game 4 doesnt exist...strange how well germany appears to be doing in 2 of three games...but that's discussing an ongoing gunboat eh?

I would predict stronger perfomances by germany and austria as they have high concentrations of SC provinces around them and thus are less vulnerable to "ankara attacks".

People seem to like to gang up on England.

It must be the novelty factor.

Game 1: gameID=14704
Game 2: gameID=14705
Game 3: gameID=14970
Game 4: gameID=15070

^That's the correct link for game 4; the other was cancelled.

It seems that the central powers have a slight advantage in gunboat AC due to the fact that they are harder to suprise attack - however, from the testgame (and the few press games that have happened here) it seems that, with an evenly matched set of players, it's the corner ones (England and Turkey) that have the slight advantage, due to their greater mobility.

That said, it's not a particularly unbalanced variant - any power can do well if played well. The one exception seems to be England in gunboat, because everyone who is doing badly seems to seek refuge there. If you can predict and block these 'jumps', England is quite a strong country too.

Hi,

Just posting to remind everyone that voting draw is not allowed in this SRG type. Some people seem to have forgotten that...

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=14705 was drawn after a CD with two people left. We'd been in a 3 way deadlock for quite some time and I don't think it was going to end.

So you wait for me to miss my first orders and then end the game in a rule breaking fashion. Real fucking classy.

We'd both already had our votes up, me because I was sick of the game that clearly wasn't ending anytime soon, and I assume Austria for the same reason. I didn't check the game anytime before the phase went through or I'd have taken it down if I'd seen you at risk of missing.

Jmo is always breaking site rules. You should see him on webdip ... No respect for authority, that one.

So that was a horrendous game for Russia (me) is anyone going to EOG that one? If I start it, it will only go till like 1903 or something pathetic.

I'll probably write up an EOG on that one tomorrow, I had no idea there were different CD rules in this game, or that making different CD settings was even possible. Sorry to Jim who really did not deserve that CD.

And thus, with a kiss, I die...

Some interesting games still going :]

Apologies for that... I didn't think about this when I set the NMR settings. I just figured Serious was probably the best for a high-quality set of games.

In the other games, please nobody vote draw even if someone CDs. Remember, drawing is against the rules in this variant.

Just a quick update:
Game 4 has ended, and has been turned a lovely shade of blue!
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=15070
Thanks for the game and the idea for this variant, it's a lot of fun.

Okay, so now that two games are over and two games are getting close to finishing I'm going to see if there's enough interest to start another. I've really enjoyed watching and playing in these so I'd like to have another one at least going.

Just two changes from the previous rules:

1) Due to the way game 2 ended - I'd forgotton the NMR setting worked like that - all further games will have no NMR setting, but instead will have Wait For Orders mode enabled. So that this is not abused, I'm going to have to reiterate the rule that you must have 200+ phases here or on WebDip and an 80%+ RR, or a very good reason why your RR is under that.

2) Because people have been voting in these games, and that was also what caused the problem in 2, I'm going to say that you are not allowed to hit any vote buttons from game 5 onwards. If you need a pause, PM me and I will pause it for the time you need (although getting a sitter is much preferred). The same goes for extends. No hitting vote buttons!

So, anyone up for a game 5?

Also, congratulations to Jeremyk2142 - impressive win as France there :) Also well done to Jmo, Bozo and Jimbozig for doing very well in 2 - I have no idea who that game would have gone to in the long run, as it seemed very close.

Just starting a sign up sheet - fill in your name if you want to join and meet the criteria (200+ phases, 80%+ RR):

Game 5:
1) CaptainMeme
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

Game 1 just ended, but I have to say I am very sad the game was conceded to me before I finished off the 34 SC Victory Condition. I thought there weren't supposed to be any votes for the games?

No draw or cancel. Cut it out with the crocodile tears.

I'm really interested in playing. I don't have the 200 phases yet but I'm a top gunboater on webdip and have a 99% reliability rating here (missed 1 of 103 phases I've played on here as of this message).

You missed the or on webdip part just like I did, lol

" I'm going to have to reiterate the rule that you must have 200+ phases here or on WebDip and an 80%+ RR, or a very good reason why your RR is under that."

You should be good y2kjbk

@Captainmeme, I honestly think that game 2 would not have had a winner unless someone got bored of the game. The three of us were playing well enough that as soon as anyone got the upper hand the other two started working against him. That happened multiple times, and I don't think we would have seen a winner unless someone just decided they'd had enough.

Great series, these have been a ton of fun to play, I'll skip game 5, but hopefully there will be more after that.

y2kjbk - great to have you :) As Jmo said, 200+ phases refers to here or WebDip.

Anyone else? Or has the novelty worn off now?

Game 5:
1) CaptainMeme
2) y2kjbk
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

And Jmo - if it gets to that situation again I'll be prepared to allow a draw, but only if it's been like that for a while. Really, I want the game to end with a 100% VC win, hence why I'm banning all votes from this point forth except in that situation, including concede. Conceding takes some of the sense of achievement out of it for the winner.

I'd be interested in joining a game 5, if you'll have me.

Game 5:
1) CaptainMeme
2) y2kjbk
3) jeremyk2142
4)
5)
6)
7)

Just wanting to say while I enjoyed (am enjoying) the first round of games, these are a little too cumbersome for me. I would be happy to play 18 or so VCs, but 34 with no option to draw is a little much for me unfortunately.