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Jamie_T (895 D)
04 Oct 17 UTC
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MAFIA 1 - GAME THREAD
This is the game thread for vDip Mafia, Episode 1

Please DO NOT post in this thread if you are not playing in the Mafia game.
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mouse (1776 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
uber: is there more to your vote than "brain has played 'well', so I'm going to vote to give them the win regardless of their faction"? That's the only reasoning I see today, unless I missed some from earlier?
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
"brainbomb: you'd shoot me tonight entirely independently from any action that may have occurred last night?"

You asked me who I would kill. Id aim for PR.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
I havent played well at all actually. I thought he was saying I was demonstrably town and therefore if somehow I was still scum after all I deserved a win. I strongly encourage you to agree mouse. I am town I just played shitty.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
I also see absolutely no that scum would fake claim at that time in the game.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
The best way to understand why "flushing" is an invalid strategy is to look at the fact it has a chance to be autoloss. Scum having scored a mislynch, and a nk would not feel pressed to out the cop. The cop is likely to out day 2 anyway with any scan at all other than on dead or if they were roleblocked.

So why wouldnt scum try to flush?

In 6 v 2, scumteam has a better chance to counter claim the cop than they do to initiate the claim. If I had not fake claimed, snowy would have. He lost the ability to fake a cop scan on someone else and squeeze an extra lynch for verificatation. Because he got guilty scanned and was hooker, and that there was already a vt fake claim which he bit on, he lost that angle to use.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Scum always waits to counter claim as cop to get as many collateral damage lynches as possible. Claiming first gives scum no chance
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Exactly. @bozo can you come up with a more compelling argument then "he fake claimed?"
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@uber: brainbomb says there was no reason to fake claim as scum, but then says "If I had not fake claimed, snowy would have." That is a direct contradiction, I think brainbomb is having a hard time keeping his stories straight.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Could explain how that is a contradiction?
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@uber: teacon wrote several pages on his case against brainbomb. One good point he had was about brainbomb trying to use teacon's roleblock against him. teacon pointed out immediately that he was not cleared by being roleblocked, since the mafia could choose not to use it and claim it themselves, but brainbomb proceeded to try to use the roleblock against him. This is likely because it was brainbomb's plan to roleblock teacon, then claim there was no reason for mafia to roleblock him, therefore implicating teacon.
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@uber: Since snowy was scum, why is brainbomb saying snowy would have faked claimed if there is no reason to fake claim as scum.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
My point is brain saying, "If I had not fake claimed, snowy would have." Is not a contradiction.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
He just said that there is no reason to INITIATE fake claim as scum. There is plenty of reason to COUNTER claim as scum.
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@uber: Also, brainbomb voting pattern indicates he was trying to start wagons wherever he could. By D2, brainbomb voted for every other player except Captainmeme, and Captainmeme did not make it to D2. Is it really possible he scumread everyone by D2?
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@uber: I did not read that as brainbomb saying snowy would counterclaim.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
I am pretty sure that's what he meant.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
But you are right about the voting.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Okay. No.

Heres the orders of possible operations

Demon claims -> snowy counter claims

Brainbomb claims -> demon claims ->?

If brainbomb in scenario B is scum he just made it impossible for teamate snowy to survive, cc.

If braimbomb in scenario B is VT he prevents snowy from cc and secures verificatiion lynch
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Scum never claims first -> demon forced to cc. Because all claims by scum if initiated first will be automatically delegated to verification. Its a loss of life. 1 for 1 in this setup is never best play for scum
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
"Dont expect much from me this game. I dont like lynching ghug-uber- or mouse. Those all feel wrong." - brainbomb.

What made you say this? What changed? Specifically about not contributing much.
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
That was from D1 btw.
bozo (2302 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
@brainbomb: You are justifying your fake claim based on DO being the real cop, but there is no way you could have known that at the time.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Im justifying the action no matter who fills that DO slot.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
I decided to play more. I wasnt gonna try much ive been burnt out for a few mothhs
ubercacher16 (2196 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Ok.
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
"@uber: Also, brainbomb voting pattern indicates he was trying to start wagons wherever he could. By D2, brainbomb voted for every other player except Captainmeme, and Captainmeme did not make it to D2. Is it really possible he scumread everyone by D2?"

