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The Ambassador (1941 D (B))
24 Dec 20 UTC
Merry Christmas everyone!
As it’s already Christmas here in Australia, wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas!
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CYFI (1927 D)
01 Jan 21 UTC
Draws impact on vdip rating
Do the number of centers a nation has when a draw happens impact the number of vdip-rating points?

Ex: Do I get more points as a 5 center turkey in a draw or a 17 center turkey in a draw? (assuming all other variables in the rating calculation are held constant)
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CYFI (1927 D)
24 Dec 20 UTC
Ties?
If you are playing a map such as Imperial Diplomacy II which has a win condition of 70 centers (out of a total 172). What happens if two people get exactly 70 centers in the same year?
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ubercacher16 (2230 D)
23 Dec 20 UTC
Nexus Gunboat Tournament
We have about 80 registrants so far, games are played on multiple platforms, including vDip. All information about the tournament can be found on the Nexus discord server, here: https://discord.gg/GvRHvbkZ
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SteveT (1645 D)
19 Dec 20 UTC
V Points
Hi - I just lost 56 V Points but don't see any games that just ended. Is there a way to see a list of your V Points and where they went up or down?
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Flame (1073 D)
19 Dec 20 UTC
Worldwide decline in Dipomacy game
Is it correct to say that Diplomacy game overcomes it's hardest times.
Or it's normal when smth has it's peaks and recessions?
And what happens to Jeremie's Stabbeurfou.org?
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David Hood (976 D)
19 Dec 20 UTC
December 2020 Deadline News is out!
Headlines from around the world of Diplomacy, plus a panel discussion about opening alliances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyPKX7Jy9ik&t=1s
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fourofswords (1002 D)
17 Dec 20 UTC
Coordinating in anonymous games
How is coordinating in anonymous games possible? If I think I am a victim of cheating, what would I do? And for discussion, please enlighten me as to how I can someone to coordinate moves in an anonymous game without cheating? Signed, your friend fourofswords, everyone's favorite player to gang up on and stab. My codename should be Juilus Caesar.
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Lerone (997 D)
17 Dec 20 UTC
Country Switch in Multiple Anon Games
Hey all, I am having several personal issues that are not allowing me to keep up with my 13 Anon games (I may have an addiction).
Instead of just going into civil order in all of them, I just found out this country switch tool.
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AJManso4 (2318 D)
15 Dec 20 UTC
PPSC draws?
how exactly are the points split up for a draw here?
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AJManso4 (2318 D)
16 Dec 20 UTC
PPSC draws?
how exactly are the points split up for a draw here?
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CYFI (1927 D)
04 Dec 20 UTC
No building Game
I am considering putting on a game with one special rule: You may not build. You have to win by force disbanding your opponents units (and then racing to the SC goal)
Would anyone be interested?
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Wrong initials in "a modern europe" variant
Hey guys minor issue but on "a modern europe" variant the Territory Brest is BRE in the drop down menu but BRS on the map.
Like I said minor but was confusing.
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Printer_McGee (1131 D)
08 Dec 20 UTC
Dark Ages Game
Anyone want to join a Dark Ages Variant game?
The game ID is 46825

Not for points, just for fun.
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The Dirge (1033 D)
30 Nov 20 UTC
Game ID Question,
Dumb question I’m sure, but how do I figure out my games Gamer ID? I want to advertise my game anonymously and whatnot, but I don’t know the how to find the ID. We only need one more person, and I’m super exited to try this map out :):):):) I’d been looking for a map like this for a while and now I’m so stoked!!!!!

Please help :)
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Macca573 (1517 D)
27 Feb 20 UTC
Around the World Tournament
Come one, come all, to the newest tournament to hit V-dip's pages.

The Around the World Tournament!
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David E. Cohen (1000 D)
27 Nov 20 UTC
Hybrid/Archipelago Provinces
Does vDip support these?
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The Dirge (1033 D)
27 Nov 20 UTC
New Canton Diplomacy: Canton Continuity
New game! Please join me! Choose your country! (Except Japan, Japan is taken lol)
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MagicalSand (1726 D)
22 Nov 20 UTC
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New server
https://discord.gg/UPHzVjAXeG

Regarding the idea in the "idea" thread I posted a few days ago. I created the server. I'll be occasionally hosting vdip games on it to help them start faster if anyone is interested.
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Tener (950 D)
21 Nov 20 UTC
Standards of Acceptable Kibitzing
Are there any defined standards of acceptable vs unacceptable kibitzing/commentary by players during a vDiplomacy game? For example, no rascist or sexist comments? Is there a code of conduct?
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David Hood (976 D)
21 Nov 20 UTC
November 2020 Deadline News is out!
Here is the link. In addition to headlines about tournaments, variants, league play, we have a panel discussion about how to adapt your play under different scoring systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBt5hXcl6yY&t=6s
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FlamingEyeball (869 D)
19 Nov 20 UTC
Surrendering
How do you surrender in a game? I cannot find the option to do so
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The Ambassador (1941 D (B))
15 Nov 20 UTC
Dip stuff I never knew
Creating a thread for stuff I didn’t know eg adjudication rules where us didn’t go as I hoped. I’ll start...
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Player5 (2203 D)
14 Mar 20 UTC
Variant development questions (Pits of Horror)
Hello! I'm trying to develop a new variant and would like some help debugging some things. If anyone wants to help I would be very happy!!

