| variants vs. standard - FuzzyLogic (May 10, 2010, 8:25 am) |
| A game is never luck of the draw. If you draw a favored nation, that should be just as unlucky as lucky, cuz the players should be more against you, whereas if you draw an unlucky natio [Reply] |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Kenshi777 May 10, 11:25 am |
to an extent, yes. this is true in variants with minor imbalances. I
would say that even Standard has minor imbalances, yet this dynamic
you describe makes all the positions playable. Major imbal |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 11:31 am |
| Mike has successfully hammered this point home to me on a few occasions by pointing out that the standard game is anything but balanced, and yet it's, uh, playable. Variants like A&E are purposely un |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Sean2010 May 10, 12:46 pm |
| In my opinion, I'm better at Standard Diplomacy because I have a better understanding to the map's balance that dictates the map's dynamics through geography and geopolitics, which are included in its |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 01:00 pm |
| Sean, by Standard Dip not being balanced I meant that, for example, most people would prefer not to draw Austria or Italy. You and Mike are correct in that other factors tend to make the game playabl |
| variants vs. standard - Kenshi777 (May 07, 2010, 2:24 pm) |
too many variables to determine a significant trend. Much depends on
the balance of the variant, the skills of other players involved, and
how decent a game that I managed to deliver at that point[Reply] |
| variants vs. standard (Community) FuzzyLogic May 10, 08:25 am |
| A game is never luck of the draw. If you draw a favored nation, that should be just as unlucky as lucky, cuz the players should be more against you, whereas if you draw an unlucky natio |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Kenshi777 May 10, 11:25 am |
to an extent, yes. this is true in variants with minor imbalances. I
would say that even Standard has minor imbalances, yet this dynamic
you describe makes all the positions playable. Major imbal |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 11:31 am |
| Mike has successfully hammered this point home to me on a few occasions by pointing out that the standard game is anything but balanced, and yet it's, uh, playable. Variants like A&E are purposely un |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Sean2010 May 10, 12:46 pm |
| In my opinion, I'm better at Standard Diplomacy because I have a better understanding to the map's balance that dictates the map's dynamics through geography and geopolitics, which are included in its |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 01:00 pm |
| Sean, by Standard Dip not being balanced I meant that, for example, most people would prefer not to draw Austria or Italy. You and Mike are correct in that other factors tend to make the game playabl |
| variants vs. standard - garry.bledsoe (May 07, 2010, 1:30 pm) |
Just a curious question for some of those that have played a bunch of different games - do you find that you perform better or worse at one or the other?
My personal experience is that I am TERRIBL[Reply] |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Kenshi777 May 07, 02:24 pm |
too many variables to determine a significant trend. Much depends on
the balance of the variant, the skills of other players involved, and
how decent a game that I managed to deliver at that point |
| variants vs. standard (Community) FuzzyLogic May 10, 08:25 am |
| A game is never luck of the draw. If you draw a favored nation, that should be just as unlucky as lucky, cuz the players should be more against you, whereas if you draw an unlucky natio |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Kenshi777 May 10, 11:25 am |
to an extent, yes. this is true in variants with minor imbalances. I
would say that even Standard has minor imbalances, yet this dynamic
you describe makes all the positions playable. Major imbal |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 11:31 am |
| Mike has successfully hammered this point home to me on a few occasions by pointing out that the standard game is anything but balanced, and yet it's, uh, playable. Variants like A&E are purposely un |
| variants vs. standard (Community) Sean2010 May 10, 12:46 pm |
| In my opinion, I'm better at Standard Diplomacy because I have a better understanding to the map's balance that dictates the map's dynamics through geography and geopolitics, which are included in its |
| variants vs. standard (Community) txurce May 10, 01:00 pm |
| Sean, by Standard Dip not being balanced I meant that, for example, most people would prefer not to draw Austria or Italy. You and Mike are correct in that other factors tend to make the game playabl |
| variants vs. standard (Community) vegas_iwish May 10, 06:25 pm |
| I have always run tons of variants and faced the "romanticism" people have for standard. Even minor adjs that really improve (IMHO) the game like Milan somehow make the game "sacreligious"(yes have be |
| variants vs. standard (Community) charlesf May 20, 06:27 pm |
Just a curious question for some of those that have played a bunch of different games - do you find that you perform better or worse at one or the other?
