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chaikshi (113 D)
29 Apr 08 UTC
Bug in building fleet in St Ptberg
HI , I am Russia in game "Beginning" .. I tried to make fleets on both south and north coast on St. ptberg but when I gave that order none of the fleet is built. It should either build fleet on both coast or it should not give option to build it on both coast. Please help me in building my 2 Sc's this turn.....
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Tucobenedicto (100 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
College
Sup gangstas,

So I'm starting to begin the college process and I was wondering if anybody could give me some US schools with very strong history departments. My college adviser is fairly incompetent and has only recommended Vassar...

I do realize that this thread will probably devolve into a flamewar between "anti-education factions" (ie. Sicarius) and everyone else and I've come to terms with it.
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VIOLA (1650 D)
28 Apr 08 UTC
BUG at game 3580
I´m playing as England and i have a fleet at Norwegian Sea supporting an attack of my other fleet at North Sea to Norway.
Germany has an unit at Norway, and a fleet supporting from St Petersburg south coast, and the support worked when the south coast of St Petersburg have no border with Norway.
Please Kestas look at this
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Gobbledydook (1389 D(B))
29 Apr 08 UTC
A PPSC 100-pointer...
After the ambitious fwancophile challenge, I now issue a less challenging challenge, for those who don't to take such great risks...
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Kristopher (100 D)
28 Apr 08 UTC
POLL: Would you play a "live" variant of online Diplomacy if one existed?
Hi all,

I just realized that every single internet form of Diplomacy (including this one) conforms to the "play by mail" approach. However, the traditional board game version is much more fast-paced, with phases around 15-30 minutes if I remember correctly. Most internet games are setup in a more "live" environment anyway, so why not an incarnation of online Diplomacy? You host a game, same way you do now, but instead of making your moves then checking back in 12 hours or playing 20 games at once, you stick around and play it out like you would any other online game or indeed the traditional board game version. I know I personally would much more enjoy being able to play a live game now and then.

If there's sufficient interest, I have the programming expertise to make this happen with relative ease, either from scratch or, preferably, as a new setting option available in phpDiplomacy (if Kestas decides to send me a copy of the current src of course).

So with that explanation in mind, here's the question: Would you play a more fast-paced, "live" variant of online Diplomacy if one existed?

Yes - 1 (+1)
No - 0


Please post a reply voting "Yes" or "No", preferably in the format above so it's easier to count. And of course feel free to include your own thoughts with your vote. If there are enough "Yes" votes, then I'll pursue it.

Vote now! =)
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lardboy (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Please Draw Game Duality
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3027

Russia
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melbourne (100 D)
28 Apr 08 UTC
Didn't get builds
Playing as germany in the game "-2". Built an army in Kiel but it didn't appear.
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gryncat (2606 D)
28 Apr 08 UTC
New game, come join
New game, low bet. "Twenty Days." http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3706
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dangermouse (5551 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Draw request
All 4 players have agreed to a draw in http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3330.

They can confirm here.
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dangermouse (5551 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
Name and shame
In the game Comply or Die (http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3459) it appears Italy is intentionally delaying his victory in order to allow other countries to pick up supply depots.

In my opinion, this is, at best, poor sportsmanship. At worst it's meta-gaming.
Thoughts?
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Vampiero (3525 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
help kestas
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3461

could you please process the moves so the turn goes, thx
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menace3society (927 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
Drinking Games, per sean's request
Here's a new thread for drinking games, based on the off-topic conversation of http://phpdiplomacy.net/index.php?viewthread=278402


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keeper0018 (100 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
question kestas
i thought that CD took 3 turns to go into? what is this message that i got regarding one of my games?

"You haven't entered the game for two turns, so your empire has fallen into anarchy. Your empire can now be taken by anyone, unless you take it back first!"
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reptar_69 (122 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Kestas - Please investigate a possible multigamer
BoG75 and Jerkface.
Game is Office Linebacker
They're almost always logged on together or within a few minutes of each other. In the said game, BoG is Austria and Jerkface is France. Another country told me that he contacted France is his message was returned from Austria, not France, saying he was cool with his plans going into France.
It takes away from the game and makes me not want to play. Why do people waste their time? Do they honestly take this game that seriously?
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Kristopher (100 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
Help! (I'm new here)
This is in reference to the following game: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3327

I took over England and it's in the retreat phase. Everyone has a green checkmark next to their name except me, which I'm pretty sure means they're all waiting on me to end my turn, but I can't figure out how!

