| dc188 - Fall 1901 - RESULTS - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
GAME NOTES:
Once again, thanks for your prompt submissions. Everyone is building, and those are due Monday.
DEADLINES:
Winter 1901 - Monday June 16, 2008 at 21:00GMT (5pm EDT)
Spring 1902 - Friday June 20, 2008 at 21:00GMT (5pm EDT)
ORDERS:
Austria:
F Albania - Greece
A Budapest - Trieste (*Bounce*)
A Serbia Supports F Albania - Greece
England:
F English Channel - Belgium
F North Sea - Norway
A Wales Hold
France:
A Marseilles - Spain
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal
A Paris - Picardy
Germany:
F Denmark Hold
A Kiel - Holland
A Munich - Ruhr
Italy:
A Apulia - Tunis
F Ionian Sea Convoys A Apulia - Tunis
A Venice - Trieste (*Bounce*)
Russia:
F Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden
F Rumania Hold
A Sevastopol - Armenia (*Bounce*)
A Ukraine Supports F Rumania
Turkey:
F Black Sea Convoys A Constantinople - Armenia
A Bulgaria - Rumania (*Fails*)
A Constantinople - Armenia (*Bounce*)
ADJUSTMENTS:
Austria: Build 2
England: Build 2
France: Build 2
Germany: Build 2
Italy: Build 1
Russia: Build 2
Turkey: Build 1[Reply] |
| OW - f06 all out! - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Another civ down, the Leprechauns weren’t so lucky this game…
14 players remain!
Adjustments are due Tuesday
Spring 07 then the following Monday
10am Pacific, of course
Enjoy,
-mike[Reply] |
| dc182 w02 builds! - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Builds are out! We have new armies for Germany, Russia, and Turkey, and just as many new fleets for England!
Note: We have now reached the end of 02. As I said in the game-start mail, I’d check all the orders up till this point. Many of you have had what would have been various misorders and had been contacted to fix them, but that wont be the case going forward. Be absolutely sure to check when fleets move to bi-coastal spaces, for if it can move to (or build on) either one, it’ll fail if not specified. And of course make sure you know where your units are. If you cant tell on the map, I can clarify. If you have any questions about valid orders, you’re of course encouraged to ask them, and I’ll get back to you, but most orders will just be acknowledged with an “okie” and when it comes to deadline time I’ll just run the turn!
Spring 03 for this Friday, 10am Pacific!
Enjoy,
-mike[Reply] |
| yo all - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| you guys are ready to rock and roll? hope you all have fun and good luck ,im new so dont kill me to bad. [Reply] |
| Order Correction for Spring 1906 - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
England is correct in that he did send a more recent move order for his North Sea Fleet.
From England:
I request a delay. I have raised an objection to the adjudication due to an error on my moves Spring 1906. I have not heard anything in response to my objection. I ordered F NTH-SKA, not F NTH-Den. I have confirmation.
This does change a few things.
England moves into SKA and NTH as ordered.
Germany advances into Kiel, and forces a retreat by France. (France may retreat to Holland or Ruhr.)
Willie, I need that retreat as soon as possible.
I have attached revised realpolotik and gif files.
Once the retreat is back I will set the new Fall 1906 move date.
My apologies for the error.
DaveE[Reply] |
| dc188 - Winter 1901 - RESULTS - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
GAME NOTES:
Everything is on track... onward to 1902.
DEADLINES:
Spring 1902 - Friday June 20, 2008 at 21:00GMT (5pm EDT)
ORDERS:
Austria:
Build A Vienna
Build A Trieste
England:
Build F Liverpool
Build A London
France:
Build A Paris
Build F Brest
Germany:
Build F Kiel
Build A Munich
Italy:
Build F Naples
Russia:
Build A Moscow
Build F St Petersburg(nc)
Turkey:
Build A Ankara[Reply] |
| ice breaker - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| [size=24:c18f154fc8][/size:c18f154fc8]Can't we all just get along?? [Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| I suppose all we need is love dunn nuhh nunnn nunn nah [Reply] |
| Babylon 5 - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
While puting together the Star Trek Dip variant, I ran across a lot of Babylon 5 stuff, especially a complete variant in the Variant Bank.
