my god...did you check through the monthly reports? I broke top 100 that of I know for sure, you should just trust me on this...it's not like I can play on webdip, I'm dying for tourneys on this site, I don't get enough.

"he use to be, back in January 2013 he had a HoF rating of 1214. However he conceded quite a few 1v1 games near the end of the vdip cup, which caused his rating to plummet, pushing him off the list. "

Surely a loss of a lot of 1v1s shouldn't push him out of a tournament in which we're playing proper Diplomacy? I know Jimbozig's one of the best players on the Classic map on this website, and I highly recommend him being put on the squad.

^ I agree. There are quite a few players in the HoF who haven't been to the site in almost a year or longer. There has to be exceptions for quality players such Jimbozig.

If we leave out some of our best players simply because they are not in the HoF and lose this thing, we will NEVER hear the end of it from those egomaniacs on webdip.

I have had a bad run of gunboats recently. I mostly play GB, and a few losses have brought me very far down the list over the past couple of months.

I also play on webdip under a different name, so I do have lots of experience on the classic map.

@ashleygirl
Nice to see that time hasn't made you all softy and stuff ;)

@jimbozig
What is your name on the webdip? We might played together there sometime.

I also like GB's and have been getting my arse handed to me in the last couple I have played. I blame it on noobs and the variants. It helps me sleep at night :-).

I would be interested in this tournament, but I have a question. I apologize in advance if it has already been asked and answered.

Who plays in the games? Does every player play all 20 games, or will there be a team coach that picks the players for each game?

I should have been more specific:

Out of all the players that are selected to represent vdip, who will play in the games? Does every player play all 20 games, or will there be a team coach that picks the players for each game?

Perhaps doing a recomputation of Jimbozig's games could be done by not counting the 1v1s like what fasces did for goldfinger at webdip could serve as additional verification (if still needed)? (Does anyone know an easy way to do that aside from manual counting btw?)

And given community support for Jimbozig (and some of those being HoF players too) would allow us to reasonably conclude Jimbozig is a good player despite not knowing him personally.

Besides, alot of our top players haven't enlisted yet. (Ruffhaus and the like). If I'm not mistaken captainmeme is the highest ranking so far. Hof Wise

How does th GR system work on webdip? Is it based solely on win,draw,survive and defeat? Does it take into account who you play against? Could you take over a CD on webdip with 17 SC's, win the game and move up in the GR?

Here, everything is explained in detail

http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/theghost-ratingslist

I would be interested, depending heavily on the parameters - time has been awfully hard to come by. I've played about the same number of games on both sites, though being ranked 15 here and 265 there, I would be playing for this side. Unfortunately, this tournament won't likely say much about who's better - the sample will be to small, and too many of the best players will pass - though it might be the only way to get RUFFHAUS and Retillion on the same side ;) - Ultimately, the losing side will have many valid excuses for why the results aren't truly indicative.

Doctor +1

Of course if we were to be teammates he might have to un-mute me.

I suppose if I am to be consistent with my various rantings on game play here as it relates to the general improvement of VDiplomacy as an online Dip community, that I should step forward and help defend it's reputation. If the tournament could be won. it might draw interest from better players.

With that said I remain unclear as to how a two team tournament would work. I've seen some suggestions, but it looks like we would have to focus specifically on 1v1 games, or play all games gunboat, and then who would enforce player anonymity? If the tournament were to have the desired aspect of competition, it seems that the temptation to break rules would be increased. How would this be monitored?

I am a sucker for tournaments, so I have some interest, but I'd like to see more specifics about what exactly is involved.

I would be interested in playing for the Vdip side. When i discovered Vdip, I slowly started to move away from playing on webdip (only one game in the last who knows how long) because i enjoyed it here more. I am 17 in the HoF ranking so I think I qualify :D

"If the tournament were to have the desired aspect of competition, it seems that the temptation to break rules would be increased."

I guess the chat could be monitored by mods on either side. As another idea, how about a diplomacy points reward for the player who did the best individually? This may encourage players to go for a solo rather than a draw with their other team members.