My Diplomacy experience is r |
| variants vs. standard (Community) pieandmash May 21, 02:31 pm |
| better at variant.......i think because the standard map is so well known |
| Another week - another Knight - AlanRFarrington (Apr 21, 2010, 4:08 pm) |
| I've never been so honored to be associated with a group of lying, scheming, maniacal, back-stabbing bastards! Thanks for the knighting Fredrik, maybe now people will respect me enough to lay do [Reply] |
| Another week - another Knight - z93blom (Apr 21, 2010, 4:03 pm) |
Ah yes. About a week ago we got a request for another knighting, and this time I'll do the honors.
Alan also enters the ranks by skipping over Initiate Knight, and immediately becomes a Knight Er[Reply] |
| Another week - another Knight (Community) AlanRFarrington Apr 21, 04:08 pm |
| I've never been so honored to be associated with a group of lying, scheming, maniacal, back-stabbing bastards! Thanks for the knighting Fredrik, maybe now people will respect me enough to lay do |
| 3 knights in one week? - bielf11 (Apr 16, 2010, 3:43 am) |
You're very welcome Steve.
Those beers, you know, they might have gone stale by then 
Better prepare yourself for a hot summer in Amsterdam; they 're expecting temperatures over 35C. I hear you[Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? - kevinokelly (Apr 15, 2010, 8:34 pm) |
| I'll be glad to treat anyone willing to join me in San Francisco this weekend for the National DipCon . And for Mike, even though you did ditch on CODCon this past weekend (sad, sad shame), I [Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? - FuzzyLogic (Apr 15, 2010, 8:31 pm) |
Sound great, Kev, you live about 30 min from me, so I’m waiting for them!
-mike[Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? - kevinokelly (Apr 15, 2010, 8:23 pm) |
| Congrats to Frank too! Beers all around! [Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? - deathblade_penguin (Apr 15, 2010, 7:25 pm) |
Hmmmm.... I'm going to be in Amsterdam in August so maybe I will swing by for those beers after all...
Stephen Lytton
Are you coming to the World Diplomacy Championship in Sydney 2011? Ask me ho[Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) bielf11 Apr 16, 03:43 am |
You're very welcome Steve.
Those beers, you know, they might have gone stale by then
Better prepare yourself for a hot summer in Amsterdam; they 're expecting temperatures over 35C. I hear you |
| 3 knights in one week? - bielf11 (Apr 15, 2010, 4:16 pm) |
Thanks Fredrik.
Now before you're all rushing off to the airport you may want to check delays: I've heard that the volcano eruption on Iceland has caused a lot of problems due to fumes and pa[Reply] |
| Re: 3 knights in one week? - z93blom (Apr 15, 2010, 3:38 pm) |
Free Beer?
Let's see (brings out Google Earth). That's only slightly more than 700 km. I'll be there Frank!
Congratulations (from the lowest ranking knight).
/Fredrik
2010/4/15 F Bie[Reply] |
| Re: 3 knights in one week? - bielf11 (Apr 15, 2010, 3:28 pm) |
Take orders from me, heh?You mean like "A BEL - HOL"? Or, and has my preference: "Bring me some beers" ?
Well, this round is on me! Least I can do for being accepted as Knight Of[Reply] |
| 3 knights in one week? - FuzzyLogic (Apr 15, 2010, 3:20 pm) |
3 Knights in one week - what could be better? Perhaps a beer...
Welcome Frank to the group! We all know him, awesome GM and great all around contributor to the site. In fact he'[Reply] |
| Re: 3 knights in one week? (Community) bielf11 Apr 15, 03:28 pm |
Take orders from me, heh?You mean like "A BEL - HOL"? Or, and has my preference: "Bring me some beers" ?
Well, this round is on me! Least I can do for being accepted as Knight Of |
| Re: 3 knights in one week? (Community) z93blom Apr 15, 03:38 pm |
Free Beer?
Let's see (brings out Google Earth). That's only slightly more than 700 km. I'll be there Frank!
Congratulations (from the lowest ranking knight).
/Fredrik
2010/4/15 F Bie |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) bielf11 Apr 15, 04:16 pm |
Thanks Fredrik.
Now before you're all rushing off to the airport you may want to check delays: I've heard that the volcano eruption on Iceland has caused a lot of problems due to fumes and pa |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) deathblade_penguin Apr 15, 07:25 pm |
Hmmmm.... I'm going to be in Amsterdam in August so maybe I will swing by for those beers after all...