It's that version I took, made some minor mods and tweaks, and set up to run in RealWorld. If you're a fan of this series, you should be happy with this variant. Check out the entry for it on DipWiki which includes an image of the map with starting positions and a link to a "Players Guide."[Reply] |
| Turkish Moves - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
\encryption started
A SEV ***************
F GRE ***************
F CON ***************
A BUL ***************
A SERB ***************
A ANK ***************
F RUM ***************
\end encryption[Reply] |
| Ice Breaker reply - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Love has nothing to do with it lol. It's how well you can lie. Who would have thunk you would need good lying skills. While your growing up one of the biggest thing my parents pressed onto me is never lie. Glad I didn't listen lmao  [Reply] |
| dc186 Spring '71 results - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
GM Notes:
The delay today was due to:
1. Inaccurate Abbreviations. For the most part the consensus was to be lenient at this time. However one order was considered ambiguous because it could have been referring to more than one place, thus the unit held in place. If you do not write out the entire province name, The 1st map with the adjudication is a reference map that shows the home centers and province abbreviations. You should use the map to check to make sure you are using the correct abbreviations, since some of the province names can not be (properly) read when a unit is there. You may bookmark the link in case I don't attach it each turn.
2. Poorly Written Orders: There was also a case of a missing movement designator. Since there was no other unit in the area the order was considered poorly written but unambiguous. If another unit had been in the area the order would have been considered ambiguous and invalid.
For those who have not been in one of my games before: with retreat orders I include OTB as a retreat option. As a reminder that a unit may retreat Off The Board (disband).
Reference map:
http://notasb.home.comcast.net/~notasb/186/186ref.gif
Spring '71 Map:
http://notasb.home.comcast.net/~notasb/186/18671Spring.gif
Orders and Results:
Britain:
A Aden - Mecca (*Bounce*)
F Arabian Sea - West Indian Ocean
A Bengal Supports A Assam - Upper Burma (*Dislodged*)
A Bombay - Rajputana
F Canton - South China Sea (*Dislodged*)
A Delhi - Nepal
A Karachi - Punjab (*Bounce*)
A Madras - Hyderabad
F Malaya - Andaman Sea
A Singapore - Malaya (*Bounce*)
F Sudan - Egypt (*Fails*)
China:
A Assam Supports A Upper Burma - Bengal
A Chungking - Canton
A Kashmir - Punjab (*Bounce*)
F Manchuria Supports F Port Arthur - Yellow Sea
A Mongolia - Urumchi
A Nanchang Supports A Chungking - Canton
F Shanghai Supports F Port Arthur - Yellow Sea
A Sinkiang - Tibet
France:
F Annam - South China Sea (*Bounce*)
A Bangkok - Malaya (*Bounce*)
F Cochin - Gulf of Siam
A Tongking Supports A Chungking - Canton
A Upper Burma - Bengal
Japan:
F Formosa - Luzon Strait
A Kyoto, no move received
F Kyushu - Upper Pacific
F Otaru - Sea of Japan (*Bounce*)
F Sakhalin - Okhotsk Sea
F Yellow Sea - East China Sea
Turkey:
A Angora - Syria
F Baghdad - Persian Gulf
F Constantinople - Mediterranean Sea
F Egypt - Mecca (*Bounce*)
F Persia Supports F Baghdad - Persian Gulf
A Tabriz - Baghdad
Holland:
F Borneo - Celebes Sea
F Java Sea, no move received
F New Guinea - Lower Pacific
A Sarawak Hold
F Sumatra - East Indian Ocean
Russia:
A Fusan Hold
A Irkutsk - Vladivostok (*Fails*)
A Moscow - Bokhara
A Omsk - Akmolinsk
F Port Arthur - Yellow Sea
F Rumania - Odessa
F Seoul(wc) Supports F Port Arthur - Yellow Sea
A Tashkent - Afghanistan
F Vladivostok - Sea of Japan (*Bounce*)
Retreats Due:
British A Bengal can retreat to Lucknow or OTB.
British F Canton can retreat to Hong Kong or OTB.
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“Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be
constant companions.”[Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| Lie I would never lie... well there was that one time in Vegas, and that time in... nevermind all. [Reply] |
| LOL - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| Vegas huh? So I guess the old saying goes " What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" huh? [Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
| So wheres the point where we take off the shoes and say "We will bury you!"? [Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
cool the jets d9. We're just getting aquainted.
