Messages - vDiplomacy

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13 Dec 21 UTC	Spring, 1901: Greetings
14 Dec 21 UTC	Spring, 1902: I see that you've played this variant many times before. I can't recall if I have, but if so, it would have been a long time ago. I suspect you'll have the advantage of me here...
14 Dec 21 UTC	Autumn, 1902: Hi, Maybe you're right, but your rating is a lot higher than mine... I don't think my advantage is so big here, even if the stats show that Germany has a bit higher winning chances in this map.
14 Dec 21 UTC	Autumn, 1902: There are plenty of players that specialise in the 1v1's and are very good at those - sometimes specialising in just one or two variants, and these don't bring high ratings. My high ratings come through the larger games and where I am adept to swinging people to my way of thinking. There is no room for diplomacy in a 1v1. Its just a puzzle piece with an an ideal formula :-)
16 Dec 21 UTC	Autumn, 1903: I think you basically won now :)
16 Dec 21 UTC	Autumn, 1904: I went back and studied your moves in several of these games on this variant, as both Italy and Germany - looking at what worked and what didn't and what your responses were in different scenarios. I thought that I could predict your moves based on past games.
16 Dec 21 UTC	Autumn, 1904: Your opening 4 or 5 turns in this game were identical to another that you played as Germany.
16 Dec 21 UTC	Well, as you can see, I played this map many times but I'm still a beginner that cannot handle complicated tactical positions.
16 Dec 21 UTC	I hope I'll get better soon. I guess the only way to get better in 1v1 diplomacy is to play the map more, or to play 1v1 maps in general.
17 Dec 21 UTC	I usually don't play these games because there is an optimal formula for them and I prefer the variability of multi-game play. For this game, as I mentioned before I just went and studied you in a couple of games where you won as Germany and also where you won as Italy. After about turn 4 or 5, where you moves diverged from past games, I could see patterns though, where you tend to be more or less aggressive. But don't you prefer games where you can enjoy the unpredictability of multi players?
17 Dec 21 UTC	Nonetheless, thank you for this game :-)