I'm going to say not really, not to any significant level

I get the feeling that anyone who plays dip already uses those skills in real life (possibly without realising it). And, even if they didn't, they'd have these skills, anyhow. So, more than giving you a new skillset, dip helps you to hone what you've got. (If that makes any sense)

I'd have to say definitely less. I find myself considering others motives and reasoning much more than I did in the past and considering my own words much more carefully.

I have learned that you can't accomplish much in life without friends, but then again you have to make sure you profit more from the friendship than the other party

Less passive and more aggressive when it comes to getting what I want.

Jacob, who was a top ten player here, found that when he became a car salesman, he broke every record for sales counts largely because of his communication skills.

i'm now afraid when i see a russian person talking to a turk in public. jugger!!!!

ahahha good one DJEcc24
What I have learned from diplomacy in real life is to manipulate people.

there is no "real life"

or whatever you said it was called

To be good on this game you need to have the capacity, from time to time, to go back to the board, take a good look at it, see how you are doing and what can improve the situation, and then start writing.

Very few other places give you so much second chances and ability to see the big picture when dealing with people.

I wouldn't call it wisdom, but a certain maturity and perspective is required, and this is a good place to learn. It's still only a game after all, no matter how serious we take it :P

Well spoken, Ivo_ivanov.

I don't think I could become more cynical than I already was, so no.

Now I think there are some people on this site who live life the way they play Diplomacy, I'm not gonna name names, but he goes to a school that rhymes with Shmarvard.

I hope my skills at this game aren't reflected in real-life. Just look at my stats!

@Ivo: I think that what you said applies more to playing online than in FTF games.

If i had to pick one thing that Diplomacy has taught me it would be:

You should always ask.

don't burn bridges unless you are prepared to raze the whole town on the other side.

I'm not sure the experience you get from Diplomacy has many real world applications. Almost everyone I've played here have acted in a far more honest, straightforward and friendly way than the sly and deceitful backstabbing bastards one finds in one's family, for example.

I have learned the value of showing up at work at least once every 36 hours.

I rarely use facebook or any other forum type interface to communicate with people I don't know in real life, so most of what I know about the rest of the world has been gathered from this site. Here is what I have learnt...

Most americans lie; most europeans lie; most men lie; most women lie; most people who like poetry lie; all the people who like philosophy lie; the vast majority of teenagers lie; most 18+ people lie; a few people lie in stereo whilst claiming to be mono-accounters; some people can't restrict their lying to one game and have to involve other lies in other games at the same time.

I've also found that dispite their lying, some people on here are OK - Ghost; Thucy; etc and some aren't.

Tactful... Not listing any of the "aren't OK" people that is, Maniac. +1

and draugnar's OK too (when on his meds)

LOL :D

Actually O don't think I expressed myself very well before, so I'll try again.

When the game is long and the sight, of vic-tory is yours,
When you're sure you'll get the win this time, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody lies, and everybody stabs sometimes

Sometimes it seems so wrong. (Now it's time to sing along)
When your game is tight again, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like lashing out, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this game, well hang on

’Cos everybody lies. And say that they’re your friends
Everybody lies. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this game, the stabs come think and fast,
When you think you've had too much of this game to hang on

Well, everybody lies sometimes,
Everybody lies. And everybody stabs sometimes
And everybody lies sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
’Cos you can wreak your revenge, hold on, hold on
Everybody lies. You are not alone

You know you've made it in life when you head a list of "people who are OK" on a web forum.

:P

The real life, is that where we play but the people aren't hidden behind a computer screen?

Or is this real? A game like all others where the 'fun' bit is stimulating your brain to do it's job - ie make decisions about a simulated world. So it's a safer way to try things out than doing it for 'real' - or not play...

There is some cool stuff about play online - ie the state of mind that we get into... it is something you can see in animals, and a vital part of development/learning.

I think humans learn even in adulthood, most brain development is done by the end of adolescence but unlike many other mamals we continue to learn and play.

Not sure how much Dip relates to 'real life'...
I would think we all use the same skills in both but may use them in different ways.