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Guaroz (2030 D (B))
30 Aug 14 UTC
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BENCHMARK GB TOURNAMENT
Hi all, I’d like to check if there's some interest for this 20-players Tournament idea.
In case we got a few people less or many people more, I could change within a few days the structure to adapt it to the new number, but the ideal number would be 20. More to follow.
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Tomahaha (1170 D)
20 May 15 UTC
I demand an apology
I was accused of lying about my mother being on her deathbed!
That demands an apology!
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Mapu (2086 D (B))
19 May 15 UTC
Rules/etiquette question
Anon full press game. I think I know who another player is. Is it cheating to warn a third player about this person based on their moves in the current game and past reputation?
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Anon (?? D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
King of Gunboat
Anonymous, WTA, Gunboat, 400pt buy-in, Day and a half long phases. gameID=22411 No riff raff.
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Zach0805 (811 D)
18 May 15 UTC
Imperial
Imperialism!
Pick Countries
gameID=23226
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Mapu (2086 D (B))
09 Apr 15 UTC
Google Translate Game
I'm proposing a new game... details inside
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kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
09 May 15 UTC
The Reconquista circa 1030? A diplomacy variant
I was just reading about the Spanish inquisition and it occured to me that an interesting time period would be the Spanish reconquista. After a google search I found this map:
http://www.kupax.com/rewrite.php?rewrite-url=files/16932_3ebc0/Reconquista.gif
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Valis2501 (985 D)
20 Jan 15 UTC
5-game GB Series
15 D each. Random countries. Classic map. WTA. Anon. No messaging.
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bobafro (1080 D)
04 May 15 UTC
Live WW2 Variant
Hey folks, if anyone fancies a quick game feel free to join.

http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=23098
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Anon (?? D)
27 Apr 15 UTC
Competitive Gobble earth game
For those interested in a competitive game ask me for the password
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=23045
I am sitting this one out.
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TheatreVarus (874 D)
19 Apr 15 UTC
Potential Fix for Convoy Orders
Is there a way to fix convoy orders to where there is a set of blue lines leading from the convoyed armies' location, to each of the convoying fleets, to the end location, rather than a red move order directly to the destination with connecting blue lines from the fleets
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diatarn_iv (1458 D)
16 Apr 15 UTC
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Country assignment
I do not know how many of you played on the "diplomacy judges" of old...

But I was wondering if someone might be interested in introducing the semi-random country assignment that they used, and whether it's doable from the point of view of the code.
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
15 Apr 15 UTC
Good neighbors (neighbours) variant idea
Hi everyone

I'd like to get people's views on this suggested variant idea...
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Dr. Rec's Tournament Sideshow
Open to all, details to follow
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Decima Legio (1987 D)
14 Mar 15 UTC
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Negotiation? What's that?
It’s been more than one year since I played my last full-press game.
Well… I want to start another one in order to check if all those gunboats made me forget how to play diplomacy.
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Unmuddler (876 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
Confused
I played as the trolls (Light Green, upper-left corner of the map). Why didn't my fleet bounce the Pirates from the High Seas (Autumn, 1)?

Am I misunderstanding something?
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
27 Feb 15 UTC
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Extreme Personalities: 2015 edition
You know the drill, scroll down...
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
27 Feb 15 UTC
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G-Man and I were shooting the breeze the other day and we both talked about bringing an Extreme Personalities game back to VDip.

For those of you newer folk I’ll explain this variant inside a variant.

It’s for entertainment purposes only (we usually battle it out for a massive 1 or 2 VDip points) and it’s a shitload of fun!

Simplistically you’re playing to entertain others with whacky public dialogue based on the type of character you’re playing.

Based on previous games there’s 28 extreme personalities available, but I’m open to adding more. A games master will randomly choose (using https://www.random.org/integers/ or similar) 3 of the possible 28 personality types. They will then PM you the 3 and you choose which of the 3 you’d prefer to play.

