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pitirre (0 DX)
12 Dec 07 UTC
last minute to play at turquoise days!!!
register...fast!!

i hope to see you all tomorrow and play this game that soon will become a classic. Now i will prepare because im going to see The Police at concert!!

yes!!!!
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james3838 (184 D)
12 Dec 07 UTC
Is this a bug? Cut supportting army?
Spring 1908, Diplomacy: Your army at Ukraine was attacked by the army at Sevastopol, but your army at Ukraine was supporting an attack against the army at Sevastopol and the army at Sevastopol has no support, so the army at Sevastopol failed.

MOS - SEV
UKR S MOS - SEV
SEV - MOS

MOS - SEV failed - very clearly 2 v 1
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
Right: final showdown!
So, after a long thread that got nowhere in establishing the best diplomacy player of all time, one last go. Everyone may have one vote, just a single positive vote for your favourite. The votes will be checked through for double voting, or for multiple accounts voting. For anyone who wasn't following, the options are:
Kahn
Bismarck
Alexander
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Kahn for me (started with nothing, got loads then when he died it died showing he was the reason it built up)
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the dictator (65 D)
09 Dec 07 UTC
Greatest diplomacy player ever final 3
Khan
Bismarck
Alexander the great

everybody is aloud to vote once and there is a new rule dont give a reason to why the person you are voting for is good but why he is better then the other two. And you give 2 pionts to your fav 1 to your second
first person to 200 wins

I will start by voting for Khan, he united all of mongalia, which is just as good as bismarck uniting germany, he conquered more land with fewer troops than alex the great did and bismarck was never a ruler, alex was an alcholic and died of alchol poising at 32 wich is why he did not conquer as much as khan but that was his fault. i think that is enough reasons on why khan is the greatest of the 3 and alex was greater than bismarck so...

Khan 2
Alex 1
bismarck 0
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Tman401 (126 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
Ciil Disorder
Does any one know how long it takes for some one to go to civil disorder? I was just curious, waiting for some of the players in my games.
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Wolf Of Fenris (100 D)
11 Dec 07 UTC
Is there a way to leave a game?
I was just fooling around with this site, joined a friends game then decided to change my account name... so I created a new account, joined with that account, and was going to leave the game with the original account. Now I can't figure out how to leave the game with my original account and I have two players in the game...
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pitirre (0 DX)
11 Dec 07 UTC
hurry up; turqouise days!!
register to play at turquoise days; a game considered to be a classic among the experts!!

register...now!!
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Zxylon (0 DX)
09 Dec 07 UTC
World War XVIII is in Due Now Phase
Kestas. Please fix our game
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dangermouse (5551 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
No Press Game completed
Well, the no-press (i.e. Gunboat) game has ended. It went about as I expected. With no talking and no real way to infer what other players were thinking (seeing as how most moves could not be seen) there was basically no working together. We did have several apparent non-aggression pacts going on. For example there was little to no fighting between myself (Italy) and France or Germany.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2022
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pitirre (0 DX)
11 Dec 07 UTC
new great game created; Turquoise Days
not for the weak of mind; play at turquoise days!!!

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Thucydides (864 D(B))
11 Dec 07 UTC
What happens when (if) you run out of points?
I see people with zero points and I'm wondering: Can you even take part in games anymore or are you effectively booted off the site?
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knottybynature (100 D)
11 Dec 07 UTC
new game
I need noobs to come and play in the I need new players room.
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bihary (2782 D(S))
06 Dec 07 UTC
misunderstanding with dip points
There are many top 100 players whose dip points I do not understand. Take, for example, Seedling (I do not want to pick on him, this is just an example):
Seedling's profile:
Points: 492
Position: 96
Games won: 1

No active games, let us look at his results from finished games. I am listing game name, pot size, Seedling's result, and the dip points he should have earned. I calculate it as: Pot * (Units at end)/34. It is not exact, but should be a good estimate, right?