I have uploaded a map.png, and a mapNames.png but I still can't see anything in the "Map" interface (some error gets thrown)?
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
13 May 20 UTC
Done.
You should be able to edit your variant again.
Remember to switch to the largemap-view to set the unit-placement. In smallmap-view it shows now your map too (but without units). Bevore it did show an error instead of the smallmap.
Player5 (2203 D)
13 May 20 UTC
Awesome! Thank you very much!!
Fake Al (1747 D)
13 May 20 UTC
Really looking forward to this! Player5, is there a story behind how you came up with the concept for this? It's really unique!
I agree, this looks amazing!
What are the units going to look like
KingOfSwords (1497 D)
13 May 20 UTC
I didn't see a link to the map. Is it only available through the dev tools?
Player5 (2203 D)
13 May 20 UTC
Thanks! Just was thinking about what would be fun, and ended up with a map that was a bit bigger than I anticipated! I was going to draw little unique lovecraftian monsters for each country, but it might be hard to distinguish between fleets and armies so might just draw two and then recolor them
Fake Al (1747 D)
13 May 20 UTC
So the map and most of the region names you came up with yourself? That's really impressive!
Player5 (2203 D)
14 May 20 UTC
Thanks!! I've been having a blast with it!
Player5 (2203 D)
30 May 20 UTC
Alright I'm getting closer to finishing this variant. For the code changes, would @Oli rather I try to implement (more like copy paste from what someone else has written) and have Oli look over it, or would they rather just do it themselves?

The two code changes I want are:
1) Custom units (I should've already added them all)
2) Build anywhere centers (I think its the same as Haven's Eternal Build centers). I want countries to be able to build in their home centers and any off the following (assuming they own the territory)
> Aarack's Point (id: 293)
> City of Lux (id:114)
> Demonslayer's Keep (id: 212)
> Durath, City of Unspeakable Horrors (ids: 126, 367, 368)
> Dureen (id: 336)
> Duskfall (id: 132)
> Kargraack, the Village on top of the World (id: 320)
> Lugaarth Port (id: 275)
> Moonloft City (id: 260)
> Numar, the Trader's City (id: 173)
> Southern Remains of the Split City of Kaarlock (id: 156)
> The City of Ashes (id: 223)
> Tomb of the Demon Prince (id: 136)
> Twisted Hand (id: 153)
> Verleff, City of the Witches (id: 252)
Player5 (2203 D)
30 May 20 UTC
After that and after I upload the interactive map, then do I need to do the resizing to create the smallmap, or is the smallmap completely unnecessary?
the smallmap is completely unnecessary
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
31 May 20 UTC
I will add the code for your rule-changes.
Every code you upload needs to be manually-checked by me to avoid security-problems. That's why I always recommend a local install for everybody that needs to do some code-development.
And your variant is really large, you don't need a smallmap. I will add the neccessary code too.
Player5 (2203 D)
31 May 20 UTC
Makes sense!

Awesome! Then I think after changing the starting year to 666, everything should be ready to go?
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
01 Jun 20 UTC
Do you want a more "horror"-like turn-naming?
At the moment most variants use:
$turn % 2 ? "Autumn, " : "Spring, " ).(floor($turn/2) + starting_year.

But internally it's just a turn-number, that's converted to a string. So everything is possible. You don't even need the Spring<->Autumn distinction.
Maybe leave the year always at 666, and add some other turn indicator behind this...? Or some other interesting ideas?
How about "Harrowing of Shadows" for Spring, and "Harvest of Souls" for Autumn? The H-S alliteration is a bonus.
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
01 Jun 20 UTC

Hi Player5 all changes are implemented on my dev-server. But there are a few things left to do:

Recheck the initial territory-occupation.
For example:

Ithaqua has the following starting units:
'Deathkeep' => 'Fleet'
'Land of the Twisted Mystics' => 'Fleet'

But in the editor it has the following initial territories:
Deathkeep,
Durath, City of Unspeakable Horrors.

this results in an error, as it can't place a unit on a territory that's neutral.

If you want to use your icons for the interactive-map we need some "smaller" versions for the build-icon (look at the Haven-variant in the interactive-map directory to get a clue what I mean).

The countries have no color set for the text. All is black, so nobody knows who is typing what. Set the text-color, or I need to add the countrynames in front of the text.

