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Fear Rua (133 D)
13 Oct 10 UTC
Newbie question re power allocation
Is this purely random when you sign on to a new game? I played by email before and you could set preferences for which power you wished to play at the beginning. There seems to be no such option here, or am I missing something? I'm wondering partly because I joined two games using a creaky old browser that didn't manage to load all parts of the interface.
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omgwhathappened (0 D)
13 Oct 10 UTC
St. Pete fleet support question
can a fleet in finland support a fleet in norway/barents into st. pete or vice versa?

i am sorry, but i don't have time before the turn to check in realpolitik.
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President Eden (2750 D)
13 Oct 10 UTC
Anyone know how to search for specific players?
Rather newbie question, but here goes. I have yet to find a search engine for other users... does one exist on this site?
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trip (696 D(B))
13 Oct 10 UTC
One center to glory
Do you have what it takes? gameID=39012
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gjdip (1090 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
League page update
The page for the 2010 summer leagues has been updated. http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/thephpleague/leagues-summer-2010. Please send me any comments or corrections you might have.
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LammeFrans (962 D)
11 Oct 10 UTC
A tribute to Wallerstein
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=39840

Anonymous players, no ingame messaging.
Please join!
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LJ TYLER DURDEN (334 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
Revived Marijuana-Legalization Thread
Just got my absentee voter forms. Found a link to the official information pages for Prop 19, just in case anyone's interested.

http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/english/19-title-summ-analysis.pdf
http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/english/19-arg-rebuttals.pdf
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trip (696 D(B))
11 Oct 10 UTC
Gunboat Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry
120pt Anon WTA gameID=39868
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podium (498 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
Game Messages
Just wondering if the total that it shows is only messages sent or both sent and recieved.
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trip (696 D(B))
12 Oct 10 UTC
gameID=39012
new russia needed. hasn't missed a phase.
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matias_il (100 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
join superfast
now 5minutes
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Bob Genghiskhan (1233 D)
06 Oct 10 UTC
The title of this game cracks me up...
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=39524

Of course someone that obviously gleeful about the further rape of the American middle class would pay so little attention to getting the language right.
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gman314 (100 D)
11 Oct 10 UTC
Drawing ethics
I have heard that Mods have the power to force a draw in a game. Is this true? And if so, in a game where one or more major powers have CDed, basically throwing the game and all the players except one or two would like a draw and the one or two who don't are exploiting the CDed player, should a draw be forced?
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Emperor of Death (100 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
Rush
5 minute turns, 8 D to join

gameID=39885
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hellalt (70 D)
12 Oct 10 UTC
Just to make sure once again...Any Greek amongst us?
If yes, join out community
http://diplomatsgr.blogspot.com
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TBroadley (178 D)
11 Oct 10 UTC
Is this normal?
You know you're playing too much Diplomacy when you start looking at chess from a Diplomacy standpoint. (Hmm... if I retreat my bishop to D6, do you think he'll get his rook out of the H-file?) Should I be afraid?
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MadMarx (36299 D(G))
11 Oct 10 UTC
MadMarx Invitational - One More Needed!!
Looking for a high (i.e. double-digit) GR person, would be great if I haven't played you before, to join me, #3 (all-time) MarekP, #18 rdrivera2005, #36 Serioussham, #63 peterwiggin and #65 Julien.
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Mafialligator (239 D)
29 Sep 10 UTC
Hypothetical rules question, with no bearing on anything that has ever actually happened
If I were forced to disband my last unit because I was dislodged and had nowhere to retreat to, but still had a non home supply centre somewhere else on the board, would I count as being eliminated, or still in the game?
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Sicarius (673 D)
07 Oct 10 UTC
Sustainability
Disscussion of sustainable living, including food production, water (collection and filtration) electricity (generation) etc. basically doing things for yourself without the help of government/private companies etc.
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TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
01 Oct 10 UTC
October Ghost Rating Lists up
As usual, a new list and an update to the all-time list.
Find them here:
tournaments.webdiplomacy.net
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damian (675 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
435 back up to 237 great. I'm finally getting back up there. Keep up the playing and I should break the top hundred again in no time.
spyman (424 D(G))
02 Oct 10 UTC
After three defeats in a row I can't bear to look.
tarspaceheel (503 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Up 128 to 318. It's not where I want to be, but I'll take any improvement I can get.
spyman (424 D(G))
02 Oct 10 UTC
Agent K those are pretty impressive stats you have there. Wow!
spyman (424 D(G))
02 Oct 10 UTC
Seriously, 45% win ratio! 87% win/draw. Keep that up and you will be number one!
digitsu (1254 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Stupid noob question.

What is the diff between the "latest" GR, (say Oct) and the "All time" GR?
Do the All time GR keep all games while the montly ones have an exponential sliding average or something like that?
Baskineli (100 D(B))
02 Oct 10 UTC
All time is composed by joining together everybody's best GR.
digitsu (1254 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
So does that mean that the monthly's do not include everyone? Or just that everyones monthly gr is different?
Baskineli (100 D(B))
02 Oct 10 UTC
There are two stats: score and rank.

Rank is an integer. Score is a real number.

Your rank is determined by the number of people with higher score.