That's player Captainmeme talking rather than Mod Captainmeme, by the way. Not sure if the Mods would want to give out 'prize money', so I'm not speaking on their behalf when I say this.

I might be interested to play for vdiplomacy :)

I first played on webdip - only 3 games - then discovered vdip and have only been playing here so far.

The tournament will of course not declare which site holds the best players but if we make an honourable performance - or even win ! -, we could get some interest from strong players from webdip or even from elsewhere.

Before signing in, I would like to please clarify a few things :

1° What is the Phase lenght ?

2° I never play Gunboats and I am not interested at all in trying it.

3° I am not at all interested in team games but, if I have understood correctly, all games will be anon and individually played. Is that correct ?

4° I do not wish to play too many games simultaneously but that shouldn't be a problem since fasces349 wrote on Friday :

"18 players are required to be on the team, simply because with any less we would be unable to fill a WW4 game. So other then the fact that each member is required to play in a WW4 game. The players can play in any number of variants. If you really want to you could have 1 person play in every game. Its up to the players of each team to decide who should go to which variant."

5° I would certainly enjoy to play in the "World War IV" and "Known World 901" variants.

6° I know that I am a rather new player and that I haven't played many games but I think that each of my games was a correct performance : in my 7 finished games, I achieved 3 solos : 1 "Known World 901", 1 "Africa" and 1 "Imperial Diplomacy II". I hope that these results are good enough to qualify me as member of the vdip team.

7° @ Dr. recommended : yes, that would be an occasion for me to play again with RUFFHAUS 8. I think that he is a great player but sadly, for some reason, he and I had difficulties in communicating together. Maybe could that be the occasion for a reconciliation ?

I would hope so, given that any game will be better for having two of our better players involved :)

Just a thought, do we want to include Play Diplomacy and/or other big name online sites. It would be kinda cool if we had a battle of the sites.

Team vdip signups
1. God
2. Captainmeme
3. Drano19
4. Kaug
5. Shep315
6. firehawk
7. Halt
8. Jimbozig (or would you rather play for Webdiplomacy? I know who you are on webdip, wont say cause you might not want it public. Your GR is high enough that you would qualify to play for either team webdip or team vdip.)
9. Spartan22
10. Retillion

It wouldn't hurt to put the idea out there for including other sites.

I fell in love with Diplomacy at first sight, a little more than an year ago. After two face-to-face crowded variants and lots of web games, I find myself moderate experienced and skilled. I haven't played a lot of games here, but I would like to participate on vdip's side, unless better players show up.

I posted the discussion on playdiplomacy here:
http://www.playdiplomacy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37329

@ fasces349 :

Please, I haven't signed up yet ! Indeed, I have written :

"I might be interested" ... "BEFORE signing in, I would like to please clarify a few things"

Please : what is Phase length ? Have you please noted that I do not want to play Gunboats nor team games ?

-> I would very much like to play but I need first to be sure what I am signing for.

Is Phase length 24 hours ?

phase length would probably be 36 hours, since that is the standard length for tournaments

They wont be team games, but anon games were half of your opponents will be from vdip and the other half from webdip.

You don't have the play gunboats so long as enough people are on your team (which it looks like this is the case.)

Fasces - you missed RUUFHAUS off the list - he expressed interest a little earlier.

If we're going to bring in other sites we could also try to get Stabberfou and DiplomaticCorp involved. They're the other big ones I've heard of - not sure about any others...

@Captainmeme "so I have some interest, but I'd like to see more specifics about what exactly is involved."
He answered as a maybe, I missed that Retillion did as well.

"Stabberfou and DiplomaticCorp"
I haven't heard of either of those. I'll post on their forums as well.

@ fasces349 :

36-hour Phases are OK for me. I gladly sign in as long as :
- I don't play Gunboat games.
- I can refuse to enter a specific game because either I have too many games in progress, either I don't want to play the specific variant of that game.

By the way, please, how many games would there be ? Which variants would be played ? Would it be possible to play the "Known World 901" variant ? I think that MANY players LOVE it and that it could be a very interesting variant to discover from players from webdip.

+1 for Known World