Forum
A place to discuss topics/games with other webDiplomacy players.
Page 834 of 1419
FirstPreviousNextLast
zultar (4180 DMod(P))
18 Dec 11 UTC
Any graduate student/professor of Psychology on this site?
I am interested in doing a correlational study concerning the game of Diplomacy and its players. For starter, I want to correlate myers-briggs/keirsey personalities and general intelligence with game performance, chat frequency, and country preference.
If you are interested, please post here or PM me if you are concerned with your RL identity (preferred).
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
18 Dec 11 UTC
Wait, can we only participate if we're in Psychology?
zultar (4180 DMod(P))
19 Dec 11 UTC
No, I want to work with someone who are experts.
Once we put the survey together, then we'll make it available to everyone to take. I was going to email you, abge, to fully explain what I intended.
So, experts in psy or statistics, please post here or PM me.
Victorious (768 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
Can you tell me why you want to use Myers-Briggs/Keirsey instead of the far more accepted Big 5 of personality? And how do you want to measure GI? I hope not by asking people about it? And if you want to measure it with a real test, how can you be sure the person answering it is the real player?
zultar (4180 DMod(P))
19 Dec 11 UTC
I find MB/K analyses much more interesting than the Big 5. I've studied both and tested for both and found MB/K more accurate and insightful the Big 5. However, having said that, if there is a consensus here that the big 5 is more valid/reliable, that would be fine with me. I am not set on using MB/K.
I don't plan on asking people what they think their personalities/IQ are. I want to use reliable tests for personalities as well as IQ. The only thing I would ask for would be players' preference or their opinions regarding questions specific to Diplomacy or whatever we think would be interesting regarding Diplomacy.
Regarding the last question, this is where I would ask the mods for help. Once we agree to a set of tests and questions, we would compile them into a single survey sent out to the volunteers who would like to participate (which I hope would be plentiful if we sell it right and ask the right people to support).
Draugnar (0 DX)
19 Dec 11 UTC
What if we don't have an MB/K result? I've enevr taken it and don't plan to spend the money just so you can have it for a survey. IQ I could give you along with retaking it to prove it, but not MB/K.
zultar (4180 DMod(P))
19 Dec 11 UTC
Well, if I can get some people to help, we can find a free survey for you to take (we can even compile the data ourselves). We would not ask for your results; we would send the survey out ourselves and calculate them. Humans are notoriously bad at self-reporting.
uclabb (589 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
I don't know what you're talking about zultar, my IQ really is 185. And don't even get me started on penis size...
MadMarx (36299 D(G))
19 Dec 11 UTC
Here's a link to the free test I took: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Draugnar (0 DX)
20 Dec 11 UTC
Come on uclab! I know you are as smart as me (well, almost) and mine is 218...
Draugnar (0 DX)
20 Dec 11 UTC
I'll take it on my laptop tomorrow at work.
Draugnar (0 DX)
20 Dec 11 UTC
Oh, and I have a 17.5HP on the Briggs-Straton scale.
fortknox (2059 D)
20 Dec 11 UTC
I thought MBTI was no longer widely accepted in the psychology world. If true, you'll be hard pressed to find a professor willIing to help you out, zultar.
zultar (4180 DMod(P))
20 Dec 11 UTC
I am not set on using MBTI/K. If indeed the Big 5 or another measure is more widely accepted, then we can go with that.


13 replies
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
17 Dec 11 UTC
Ghost-Ratings up for November and December
As usual, they can be found on:
tournaments.webdiplomacy.net

I normally don't comment on these, but... I'll just say, look at the gap at the top of the list at your own risk...
82 replies
Open
Tettleton's Chew (0 DX)
18 Dec 11 UTC
George Will at it again. Brilliant!
In 1927, the corrupt politicians of Washington state created a monopoly of ferry rights on Lake Chelan to a company owned by cronies. Today a pair of brothers have a case challenging this monopoly and Will writes brilliantly about it. If you European and not American don't waste your time.
3 replies
Open
Putin33 (111 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
Theocratic Tyrant Vaclav Havel Dead
http://www.countercurrents.org/parenti191211.htm

9 replies
Open
Niakan (192 D)
20 Dec 11 UTC
Why are there bad players in the world?
Rant to follow:
60 replies
Open
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Dec 11 UTC
Does this site work on Blackberry?
Just curious.
18 replies
Open
Yonni (136 D(S))
20 Dec 11 UTC
24-7 gives me the tingles
Just watched the episode one of Flyers-Rangers and, man, is it ever good?
2 replies
Open
dubjamaica (0 DX)
20 Dec 11 UTC
Live Game
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=75335 5min turn JOIN
1 reply
Open
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
16 Dec 11 UTC
A Message from the Mods
1) Please join me in congratulating FK on his promotion to Admin
2) I have drafted a set of guidelines containing every possible scenario I could think of. It is being reviewed by the rest of the mod team now. Although Mods will still have autonomy, it will serve as an official reference for us, so we can do a better job at making consistent decisions.
75 replies
Open
orathaic (1009 D(B))
19 Dec 11 UTC
Predict the future of Nationalism.
It may be useful to look at the history of Nationalism...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/405644/nationalism