All dialogue is public press. And as you can see from the personality types sometimes they’re not necessarily in it to win it. Usually the game concludes in a draw with still a fair number of players in the game. Here are the current 28 personalities based on previous recommendations from VDip players:

1. Wanna-rule-the-world dictator.
2. Believes non-existent players are about to attack him and others
3. Trying to seize a totally obscure part of the board without regard to normal gameplay
4. You think you're a major religious figure - Jesus/Buddha/Mohammad/your own cult etc
5. You think you're the megalomaniac historical figure of the country you represent - Hitler, Napoleon, insert name of relevant crazy person who's run that country before (Killer, Diplomat and Drano both supported in the forum. Discussion on if we draw that, should one be forced to fight like that person too? I mean it's all fine and dandy if someone's pretending to be Hitler, but if they then make an alliance with France, where's the "crazy" part you know? So Hitler would attempt form an A/I/G alliance (or attempt to) etc)
6. You think you're a famous entertainer - you pick who it could be, past or present eg Elvis, Lady Gaga, member of the Village People, etc (suggested that you could be the whole group of the Village People, etc)
7. Vendetta - Make up a reason to hate a particular country and weave it into a story. Try to get the rest of the board to help you gain your objective. Kinda goes with the fixated on a specific part of the map idea.
8. Paranoid - This person doesn't really trust anyone and will stab/protect from stabs that either don't exist, or wouldn't make sense to go through with because everyone's "out to get them".(Note: previous players doing this role have on occasion been very quiet. Try to avoid this as they just seem very insular and traditionally get eliminated early with this tact.)
9. Extremist group - Your crazy extremist group has grabbed control of the government. Think Westboro Baptist Church if you're a christian nation, or Al Qaeda if you're Turkey. Or it could be as silly as PETA or Greenpeace seizing a nation's leaders
10. Self-loather: The character actually hates his country/loves another country more eg he's English but wants to be French: he emulates another player, their culture etc and does everything he can to support that country. How does he deal with a stab? Who knows? That's the fun part of being crazy.
11. Grossly incompetent character who always f^cks up. Basically you'd put in your orders the way you planned, but would then have to deliberately go back and screw up one of the orders. eg

France (the f^ck up) wants to:

