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bache (807 D X)
05 Jun 23 UTC
hi
where are you from
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bache (807 D X)
24 Jul 23 UTC
Some maps are not balanced.SO...
Some maps are not balanced,like Fubar,WW2.
Choose-your-country-games are not fair.It is a problem maybe...
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bache (807 D X)
22 Jul 23 UTC
join!
can you join this?play asap
https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=56719
https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=56719
https://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=56719
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bache (807 D X)
20 Jul 23 UTC
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How to get a game's link?I want to give links to others.
help!
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David Hood (976 D)
20 Jul 23 UTC
July 2023 Deadline News Is Out
July 2023 Deadline News just released - Interview with Renegade folk about new Diplomacy set, a new segment called Top Five where panelists give their top answer to five Diplomacy-related questions, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
https://youtu.be/WCgoeP0kGBo
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han-shahanshah (1459 D)
20 Jun 23 UTC
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New variants?
I recently stumbled upon this seemingly abandoned play-by-email site: http://www.diplomaticcorp.com/variants.php
which got me wondering if it would be possible to move any of those files here. Looks like there is a wide range of maps and rule edits among the variants that we don't have here, has anyone played any of those before?
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flipster14191 (1313 D)
07 Jul 23 UTC
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Anon games with ready symbol?
Is anyone else interested in being able to have anon games where you can still see if people have readied their orders or not? Like how there is an option for hidden draw votes, would it be possible to have an option to either have or not have hidden order status?
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Why am I still a "Political Puppet"
I'm rather curious. Is it my rating? The amount of tokens I hold? I'm willing to bet it's because of my exceptionally low reliability, but I do want concrete answers if there are
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folie (1743 D)
14 Jul 23 UTC
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Diplomacy puzzles
What if there were Diplomacy puzzles, functioning similarly to Chess puzzles? i.e. you would start with a complicated troop setup and you would have to figure out what the best orders are, or how to guarantee X supply centers in Y turns. Is there something like this that already exists? I couldn’t find much of anything online beyond a few one-offs.
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somebody909 (1012 D)
26 Jan 23 UTC
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Shhh Secret Variants
This is a story about finding the variant with the fewest games played and it lead to a deep dive into the secret variants that aren't on the variants table...
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
30 Jun 23 UTC
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To GOD and anyone else in Vienna
https://twitter.com/derJamesJackson/status/1674698281895469057
JohnyD (2012 D)
02 Jul 23 UTC
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So, after a bit of research:
An interesting conversation is happening on the subject, but most people haven't even googled what's happening.
The tweet is missleading. The paper will continue being printed, just less often. They are changing the print to monthly.
Also, the Wiener Zeitung is used as the governmental newspaper and it's going to continue online.
Additionally, the paper is financed by a mandatory tax from all companies in Austria. There was apparently a push against the physical form of the newspaper, as it costs everyone a lot of money for a daily print of something that's "50% useless updates for corporation updates that can be done online".
I'm a fan of this type of financing though. BBC is usually a good enough source for news, that I can believe enough (you always have to have in mind they are a liberal, pro-british source), because they are not sponsored by a single corporation or just the government (it's technically a corporate tax that the government then transfers to BBC, but as far as I know the law cannot be changed, so the government MUST pay them, no matter how much they hate it).
We need to have a system for independent newspapers and this type seems to be the best. Financed by the people for the people.
gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
02 Jul 23 UTC
A state supported newspaper is "independent"?

PBS and NPR is the US basically just represent the interests and biases of the credentialed, civil service class that bureaucratically runs the administration of all of the institutions of authority....you know a marginalized minority desperately in need of greater representation at public expense in our national dialogue.

But thanks for the info. It sounds like Daily Journal (owned by curmudgeon-y plutocrat Charlie Munger) which used to be the periodical in which all legal public notices had to be published by law and existed unread collecting its tolls from the legal system. Laws got changed a few years ago allowing municipal and county courts to post public notices on their own websites, which destroyed the Daily Journal's business model.
mouse (1868 D)
03 Jul 23 UTC
> A state supported newspaper is "independent"?

Certainly, more 'independent' than a newspaper reliant on private capital, which cannot be trusted for anything but propaganda from said private capital.

Guaranteed state funding with defined (and independent) editorial oversight is basically the only way to actually get decent reporting.
gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
03 Jul 23 UTC
"Independent" is generally understood to mean independent of the state. State funded media more or less inevitably means that it will consistently and reliable represent the interests, concerns and biases of the technocratic civil service class. The question is whether that underprivileged and marginalized group merits taxpayer money to amplify their underrepresented voices.
flipster14191 (1313 D)
03 Jul 23 UTC
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>"Independent" is generally understood to mean independent of the state.

