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Mitomon (1910 D)
05:40 PM UTC
How Does One Make a vDip Map?
As the title asks, what requirements are needed other than an image file? Do they have to be layered in specific ways?
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The Ambassador (1893 D (B))
12 Sep 23 UTC
Big hitters game
Interested in organising a game for folks interested in playing other big hitters. Not sure what the cut off should be, but would be good to get a mass of quality players interested and then we'll land on a general consensus if some aren't as big hitters as others.
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butterhead (1272 D)
21 May 12 UTC
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hurricane (1267 D)
Mon 01 PM UTC
happy birthday to the rising sports star in China
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gman314 (1016 D)
12 Mar 11 UTC
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Winning
Oli won.
On Imperial Civilization's off-topic thread (link inside), there was a brief stint of Second to Last Person to Post Wins. Now that the thread is closed, Oli won.
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Tulkas (2141 D)
09 Sep 23 UTC
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NMRing first turn
New game and not new missing first turns.
Many players miss their first turn in ALL of their games. They have very good position in the rank, with % of victory/draw higher than their % of survive/defeat ... of course, if they give up their games just the first turn, dissatisfied with the country they will have to play.
In my oppinion all abandoned games should count as DEFEATED. What do you think?
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Anon (?? D)
Wed 20 Sep UTC
looking for a replacement player
https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=56336#gamePanel

I have a solid spot in this game above, but I have lost interest in Vdip and thinking on going on a temporary hiatus after my current games wrap up. It would make it alot easier if anyone would be open to taking my spot here! Idk if i'm allowed to say what specific nation here but its one of the better ones, so reply here if your interested and I could pm you more info.
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Captainmeme (1400 D Mod (B))
26 Aug 23 UTC
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Chumbles has passed away
Steve Doubleday was a huge part of the postal Diplomacy scene, particularly in the UK; running his own zine and creating his own variants. He kept playing variants after the move to online, playing regularly here on vDip under the username Chumbles.

Sadly, he passed away in June this year. Rest in peace to a Diplomacy hobby legend.
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David Hood (976 D)
Mon 18 Sep UTC
September 2023 Deadline News is out!
Latest episode of Deadline News from the Diplomacy Broadcast Network was just released, featuring interviews with three recent Diplomacy tournament winners and headlines from around the world of the game of Diplomacy: https://youtu.be/IfXy8mNPIvI?si=N-tJl2qVjhw0-wX-
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
Sat 16 Sep UTC
Public Notice from Mods
If you want help from a Mod (getting a game phase extended or to be defaulted out of games due to real life stuff), I at least expect you to provide game links for the games in question. Players on here have a habit of asking for help "with all my games" and then expecting us to search for the 23 games they are playing.
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Fake Al (1747 D)
12 Sep 23 UTC
Restriction on number of games
We all hate NMRs and players that play press like its gunboat. Something I notice is that often these players are playing a lot of games simultaneously.
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Aweffle (1356 D)
08 Sep 23 UTC
Looking for someone to take my place in 2 games
Hi, I've been quite busy lately and decided its time to stop daily activity on this site for now. I have 2 games i need to leave, but want to do so with minimal disruption to the games (using country switch tool). The game IDs are 56336 and 56891. I am in a decent position in both games. Please reply if you are available, i would be grateful for any volunteers.
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KoTiK03 (1000 D)
01 Sep 23 UTC
How to leave game
Game Id = IGC game

How to leave game without waiting for turn pass kick
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kaner406 (2083 D Mod (B))
08 Sep 18 UTC
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Variant Development Thread
This thread is made for the express purpose of cutting down of multiple threads that deal with new variants, ideas, concepts etc...
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Fake Al (1747 D)
16 Jul 23 UTC
What’s the name of the variant and what is the start date? I’ll ask tobi to set it up for me.
Godfather (894 D)
16 Jul 23 UTC
Vietnam War, 1955
Flame (1092 D)
17 Jul 23 UTC
There is a wrong territory link in East Indies: Jaisalmer-Gujarat (fleet).
Also, Pajajaran should not border Southern Ocean.
Anon (?? D)
20 Jul 23 UTC
After feedback from here and two r/diplomacy posts, New Zealand is now running 2 beta games! =D

Free press: https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=56700
Gunboat: https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=56701

If they fill up quickly, I can start another one. I can't moderate since I haven't finished 25 games :p

I have checked and double checked the territory connections, but I could've missed something. Let me know here or via DM if I have.
folie (1604 D)
20 Jul 23 UTC
The interactive map doesn't seem to work on NZ, but I've got the IA_smallmap.png file. Is there anything else required?
folie (1604 D)
20 Jul 23 UTC
Actually, works now. Not sure why, might have been that I had (north coast) instead of (North Coast) in a territory name, as that’s the only thing I changed.
han-shahanshah (1258 D)
20 Jul 23 UTC
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Just tried to open your test game and got an error message about Nga Puhi north coast. Think you have to change it in every instance in the code.
folie (1604 D)
22 Jul 23 UTC
You're right, I thought I got them all but the fleet spawn there still hadn't been changed so it crashes when it tries to load the preview with the units. Once the change gets verified by the mods, the beta-3 game should start (unless it crashes first :p)
Fake Al (1747 D)
23 Jul 23 UTC
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@folie, what you need to do is re-create Nga Puhi (north coast) in the maps tab, then that’ll correct the error of the code trying to place a unit in a region with that name (which doesn’t exist right now). Then you should be able to go into the units tab, delete the unit at north coast. Then you can rename the region in Maps how you want.
folie (1604 D)
25 Jul 23 UTC
Good workaround! Thanks. I can finally get the press game going
Godfather (894 D)
01 Aug 23 UTC
@Fake AI, how is it going with Vietnam War variant?
ibuprofen (1787 D)
07 Aug 23 UTC
Hey all, I've had three map ideas rattling around my head for quite a while now, and have finally got around to actually creating (at least partially) two of them.

Are there any basic principles you all could give when it coming to fundamental map balancing?
Is the google doc at the beginning of this thread still accurate? Moreover, is paint.net still the preferred method of fully realizing maps?

thanks in advance
Fake Al (1747 D)
07 Aug 23 UTC
@Godfather, I only just got around to asking tobi about setting it up. He's busy right now, but it'll happen in due time.

@ibuprofen the Google doc is mostly accurate, but you will need to contact tobi1 instead of Oli. paint.net is good to use. You can PM me if you run into questions.
GOD (1721 D Mod (B))
07 Aug 23 UTC
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On map balancing:

Without ever having created a variant myself, I sometimes took at the classic map next to Alcavre and marvel at how completely different you can make the map look while all the connections and thus, essentially, the map, remain the same.

Interestingly, France/Namaq and Turkey/Maroe still outperform, while Austria, traditionally the hardest faction to play in classic, actually performs far better as Ithsomn in Alcavre. I think that this says something about the often seen (thus important to take into account when creating a variant) factor that corner/edge factions tend to perform better than factions that start off surrounded.

The Alcavre/Classic comparison suggests that this may even just come down to visuals, not just how territories are technically connected.

It should be noted that Alcavre has just 28 finished games compared to the 1527 for classic, the data base for the stats varies by a lot.
han-shahanshah (1258 D)
08 Aug 23 UTC
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We should implement that one map where the Classic connections were superimposed on Greece.
JECE (1534 D)
08 Aug 23 UTC
That's crazy about Alcavre. It's hard to read the map in the first place, and hard to follow the country names since you have to enter Map info and check territory by territory. So Russia/Shinto/blue hasn't won a single game?
JECE (1534 D)
08 Aug 23 UTC
ibuprofen: If you're looking for articles on variant design, you can find some here:
https://diplomacyzines.co.uk/home/contents/variant-articles/
ibuprofen (1787 D)
08 Aug 23 UTC
@GOD That's intensely fascinating about Alcavre, I've never played it, let alone realized it's relationship to the classic map, kudos to the designer. I will indeed keep it in mind.