Finished games:
Diplomacy... Autumn 1915
Pot: 165
Seedling (492) as England: 9 units
Earned: 44 DP

FoC Diplo Game! Autumn 1914
Pot: 154
Seedling (492) as England: 15 units
Earned: 68 DP

Light and Dark Autumn 1909
Pot: 154
Seedling (492) as France: 12 units
Earned: 54 DP

FOC 6 Autumn 1909
Pot: 132
Seedling (492) as Italy: 9 units
Earned: 35 DP

FOC 3 Autumn 1907
Game won by Seedling (492)
Pot: 110
Seedling (492) as Turkey: 18 units
Earned: 58 DP

So altogether he earned 259 DP points. OK, he started from 100 DP, so he may have 359 DP. But I did not even count his investments he had to pay to join those games!
How on earth does he have 492 DP points? Do I misunderstand something here? I see the same too high points typically for players who are not active any more... An other example is mate.
Something fishy is going on...
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gameover (619 D)
11 Dec 07 UTC
new game
recyle please! is up and open
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sean (3490 D(B))
09 Dec 07 UTC
treaty etiquette
i wanted to ask some of the players , especially the more successful ones among you about game etiquette, first..is there any? one makes a deal (say an agreed upon DMZ for example)... is it consider bad form to break that deal that turn? i should imagine so but it seems not. one should follow the letter of the law ( deal)but the spirit of the law is more ..shall we say flexibly followed? or do we live in a hobbesian dog eat dog world? on a more practicable note..do you lie directly to your fellow countries or fob them off with civil but meaningless phrases? or pretend you didn't sign in and was therefor unaware of their offer? just like to here some general thoughts on the subject.
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keeper0018 (100 D)
01 Dec 07 UTC
name games...
i know that the leader of germany is the kaiser, the leader of turkey is the sultan, the leader of russia is the czar, the leader of italy is il duce, and the leader of england is the prime minister. but what do you call the leaders of austria and france?
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Stephen V (345 D)
09 Dec 07 UTC
Too many in Civil Disorder
What the heck people? I mean really. I was a member of this site before and there were a few games with people in civil disorder but not all that often. Now look. It seems EVERY game I'm in there is someone in civil disorder. If you look through the join-able games there is a whole page of civilly disordered countries you can join! If you're going to play, PLAY! don't ruin games for people. This site is for fun. I know it's not serious, but it's not fun when you expect a proper game and from the start it's not. It's just not worth playing after that. And if you're losing, tough it out. Win on another game. You can't win them all.

Seriosuly people.
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RepsaJ (100 D)
08 Dec 07 UTC
Bug?
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=1954

I clearly got 9 SC's. Why I still got 7 units? Can someone help me out?
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bajeezus (574 D)
09 Dec 07 UTC
Due...well, a while ago
I'm in a game that's been "due" for like two days now. I mean, I wouldn't care if I were like a lot of you, but I'm only in two games total...makes it annoying if you get me.

Anyways, hopefully just by posting this the fates will miraculously change the game to make me look stupid...but, then again, that just means I can keep playing, stupidity is a sacrifice I'm willing to make...oh yeah, if the fates are still bastards, kestas (that's the guy in charge here right?) could you maybe see what the problem is?

Thanks a bunch. I love you all. Except you, yeah you reading this. Everyone else is cool but you...unless your Kestas...way to go man, you rock!!! Wow I'm gonna stop typing now...
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Vampiero (3525 D)
04 Dec 07 UTC
Player Demographics
I was just curious at what type of people play diplomacy in general, so i thought id ask here. if you guys want, just write some info about yourself such as:
-what country you live in
-gender and age
-married or not
-profession
-hobbies
some of these questions might be personal so feel more than free to omit any of them. no names please.