Your monthly rank is determined by your current score and the number of people who currently are active (finised a game in the last 3 months) and have a higher score than you are, right now.

Your all-time rank is determined by your best score and the number of people who have a higher best score.
digitsu (1254 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Cheers. The 3month window was what I was missing. Thanks
Kaiasian (624 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Lol, I went up by over 1000 places. Maybe it's because I'm a newer player... HMMM....
Agent K (0 DX)
02 Oct 10 UTC
thank you spyman. although #1 will be awfully tough to crack with MadMarx chillin there
Draugnar (0 DX)
02 Oct 10 UTC
@digitsu - not sure you truly got that. The three month window is just to determine who is included. GR is a moving target and changes from month to month. All-time is just your peak score from whatever you best GR was. It may be your current GR or it may be some past GR.

By GR i mean Ghost Rating: not your rank amongst the other players, but your actual numeric rating.
Draugnar (0 DX)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Oh, hellalt... You dropped 8 places and I went up 81 to 137. I thought you were going to try and catch me.

Oh and I'm top 300 in the all time now as this was a new peek month for me.
Two mercy draws bumped me into the top 100?

Seriously though, thanks to everyone who let me out of my games while my father is in hospice care.
hellalt (70 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Draugnar I don't have time to play many games anymore...
Current professional success deprives me of the chance to kick your ass badly :p
I promise I will eventually return though...
Thucydides (864 D(B))
02 Oct 10 UTC
i'm ranked #30????

ahhahaahahahaha ghost you need to fix your system :P
BigZombieDude (1188 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
Well, after the month i've had i didn't expect to be going up!

MM, im coming for you...might be a while but im climbing baby :)
Baskineli (100 D(B))
02 Oct 10 UTC
@CA
I think people are getting to understand that to get 18 SCs is not the only/best way to get a good GR.

How's your father?
peterwiggin (15158 D)
02 Oct 10 UTC
@ Bask
if you play 12 games and win 5, however, you can move up 480 places in the rankings.
MadMarx (36299 D(G))
03 Oct 10 UTC
Congrats on #2 BZD!!

I expect to lose rating each month, so you may catch me sooner than you think.
Baskineli (100 D(B))
03 Oct 10 UTC
@peterwiggin

I just don't believe that it is a sustainable. If you have a 50% win rate, people will learn to recognize you even in anonymous games, and your win rate will go down. Besides, in PPSC games, there is no much difference between coming strong second and winning, regarding GR.
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
Baskineli, Anon games.
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
btw, I have a win rate of 16% now and still got teamed on before.
Baskineli (100 D(B))
03 Oct 10 UTC
I find myself play more anon games, but my winning rate (IE 17-17 draw) in a non-anon games is way way higher than in anon games.
pastoralan (100 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
@Baskinelli: the higher-rated you are, the less beneficial a draw is.
peterwiggin (15158 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
@Bask,

Anon games, WTA, and I try not to discuss my press style too much outside of games. And what pastoralan said.
yaxay (1484 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
I'm a major stats geek and love the GR ratings. I thought of another stat that might be kind if interesting -- a table with each username as the header for each row and eqch column. Then, what goes in each cell of the table is the number of wins, losses and draws for each game that the "row" user has played with the "column" user. Does anyone know how easy that might be to generate from the underlying database running webdiplomacy?
acmac10 (120 D(B))
03 Oct 10 UTC
That would be kinda cool.....except that I've only played with a couple hundred users from the 30000 registered....it would be kinda hard to sift.
BigZombieDude (1188 D)
03 Oct 10 UTC
@MM, i think you will hold the #1 spot for quite some time yet and well deserved it is. We need to play again, its been a while!

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josepr (100 D)
11 Oct 10 UTC
fast and furious; fast game
join now to fast and furious
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ava2790 (232 D(S))
10 Oct 10 UTC
HY ROLLERZ-II EOG
Good game trip and mapleleaf. I'll be back to post EOGs soon.
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ava2790 (232 D(S))
10 Oct 10 UTC
HY ROLLERZ-3
See inside
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
09 Oct 10 UTC
Which wich
Anyone familiar with this restaurant?
You fill out the outside of the sandwich bag with your preferences....

Then you write your name at the bottom.
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denis (864 D)
10 Oct 10 UTC
Live game on olidip...
http://olidip.net/board.php?gameID=2323
Need a number two
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Эvalanche (100 D)
01 Oct 10 UTC
My Username
Just for ease, you can type Avalanche
Just in case, because people seem to be confused
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MadMarx (36299 D(G))
30 Sep 10 UTC
Donations
Please chip in a few bucks if you are willing/able:

http://webdiplomacy.net/faq.php
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Crazyter (1335 D(G))
05 Oct 10 UTC
Commentary (AKA Snide Remarks) on the Top 8 GR game
Wanted: Commentators to make insightful remarks, humorous asides, and witticisms about the Top 8 GR game. Peterwiggin has already signed up.
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killer135 (100 D)
10 Oct 10 UTC
Testing League on Olidip.net
I'm running a league on Olidip.net where we just test out variants, come over there and tell me via PM or via http://www.olidip.net/forum.php?threadID=525328#525328
and tell me if you're interested.
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josepr (100 D)
10 Oct 10 UTC
fast game; speed (5) king
join
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