Stephen Lytton
Are you coming to the World Diplomacy Championship in Sydney 2011? Ask me ho |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) bielf11 Apr 16, 03:43 am |
You're very welcome Steve.
Those beers, you know, they might have gone stale by then
Better prepare yourself for a hot summer in Amsterdam; they 're expecting temperatures over 35C. I hear you |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) kevinokelly Apr 15, 08:23 pm |
| Congrats to Frank too! Beers all around! |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) FuzzyLogic Apr 15, 08:31 pm |
Sound great, Kev, you live about 30 min from me, so I’m waiting for them!
-mike |
| 3 knights in one week? (Community) kevinokelly Apr 15, 08:34 pm |
| I'll be glad to treat anyone willing to join me in San Francisco this weekend for the National DipCon . And for Mike, even though you did ditch on CODCon this past weekend (sad, sad shame), I |
| Changes coming! - FuzzyLogic (Apr 13, 2010, 1:52 pm) |
Hey all,
Just wanted to give you a heads up that exciting things are in store for Diplomaticcorp... tomorrow. Stay tuned, and be ready for a whole new experience...
-mike[Reply] |
| Recent Knightings! - FuzzyLogic (Apr 12, 2010, 9:57 pm) |
Hey all,
Today we welcome Adam “Smegdwarf” Martin-Schwarze and Fredrik Blom to our ranks! Skyrocketing right past Initiate Knight, and landing squarely into Knight Errant… Both have been incre[Reply] |
| JOIN THE DIPLOMATIC CORP FACEBOOK FAN PAGE - Kenshi777 (Apr 06, 2010, 3:17 pm) |
...and use it to catch new game postings and everything else DC that you could possibly care for...
B.[Reply] |
| Unknown - FuzzyLogic (Apr 05, 2010, 9:27 am) |
Hey all,
DC has been booming lately, with 38 active games! With all this flurry of action, as Fredrik's indicated below, we've completely tapped our GM list... if anyone wants to try their hand at r[Reply] |
| Diplomacy World #109 Released - Spring 2010 Issue - diplomacyworld (Apr 04, 2010, 11:05 am) |
Diplomacy World #109, the Spring 2010 issue, has now been released!
Free to download from the Diplomacy World website at http://www.diplomacyworld.net, in this issue you’ll find material such as[Reply] |
| Eternal Sunshine #39 Released - April 2010 Issue - diplomacyworld (Mar 30, 2010, 8:29 pm) |
Eternal Sunshine #39, the April 2010 issue, has just been released. Inside this issue you will find:
The latest columns from Paul Milewski and Jack McHugh (Andy York had to skip this issue)
Lots of[Reply] |
| New forum? - need your help! - FuzzyLogic (Mar 16, 2010, 9:26 pm) |
Hey all,
We're getting ready to roll out a whole new dc site and forum... I'm looking for a couple message-board-savvy souls to work with and thoroughly thrash the new system we have in the works. P[Reply] |
| Shogun/Samurai Swords - Kenshi777 (Mar 02, 2010, 6:09 pm) |
| Notwithstanding that Diplomacy *is* the greatest game of all time, for those like me that also love Shogun/Samurai Swords, there is *finally* a place to play that game online. This is a young group, [Reply] |
| Calling all GM's - z93blom (Mar 01, 2010, 2:08 pm) |
The waiting list to become a GM has never been shorter than today. I'm calling all potential GM's to come forth and lead a game of stabbing, lying gamers to unforgettable moments.
All it requires i[Reply] |
| Unknown (Community) FuzzyLogic Apr 05, 09:27 am |
Hey all,
DC has been booming lately, with 38 active games! With all this flurry of action, as Fredrik's indicated below, we've completely tapped our GM list... if anyone wants to try their hand at r |
| Eternal Sunshine #38 Released - March 2010 Issue - diplomacyworld (Feb 25, 2010, 9:31 pm) |
Eternal Sunshine #38, the March 2010 issue, is now available. Among the usual
foolishness, you can find:
Columns from Andy York, Paul Milewski, and Jack McHugh
The latest chapter of Fire and Rain[Reply] |
| Anything I should know? - Kenshi777 (Feb 22, 2010, 12:52 pm) |
Yup - from what I read above, I think you'll be a welcome addition indeed...
Enjoy the games (and if you're ready for a variant, I'll gladly give you a seat in the Sengoku game I have open)
B.[Reply] |