All your unit icons have a white border. This is no problem for the map as the white is set to transparent, but it looks a bit ugly on the orderinterface, as there it's still white. If you set the background to "transparent" on all icons it looks much better.

Also the icons have exactly the same color as the territories, so they are a bit hard to see on the map. Maybe a darker tone would help.
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
01 Jun 20 UTC
PS: Now that your unique unit-icons are on the map you might consider the placemant of your units to enhance the readability of your map.
I always try to avoid overlapping order-arrows and place the units/SCs so all territory-names are easy to read.
Player5 (2203 D)
01 Jun 20 UTC
Looks like I have some work to do!!

Re Ithaqua builds / init territories: Nice catch! Thanks for fixing that for me!

Re country color in chat: The standard colors didn't look nice on a light background in chat so I was thinking going with the divided states approach of having them be all black with country names in front.

I'll fix the country Icons with the transparency and a small version of them. You are right, they are a bit hard to see. Its not bad when you look up close, but it is quite hard to see the units when you are looking at the whole map. I'll come up with something (a darker-toned outline on the inside could look nice?)

Oooh!! Horror like term naming would be cool!! @Lukas Podolski, love the idea of harvest for fall! Maybe something like "Year 666, Advent of the ??? Moon" and "Year 666, Harvest of the ??? Moon", with the year updating every 12 'diplomacy years'... hmm... something to think about. I'll send you a function once I settle on something!
Advent/Harvest of the Blood Moon? Filling in your "???". But yea feel free to bounce me ideas here/PM if you want to brainstorm together.
Rusty1428 (776 D)
02 Jun 20 UTC
If you’re going for extra satanicness (definitely a real word) you could mak the year update every 6, 7 or 13 normal years
Player5 (2203 D)
02 Jun 20 UTC
13 actually works out, because there are 12 normal moons in the year, and then we can add a special moon like "Blood Moon" (which actually fits the theme quite well!). Now that I think about it, harvest doesn't quite work, because October's moon is the "Harvest moon" so year 10 fall would be "Harvest of the Harvest Moon" which doesn't quite roll off the tongue...

Let's go with:
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$turnLabels = array("Wolf", "Snow", "Worm", "Pink", "Flower", "Strawberry", "Buck", "Sturgeon", "Corn", "Harvest", "Frost", "Cold", "Blood");

return ("Year ").(floor($turn / 26) + 666).(", ").($turn % 2 ? "Ruin" : "Advent").(" of the ").($turnLabels[($turn / 2) % 13] ).(" Moon");
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Not sure how this is going on but if there is any test game running later on please count me in :)

About the names, I think having more than two phases per year is fine as long as you have a way to let players conveniently identify which phase is build/autumn-equivalent and which is not.
Is this still going on?
Player5 (2203 D)
17 Nov 20 UTC
I do plan on finishing it! At some point... I'll probably open it up again in December?
No worries, take your time! I just want to see if this is still alive =D


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MagicalSand (1726 D)
19 Nov 20 UTC
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idea
i suppose i could ask this here. im thinking of creating a diplomacy discord server. one of the games on it will be vDIp along with conspiracy, web dip, and diplicity. would you guys be interested in joining for the vdip section? it certainly would not be anything like a full fledged Vdip server. just something to help set up fun games and fill games like these. i just want to gauge the interest of the community first.
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The Ambassador (1941 D (B))
11 Apr 20 UTC
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Big Hitters vDip game
I'm interested in creating a new game for players with 2000+ vDip points. Password protected.

If you meet this criteria let me know here that you're interested. Once we know how many players, we can decide which variant etc.
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An issue with the interactive map
I note that in the interactive map it's not uncommon for the icon that cancels the order to hide the territory I'd like to select. I think this reduces interactive map usability especially in maps with smaller territories (Imperial Dip is a clear example). A simple solution would be to move the icon further away from the selected unit. I don't know how complicated it would be to implement this change tho.
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The Ambassador (1941 D (B))
10 Nov 20 UTC
Who will be chosen?
Read on...
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Anon (?? D)
02 Nov 20 UTC
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Is this metagaming?
Let's say that through experience of playing in the same game as someone, I have noticed that a player has been very untrustworthy and deceiving. Am I allowed to use that knowledge in another game, and remember to be cautious around that player? Or is it metagaming?

gameID=45898 <---- that is unrelated. Just want to keep this anonymous.
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aaronmx2 (1333 D)
10 Nov 20 UTC
Voteing to Concede to a Team
I'm just wondering if it would be possible for the DRAW votes and CONCEDE votes to be used together. If two people have been working together and will clearly win, right now, if everyone else wants to concede, only one of the victors can get the points. If DRAW could be used in conjunction, then the points could be split between DRAW voters. Obviously this would require good faith of those conceding to not choose DRAW.
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