Voted bozo
No lynch
Snowy
Voted mouse while drunk
Voted ezio as pressure go reread it
Voted teacon
Voted snowy
Voted ghug out of anger
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
2 of the people I voted for were scum.
One wagon was no lynch
One was a pressure vote
One while wasted as fuck
Another that I misread teacon
And one out of anger

How is any of that opportunistic wagon starting?

If anything yer arguing I was trying to oportunistically form a wagon on actual scum snowy
brainbomb (662 D)
21 Oct 17 UTC
Bozo how many people have you reread this game?
mouse (1776 D)
22 Oct 17 UTC
To everyone: what would your opinion be on a no lynch today (or tying votes to generate one)?
brainbomb (662 D)
22 Oct 17 UTC
Whatever makes you feel more comfortable. If you need more time, more questions I will agree.

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Flame (1073 D)
23 Oct 17 UTC
Austrian question once again!
Please help with testing a map "War of Austrian Succession"
http://lab.diplomail.ru/board.php?gameID=51

Fast gunboat.
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Flame (1073 D)
05 Oct 17 UTC
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Classic 1898 Variant adaptation
I do the adaptation for 1898 variant. Who knows the author of the variant to mention him in the description. Or it's Hasbro itself?

http://lab.diplomail.ru/board.php?gameID=43
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Tactics
In year one when you just meeting everyone, maybe there anonymous but for sure you don't know any of them. How do you know who to trust?
They can be lying through their teeth and text doesn't show tone of voice or eye contact so you have no idea. If you believe them they may stab you. If you don't you venture into a DMZ and piss them off. Ask around to others and you get rumors or nothing. This game seems so much better suited to face to face.
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Enriador (1507 D)
17 Oct 17 UTC
Classic Mini-Tourney - Is there interest?
I thought about making a mini-tourney - comprising a single game - using a similar scheme to most Face-to-Face scoring systems.

Basically it'll be a Classic game, running until Fall 1907 and a PPSC structure. The bet would be 100 points - for a ultimate pot worth 700 points.
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
13 Oct 17 UTC
Unable to enter certain orders. How to contact GM
Can someone help. I am playing one of the odder variants. New for me. I’ve read the variant page repeatedly and seems I ought to be able to enter a certain order. But it’s not available as an option. (Maybe I’m missing something. Or maybe a bug). Emailed the mods. But how do I contact GameMaster min a gunboat game?
Thanks
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
09 Oct 17 UTC
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I love vDip
Enjoying this new golden age of variant development.

Hat tip to Oli and those building variants and supporting their development in the background.
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FafevPlinskv (1039 D)
10 Oct 17 UTC
Taking over
Need help with a gunboat game, good position but sadly don't have time for it for a moment. PM for more details
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
08 Oct 17 UTC
Napoleonic
Hey, where are the neutrals?

;-)
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Jamie_T (895 D)
10 Sep 17 UTC
vDiplomacy Forum Mafia
Would anyone be interested in playing forum based Mafia / Werewolf here, on the vDip forum?
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Enriador (1507 D)
04 Oct 17 UTC
Reliability system
I looked over Google but couldn't find any topic explaining the reliability system - can anyone hand out an example, and explain how noobs are handled? Thanks a lot in advance!
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
19 Sep 17 UTC
Win Conditions less than majority
Some of you with a bit more experience at vDip can clue me in here.

How does vDip currently adjudicate when more than one player meets the SC requirement for victory simultaneously? More details below.
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brainbomb (662 D)
01 Oct 17 UTC
Variance
Varients my style Skippin paddy wagon rattle dash colum mile Flyin off the handle and I dial Clone pile vna for my DNA Rabid as a rattler in a CNA gettin paid like the Destin Pa Handle this festive kudza On a fish. Get you lil bliss Gimme smooch. