SE Diplomacy

user61230

20:39

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user61230

@Doorknob @Air @CanadianLuke @Undo @michaelpri

Doorknob

hai

user61230

Hi!

user61230

Who's the last person... Jeremy Banks?

Doorknob

Yep.

user61230

20:40

@JeremyBanks

user61230

Oh, and also @Seth wanted to watch.

Doorknob

Should we make this a private room, or does it not matter?

user61230

Ehhhh, I doubt it.

Doorknob

Alright. Just have to remember that this isn't TL then. :P

user61230

But yeah, time to stab each other!

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user61230

20:42

No red border around the chat box is a good hint.

Seth

Hi!

Yes, I wanted to watch. Maybe play some day too :)

Doorknob

We could periodically post screenshots. :P

user61230

Awesome!

user61230

Seth

@Emrakul I've never found that particularly helpful xD

user61230

20:46

Yeah, that's fair xD

Doorknob

@Emrakul Oh that's fancy. I wonder if we could set up a bot to do that

user61230

General note: PlayDiplomacy will not check your orders for validity. If your finalized orders are invalid, the illegal ones will be deleted. Check your orders before submission.

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Seth

@Doorknob Classic programmer you ;P

Doorknob

I think I sorta understand how the game works. Now how do I... go? If I click something, will anything immediately go wrong?

user61230

@Doorknob That's a good idea. It's under the Order History window, so it could just be a few requests and an authkey.

michaelpri

20:48

Ooh, has the game started?

user61230

Nah, it's really hard to break things. If you click on a unit, an order menu will pop up.

user61230

@michaelpri Yep!

Seth

<joke> Well Switzerland looks sufficiently charred. That's the price of neutrality I guess. </joke>

user61230

To enter and submit orders: Click on a unit, and an order menu will pop up. Click on the type of order you want to give that unit. If applicable, click on a target country. If you're convoying, you'll need to click on the source, then the destination. Once you're done submitting orders, click "finalize orders" under the "Orders" menu. (Your orders will be processed if you don't do this, but it'll take longer for the game to progress.)

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Doorknob

Alright, I told my fleet and my armies to move places. Do I have to do anything else before hitting finalize?

user61230

20:50

You might want to talk with people ;)

Doorknob

How do I do that? Is there a built-in chat?

user61230

Click on Messages at the top.

Doorknob

am I doing it right

:P

user61230

glorious

Undo

Aaaak a long

A ping

I can't type

Busy right now, will get to this at some point

user61230

20:56

No rush. We have a few days.

user61230

room topic changed to SE Diplomacy: please don't kill me (game record: drive.google.com/…) [diplomatic-relations] [poking] [stabbing]

Doorknob

@Emrakul fancy

user61230

Oh, heh, I forgot that PlayDiplomacy gives you twice as much time on the first turn as on subsequent turns.

user61230

So... we've actually got six days for this turn, not three.

michaelpri

21:12

I'm definitely gonna lose very quickly

user61230

austria is fuuuuuun

michaelpri

I do feel like I'm in a good spot for some reason.

user61230

Austria almost always has a fun game.

michaelpri

The only thing that I'm worried about is that I'm surrounded

user61230

Hi, @Air!

Air

21:29

Yessssssss... YESSSSSSSSSS

Doorknob

@Air did... something happen?

Air

35 secs ago, by Air

Yessssssss... YESSSSSSSSSS

Doorknob

hahaha

Air

@Emrakul That's a very good idea.

PSA: Diplomacy has that name for a reason. Before you finalize your Spring 1901 orders, it's a good idea to talk with at least your neighbors.

And remember that two units that independently try to move to the same place will "bounce" with neither one going anywhere, no matter who controls those units... So you can "bounce" yourself, accidentally or strategically!

Doorknob

@Air How could you do that strategically?

Air

21:40

@Doorknob Looking at the starting map, just as an example, say Austria orders both armies into Galicia.

Doorknob

Ah, I see. That's neat.

Air

They'll bounce each other, so it's guaranteed that neither army moves that turn; but, if Russia orders A(Warsaw)-Galicia, the Russian army is also bounced.

The original game rules are available as a PDF, though a disclaimer, I don't honestly know if they are 100% exactly identical to those on the playdiplomacy website.

I expect so, and if there's any difference, it's probably in an edge case

But refer to the website when in doubt

user61230

That's how it works on PlayDiplomacy

user61230

Rules guide: playdiplomacy.com/help.php?sub_page=Game_Rules

Air

21:55

ALERT. ALERT. MODERATOR ABUSE. ALERT.

user61230

Where? Where!?

user61230

AAAAH NOOOO

Air

Baguette!

user61230

I've already had my one "Mods are Awful" meta post for today!

user61230

...maybe playing Diplomacy using a chatroom we can all edit wasn't such a great idea..... :P

Air

21:57

^^^ I really shouldn't listen to that at work if I want to keep from laughing out loud in my cubicle.

Doorknob

@Emrakul shhhh :P

Air

@Emrakul Eh, it's like Public Press Plus™

user61230

Public Press - Now with More Abuse!

Air

This room fills the "idle chatter" niche of the game - playdiplomacy messages, the "serious business" part

Nobody should take anything that goes on in this room seriously with respect to the actual strategies, tactics, alliances and so on in this particular game.

user61230

I'm really excited to have people to discuss strategy with out of game, too, though.

user61230

22:02

But yeah, that.

Air

Except for this message

Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more

user61230

grumbles unintelligibly

Anonymous

22:29

Exciting!

Seth

23:08

Next we should organize a game of 0 A.D., although that could prove more challenging because there is no "correspondence" mode :P

Air

@Seth Wikipedia says RTS? Yeah, that would require me to have time to devote to something

Civ2 has PBEM :) (though even that would take too much of my time)

Seth

I've never played any of the civ* editions, but that's an interesting idea.

@Air yeah, it's real time.

That's why I've never played with anyone online myself ;P

Anonymous

23:38

I haven't had a chance to log in yet. Is the country that each person has a secret, or known?

michaelpri

@JeremyBanks It's known. I'm pretty sure you have Russia

user61230

It's public. You're Russia!

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