A Marseilles -> Spain
A Paris -> Burgandy
F Brest -> MAO

Has to (randomly?) screw up an order so F Brest->Picardy instead of moving to EC. Basically you have to choose the stupidest move possible (maybe there's a stupier move than that as you could easily pick up Belgium that way, perhaps he just holds?) Again, based on previous gameplay, players who tend to be quiet who have drawn/selected this, tend to do badly. Recommend exaggerated over-acting about WTF just happened/obviously the whole of VDip is broken etc.
12. The bully - someone who feels he's bigger/ stronger then he really is, boasts and make more aggressive only moves. Again, play this one delicately, as no one really likes a bully… unless you’re a totally over the top bully!
13. The pacifist - doesn't start any wars, but fights whoever hits him first (I think this could work, but its not really crazy as such)
14. A person who just randomly supports others with no indications of alliances or trade offs, that will at least keep the game moving (discussion on two personalities: always lies and always tells the truth. But as this may get picked up on relatively quickly, another alternative would be the overly helpful character - overly pleasing & help others out all the time even if it makes no sense eg let's say France has a fleet in Belgium & helps out England by supporting an attack from NTS to German holland while a French fleet in EC supports a german fleet in Denmark attacking NTS. This could be a good character for those with a strong background in hardcore Dip, but may be lost on others
15. Mr. Prissy – although no game-changing crazy like the others. Unless we stipulate that "mr. prissy" must ALWAYS be guided by the person who is loudest and most intimidating towards them (thereby making mr. prissy feel scared and afraid of that person), it shouldn't be a personality.
16. Giver-upper - immediately when he loses an SC, he abandons the front and moves on.
17. Color Man - a person who would rather spend moves coloring territories their color rather than capturing SC's, obsesses over "neutral" non-SC territories, such as North Africa, Syria, Finland, Bohemia, Clyde, etc. if we were to do 1897
18. Pirate Pete - Swears all the time, builds at least 1 fleet when he can during the builds phase (or avoids armies all together!) doesn’t move to any inland SCs or territories: must stay on the coast. Tends to raid coastal SC’s and sees no issues moving on,
19. Military Man - Will build armies no matter what (sorry England), speaks in clipped military like tones and behaves like he’s in the army
20. Moocher - Will build alliances based on food, not by different deals which are being made (eg France allying with Italy or England for a fine dinner or a tea break with French bread.
21. Nuke Inventor - Will always try to convince his allies that he will develop nukes in the near future. He constantly keeps explaining what his scientists are doing and the physics of a nuclear weapon.
22. The Horse Trader - basically bandied together & strikes deals to swap territories with players
23. Barking mad - you take on the persona of an animal. You can still speak human language but you take everything from your chosen animal perspective. Open to discussion if you can swap & change animals during the game. Alternatively you could only speak in your species' native tongue eg you bark, woof & pee everywhere the whole game. Could be interesting in diplomatic conversations
24. The Mirror - in 1901 you behave totally rationally like normal Dip player, then in 1902 (grab a dice or do some kind of random allocation of the other 6 players) and then act like & take on the same traits as what you believe that randomly selected player is. 1903 rolls by, see who you'll randomly be next turn. This way you have to do your best to imitate the style/personality you think that player has.
25. Irrational lover/hater - randomly select a player in 1901 & go to war with them with full bravado (even if you're England & you just drew turkey) then in 1902 randomly go to war with another player while sucking up to the guy you just attacked the previous turn, making peace with rainbows and unicorns. Serious craziness if you get the same player back to back with messages swapping between love & hate
26. The Revolutionary - speaks in nothing but propaganda and rants about "liberating" the oppressed masses
27. Captain Convoy - tries organizing the most complex multi-national convoys the world has ever seen, delivering countries' armies to the furthest possible destination just because they can!
28. The straight faced liar - nothing he ever says is true (to be honest sounds like a few players around here!)


I’ve added a few more I think could work that haven’t been included in the past:
29. The “Play it like a gentleman” guy – This is the kind of character that will chivalrously challenge you to a duel. Won’t attack players without officially declaring war a full turn beforehand. After all, anything else is not what a gentleman should do. Tally-ho!
30. The Emissary – I’ve seen someone actually take on this role without knowing it in a previous EP game. Basically you’re the conduit between your rule (eg the Sultan) and other rulers. You need to represent your leader appropriately, and exhault them, but maybe sometimes you lament how they’re not taking your advice etc. You can do a fair amount with this character.

I’m opening this up now to other players to make further suggestions. Suggested character types that get a lot of support will be added to the list (or I think would work.) Likewise if any of the 28 original characters you think should be removed let me know too and I’ll consider.

I’ll then be looking to start the game in 4-6 weeks. That should give plenty of time for:

1. Sorting out the final list of extreme personality types
2. Getting enough dedicated players
3. Giving them (and me!) the opportunity to get some games off their radar.

Important note: Extreme Personality games take up a LOT of time. You know what your personal limit is on how many games you can play simultaneously. I’d recommend you reduce that by at least a third before the EP game starts as there is a shitload of public press pretty much the whole game and you’ll need the time to read it.

Ok, over to you guys now!

PS We also need a game master to allocate roles. Generally works best if they're not playing, but if push came to shove I guess we could have a player-game master do it.
PPS the variant we play generally is determined once we know numbers and we agree that it would lend itself to the EP nature of gameplay.
Battalion (2386 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
I don't have the time to play myself, but happy to be GM, especially if it allows me to chime in with random commentary.
Thanks Battalion, much appreciated!