All it says is, "You have no orders to enter this phase." Does that mean we'll just have to wait 21 hours for the next turn, or is there a way to expedite it? If there's nothing I can do, is there an admin or something that can fix this? Doesn't make any sense to sit here for 21 hours when nobody has anything left to do in this phase.
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McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Please Draw this game
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3588&msgCountry=Russia
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
I am Russia, the others will confirm.
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
that was the wrong game. Don't play diplomacy drunk, kids.
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3402
ednos (529 D(S))
25 Apr 08 UTC
Turkey confirms.
ednos (529 D(S))
25 Apr 08 UTC
Turkey also confirms the advice.
bajeezus (574 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
A buzz is okay, just make sure you triple check your orders...
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
this isn't a little buzz, man.
menace3society (927 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Man, some of my best times were playing diplomacy late at night at with drinks. I didn't win, but I had a hell of a lot more fun than the teetotalers that did.

There ought to be a Diplomacy drinking game.
ednos (529 D(S))
25 Apr 08 UTC
Even if it was drinking every time you make a move, you couldn't get drunk at this rate.
Darwyn (1601 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Whew...I thought I was the only one. :) But if you really wanna have some fun while losing, smoke a little too.

You end up staring at possible moves for hours. Mostly because you forget them.
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
I was doing that last week.
sean (3490 D(B))
25 Apr 08 UTC
grass is good for some board games i think. but i might start to get paranoid! drinking ...well sounds like fun but im sure i wouldnt win. mushrooms, thats the ticket!
Darwyn (1601 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
oooh...not sure about the 'shrooms. The colors would all blend together and you wouldn't know who was who.
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
never tried the magic fungi.
ednos (529 D(S))
25 Apr 08 UTC
I'm not sure mushrooms and Diplomacy would mix well. Thanks for the quick draw; I didn't expect it to happen for weeks.
menace3society (927 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
"Hey my fleet in BLA just bit me!" "That's nothing, France and Italy just blended together in this heavy swirl..."
Darwyn (1601 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
LOL...pretty much what menace said McCain.
alamothe (3367 D(B))
25 Apr 08 UTC
hehe interesting topic :-) playing while high is interesting but i can't do anything meaningful about the games, i just stare at the board and messages for hours. i also tried playing diplomacy on cocaine but i somehow get too emotional and start to apologize to other pople for everything wrong i did to them :-)
McCain (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
yea, I try to keep to things that occur in nature. Anything else is just a little too much for me.
Darwyn (1601 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
me too McCain. I've tried a lot, but stick to the natural stuff.
Darwyn (1601 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
lol...agreed alamothe. except for the second part. although, I could imagine.
Chrispminis (916 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
You guys are crazy. I've played drunk, but I don't really remember what it was like... I know that some of you have that been here longer than the others might remember some of my drunken ramblings in the forum. Haha.
ednos (529 D(S))
26 Apr 08 UTC
Crystal Methamphetamine occurs in nature, right?
Churchill (2280 D)
26 Apr 08 UTC
Everything occurs in nature... some of it just needs to be "improved"
menace3society (927 D)
26 Apr 08 UTC
Here's my idea for a diplomacy drinking game. It would really only work face to face. Whenever you gain or lose a supply center, you must consume a "half drink": half a shot, half a beer, or about 100mL of wine (about 10mL of pure ethanol, diluted). You must consume your first 1.5-2 drinks before the first turn, and thereafter if you must drink after any given turn it has to be completed before the resolution phase of the next turn (so, about 10-20 minutes).

If you gain and lose one supply center in one turn, that's two half-drinks. Passing out or getting too sick to play automatically puts you at CD. The game is drawn if people are no-one's orders are legible.

That works out to 9+ full drinks for someone to win, which sounds reasonable to me. Lightweights may want to change it to 1/3 of a "standard" drink.

