aw shoot, cause I was hoping to join a live game tonight since I have some time, but alas, I have 0 .
I thought that maybe if I resigned, I would get another 100 (from the falling below 100 thing)

In some games, I see that a player has "Left"
what does that mean?

If you miss two phases, then your country falls into civil disorder. However, this is not advised. Also, you would not go back to 100 , because you are still in other games.

mmm, got it, thanks

You have 90 invested in other games, so once you are eliminated from the one game you speak of, you'll get 10 back to bring your total points back up to 100. But your available points would still be only 10.

However, if you stop showing up in a game, your country will go into civil disorder and it'll show you as having Left. But, because you technically are still in the game, you don't get your points back.

So the only way to get your 10 back is to be eliminated. But you might as well stick it to the country/countries that caused your downfall in the first place. Try to make them regret turning on you. Talk to the other countries and see how you can help them against your enemies.

don't go civil disorder though because it is looked upon as highly uncivilized and a top offense. its like slapping the queen bad. no one likes it

And you won't get the points back. You only get a refill if you are legitimately eliminated or lose. If you go CD, no points are refunded so you'll still be at zero until another game ends.

Indeed. Moral of the story: play your games to the finish.
Perhaps we should add this point to some list somewhere (is it in the FAQ?) as it comes up quite a lot.
I'm also a strong advocate of forcing new players to read the rules & FAQ pages whilst creating their accounts. It would reduce the number of repeated questions on here, make multi-ing more effort (longer signup) and hopefully help the player as well

figle: you can't force people to read anything. You could, however, require them to pass a multiple choice quiz.

oh i like this quiz.

you are austria and have Italy, Russia and Turkey all invading you. You are down to one SC. what do you do?

A) Do the hellalt and claim Italy, Russia and Turkey are all idiots that do not know how to play the game of diplomacy and should go back to playing risk.
B) Curl up in a ball and make your orders hold each time.
C) stop playing and go into civil disorder.
D) talk to turkey and ask to be used by him in any way he likes in exchange for your survival.

D, but change turkey to Italy

A cause clearly they are idiots.

if there was just a good way to search the forums, there wouldnt be as many noob questions,
I read the faqs and the rules but wasn't able to find anything, so i posted

e.g. no mention of "gunboat" in faq

also, do people play with gunboat but with global messaging? what are the pro's and con's?

@Lord,

Yes, there is a Global Communication Only setting. I'm not sure what you mean by Pros and Cons; it's just another variant.

I have never left a game, as much as I might have wanted to not play with some people even another second

@abgemacht

no, I know there is the setting, I mean, do people like gunboats more than global comm. only?
I have only joined 5-6 games so far and haven't played global comm. only yet, just curious if its popular, or what is the most popular variant

I think gunboat is the most popular variant, especially for live games. But the various maps (World IX and Ancient Med) are picking up in popularity.

@Dune - I know, I've suggested that before.
@Draug- Have you tried FoW on Oli's site? It looks like it'll really take off

Quiting is not an option. Fight.

I've got a wedding in two weeks plus the Leagues starting up. I'll probably try it later this summer when the first league games start wrapping up.