To be honest I've never checked if players outside any game can post messages in public press. Maybe others know?
Hypoguy (1613 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
This is awesome! I'm in!
I'll recommend for the game to be played in a simple variant with not too many players. Preferably the standard diplomacy game. Just to limit the amount of time it costs to play this.
And can we have a 2-day phase?
Battalion (2386 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
I thought GM might. Never mind.
I'll do it on a zero point unrated game, but I don't want it affecting my vPoints.
G-Man (2466 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
We did Known World 901 last time (15 players) and I didn't find it overwhelming at all. It was nice to have a variety of characters and, as always, people get eliminated as you go. I thought that was a good size for the game overall. I'll also vote for 2-day phases.
Cool with zero point unrated game and 2 day phases,
Sendric (2060 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
YCHTT should have to do Jack Nicholson.
KingCyrus (1258 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
I am absolutely in!!!

I have a suggestion. The Grammar Nazi. Always corrects people's grammar, and only attacks rule breakers.
Petyr Baelish (900 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
I'm in, always up for role-play :)
Titus (1572 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
Hey, i am up for trying this, count me in!
KingCyrus - love that suggestion!

Petyr Baelish's throwing his hat in the ring, got me thinking. Extreme Personality 6 (famous entertainer) could either be expanded to also include a relatively well known TV/Movie character (so Petyr Baelish could play as Petyr Baelish), or we just add that in as another personality type. Thoughts?

Ok so far we have "I'm in"s from:

Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish

Cut and paste the list and add your name to the bottom if you want to play.
ccga4 (1609 D)
27 Feb 15 UTC
Ok so far we have "I'm in"s from:

Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
ccga4

Cut and paste the list and add your name to the bottom if you want to play.
Valis2501 (985 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
ccga4
Valis2501
Titus (1572 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
Titus

Cut and paste the list and add your name to the bottom if you want to play.
G-Man (2466 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
I'd like to add a personality type:

Mr. Innapropriate - Has trouble keeping a straight line of thought without falling off tangent into something that is inappropriate or whacky and far removed from whatever was originally being discussed. I.e., this does not have to be vulgar, crude, or sexual (and if it is, shouldn't be so offensive as to really piss people off or make them feel like throwing up).
Love Mr Inappropriate G-Man!

Current list is:

Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
ccga4
Valis2501
Titus
G-Man (2466 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Characters we might think about eliminating or refining:

Always Believes Non-Existant Players Are Going to Attack Him - Should be a key component of Paranoid
Mr. Prissy - Already have the more developed Giver-Upper and Pacifist
The Moocher - Already have the more developed Horse Trader
Barking Mad - Might be too limited to contribute adequately
The Mirror - Already have the more refined Irrational Lover-Hater
Captainmeme (1400 D Mod (B))
28 Feb 15 UTC
In :)
I'm open to the community's views on G-Man's recommendations. Discuss.

Current list is:

Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
ccga4
Valis2501
Titus
Captainmeme

10 players now.
Al Swearengen (1000 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
I'd love to join, if you'll have me.
Valis2501 (985 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Do we have to?
DoubleCapitals (736 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Damn! Am I too late?

I'll give this a spin again.
DoubleCapitals (736 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC

Amby
G-Man
Hypoguy
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
KingCyrus
Petyr Baelish
ccga4
Valis2501
Titus
Captainmeme
Al Swearengen
DoubleCapitals
Hypoguy (1613 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Some suggestions for characters:

Mr. Zen: His only goal is to achieve peace. He'll be furious towards anyone attacking anyone else. He might move his units around the board and occupy neutral territories, but will never attack anyone. He will agree to support holds though.

Miss Impulsive: She wants to have a particular territory, but then changes her mind the next game year. Before every spring move this player uses a random generator to pick any SC on the board randomly, and will try to conquer that. Until the year is over. Before the next spring she picks another SC and moves everything there.

