference of two convex functions? s: R -> R would be sufficient...
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