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ingebot (2014 D)
28 Sep 18 UTC
IA map issue with English Channel
In the variant World War II, I never seem to be able to move to the English Channel using the IA interface, when I press the space it simply says something about the North Sea being not adjacent to the original position of the unit. It's never came up with any other location. Is this a common issue, or is it just me (I'll message the mods either way, just to get a sense of what might be going on here)?
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This is likely to be my last forum post.
I'm sure the mods are pissed and I don't give a fuck. I could use a break anyhow. So silence or banhammer away.
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What's the point in muting a nation in non-anon if the mods will let the player PM you?
A player PMed me after I muted his nation and the mods said it's not against the rules. It would seem to me to violate the intent of the press rules if not the letter. I have since muted the player for the rest of the game but that was not my desire.
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Known World Tournament
Awhile back, kaner proposed a Known World gunboat tournament in which 15 participants would play 15 games, one with each nation. I searched back for the thread, then just decided to start a new one. I want to see if there would be sufficient interest in this to try to get it off the ground.
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Kaiser Heide (901 D)
15 Sep 18 UTC
Looking for a group.
Looking for a group of people that play pretty consistently if y’all want to add another to your group lmk. I’m interested.
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
16 Aug 18 UTC
Obscure group of vDip folks who love History podcasts
Ok I was just starting to pull together the files for the latest Diplomacy Games episode and was chilling to the theme song from the podcast History on Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOr0na6mKJQ ...
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Major Problems (1364 D)
07 Sep 18 UTC
finding replacement for game 34637
Due to outside circumstances, I find I am not able to continue to fully participate in the Embassy Cable game (Gobble Earth variant). The game is currently on an extend phase for another day, so if anyone is willing to take over for Mexico (solid position) please let me know so we can have the mods put you into the game. Thanks!
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Enriador (1507 D)
05 Sep 18 UTC
[New Variant] East Indies
Hello again diplomats,

New variant coming up on vDip, taking place in a quite familiar setting for some of us.
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Mercy (2131 D)
08 Sep 18 UTC
Variant Creation Guide
I have written a guide on variant creation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17oFVvGE8w2HQU-5IeNecFxl4x7VZ0OM2ApjqXY9gi6A/edit?usp=sharing
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Enriador (1507 D)
04 Sep 18 UTC
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Diplomacy Tournament
Come check a new tournament! Played on Conspiracy/Backstabbr.
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rannjohnson (1914 D)
24 Aug 18 UTC
Unique convoy situation question
I never thought this was possible until someone suggested it, but I have yet to try it. Say you have an army in Spain, a fleet in Marseilles, and a fleet in Gulf of Lyon. The fleet in Marseilles moves to Spain and the army in Spain moves to Marseilles via convoy of Gulf of Lyon. I know in normal Diplomacy rules that two units can't switch locations like that, but does the convoy change the route the army takes at all to allow this?
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Frozen Dog (1497 D)
27 Aug 18 UTC
[Update: I have now read about all of the convoy paradoxes and I think my brain has fried]

:(
vixol (1774 D)
27 Aug 18 UTC
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@YCHTT
I am Christian Dreyer, former WDC champion from Sweden (nowadays Finland) . I have been playing diplomacy FTF since 1989, by mail since 1992 and by email since 1994. I think I qualify as a "dignitary from the global hobby".
JECE (1534 D)
27 Aug 18 UTC
"Am I correct in understanding from this that in the scenario where 'via convoy' is specified, a convoy is *not* given, but an equivalent land-based move is unopposed, the move succeeds?"

You are correct.
JECE (1534 D)
27 Aug 18 UTC
"JECE, I have read the test case, and in fact the whole DATC carefully."

David: Did you reread 4.A.3? Please read the overview of disputable convoy issue "4.A.3. CONVOYING TO ADJACENT PLACE". The specific test case 6.G.8 is just an application of the decision Lucas made in 4.A.3. I've read the whole DATC carefully before too, but I had to go back and reread it for this discussion.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/L.B.Kruijswijk/#4.A.3
Frozen Dog: Yup, as to my position.

