Still a bit of a newbie and coming to terms with some of the subtleties of some of the manouvres so could you confirm what happens in the following situations (all help appreciated):

(1) Can an army bounce someone out of a territory even if it's attacked itself?

Burgundy MOVE Marseille
Munich MOVE Burgundy
Piedmont MOVE Marseille

By my calculation Burgundy army cannot bounce an army out of Marseille as it's too busy defending itself from attack from Munich - however am sure this ended up as a stalemate during a recent turn and nobody could move. This seems a little odd in that the Burgundy army can prevent 2 other units from moving at the same time.

(2) Can you 'support hold' a unit that is ordered to move? (in case the move is not effective)

French orders:
Paris support hold Burgundy
Burgundy move Munich

German orders:
Munich move Burgundy
Ruhr support move Burgundy from Munich

So does Burgundy hold or is the army dislodged?

I'm sure this has been answered a thousand times before but can someone explain a part of the points allocation to me please.

I've just come back after being away and this is a new feature. I've entered a few games so obviously my points went down. . .but after making a few moves they seem to have gone up again. Can you gain points during the game as well as at the end of it?

Thanks.

New game, guys. It's called Roads to Moscow (great song, by the way), and the ante's 30.

Also, I want to apologize to anyone who was in the game with me that I abandoned (can't remember the name, sorry). I had a lot of crap going on and I guess I straight up forgot to check... Anyway, good to be back playing my favorite game!

Happy new years, everyone.

I've let this go too far, and I have to say something... In the game "sweetness" (http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2372), Russia is "faceplantmoses" and Turkey is "ethonen627." These two are actually brothers in real life. This is what Turkey (ethonen627) said to me:

10 Dec 07 Once I can take Greece, I can help you take Trieste. (him)
10 Dec 07 ok, i heard you were going against the czar with austria. good luck... (me)
10 Dec 07 The Czar is my brother. So Austria lies. If your fleet in the Ionian could support my fleet at Smyrna into the Aegean, I could possibly get back into the game. I keep messing up cause it's my first game. (him)

and then this is what the czar (faceplantmoses) said to me to confirm:

Sat 15 Dec my alliance with him is pretty strong, i am not going to lie... but if you can promise me that if i help you against him that there will be something in it for me, i might be persuaded to join you. also, what do you plan to do in the land of the kaiser??? (me)
Sat 15 Dec btw, is the sultan really your brother? (me)
Sun 16 Dec yeah, that's true (him)

if you take a look at the map, turkey has control of sevestapol, and russia is doing nothing about it. also, austria is wide open for turkey to take, and yet he also does nothing... this is so low and ridiculous to me that i have to say something. kestas, can you do something about this at all, please? like possibly a ban?

All players involved in the Game East (http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2378&msgmembershipid=13817) request a draw.

hey guys! I'm sure this has been asked in the forum before (however I am unable to figure out how to search the archives so I'll ask it again).

I recently had my army at Belgium move to English Sea by convoy, the Fleet in English Sea convoy from Belgium to London, and the Fleet in Wales support move English Sea to London (I couldn't tell it to support move from Belgium to London). It said the unit it was giving support to couldn't accept it.

How should I have wrote this order for it to work? From what I understand of the game I should have been able to do this... in the end my move failed because the convoy wasn't supported. Any help would be appreciated.

The Spanish vol3
I would like that top 100 players join this game.
The pot is 90

Hey all, i'm working on my first game and I have a couple simple questions that I don't see answered in the FAQ:

1. What are the criteria for a country to be put up for username transfer? Is it a choice where you can say "I want out of this game, can someone take my spot?" or is it based on inactivity?

2. Exactly how do the turn phases work? Is it 24 hours per season, or 24 hours to make orders then 24 hours to figure out retreats etc? If one player does not log in during the alloted turn phase do there armies all "hold" and the game proceeds without them?

3. With placing moves, if you have put in commands but not clicked the "finalize" button yet, will they be executed when the turn is up or will the game consider you to have just not put in orders at all and hold all your units?

4. What does the (x) with a red X mean after players names in a game?

Anyway i think thats all of my newbie questions so far, thanks for the help :)

differentiation between Germany and Russia lousy? I really have to stare at the map sometimes to tell.
Maps should be easy to read. :)

Whats your favorite phpDiplomacy moment of 2007?

Did you pull off a brilliant stab that you tried to tell all your non Dip friends about and they looked at you like you were nuts?

Did you vote 5 times in a row for Bismark to be the best historical diplomacy player, or vandalize Khan's wikipedia article to say that he was? (Ok, so maybe this should be listed under worst of 07)

Or was your favorite Dip moment a particularly compelling argument you or another player made in game?

