Pot 150. For high-level players with an intelligence of PhD ;)

I was just able to have a fleet retreat from Norway. What gives?

I mean, I like it, but...

Hi. I just tough about something. When I first came into the website, I enjoyed so much playing that I joined all civil disorder I was able, not knowing about the "points". I lost mostly all of them, since it was like one army or one fleet lef. My point is, if it would cost nothing to join a civil disorder, 1) it would reduce by a good amount the number because of guy like me and 2) it would not discourage someone to join because he has nearly no chance of making something out of a very bad position. So how about removing the costly points out of a civil disorder? Because you know, I've been advantage in one of my game because the guy next to me was in civil disorder, so I simply eat him and it was a big advantage, so if the civil disorder would have been replaced fast, it would have been a normal game. What do you think?!?

I tried moving an army into an unoccupied space, but it didn't get in. The gamemaster feed said there was a stalemate, yet an opponent's army did gain control of the space that turn.

Folk,

A stalemate happens always when two or more units are trying to move into a same territory and none succeeds, or it occurs always when at least of one can't move? I say, if A supported by B is trying to move into C and D is also trying to move into C, so A move into C and D doesn't move. In this case, has occured a stalemate for D?

Thanks

Does anyone else get annoyed that they cannot take over Sardinia or Crete in terms of color? They always remain orange. Maybe i'm just being OCD but I like a continium of color in my lands.

this should have a quick answer: if army A is invading army C with support from army B:

A > C
B support A > C

can C stop the invasion by guessing right and attacking the support (in this case B) because then A would be attacking on it's own and C would still be in it's original country because it could not invade B.

or is there some sort of over-ride that stops C from being able to essentially fight twice?

if i move constantinople - bulgaria on which coast do i end up

Apologies if I'm asking a noob question that's already been asked before, but how exactly does giving support to a convoyed unit work in phpDiplomacy? If, in the hypothetical case, I wanted to convoy A(Yor) to Norway using F(NTH), and to lend support to that convoyed army with F(NWG), what order would I issue F(NWG)?

Perhaps it was asked some time ago, but is it possible to convoy an army of another player with your own fleet?

If so, woohoo! If not, Iiiiiii'm a doofus.

Why not just charge a point penalty for not finishing the game?

This seems like a better solution than trying to give points for second place. Just reading this forum and judging by the number of civil disorder games there are to join this seems to be a common problem.

I know that this may be a stupid question, but I am curious. Can Spain be occupied on both its North and South Coasts?

Pledge of the fallen:
To make the game more enjoyable for those who have outplayed me I pledge
1. Not to ever go CD without serious RL reasons.
2. If I lose hope and want to get out, I let the others know and make sensible moves as fast as possible.
3. If I have no place to retreat, I disband as fast as I can.
4. If I have to disband in a build turn and it is obvious, I do it as fast as possible.
Let us play!

I've noticed that when a new game is one player short, the country that is placed into civil disorder is always Italy. If there are only five players, it is always Italy and Germany.
While it isn't really a problem, it would be great if the next update changed this so that the country placed in civil disorder is chosen randomly.

sorry to flood with rules questions but this is basic, but i am not clear on it. i have a unit that is supporting another unit's move. my opponent moves a unit into the territory that is supporting the move, cutting the movement. if i move a different unit into my opponent's territory, from which they are cutting my support, does that cut their ability to cut my support, thus, my original support will stand?

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=1761
need 3 more to start, put your 45D points into the pot.. looks like some pretty strong players already in..

I won't accuse in public this early, but I suspect that two players are a multilog. In two games these players are Austria and Italy and in both these games they are cooperating, having never attacked each other, with Italy staying in Venice longer than seems sensible, while Austria is open to attack.

They have one other game where they're not near each other. One of the players has several games without the other; the second has one or two without the first. Thus this could just be coincidence and good strategy.

Is there an appropriate place to ask someone to check IPs?

I've downloaded phpdiplomacy from this site
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdiplomacy
phpDiplomacy version 0.75 but it's different from this one...
you can't unfinalize, there arent points associated to players and so on...
where can i find this version if it's possible? thank you!

Folk, look this game:
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=1626

I'm Austria and I tried to move to Ionian Sea to make my own fleet have to retreat. But France tried at the same time move there. So, there was a stalemate, so nobody moved. Is it right? There isn't any problem with an stalemate in a territory occupied by a flee?

I'm a green hand. :(
I'm England in a game at the very beginning.( to move spring 1901)
I'm talking with France about go against Germany together.
I'm asking France to support my army to Bel in 1901.
France agreed but he prefers me taking Bel with my Nth fleet instead of my army.
France said it's better for a fleet to take Bel to fight against Germany.
We agreed on an Empty English Channel.
Germany has read my letter inviting him join E/G against France but no response to it till now.

I believe an army at Bel is better for us to fight against G. At least I could give support to the french army into G territory. But I'm not very clear about that. I fear F/G are planning a trick against me.

Could you help me, what should I do? Thank you in advance!

so i had a fleet in kiel and an army in danemark. I wanted to flip their positions to fleet in danemark and arny in kiel. My fleet moved into danemark fine but on the retreat turn i had to disband my army. Its no big deal because its autumn so i get to build it right back but is this the much noted phenomena of defeating your own unit. It was definitely weird i could not retreat as well

Kestas - I got some wierd message (sorry I didn't write it down), when my RL friend came over and signed in using my computer. I'm really hoping this isn't the anti meta gaming code kicking in. We are definately two different people. I've asked him not to sign in again at my house just in case. Thanks - James

I have a question. If two units from two different guys must retreat in one turn, and both have only one place to go. Who wins the retreat? Are they both disband?

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=1617&orders=on#orders

why cannot i retreat?

Sent from: The Mahatma Sent: Fri 08 PM
I agree it is very frustrating. I joined the open game "Freedom?" after looking into the other players' history and finding no red flags. My impression was that Gissett was an established/solid player. As it turned out, he is a solid player, but he is also a cheater.

That game taught me the lesson once again of only playing password protected games. If James or any other honest player wants a game without having to put up with that bs or without being at risk of that bs, I suggest you recruit players on the Forum. I would be happy to verify based on my own knowledge whether the prospective players are straight-up, and perhaps others would be willing to vouch as well.

I only suggest this because there is a clear reluctance to create an actual list of trustworthy players.

TheMahatma said this in the thread "cheating". i said i would make a list of trustworthy players. anyway, i can't do it alone, so...


everyone who thinks they're trustworthy and wants to play in pasworded games, post your name on this thread. then other players can say whether they trust you or not. we can then invite only players who are, by common consent, trustworthy. hopefully this will help with the multi-accounters and stop complaints on the forum.

In the past there used to be emails sent out for various events. I believe it was removed to reduce server load, but i was wondering if it would be possible to implement mails reminding people if they miss phases. Such emails would only be sent a maximum of once a day, and as responses to the emails before, so when possible they will stack together and not fill the visible section of a users inbox.
Script-wise this is not hard to do, but I wasn't if mails were still out of the question...

On the game "Full Metal Diplomacy" I am France and I control 4 SCs but it is only giving me 3 units. Why is this?

In home games I play, one strategy i've used is to "accidently" give a wrong move order, leaving me in a better position but making it look like it was a clumsy mistake. It provided another level of deception that we can't really achieve here. It's nice to not actually be able to make mistakes like that, but it would be nice to have the option. I'm not sure if this would be hard to implement, but it seems doable to me (this from someone completely ignorant on programing)

This phrase has no sense? :
"the bet has to be at more than 5 ?"

The bet is either too big or too small; the bet has to be at more than 5 and less than 4 (the number of points you have).