California, USA
male, 18
college student
martial arts, racing, philosophy, and of course DIPLOMACY!
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
08 Dec 07 UTC
Suggestion: Gamemaster link
On games stuck in 'Run Now' please could we have a link to set them as unprocessed. Currently, if for some reason the Gamemaster does not run correctly, the game is left as processed, and so does not get processed next time, even though it needs to be. Another option would be in the bottom of the help page to have a 'clear Blocked games' link. Thus only players who had intentionally gone to find the link would click it - you wouldn't have people just running the gamemaster again and again wasting resources
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alamothe (3367 D(B))
07 Dec 07 UTC
trtrttrtrtrtr
kestas, we broke the game: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2267
please fix it
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ice point (55 D)
02 Dec 07 UTC
brother
Chairman Mao and arthurmklo are brother?
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Gengis (100 D)
07 Dec 07 UTC
Further bug
last round it was indicated that Turkey had not yet finalized its orders by the deadline, yet when they were evaluated it turns out they had been. very annoying.
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amathur2k (100 D)
08 Dec 07 UTC
advertise phpdiplomacy on google
Hi Guys,
I have an experimental google adwords account.
and am planning to advertise phpdiplomacy

just wanted to find out if its legal and if you guys can come up with good punch lines.
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El_Perro_Artero (707 D)
08 Dec 07 UTC
Compromise
I've heard a lot of arguing over whether the pot should be split by SC's or a winner-take-all kind of deal. Why don't we just make this an option when creating games? I'd like to hear some other suggestions though.
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
04 Dec 07 UTC
Greatest Diplomacy Player - last 3 (cont.)
17 Alexander
19 Bismarck
14 Khan
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Still going, and I must admit I'm surprised. Please, when voting, everyone give a reason!
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Hive Tyrant (46 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+Bismark
-Khan
aoe3rules (949 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
there was a single vote for Alexander at the beginning of this. then someone tried to fix it but instead of taking one off Alexander, he took it from Khan. and then TWO people tried to fix THAT, and then someone took one from Bismarck and added one to Khan (not a vote, a "fix".) so the score (after Hive Tyrant's vote SHOULD be:

18 Alexander
15 Bismarck
17 Khan
GRQ09 (10 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 khan for wombats reasons
-1 bismark he was never a leader
GRQ09 (10 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
khan 21
alex 17
bismark 14
anarchy101 (100 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 khan -1 bismarck
khan 22
alex 17
bismarck 13
anarchy101 (100 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
i think we should eliminate 10 points off evryone that way it will end quicker. so khan 12
alex 7
bismarck 3
anarchist09 (100 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 alex (i read a good book on him)
-1 bismarck (he was not a ruler)
Noodlebug (1812 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
First post (figle) is correct.

Fourth post (figle) is incorrect, Khan should have had one fewer as per fwancophile's vote. I corrected this in the 20th post.

Togilvie's single +1 for Alexander in the 14th post was NEVER COUNTED thus does not need to be corrected.

After aoe3rules attempted correction, GRQ09 voted and managed to bump Khan up by 4, and drop both Alexander and Bismark by 1, with a total of 52 points. In actual fact, his table was correct except for Khan having the extra 2 points.

Anarchy's suggestion of taking 10 points off everyone is a little unfair on Bismarck... so I think we'll just stick to the original plan. The table as it stands right now, with all valid votes from both relevant threads correctly counted is:

18 Alexander
12 Bismarck
20 Khan
aoe3rules (949 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
why are people voting +Alexander?!? Khan i can understand, even if i don't like it, but everything Alexander did the other two did better!
dangermouse (5551 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
-1 Khan
+1 Bismark

I believe in parity.
Noodlebug (1812 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
Maybe because Alexander did it all in a few short years and died before reaching his full potential. But potential must be realised to be a factor we should include; I'd happily take on a 5-year-old Ghenghis and a 2-year-old Bismarck and be reasonably confident I might win..!

Alexander did well for a young lad, but I think the weight of experience of an older Bismarck and Khan would crush him. Perhaps if he'd been a bit more experienced he would have known to watch his back...