Now I just need to get some IRL players to go for it.
sean (3490 D(B))
26 Apr 08 UTC
i thought it would be better to make the gaining of a SC with a drink but not the losing of one. that way it might have a balancing corrective tone to the game, the winner becomes increasingly drunk(and thus plays worse) while the losers remains just tipsy(and thus play better...but then get drunk )
ednos (529 D(S))
26 Apr 08 UTC
Make it more like other drinking games, where the losers get more drunk and get worse.
alamothe (3367 D(B))
26 Apr 08 UTC
menace's rules would make the game more dynamic
People play this game impaired? Well that explains a lot of my negotiations.
pythex (144 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
I thought they were just stupid.
sean (3490 D(B))
27 Apr 08 UTC
i don't like drinking games when the loser drinks and the winner doesn't. that has an underlaying tendency to reward being focused and serious and winning (and thus maybe ending up with to different games going on, the happy having fun losers in one corner and the serious winners fighting it out in the other corner) far better for everyone to have fun if the winner has to drink and thus give the loser a chance come back.
McCain (100 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
sean is wise.
menace3society (927 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
So Sean I take it you don't play beer pong?
McCain (100 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
they should have beer pong where the goal is to run out of beer first. If you get it in your opponent's cup, you get to drink a beer.
sean (3490 D(B))
27 Apr 08 UTC
whats beer pong? sounds interesting.
we should start a new thread
menace3society (927 D)
27 Apr 08 UTC
No more easily said than done:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/index.php?viewthread=278801#278801


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Tucobenedicto (100 D)
26 Apr 08 UTC
Last.fm thread
Post if you got 'em.

http://www.last.fm/user/mountainmen/
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Jerkface (1626 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
Is government really necessary?
Sorry if this topic bores anyone but here is a debate pertaining to the question posed in the subject line. All are welcome to contribute.
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Treefarn (6094 D)
26 Apr 08 UTC
Join game Kaboobie for 25 points - PPS
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3686
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Chrispminis (916 D)
19 Apr 08 UTC
Best Country in Diplomacy
So... you know the rules. +1 a country, -1 another, until we have a favourite country!

Don't vote in quick succession... let at least 3 other people vote before you vote again...

Oh, and don't be afraid to add justification to your votes, you might convince others! And without further ado...

England 20
France 20
Germany 20
Italy 20
Austra 20
Russia 20
Turkey 20
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Vampiero (3525 D)
26 Apr 08 UTC
quick question
can two fleets support one another on an attack from opposite coasts?
for ex. can a fleet at finland support move norway-st. petersburg?
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fraushai (1781 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Kestas, this automatically started hours ago before the time was due
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3433

I should be grateful if you could reverse it
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Churchill (2280 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Cutting your own support... yes or no?
I this game: http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3549
France supported a move to Wal with ENG, but moved Pic-ENG. This is an odd case, but could be interesting for deception etc...
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Troutface (100 D)
25 Apr 08 UTC
Join here
90pt game Plz join
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
23 Apr 08 UTC
Convoy Lines
I think the convoy lines should go through the fleets involved, because at the moment they can generate a real mess. I know this would take quite a bit more on the coding site, but it would be a great improvement in my opinion. Examples:
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/mapstore/334/3344/13-smallmap.png
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/mapstore/301/3011/26-smallmap.png
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/mapstore/301/3011/29-smallmap.png
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menace3society (927 D)
22 Apr 08 UTC
En pointes
On the help page for points it says:
>New players get 100 points to start out with, and if a game ends and a player has less than 100 points they get their bet back.

When I got knocked out of a game recently with 0 points, I got reset to 100 even though it was only a 5pt bet. I think this is the way it is supposed to be, with 100pts or less representing a noob; otherwise you'd get a situation where people bet all but 99 of their points, and thus were guaranteed their bet back at the end of the game.

Thoughts, comments, or corrections?
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Sicarius (673 D)
24 Apr 08 UTC
press from capitalist vs. anti gam
just some press from the capitalist game. some will enjoy it
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Kent C. Tugood (483 D)
19 Apr 08 UTC
I hate to point out blatant multi-accounting...
But in this game, it's fairly obvious that TokugawaIeyasu and GavriloPrincip2 are in cahoots.
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3593

I was going to let this slide at first, but then Austria Messaged Me the following:
TokugawaIeyasu (60) as Austria (): 3 supply centers.

03:45 PM are you going to bounce me again, or go to rumania? or?

I never Bounced Austria, but I did with Turkey.
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Treefarn (6094 D)
24 Apr 08 UTC
New Game - 25 Points - PPS
Looking for 2 more players:
<a Href="http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3654">Alex Ovechkin Is Golfing Now</a>

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positron (1160 D)
24 Apr 08 UTC
Can you build on top of a Stalemated SC?
It's Fall 1901. Russia has armies at Ukraine and Moscow. Russia orders Ukraine to Warsaw and Moscow to Warsaw (to prevent Germany's Silesia to Warsaw). Can Russia build a new army at Warsaw during Fall 1901?

I should know this, but I don't.
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