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The Real Wheat (969 D)
29 Mar 18 UTC
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Issue with South American Supremacy Map
Hey, I'm getting ready to start a game with some friends using the South American Supremacy map. It appears the map is starting with a fleet in Bogata, which is a landlocked territory. the variant homepage lists Bogata as starting with an army. Is there is a good way to correct this? Thanks!
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
22 Mar 18 UTC
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Forum search idea
Cam the awesome guys that know techie stuff add some functionality to the forum so you can search?
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jason4747 (1633 D)
21 Mar 18 UTC
What happened to the U.S. of Insanity?
Draw?
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Woodruff (1000 D)
22 Mar 18 UTC
Map Markings
I apologize if this is a repeat question or if it's found somewhere obvious, but I'm brand new to vDiplomacy and I can't seem to find what the difference is between the two types of what I believe are SC markings on the Bye Bye Federalism map.

Can someone help me?
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March Madness discussion
Let's have a discussion/argument about this year's tournament.
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Pretz (952 D)
20 Mar 18 UTC
Option to play a variant with fewer than the max number of players?
Hello all,

I and two of my friends love playing 3 player diplo games together. Having gone through the different 3 player maps, I'm wondering if there is a way to play on some of the larger variants, but with just 3 people? For instance, I'd love it if we could play a 3 player game on Fall of the American Empire IV.
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Enriador (1507 D)
15 Mar 18 UTC
Which variant would you like seeing on vDiplomacy?
Is there a variant that you really want to play, but isn't available here yet?

I have done work on half a dozen variants and I would like to pick something else. What's your favorite?
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G-Man (2466 D)
17 Mar 18 UTC
Policy For Site Unavailability/Glitch
What do you mods think about having some kind of policy posted to address when the site goes down or is not functional in the future? You have chosen to cancel the 1st game of Divided States over this, but the last time I was involved in a game that had this happen, the last phase was replayed. So currently, the response isn't consistent.
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WWII Tournament REPLACEMENT NEEDED
^^^

Go to the WWII Tournament thread for details. First come, first served.
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JECE (1534 D)
04 Mar 18 UTC
Join Team Iberia in the 2018 webDiplomacy World Cup
Iberia came 3rd in 2010, 2nd in 2012 and was absent from the 2016 edition. We're late to the party, but hopefully we can pull together quickly enough to register our team before sign-ups close. Are you ready?
The tournament is getting organized now:
http://webdiplomacy.net/contrib/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=298
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Enriador (1507 D)
03 Mar 18 UTC
[Poll] Balkan Gambit
If you are playing Austria and doing a Balkan Gambit, what orders do you give to Army Vienna?

https://strawpoll.com/redwyz6b
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
01 Mar 18 UTC
“Resigning” from a game
I would never want to do this but what does it mean when I see a player “resigned” from a game
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tobi1 (1997 D Mod (S))
03 Feb 18 UTC
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Improvement suggestions?
I am looking to give some love to my main coding contributions to vdip, namely the interactive map and the TSR in Colonial Diplomacy. Do you have any wishes, improvement suggestions, issues or bug reports with these implementations?
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Enriador (1507 D)
25 Feb 18 UTC
[Classic] Tuscan Opening
Hello guys! I wrote an article on webDiplomacy.net Forum about a "Tuscan Opening" that I will transcribe here for those who aren't members of webDip. I hope you enjoy it!
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
13 Feb 18 UTC
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New mega-variant: Divided states....
Here comes our largest variant ever: Divided States.
A variant for 50 players!! With 693 territories (270 land, 236 coast, and 187 sea territories).
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Anon (?? D)
15 Feb 18 UTC
Western World 901 Bug?
I am in a gunboat and when I try to see the past orders it tells me there is a bug.