Shell: You are the CEO of Shell. Your main goal is to occupy any territory on land or at sea where oil can be extracted. The more oil available, the more you want to have it.

Pamela Anderson: You are "Baywatch" Pamela Anderson. You just want to be on the beach. Your only goal is to get as many coastal territories as you can.
KingCyrus (1258 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Pamela Anderson is too close to the pirate.
KingCyrus (1258 D)
28 Feb 15 UTC
Any idea when we can start?
I'd tend to agree with KingCyrus, Pamela Anderson is pretty similar to Pirate Pete. The other suggestions though could stand alone.

On KC's question, my original suggestion was the game would start in about 4-6 weeks. These EP games require a massive amount if time & I know with the games I've got on that I ideally wouldn't like to start right now. However if everyone is dead keen I'm happy to make sacrifices.

That said we still need further conversation on whether any of the personalities should be dropped aside from G-Man's suggestions which no one has commented on.

We also need to discuss what map to play. We're one person off Imperial, 2 people off Gobble & 3 players off known world 901. Other maps with similar numbers I'm not sure would transfer as well to EP's gameplay eg pirates, rimenscento, fantasy world. Haven might work due to its weird player types overlaid with EP elements, but we're 7 off that.

Thoughts?

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Menkara (1065 D)
02 Apr 15 UTC
"Draw" games?
How to end a game in a multi-player draw? Is it possible on this site? If so, where is it documented. Is there a way to grant "proxy" to another player for any period of time? Where would that be documented? Is that enough questions for one post?
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Decima Legio (1987 D)
28 Mar 15 UTC
Webdiplomacy.it
What happened??
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ghug (1012 D)
23 Mar 15 UTC
Online Diplomacy Championship
A lot of you are active on webDip too, so apologies for making you read this twice, but we're trying to get a tournament with players from all around the internet started, and I'd love for any of you that aren't on/don't check webDip (and all of you who are as well) to join. More inside.
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
01 Apr 15 UTC
Hey, Butterhead
So Texas is seemingly looking hard only at Shaka Smart. Gregg Marshall from Wichita State is seemingly not being looked at in the same way. For all of the hoopla over the Final Four run, do you have any insight as to why Shaka Smart has never won a conference title in either the Colonial or a gutted Atlantic 10?
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EFTBSTHGK1337 (943 D X)
27 Mar 15 UTC
I live!
Thanks to Mr Oli!
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Maucat (1834 D)
27 Mar 15 UTC
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Maps of IMperial Diplomacy II disappear
The site is unable to charge the maps of Imperial Diplomacy II so it's impossible see anything of what happened in those games.
Can someone resolve the problem?
Thanks.
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EFTBSTHGK1337 (943 D X)
27 Mar 15 UTC
Classic
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=22748
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Anon (?? D)
18 Mar 15 UTC
World War IV - Five players needed!
gameID=22270
World War IV Public Press PPSC
Five players needed to replace players who have left - game hasn't started yet.
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Al Swearengen (1000 D)
07 Mar 15 UTC
Radio Free Webdiplomacy
Thank you for tuning in, Friends.
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Tyran (1443 D)
17 Mar 15 UTC
Welcome me back with a good game.
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=22648
Been a long time since I played on vdip. I have a game under my belt recently but I'm hoping I can get a good one together to welcome me back.
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Mapu (2086 D (B))
11 Mar 15 UTC
Fellow WWIV experts and other Dip Players
You should do well at this. I got 16 out of 18 and would have gotten about 3 out of 18 if I'd never played Diplomacy.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/the-hardest-name-that-country-quiz-youll-take-today#.arM1nb0z5e
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Anon (?? D)
05 Mar 15 UTC
Play Me - I Need to Avoid Working
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=22486
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nschaumann (951 D)
05 Mar 15 UTC
Help!
How do I create a private game?
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