If you want the [u:d6d6bc8030]point[/u:d6d6bc8030]. your on the list.[Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
cool the jets d9. We're just getting aquainted.
If you want the [u:96b613de1f]point[/u:96b613de1f]. your on the list.
Oh dear you have a list already?[Reply] |
| PS f07 results! - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
And they were singin…
Bye, bye ole’ Messenian hide… rode their chariot but their lariat to a noose it was tied
And their good old friends, out to fool them they tried… singin.. this’ll be the day he was fried…
…this’ll be the day he was fried…
That’s right, it is with great memories and fond farewells that we bid ado to our Messenian leader, evicted, without stated 90-day notice from their temporary lodging in Elis.
Thanks for sticking it out to the end David, and see you next game!
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RETREATS and BUILDS due Friday 10am Pacific!
RETREATS:
Aetolia: A thermium, to Pro or disband
Attica: F laconicus sinus, to Hel, Lac, RhoSin, or disband
Messenia: F elis, this one’s not necessary!
BUILDS:
Aetolia: Remove 3
Boeotia: Build 2
Arcolia: Build 1
Laconia: Build 2
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Aetolia:
A arcania - thermium (*Fails*)
A ilia Supports F elis
F nicopolicus sinus - mare adriaticum (*Fails*)
A thermium - calydon (*Dislodged*)
Boeotia:
A callium Supports A locris - calydon
A doloria - thermium
F eleusis - megara(ec)
A epictetus Supports A doloria - thermium
A locris - calydon
F mare mediterranea - argulicus sinus (*Fails*)
F prian rhium - arcania (*Fails*)
F sinus corinthiucus - corinth (*Fails*)
A thebae Supports F eleusis - megara(ec)
Attica:
F argulicus sinus Supports F saronieus sinus (*Cut*)
F athenae Supports F mare mediterranea - argulicus sinus
(*Fails*)
F laconicus sinus Supports F mare mediterranea - argulicus sinus
(*Dislodged*)
F saronieus sinus Supports F argulicus sinus - iria(sc) (*Void*)
Arcolia:
A achaia Supports A dafni - elis
A corinth - pellea (*Bounce*)
F iria(nc) - epidaurus(nc) (*Bounce*)
A megara - eleusis (*Disbanded*)
A mycenae - epidaurus (*Bounce*)
Laconia:
A cyn. Supports F prastos
F cypurissius sinus - italus sinus
A kaphyae Supports A achaia
F koidaunas - laconicus sinus
A lycaion - pisatis
F messeniacus sinus Supports F koidaunas - laconicus sinus
A orchenenus - pellea (*Bounce*)
A pisatis - dafni
F prastos Supports F koidaunas - laconicus sinus (*Fails*)
A protilae Supports A dafni - elis
Messenia: NMR
F elis Hold (*Dislodged*)
Elia:
A dafni - elis
F mare adriaticum - nicopolicus sinus (*Fails*)[Reply] |
| Aegean f02 results! Which came first... the cow o... - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Like a fly sitting on a cow’s behind, so does Persia lodge himself into the Macedonian home center of Amphipolis.
Next: RETREATS and BUILDS due Friday 10am Pacific!
RETREATS:
Boeotia: F Ithaca, to Nis, Gop, or disband
BUILDS:
Athens: Build 3
Boeotia: Remove 2
Macedonia: Build 1
Ionia: Build 1
Persia: Remove 2
Sparta: Build 2
Thessalia: Build 1
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Athens:
A Diacria - Thebes
F Gulf of Corinthus Supports A Achaia - Naupactus
F Lemnos Hold
A Megara Supports A Diacria - Thebes
F West Aegean Sea - Chios
Boeotia: NMR!
