England and i (Russia) built fleets in a no fleet game- can we PLEASE REVERSE THE TURN?????

I have a question on game mechanics; I can't find an answer anywhere on the site.
If your orders are saved but not finalized, are they still executed if the deadline is reached, or does everything hold? Thanks.

Low pot game, which is newbie friendly... but no less agressive!

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5017&orderText=on

As France, I'm absolutely sure I changed my order for A(Bur)-Mun to A(Bur)-Mar before I finalised. The order history disagrees. Obviously this is terrible for my relations with Germany and therefore affects the game substantially. Is there a log of every database submission that can be checked? Or is there perhaps a bug with finalising is a changed order hasn't been re-updated?

Any of you want to do that rematch we discussed? I'm ready, just let me know if any of you are... though how about we ante up a more reasonable amount, maybe 143?

What's the proper way to deal with this? It's happened in one of my no-press games and although the press seems to have ended in 1902 or so it's still left me at a severely compromised position.

Well, here it is:
a 1001-pot WTA set up with 48-hour phases.
You need more time to tell stories...
Anyone can join, so long as they have 143 points...143 x 7 = 1001!

I've noticed massive amount of draws recently & the number seems to rise all the time. I'm especially frustrated if this thing happens to WTA games for no obvious reasons.

It seems to be a new business model & way to beat out DP-s from 3-4 victims. Whenever game reaches to the stage where 3-4 players have remained, suddenly they ask for draw, often with no good reason (no long held stalemate lines or anything) - simply the game has become more complicated than taking empty SC-s next to You or ganging up with one of Your allies to another neighbor. So, the game ends at the stage where it is about to become the most interesting - more diplomacy, more intrigues, false promises, 'unfortunate mistakes', teasing, stabbing Your former allies etc. I really don't get it.

This has brought me to conclusion that it's simply an easy way to collect points - not multiaccounting, not metagaming, not abusing the re-supply of 100 'beginners' diplomacy points, but simply starting (often medium to high buy-in) game with the clear aim of ending it with a draw if You have lasted more than 7-10 years. It doesn't give You the jackpot, but it definitely earns You a decent interest.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4758

I'm Italy, and I agree to the draw; France, Austria, and England should post their acceptance.

We agree to finish diplomacy phases in 15 minutes and retreats/builds phases in 5 minutes.

Pot - 103

i've seen many people have two territories support each other when they have nothing else to do. does this actually help? or is it the same as having each one holding by itself?

I would very much like to see a feature that allowed the turn time to be adjusted by the players after a game has started.

For example, we set up a very fast game for one hour moves and get through perhaps six years in a session and then agree to slow the game down to give people a chance to rest, work, sleep etc...

It could then be sped up again if required and so on.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4362

I agree to the draw. England, Germany and Turkey have agreed in the global forum and should confirm here shortly.

Can we vary phases according to peoples schedules?

Let's say I own st. petersburg and moscow. If I support hold moscow from st. petersburg, and do the same from moscow to st. petersburg, will this work? Like if I don't know which one they will hit, so I would be covered either way, or will these cancel eachother out?

Game name "101 pot game"

101 per person, ppsc

I think it is very important to derive a more concrete and univeral definision to apply from here on out.

In my mind there are 3 possiblities:
1. When the draw is agreed upon by all in the global tab
2. When the draw is posted and agreed upon by all in the forum
3. When Kestas puts the draw request through

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5077

Lord Moldy Butt, a faster game for newbies. 12 hour turns, PPSC

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4672

France is requesting the draw.
Germany, Italy, Russia and Turkey will confirm below.

What happens when all players go CD in a game?

The reason I ask is that there have been a lot of draw requests. What happens if players simply quit entering orders rather than nagging kestas for the draw?

In particular, those games where players are whining about the unfairness of life and want to restart the game. I'd say "You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family and phpDiplomacy opponents". Just like face-to-face diplomacy.

2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 1, PPSC, 24 hour phases, pot to be established by consensus.
Teams will be determined before game start, based on specific individual players, rather than countries. Details below.

I'm interested in setting up a team game but not sure what the fairest breakdown is. I was thinking Eng-Fra vs Ger-Ita-Aus vs Rus-Tur. To anyone who has played in team games, I'd like to hear your opinoins concerning the best set up. Two rules I would like applied are communicating with teammates only, and no alliances between teams (including blind supports). Thoughts?

I stumbled across this Wikipedia entry and thought some folks here might find it interesting. How many did you know?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Short-lived_states

Just started a new 101-pot game called 101 pot game :P

points/per supply centre

please join

From the wikipedia article 'Internet Diplomacy':

Intellectual Property

The Diplomacy game is in copyright in most of the world, and in addition, Hasbro holds a trademark in the name. None of the implementations in this article hold a license from Hasbro or from Allan Calhamer. Since Scrabulous has been removed from Facebook, there is a concern that Hasbro may pursue other unlicensed Facebook implementations of their games.



Are we infringing any copyright laws?

So I see lots of complaining and accusations going on here about multi-accounting. I was just curious if anything is ever done about it except for public accusations? Do people actually get banned? It seems like accusations fly all over the place, but the guilty keep on doing it. So is there really no recourse for those fallen victim to the multi-accounter? Or is there just so many accusations it's nearly impossible to wade through them all and take action?
On that note, does anyone notice anything suspicious about some of the players in http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=4732.

I need a person to handle a game for me while I am away. Must have a decent record for submitting orders on time.

I'm new to this site, and enjoying playing, but as I read the posts on the forum, I've come across the rather strange neologism mentioned in the Subject Line.
(more to come in a second)

I just created this game --- http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=5054 --- so I can play with two of my friends (we all just joined the site). I don't think that should be a problem if it is disclosed up front. We all want to kill each other anyway (once you play Diplomacy together, you are no longer friends). Join up ... and bring your friends.

In the game pot roast (I cannot include the URL because I cannot open the game), I get this error message when trying to open the game.

Error triggered: Invalid argument supplied for foreach().

This was probably caused by a software bug. The details of this error have been successfully logged and will be attended to by a developer.

Apparently the other players can still access the game because I have a message. I'm worried I might miss my turn. Can someone please help me with this?