Christian, you are definitely a "himself". I suppose I qualify as a "himself" too, but I will skip the resume recitation. ;^)
David E. Cohen (1000 D)
27 Aug 18 UTC
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Yes, JECE, I did look at that section again. I just come to a different conclusion than Lucas, for the reasons stated. The 2000 rules could have been drafted more clearly here and in a few other spots, but we must work with what they have given us, at least until another edition comes out. Over all they are an improvement over both the '71/'76 rules, which are what I first used, and the '82 rules.
vixol (1774 D)
28 Aug 18 UTC
Yeah, sorry about the arrogant sounding post. I forgot to put a few smileys there ;)
@vixol - I never would have known had you not just told us. It's not like "vixol" has meaning. And even if Manus were here with the ID "Manus Hand" , we'll we are dip players and Dip players, like poker players and Timelords, lie. :-)
Caerus (1470 D)
28 Aug 18 UTC
Oooo... Dr Who reference! +1
Yes, but *good* Dip players only lie when its necessary.
And if someone came her claiming to be Manus, they could be a bad dip player lying to hide the fact.
vixol (1774 D)
03 Sep 18 UTC
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An experienced and theoretically superb player might not perform great in actual play. It's like being the good football coach (eh, soccer) , you know how it should be done but you're not able to do it yourself. And sometimes the ones that do it superbly have no clue what they are doing ;)
Well I have *no* clue what I'm doing. I wing it all the time and could never do a proper EoG. I guess I could be (not am, just could be) a good player. :-)
vixol (1774 D)
04 Sep 18 UTC
I know a few good people who claim their best FTF games were played under the influence of beer ;)
Ahh, drunk Dip. Back in college (circa 1981), one of my opponents, playing drunk, excused himself, walked to a window, opened it, stuck his head out and barfed for half a minute or so. He then washed his mouth out with some beer, spat that out the window as well and returned to the table.
JECE (1534 D)
04 Sep 18 UTC
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Charming
Chumbles (1380 D)
04 Sep 18 UTC
I do remember some FTF games back in days when you played postal, or at cons or on evenings where you or another dipper arranged the game to introduce a group of friends to Diplomacy. They tended to be after a meal with wine etc and negotiations went on in different parts of the house in 20min phases . I remember getting back to the room with the board to see its sole occupant - a 1 centre Turkey - slide slowly lower and lower he was on the floor, under the table, completely unconscious.

"What shall we do?" asks a concerned neophyte...
"Easy, record him as an NMR, his Army stands, and adjudicate the game ..."
Its called dedication to the Game JECE! LOL
vixol (1774 D)
05 Sep 18 UTC
I played a game at the British NDC. One player who had not many centers went for a beer (and a few more) and I got him to proxy his units to me. What he didnt know, since he was away having beer, was that with his units I could help myself to a solo. That was fun.
Chumbles (1380 D)
05 Sep 18 UTC
Hey, vixol, we might even have seen each other in the distance - in '73 possibly, though RL probs overtook me for a while in '74 and after... That's where RJW and I became friends ...
vixol (1774 D)
06 Sep 18 UTC
Oh, 73 was before my time. I'm Swedish (living in Finland) and I was active FTF player at the time when Swedish players travelled the world for conventions. Active British players were Toby, Gihan, Shaun D, David N to name a few.
Chumbles (1380 D)
06 Sep 18 UTC
Yep, certainly after my time; my best friend, Richard Sharp, co-founded the BDC with the insect Levine, and ran it for a while; the regular hard-drinking band of brothers? (ill-assorted misfits) - the Old Hardcore of which we were members - tended to meet up in nearby pubs and played our Diplomacy more in house cons.

I guess you mean Toby Harris, Shaun Derrick, Gihan Bandaranaike... I knew Shaun as a long-time Midcon organizer, along with my other best friend RJW. The others because I did a lot of data collection for the Archives and for a while was the Boardman Number Custodian in the UK. By the mid-1990s I only had minimal contact with the hobby ... After 2 decades of heavy involvement I'd moved on to other things (mainly working waaaay too hard).


