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29 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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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28 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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29 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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28 Apr 08 UTC

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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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25 Apr 08 UTC

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Please Draw Game Duality

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3027

Russia

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28 Apr 08 UTC

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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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28 Apr 08 UTC

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New game, come join

New game, low bet. "Twenty Days." http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3706

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dangermouse (5551

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23 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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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23 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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27 Apr 08 UTC

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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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25 Apr 08 UTC

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Please Draw this game

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3588&msgCountry=Russia

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Tucobenedicto (100

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26 Apr 08 UTC

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Last.fm thread

Post if you got 'em.

http://www.last.fm/user/mountainmen/

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22 Apr 08 UTC

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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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26 Apr 08 UTC

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Join game Kaboobie for 25 points - PPS

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3686

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Chrispminis (916

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19 Apr 08 UTC

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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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26 Apr 08 UTC

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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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25 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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25 Apr 08 UTC

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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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25 Apr 08 UTC

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Join here

90pt game Plz join

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figlesquidge (2131

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23 Apr 08 UTC

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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

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22 Apr 08 UTC

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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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24 Apr 08 UTC

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press from capitalist vs. anti gam

just some press from the capitalist game. some will enjoy it

Sicarius (673 )
24 Apr 08 UTC

06:59 PM I am going to overthrow your centuries of hard work to establish the oppression of capitalism, and I'm going to do it by giving presents!
08:05 PM Gifts actually do fit quite well within the capitalist schema.
08:06 PM Really? Sounds like charity to me, and from what I've heard... Capitalists don't take kindly to the idea of getting things for no effort.
08:09 PM Capitalists avoid bureaucratic gift-giving machines, not acts of free will.
08:34 PM indeed, gifts, as long as they take place outside of the government, are acceptable, unless you are of the Ayn Rand strain.
08:57 PM A friend of mine is reading Atlas Shrugged and says it's amazing. I'll be borrowing it when he finishes (which may be several years from now at the pace he's moving).
09:03 PM I love Rand, but she's a little extreme for my tastes. Don't even bother reading Galt's speech.
09:21 PM I don't intend to indoctrinate myself with her philosophy, but the story just sounds awesome.
09:22 PM I take it you fellas never heard or the really really free market
09:25 PM ?
09:30 PM Sicarius, I don't understand statements like that. You could try phrasing it politely, such as, "Have you heard of the 'Really Really Free Market'?" We'd reply, "No, I've never read such a book, seen such a film, or heard such a track." You'd politely refer us to your source.

If "really really free market" is just another term you use to describe anarchism, I'm not interested.
09:36 PM I'm referring to the gift economy
09:38 PM You are making a common mistake people make when they're first introduced to Linux. When we say "free market", just like "free software", we mean "free as in freedom", not "free as in free beer".

Capitalism is the closest to a gift economy you'll ever get. It's far more practical and, more or less, embodies the same economic principles. You give people things, they give you things. In capitalism we just have general principles recognizing how people tend to exchange these gifts of labor and assets.
09:45 PM free trade is a contradiction in terms

thats why its called the really really free market

instead of what we have now, the not at all free market

the gift economy is when you give people things and odnt necessarily expect anything back
09:50 PM No, you're still screwing up your definitions. Free means freedom. It doesn't mean without cost. I am free to trade my house for a peanut in a free market.

Gift economies only work if you do receive some things back. Without receipt, you cannot survive.
09:55 PM http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070723132109840

http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/reallyreally.php

http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/

http://www.carrboro.com/reallyreallyfreemarket/

http://sbindymedia.org/story/park-ranger-makes-really-really-free-market-pack-because-giving-things-away-not-beautiful

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Really_Free_Market
09:56 PM I think you are just too ingrained with the system we have.

10:20 PM nah, I just like it better. It works. It allows for people who suck at life. You can the US is rich because our poor are fat. In most countries, being overweight is a sign of wealth.
10:22 PM except in this country where its a sign of overindulgence and greed

fwancophile (164 )
24 Apr 08 UTC

people being overweight is not a sign of wealth. that is only true some of the time.

Sicarius (673 )
24 Apr 08 UTC

Amen

menace3society (927 )
24 Apr 08 UTC

It's a sign of relative wealth. Food is (or perhaps I should say was) so amazingly cheap relative to income even homeless poor people are frequently fat. The only people who starve to death in the USA are dependents who are victims of abuse and neglect. There's so much food people don't know what to do with it all, so it gets given away in soup kitchens, throw away as scraps, or destroyed altogether. Complain all you want about how fat Americans are, but the fact that people who are poor as dirt still eat enough food to get that way says a lot about America.

The funny thing is, the world could have it so good if they let in American GM food shipments. But they don't, so instead people starve all over the world whenever there's a political crisis, drought, or famine.

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Kent C. Tugood (483

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19 Apr 08 UTC

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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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24 Apr 08 UTC

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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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24 Apr 08 UTC

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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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