A Delphi Hold
F Ithaca Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Locris Hold
A Thebes Hold (*Disbanded*)
Macedonia:
F Amphipolis - Olynthus
A Dodona Hold
A Odrysae - Byzantium (*Bounce*)
F Propontis - Troia
Ionia:
F Aeolis - Pergamum
A Caria - Sardes
F Dorian Sea - Halicarnassus (*Bounce*)
F East Aegean Sea Supports F Propontis - Troia
A Miletus - Caria
F South Sporades - Rhodes
Persia:
A Bithynia - Byzantium (*Bounce*)
F Carpathian Sea - Halicarnassus (*Bounce*)
A Thracia - Amphipolis
F Troia - Cyzicus
Sparta:
A Achaia - Naupactus
A Arcadia - Achaia
F North Cretan Sea Supports F South Ionian Sea - Cnossos
F Pylos - South Ionian Sea
F South Ionian Sea - Cnossos
Thessalia:
A Aetolia - Ithaca
A Ambracia Supports A Aetolia - Ithaca
F Chalcis Supports A Diacria - Thebes
A Dolopia Supports A Phthiotis - Lamia
F Pherae - Pagasaean Gulf
A Phthiotis - Lamia[Reply] |
| To Replace or not to Replace that is the Question! - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Hi Guys,
Firstly, let me say this is in no way a criticism of any GM I am currently playing under, and I mean that.
I would be interested to hear the opinions of wiser and more experienced players than me on the topic of withdrawals/NMR's.
To replace or not to replace ~ that is the question!
I am playing in two games at the moment where this question has arisen.
One where replacements have been sought, the other where CD has been declared and play continues.
In the first game, as players dropped out, new players were sought. As a newbie I didnt like what I thought then was a unnecessary delay but can see as the game wears on that my frustration over the delays is more than matched by a better more balanced game.
In the other game, Italy, Turkey and now Russia have all disappeared into the wilderness and CD'dom , leaving us in the Western side of the board fighting amongst each other for crumbs, while Austria cruises effortlessly to circa 14/15 centres. Not Austria's fault, and good luck to him, but surely not quite fair to us warring Western Nations?
While we bicker fight and stab over one or two centres, the Power alongside the defauters doesnt have to exercise any brain cells let alone an ounce of Diplomacy. But maybe this reflects life the way it is?
Would be interested to hear views of more experienced and long standing members on the site as well as newbies like myself concerning this issue.
Thanks,
Joe  [Reply] |
| dc186 Summer Results - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Reference map:
http://notasb.home.comcast.net/~notasb/186/186ref.gif
Summer '71 Map:
http://notasb.home.comcast.net/~notasb/186/18671Summer.gif
Deadline:
Fall '71 is due Tuesday June 24th 8 AM CDST (GMT -5) 1300 GMT
Retreats:
Britain:
A Bengal - Lucknow
F Canton - Hong Kong
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“Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be
constant companions.”[Reply] |
| DC191 SIB - Fall 1901 Deadline Reminder - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Heya guys,
Apologies for the late deadline notice here. Fall 1901 orders are due in just under 10 hours - I believe I am still short one or two sets.
Cheers,
Baltic Trout[Reply] |
| Too Many Abandonments? - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Hi Everyone,
I am new to the site, but not new to hobby and had a question. I have played one game on the site thus far (dc142) which contained not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 abandonments. Is that par for the course? I certainly hope not, but I was wondering what the average number of abandonments is per game here?
I just started a world dip game (195) and I really like the variant, but I am concerned that the game will be adversely affected by civil disorders - nothing can ruin a game or give someone an edge like an untimely abandonment.
Also, i was wondering if there is a punishment for abandoning a game or a limit to the number of games a player can play at once (leading to a potential abondonment due to time constraints).
Thank you,
Steve[Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Steve, Thanks for a very good question.
4 abandons in a standard game is very high for our site.
Many games (mike cold give the detailed numbers) go without a single Abandon.
Players who abandon a game get a big ding against their player rating, and several abandons will make it likely that a GM will not accept them into their game.
Players are limited to one game until they have completed their first game, but exceptions are made for those who prove reliable.
As always, we are at the mercy of real life.
Most Abandons are replaces, not CD'ed. Many players will find their own replacements if RL prevents them from continuing. Also we have the Light Brigade, a group of players who get notified when a game needs a replacement. This keeps our games moving with only slight delays most of the time.
Jason[Reply] |
| Unknown - test_gm (Sep 13, 2007, 12:00 am) |
Jason,
Thanks for the reply, that is a relief.
Lets hope this World game isn't plagued like my first game was.
Steve[Reply] |