I suppose it is also useful to note how nations educate their young about nationalism...
10 replies
Open
Niakan (192 D)
09 Dec 11 UTC
Face-to-face Diplomacy in NYC
The website told me to write a four-line summary because my post was too big :oops: I'm organizing a Face-to-Face game in New York City, with the hopes to eventually create a "proper" F2F community! Pitch follows.
19 replies
Open
youradhere (1345 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
Simply a Replacement for Simply Diplomacy
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=74369#gamePanel

England is in good position, two builds coming. I would strongly recommend joining.
0 replies
Open
noiseunit (853 D)
17 Dec 11 UTC
How do you define metagaming?
I am curious to know a clear and definite description of metagaming and at what point does playing with friends become a violation.
39 replies
Open
Baskineli (100 D(B))
19 Dec 11 UTC
Hosting a game at my home
I want to host a game at my home with my friends, showing webdiplomacy map on TV screen and using it as move validator. Is there a way to enter orders for all of my friends, using only one user? Some sort of 'game super-user'?
8 replies
Open
Maniac (184 D(B))
17 Dec 11 UTC
Maniac Invitational for GR 200-300 Players
Any of these players or others with GR 200-300 fancy a game?
The Czech, Diplomat33, mr.crispy, Spell of Wheels, Countess Tillian, JECE, Yellowjacket, Ursa, WhiteSammy and dD_ShockTrooper

21 replies
Open
Jamiet99uk (865 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
Interrobang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang

Let's discuss‽
7 replies
Open
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
17 Dec 11 UTC
Rail Baron
Anyone else play this game?
Playing with a bunch of people now; probably the best non-war board game I've played.
17 replies
Open
Pepijn (212 D(S))
08 Dec 11 UTC
EOG - SoW Summer 2011 Game 2
48 replies
Open
Draugnar (0 DX)
17 Dec 11 UTC
Ron Paul is officially an idiot...
I just watched him tell Jay Leno he is against seatbelt laws. His argument that people have a right to do with their own body is all fine and good, but seatlbelts keep the driver behind the wheel and in better copntrol of their car, therbye protecting the lives of others. He has just proven he is an idiot that can't be put in power.
114 replies
Open
MadMarx (36299 D(G))
13 Dec 11 UTC
MadMarx ABI-VII EoG's
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=70171
56 replies
Open
johnnyw (100 D)
19 Dec 11 UTC
Fast game?
want a fun game look up fast paced game for fun
0 replies
Open
dep5greg (644 D)
18 Dec 11 UTC
Best Alliance in the Game?
What is the best alliance in the game? France-England? A western triple? Juggernaut? Austria-Russia-Turkey? what is the best one?
32 replies
Open
Baskineli (100 D(B))
18 Dec 11 UTC
Railroad Tycoon
I remember this awesome game, and the amount of time I've "burnt" on it. Is there a more modern version of it, or something close to it?
4 replies
Open
stratagos (3269 D(S))
25 Nov 11 UTC
School of War Winter 2011
Since the original thread is several hundred posts long, consider this the kickoff for SoW Winter 2011
106 replies
Open
Ernst_Brenner (782 D)
18 Dec 11 UTC
Misorders?
Anyone else experiencing odd misorders in more than one game?
4 replies
Open
redhouse1938 (429 D)
16 Dec 11 UTC
H. Kissinger's Associates
Invitation follows.
15 replies
Open
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
17 Dec 11 UTC
Everyone's Holiday Reading? (Suggestions?)
Well, it's the Holidays--sorry, it's "CHRISTMAS TIME," for all those "War on Christmas" folks--and I know we have a lot of avid readers on the site...and I just finished the two novels I had left over from my semester's worth of free reading ("The Brothers Karamazov," which was decent but 200 pages too long, and "Tess of the D'urbervilles," which was good, if not a tad anti-climactic) and I was wondering--what's everyone reading? Suggestions?
16 replies
Open
Sebass (114 D)
17 Dec 11 UTC
POST LIVE GAMES HERE
A list of new games, closer to the top of the forum
13 replies
Open
taos (281 D)
17 Dec 11 UTC
jugernaut
can someone please exlpain jugernaut
i cant really understand how it works and why it is such a strong aliance
the times i tried to do it didnt really work
the rest of the players unite against it and i cant see the advatage
14 replies
Open
SpeakerToAliens (147 D(S))
17 Dec 11 UTC
Craziest man in the world!
I just had to share this. It's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQc7VRJowk&sns=fb
His comment "Well, I came extremely close on that one!" is somewhat of an understatement.
8 replies
Open
Page 834 of 1419
FirstPreviousNextLast
Back to top