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=33658
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Argentinean Empire (1606 D)
23 Jan 18 UTC
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Prove your historical knowledge!
Since some discrepancies arose from the Winning thread, (what else is new?) here we go. We start with a question, and the person that correctly answers it posts a question of their own, and it continues.
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Dunelmian (950 D)
01 Feb 18 UTC
I thought Mithradate was a god revered by the Roman military, with a lot of similarities to Jesus ie he rose from the dead.
Maucat, wrong. It is Peking.
If you misspelled Mithridates, he was a king of Greece during the early part of Julius Caesar's military career. If you spelled "Mithridate" correctly, I don't know.
Ztir (1142 D)
01 Feb 18 UTC
@Vixol, @AE Mithridates was king of Pontos, a kingdom in the middle of Asia Minor, which today is Turkey, in the first century BC.
That was one part of the question, because Mithridate is named after this king (he more or less "invented" it). But it was the easy part, what Mithridate actually is is more tricky
Here are some hints: later it was also called Theriac and was made mainly in Venice. It had over 50 different components and was used, in some form or the other, up into the 19th century.
What was the most interesting thing about King Charles the First?
WiJaMa (1228 D)
01 Feb 18 UTC
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Considering there are 10 King Charleses I listed on Wikipedia, who I presume all had interesting things about them that are differently interesting to different people, you may want to narrow down your question a bit.
d-ice (1969 D)
01 Feb 18 UTC
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@Argentinean: are you sure about Peking? I know that the Romans traded with the Chinese, but I thought that the name Peking was invented waaaaaay later. Like in renaissance era or even later than that. Anyway, I haven’t got a better idea.
I'm pretty sure it's Peking.
Maucat (1834 D)
01 Feb 18 UTC
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@Argentinean: Peking was called Nanjing ("capital of the south") or Yanjing, with reference to the State of Yan. In 1122 it was occupied by the Nüzhen, who founded the Jin dynasty, they moved there (1153) the imperial residence and called it Zhongdu ("central city").
Half-destroyed by Genghiz khān (1215), it was rebuilt (1264-69) by Qūbīlāy khān, founder of the Yuan dynasty, and took on the name of Dadu ("big city").
From 1417 Peking returned capital, with the name of Beijing («capital of the north») which it still conserves. So it was impossible that the Romans called it Peking, the few sources in latin text named that city as Thinae and the entire China as Seres (greek word for the land of chinese). The word Peking is incompatible with the Latin language. I found this to support my answer: many earlier Greek-Roman authors called THINAE (Θῖναι, or Σῖναι, Ptol. 7.3.6, 8.27.12), or THINA (Θῖνα, Arrian, Per. M. Erythr. p. 36), a capital city of the Sinae.
@Argentinean: I suppose that you're wrong.
@Maucat cool. It's always fun to learn something new.
vixol (1774 D)
02 Feb 18 UTC
@ztir, a poison or an medicin or aphrodisiac is my best guess from your hint
d-ice (1969 D)
02 Feb 18 UTC
@Maucat and @Argentinean: after having googled it seems indeed that Thinae might have been their name for Nanjing (the South capital) whereas Beijing is the north capital (i.e. not the same city). So no Maucat, your answer is incorrect too. My guess is that the romans never stumpled upon Beijing at all, since their relations was with the Sinae people who had their capital in Nanjing at the time. Why would they bother going to Beijing? If they did then probably there isn't any known documentation of what they may have called the city, most likely because it wasn't significant enough.
Ztir (1142 D)
02 Feb 18 UTC
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@Vixol you are right! Mithridates was terribly afraid of being poisoned, which is somewhat understandable as it was presumably him who poisoned his parents so that he himself could ascend to power. So he tried to immunise himself by taking small doses of various poisons mixed together.
Mithridates waged 3 wars against Rome (called the Mithridatic wars). In the beginning he was very successful but was at last defeated by Pompey. Hearing of his army's defeat, Mithridates tried to kill himself by poison, but it failed due to his immunisation! (It didn't matter in the end, he had his bodyguard stab him).
Pompey found the recipe of Mithridates' poison mix and brought it to Rome, where it was translated and called Mithridate. It remained in use as antidote and remedy for all kinds of stuff, and was very popular in the Renaissance. Of course, by then the composition was probably very different from the original.
sankt (1619 D)
03 Feb 18 UTC
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@Argentinean: Peking is the Wade-Giles romanization of Beijing, you may want to know that translate system's developer, Thomas Wade, was born in 1818, so it's no way that Romans knew it earlier.
@d-ice Also, Sinae (Thinae) may not be Nanjing in Roman Era, since in that era, both Nanjing and Beijing are not very-well developed and were more likely border fortresses against Barbarians, Sinae might be used to refer the (southern) capital of ancient China (Yes, different dynasties had different capitals in China), but I don't think it's Nanjing.
According to Chinese articles I've found, Romans may use Seres to call the region of modern western China and Sinae is more likely the region of modern mid-China, where was most luxurious in Roman Era.
vixol (1774 D)
05 Feb 18 UTC
1676 is important i scandinavian history. what took place that year during winter?
Maucat (1834 D)
05 Feb 18 UTC
The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden.
vixol (1774 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
You are of course correct with your almost encyclopedian like answer (I dare say you copied that from wikipedia...).