My favorite moment came when I logged in to see the following message from Signalseven:

"Support me from Budapest to Trieste or I'll slit your eyelids open sideways." (As a side note, I did support him and eventually he won the game. Who says violence isn't the answer?)

So whats YOUR favorite phpDip moment from 2007?

Karazan Autumn 1912, Diplomacy seems to be stalled.

Can I just say how happy I am that this game went into CD. Looking around at the top of the list I found this absolute gem of a game... Go England! All the way!

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2473

hey all-

i just wanted to be the first one to post a thread this year. i feel sooooo special now! :-p

The four remaining players in The Big Leagues request a draw.
Thanks Kestas!

Join my new 5 point game.

Name : Easy 5 point game

game ID 2611

game name: squirrel

password: nuts


This is a cheapie but it will also be unusual - fancy a try?

Not for beginners...

The Pit is opened, 120 points, please join and fight to death in The Pit, ID: 2623

how do i retrieve my password. i cant remember it anymore???

A very simple thread- just to wish you all happy new year and a good one full of memorable backstabs and victories...

wombat

I would like to start a discussion the life and works of this great man, especially 'the Prince'. Anyone who has absolutely ANYTHING yo say at all pls say it, and dont forget to quote the chapters. Thanks very much and enjoy!

i believe this topic has come up lately. there is some dispute on whether or not the rules adjudicator here properly judges supports, if i am not mistaken?

for example, you have two nations opposing one another in the med. one has fleets in tunis, ionian, rome & naples. the other has fleets in north africa, tyrrenhian & western med. one nation stages an attack on tunis with north africa & western med. tunis is defended with ionian. rome & naples take the tyrrenhian.

what, in your opinion, should happen? is tunis taken, or defended?

does the support for tunis hold because the supporting unit was not dislodged, or does the support fall because it was attacked? was the attack on tyrrenhian called off because the attacking unit displaced, or is this irrelevant?

please stop following game:

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2551

http://666kb.com/i/auuf4tdjfx7mdcixp.png

It is really a shame that (a) high ranked player(s) participate in a game, where obviously cheating is going on.

If you ever see a game, where obviously cheating is going on, don't join it, don't finalize moves and report it to the admin.

gid=2449

# EnigmaMV (65) as France (Finalized): 5 units
Last logged in: 06:15 AM
# poweron (95) as Italy (Finalized): 5 units
Last logged in: 06:14 AM
# Satao (90) as Germany (Finalized): 8 units
Last logged in: 06:13 AM

Plus 4 new accounts opened Wednesday, 11 am.

Seriously though, what enjoyment do these people get from playing multiple accounts? Do they suck THAT bad at the game that this is the only way they can be remotely competitive?

At least in the other game he's playing solo, running all 7 countries.

I opened a new little-roller game...game name is '50-point game'.
All those little rollers, please join.
No smarties or newbies though...

about when joining a game, before the game even starts, and you send out messages, and people just overlook them?

i put in 50 points for a game & was able to get one response from another player. i feel like, this is bogus, i want my points back!

New Years Eve (my birthday!) is approaching, ladies and gents, so what do we want a s a resolution/wish list for next year?

Me:

1. Some kind of policy against cheaters. It don't hink that they should be banned immediately the first time, but there has to be SOMETHING done. I think that they should have to be docked down to 50 points the first time and lose a rank, the second time down to 10 and go back to being a
"political puppet", and then they should be banned. But that's just me.

2. Official Monthly Voting Threads, kind of like a Congress. We could either all go, or elect representatives, or maybe you'd need a certain quality (number of games, number of hours, number of points, wins, rank, etc.). That way, maybe we could adress these issues better, and come up with coordinated ideas more often. Notice of date of meeting would also be nice. Kinda leads to my next idea.........

3. MORE TOUNAMENTS! The First Grand Diplomacy Tournament was fun for me (though I was bounced VERY quickly- I was poor Austria next to Rait in Turkey!), so let's try to have more.

4. 1 annual playoff-style tourney where EVERYONE plays. That one's a bit ambitious, and maybe not fully fleshed out, but a an annual title game and playoffs would be fun, I think. Maybe someone can refine this idea a bit.......

Shalom, mein khavers, and Happy New Year- and Birthday!

Quote from the 'help' page:
Hall of fame
The pros of phpDiplomacy, the top 100

Now check the ranking of the player last on the page...

Bet of 100 at http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2614 join if you dare.

If I have two fleets surrounding a territory, and one convoys an army to that territory, can the other fleets support that move? I tried that, and I think it was interpreted as supporting the fleet moving in. I took that chance, but to my dismay, it did not go through, and the order was taken as a support for a move that did not happen. Any way to resolve this?

bet is 23. We need one more.