@JECE Much appreciated, I'll do some digging there

@Fake AI Heard that. Ill see about learning the ins and outs of paint.net as soon as I can. Hoping this becomes a little pet project if I can swing it.
ScubaSteve (1259 D)
08 Aug 23 UTC
Alcavre is the same as the classic map? Are we sure about that?
David E. Cohen (1000 D)
09 Aug 23 UTC
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I believe Alcavre is topologically identical to Standard.
GOD (1721 D Mod (B))
09 Aug 23 UTC
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Classic has two impassable territories: Switzerland and the edge of the map. In Alcavre, they are inverted, the black impassable in the middle is what would be the edge of classic, while what was Switzerland in classic is now the edge in Alcavre.
folie (1604 D)
22 Aug 23 UTC
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I've been working on an Inverted Earth map off and on; thoughts so far?
https://imgur.com/a/g9ZcFmT

Ended up seeming like 18 players would fit nicely (big texts are player country names). I'm thinking it'll be either build anywhere or build in other players' home SCs that you've captured, since otherwise fleets would feel bad (though there are some canals).
Players are set exclusively on the coast because of climatic effects from having so much less water on the planet; territories will be a lot sparser away from the coasts.
Lei Saarlainen (1114 D)
23 Aug 23 UTC
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i am working on a balanced 6 players variante set inside classical greece
Aegemonia : https://imgur.com/a/WIDxykm
GOD (1721 D Mod (B))
24 Aug 23 UTC
Both variants look great.

Inverted world is giving me a bit of a headache just from the general concept, but that is the fun, I guess.

In Greece, it seems to me like Athens is the only non-edge power in the middle? Might give it a extra SC.
Athenes make reasonably well in our game tests
1/ gulf of corinth give a relative protection against sparta
2/ the access by mainland greece is easely defendable
3/ Athens get an early naval domination in central aegean
4/ Athens get an easely +4 first year
5/ the role of Athens as a conductor in the three cyclades center (Delos, Thera, Naxos) give them an edge for find allies
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Sparta is not really an edge power as both ionian sea are cretan dominated and Ambraggia is a natural spartan center
Sparta is not really an edge power as both ionian sea are cretan dominated and Ambraggia is a natural cretan* center
folie (1604 D)
04 Sep 23 UTC
2 new New Zealand test games open:
https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=57157 (public messaging only)
https://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=57158
No changes yet, I need some more before I can diagnose balance.


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kaner406 (2083 D Mod (B))
12 Aug 23 UTC
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Off to WDC
Well, I'm about to head off to compete at the World Diplomacy Championship in Bangkok. Wish me luck folks (unless you're also going as well - in which case, break a leg LoL :)
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Lokerr (1000 D)
02 Sep 23 UTC
I want to leave the game
Game Id - IGC game. I'm France.
Hello, i want to leave the game.
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drano019 (2804 D Mod)
01 Sep 23 UTC
Play By EMail
Hello all! I will be going on a hiatus from vDip soon and looking to play some more slow-paced Diplomacy. Specifically Play By EMail (PBEM).
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
13 Dec 22 UTC
Thing I learned today
Just a space for people to either share with others some interesting fact they learned today or else publicly expose how embarrassingly ignorant they are.
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drano019 (2804 D Mod)
31 Aug 23 UTC
Searching for Replacements
Looking for a replacement in 2 games I'm in. Very solid positions. PM for details.
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The Ambassador (1893 D (B))
25 Jan 23 UTC
Happy Australia Day!
For all the Aussies here, have a good one! (or commemorate accordingly if you call the day something else)
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11O7 (990 D)
28 Aug 23 UTC
Austria in Gunboat
Anybody have tips or advice for being Austria in a gunboat game?

Every time Italy dithers while RT carve up the Balkans swallow me next.
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David Hood (976 D)
27 Aug 23 UTC
August 2023 Deadline News Is Out
Latest episode of Deadline News just came out - featuring an interview with Liberty Cup tournament director Bill Hackenbracht, Hood v. Conq rematch, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
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Llamalion (1000 D)
24 Aug 23 UTC
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vDip Maps?
As a general question, why do VDip maps look so bad? Is there not a way to update the graphics to make them feel less crowded and old?
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bache (922 D)
21 Aug 23 UTC
live game ads here!
https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=57040
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Leif_Syverson (1272 D Mod)
14 Aug 23 UTC
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Leif Returns!
Hello friends (old, new, and yet to be)! I have returned after four + years away. Drop me a PM, an invite to a game, or just say hi here!
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AJManso4 (2286 D)
20 Aug 23 UTC
Can you send a link of a picture in vdip messages?
Are links trusted in games? Like, if I created a stalemate line with arrows on my phone, then turned that image into a link to send to countries in a game I am in.

It would save hours of writing it down in text and double checking that I wrote it down correctly, makes it easier for the other countries to read and follow it rather than copying text orders, etc.
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