Extra points for naming the person who checked the ice of Kävlingeån. Hint, the same who checked the ice on the Belts in 1658.
Good point vixol. A reminder to all that this is based on old school knowledge ie no use of the interwebs to learn the answer.
Maucat (1834 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
The General of Forifications of Sweden Erik Dahlberg.
vixol (1774 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
Maucat, it's not fun when you use wikipedia to answer the questions.
Enriador (1507 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
China had two major "conquest dynasties". What are their names?
WiJaMa (1228 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
I think you're referring to the Qing and Yuan dynasties.
Maucat (1834 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
@vixol, no I have a lot of book of history and I like play boardgame of historical simulations since late 70's. There is an old GMT game about the swedish armies battles of 17th century with these informations inside.
Maucat (1834 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
December 18 1941, Alexandria of Egypt: four italian incursors riding their "maiali" sank two british Battleships (Queen Elizabeth and Valiant) Who knows the name of the Regia Marina submarine that led them near the port and their names?
mouse (1825 D)
08 Feb 18 UTC
Yeah, hadn't heard the term before, but seems likely to refer to the Yuan (Borjigin, mongolian) and Qing (Aisin Gioro, manchu) dynasties.
d-ice (1969 D)
09 Feb 18 UTC
@Maucat: I suppose you are referring to "Nothing gained but glory". Is the game any good?
Maucat (1834 D)
09 Feb 18 UTC
@d-ice: yes
Battalion (2386 D)
10 Feb 18 UTC
@Maucat - I'd be inclined to believe you hadn't copied it if it wasn't identical word for word, punctuation for punctuation, with the Wikipedia entry for the Battle of Lund... Unfortunately it does spoil the fun of it.
Maucat (1834 D)
10 Feb 18 UTC
Next answers will be in my mother language so I can write without problems and not using Translators, ok?
None is able to answer to my last question?
WiJaMa (1228 D)
12 Feb 18 UTC
Here's a question from a niche interest of mine: during the Ukrainian War of Independence, who "led" the Ukrainian anarcho-communist movement?

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michael_b (952 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
Question: Adding Variant(s)
Please see reply.
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Halt (2077 D)
10 Feb 18 UTC
Can't send press during build phase?
Hi, during one of my games, I seem to not be able to send press during build phase? I have been away from the site for a few years, so is this a new feature/rule I'm unaware of or is there something wrong with the game I'm in?

gameID=33649
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
22 Jan 18 UTC
Email notifications?
Does vDiplomacy not have an option to send email notifications upon important game events?

I just recently set up a game, then came back to check on it a couple days later only to find that I'd NMR'd it without even knowing. I couldn't find anything in my email, even in Spam or Trash.
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Enriador (1507 D)
07 Feb 18 UTC
WTA vs Draw-Disvaluated Scoring
What about adding Draw-Disvaluated Scoring to vDip?

It's a mix of Calhamer Scoring (aka Winner-Takes-All) with Draw-Zero Scoring, and has the fortunate effect of pushing players towards a solo unless a draw is absolutely necessary. Solos work like in WTA, but draws are different.
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
05 Feb 18 UTC
PPSC vs SoS
I couldn’t find the answer in Help.
I know PPSC means in a solo the points are allocated based on supply centre count while in a draw it reverts to an equal split of points like DSS/WTA
For SoS over on WebDip, in a draw the points are allocated on a sum of Squares principle. But Help section doesn’t say what happens in a solo. Same method or reverts to winner takes all? I’m assuming SoS whether draw or solo but checking
Thanks
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Technostar (1302 D)
03 Sep 17 UTC
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"Divided States" - New variant in progress
"Divided States" is a variant where every US state is a country. I am looking for advice about it. See reply for details.
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Greatdjenkins (927 D)
30 Jan 18 UTC
you hippies whats in da hood
come at me bro, when people see u they be like FATYYYYYYYY
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Just a heads up...
I'm headed to our cabin for a week tomorrow. I'll still get internet on the phone when we head into town for dinner each night, but my communication may be lacking in game on any press games.
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GOD (1850 D Mod (B))
27 Jan 18 UTC
Looking for Callifornians
I'm currently travelling through California for a good month and wondered if there's any players out here who'd like to meet or maybe even host me?
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Greatdjenkins (927 D)
22 Jan 18 UTC
Ambassidor is a crybaby
ambassidor, and argentinaian empire looooooooooove fluttershy and dora, although i think argentianian empire might like boots ( doras pet monkey, hes a boy )
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Brenden (898 D)
25 Jan 18 UTC
call me
hey girl
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kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
19 Jan 18 UTC
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Mod announcement
Please join us in welcoming gopher to our mod-team. We promise not to let him use his newfound powers to win the "winning" thread.
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Temasek22 (980 D)
18 Jan 18 UTC
Help
I can’t login for the next few days. Would appreciate if anyone can help step in
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