I'd argue it's more about being free from outside influence, editorializing the news, etc. Often means independent from state influence, but I think it also means independent from corporate influence, independent from political influence, etc.

Being from the US and looking from the outside, it seems like the BBC is more independent than MSNBC or Fox News are here. Both of the latter are independent from state influence, but are very much not independent of political agendas. I understand that the BBC isn't entirely independent from state influence though, I think there was a thing where they were found to cover government scandals and corruption in the UKofGB&NI more favorably than elsewhere.
gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
03 Jul 23 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH8owcMHc34
flipster14191 (1313 D)
04 Jul 23 UTC
Yes, to be fair, The Onion may be the most unbiased source of journalism every conceived.
gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
04 Jul 23 UTC
Who else can we trust to ask the important questions that no one else has the courage to ask?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBGFQpkFNgU


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x3n (1502 D)
27 Jun 23 UTC
Pure variant is build anywhere?
If the Pure variant is a "build anywhere" game (and I believe that it is), that needs to be added to the Special Rules/Information section of its page.

https://www.vdiplomacy.net/variants.php?variantID=11
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David Hood (976 D)
22 Jun 23 UTC
June Edition of Dip News show just released
The latest edition of Deadline, DBN's monthly new program, has just been released on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EgwV6uuxjF0 This month we have a feature about Virginia hobbyist Hal Schild, an interview with recent Dipcon winner and British player Mikalis Kamaritis, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy.
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MagicalSand (1934 D)
17 Jun 23 UTC
Looking for replacement players for a private game
Looking for various players to replace players in a private Europa Renavito game I set up. Since the majority of players in said game are comeptlely new to Vdip, some of them have been having bad NMRs and CDing. There is some positions which ain't half bad that can viable that need filling.
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
16 Jun 23 UTC
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Discord Variants: Two New Maps in July, Prep for 2024 Tournament
Hey all, NoPunIn10Did here. I hope you're enjoying Chesspolitik!

I'm revving up to playtest two new variants this July: "Sub-Saharan" (1881 Africa) and "Succession & Legacy" (1703 Europe). Details to follow.
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Finkelboat Coordination
Hello all,
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IRL politics
What's the etiquette regarding discussing IRL politics and ethics over here? Would love to engage in some healthy debate, and I definitely am not asking just because I have due homework regarding certain political and ethical issues haha
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
06 Jun 23 UTC
Happy today...to those who celebrate.
https://www.youtube.com/@D-Day24Hours-sm5pe/videos
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
23 May 23 UTC
Aussie Mafia Defend your degeneracy, if you can
Mustard in mashed potatoes?

https://youtu.be/PNlvPWpWwDs?t=397
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Henrylynn2021 (980 D)
25 May 23 UTC
Is it possible to start a game by myself?
I want to start a game where I control all of the powers. I want to test moves/strategy. Is it possible to start a sandbox or a game by myself?
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
24 May 23 UTC
Texas invades France
I found this today and got sucked in. Curious about European cultural reaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn6SHgN0oBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_LJUHP7dc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpx_fDZVsLc
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David Hood (976 D)
26 May 23 UTC
May 2023 Deadline News is Out!
Diplomacy Broadcast Network has just released the latest edition of its Diplomacy news show. Interviews with Keith Worstell (Superstition) about Nexus, Randy Lawrence-Hurt about how acting and Diplomacy can be similar, and headlines from around the world of Diplomacy. Link:
https://youtu.be/htuD27ODGT0
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GOD (1878 D Mod (B))
22 May 23 UTC
Please take over open positions
A player has left the site and 23 games in a fit of rage. Please consider taking up the positions to save the games. Time has been added to ensure a smooth takeover.
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CBro27 (1436 D)
25 May 23 UTC
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Stats bug?
Was just looking at my stats, and my “all games” show 30 total games played, but the “variants” stats show 33. Any ideas on why this is?
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AJManso4 (2361 D)
13 May 23 UTC
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Eurovision
Anyone watching the final tonight?
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gopher27 (1606 D Mod)
22 May 23 UTC
God help me, a positive word about Fox News
The Wall Street Journal published an article over the weekend that mentioned in passing the fact that Epstein changed his will shortly before dying to list Bill Gates's personal "Science Advisor" (presumably Myhrvold's replacement) as the executor of his will. This was news to me, and Google indicates that Fox News was the only major American media organization to cover this fact in 2019.
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MacMillanwu (1000 D X)
20 May 23 UTC
Preparations for NBA 2K23 Appraisement
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20 May 23 UTC
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20 May 23 UTC
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DonnaStella123 (1000 D X)
20 May 23 UTC
P2Pah Diablo 4 :Split into Acclimatized Tiles
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