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Al Wulf (933 D)
01 Sep 18 UTC
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Diplomacy 2.0
Needing help for redevelopment
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MyDip (973 D)
01 Sep 18 UTC
Replacement
I need a replacement for a full press game for some real-life reasons. Note: The game is not a classic game.

Please PM me if interested.
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ubercacher16 (2169 D)
28 Aug 18 UTC
Replacement(s)
I have decided to take an indefinite hiatus from Diplomacy for IRL reasons.

I need a permanent replacement for four gunboat games three full press games and two public press games. PM if interested.
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Mercy (2131 D)
19 Aug 18 UTC
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[New Variant] World Diplomacy X
I am in the process of creating my first variant: World Diplomacy 10 (https://vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=129).
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Enriador (1507 D)
20 Jul 18 UTC
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[New Variant] Edwardian 3rd Edition
An updated version of 'Edwardian' is coming to vDiplomacy! Check it out: https://vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=130
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
27 Aug 18 UTC
Amby needs a sitter
Hi folks - I'll be away from Saturday in zero cell phone service land and need a sitter to cover me for approx 5-6 days. PM me if you're interested. I have 4 active games and waiting for 2 KW901 tourney games to start.
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mfontecilla (1100 D)
23 Aug 18 UTC
"An invalid aniti-script code was given, please try again"?
A friend of mine is trying to create an account and he is receiving "An invalid anti-script code was given, please try again" text, how do we fix it?
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Anon (?? D)
21 Aug 18 UTC
Pick up a game as the world leader
Someone really should pick up Pennsylvania in this one: https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=33789 He's only the world leader on the map - talk about picking up a nice CD position.
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tassa (2177 D)
18 Aug 18 UTC
Interactive Map - Memory-easting Monster
Is it possible that the interactive map doesn't handle big maps well once you have a certain amount of units?
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tobi1 (1997 D Mod (S))
18 Aug 18 UTC
Sitter needed
I am traveling from August 20th to 30th and it turned out that my initially planned sitter takes part in one game, as well. Now I need your help to manage that game.
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d-ice (1969 D)
17 Aug 18 UTC
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FoW padlocks
FoW variant has padlocks on all powers that have orders to give. This gives other players information about who has a retreat/build etc. I propose that these are removed so that this information isn’t revealed.
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Anon (?? D)
17 Aug 18 UTC
Quick Rules Question
In Classic, I am confident if an army in Portugal Attacks Spain while an Army in Spain attacks Portugal, both will fail. Would this rule still apply if the it were instead a fleet on the northern coast attacking Portugal and a fleet in Portugal moving to the southern coast?

Random Game link for Anon: gameID=35642
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Docsy (981 D)
13 Aug 18 UTC
Our game bugged out, and mods are looking at it. What do we do and what will happen?
So basically, We were playing World War IV 6.2. It was the first time we got our community of players, both on a subreddit and a discord, to play a big 36 player game. Didn't start 100% the best the first year, some players didn't get the rules and ended up starting with 2 units instead of 3.
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Strider (1604 D)
09 Aug 18 UTC
Civil Disorders listed at bottom of game
I have a game that is telling me the country, it's size and who is CDing. Why is that a thing now? It's gunboat, fog of war and anonymous!
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kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
10 Aug 18 UTC
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Forum etiquette
Let’s have a discussion here about what sort of forum we would like to see here at vDip. Please no name calling. Now would be a good time to un-mute members so we can have an informed discussion about this issue.
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Skyrock (1149 D)
03 Jun 18 UTC
Thoughts on fixing the Classic - Economic variant
See main post below.
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badivan1 (1661 D)
11 Aug 18 UTC
badivan1 new games thread
looking for opponents for the following 1v1 maps:
Fall of the American Empire: Civil War! : https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=35667 ;
Cold War : https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=35668
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CptMike (1575 D)
11 Aug 18 UTC
Cold war map
I have a interface problem...
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Sky_Hopper (365 D)
07 Aug 18 UTC
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La Resistance
Has anybody noticed the behavior of Enriador recently? He seems to be rejecting and muting anyone with conflicting ideas. (See Classic Redrawn)
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