Enough posts have passed for me to vote again:

-1 Alexander
+1 Khan

17 Alexander
13 Bismarck
20 Khan
Wombat (722 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
Dear All, I reckon that as the scores are so high we should do as suggested by anarchy and subtract points off everyone to make a smaller total

so everyone minus 10

7 Alexander
3 Bismarck
10 Khan
Gobbledydook (1389 D(B))
05 Dec 07 UTC
since scores went -10 I can vote again.
1 for Alexander again, but I start to dislike Bismarck.
Alexander had Greece, Tunis, Ankara, Constantinople and Smyrna.
Bismarck only had Munich, Berlin and Kiel.
Hive Tyrant (46 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 Bismark because he was an amazing diplomat
-1 khan because ive never heard of him using any diplomatic skills
What is the game called? DIPLOMACY
- khan
+ bismark

8 alexander
4 Bismark
8 khan
VeryCheesy (60 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 Bismark
-1 Khan

5 Bismark
8 Alexander
7 Khan
EvilEater (65 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 Alexander
-1 Khan

9 Alexander
6 Khan
5 Bismark
Xenophobe (95 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
+1 Otto Von Bismark
-1 Genghis Khan

6 Bismark
5 Khan
9 Alexander
flashman (2274 D(G))
05 Dec 07 UTC
Has Hive Tyrant read anything about Genghis?

He only tended to get nasty when people cut the heads off of his diplomats and emissaries...

There is a somewhat knee-jerk effect in this thread. Half a dozen supporters of one side or another rush out to try to push someone off the board, with little or no attempt to add substance to the debate.

I am forced to vote again (it has been a few column inches...) and vote for the Mighty Khan and against Old Otto...

Before I do so, I must state that I challenged one voter regarding his repeated and totally unsupported -1 Khan/+1 Bismark votes (4 of them in quickish order). He admitted, in public and before other forum users, that he knew almost nothing about Bismark and even less about Genghis. However, Genghis had invaded his own country and that was enough. If that is the standard of the other Bismark supporters then we have no real hope of a satisfactory ending to this thread.

Perhaps we should add 1000 to each of the choices and thus remove all hope of a quick multi-vote elimination. Maybe then those who stick around will be those with cogent arguments.

I therefore propose the following, including the adjustment for my vote:

1005 Bismark
1006 Khan
1009 Alexander

cgwhite32 (1465 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
Groan! Flashman!! I was looking forward to seeing an end to this with an Hellenic victory!

fastspawn (1625 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
Something really is fishy when you got 5 exact same votes in 6 min without a reasonable explanation why. Do i smell the stench of multi-accounters?
flashman (2274 D(G))
05 Dec 07 UTC
Exactly. I honestly find it infantile.

The original idea of a discussion (unashamedly) was worthwhile, so was a vote. Universal suffrage has a lot to answer for here...

Noodlebug (1812 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
I've a better idea. Let's take the final 3, place them all at zero, and everyone from now on gets one vote, a +1 vote, with all people who have voted listed under the person they have voted for. But lets do this in another thread..!
ze furhrer (44 D)
05 Dec 07 UTC
5 bismarck
6 khan
9 alex
flashman (2274 D(G))
05 Dec 07 UTC
That would work if we did not have the multi-accounters...

Can't we have three Dip games, one for the Alexander gang, one for Ottos's mob and another for Genghis's horde... The winners then get to choose weapons and settle it the old fashioned way...?
the dictator (65 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
+1 khan
-1 bismarck
the dictator (65 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
4 bismarck
7 khan
9 alex
figlesquidge (2131 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
I think we could do that - give people 2 votes, they can be used as + or - , and names will be listed. Anyone who is known to be a multiple account can then be ignored. Would you like to organise it Noodlebug?
aoe3rules (949 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
no, the -10 is invalid. we need Noodlebug's consent. and since scores aren't really -10, Gobbledydook's vote can't count. besides, you couldn't vote again anyway.

15 Bismarck
17 Khan
18 Alex
Noodlebug (1812 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
Someone else can take the baton, my head is spinning getting it this far!

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jasperleeabc (100 D)
06 Dec 07 UTC
Bug?
Somehow I don't receive notification for messages from other player, why? Is it a bug? It happened in the game "tusker".
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daniele (197 D)
07 Dec 07 UTC
bugs...
i think recently there are many bugs in the game

look at this situation for example

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2195

why can't i retreat from s.petersburg since bothnia is free, as finland, and bar.sea!!! i can't understand it
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Otto Von Bismark (653 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
Greatest Diplomacy Player
I am Honored that you all agree that I am the greatest Diplomacy player of all time :) I will add a +1 to myself if that is legal and -1 to Genghis.
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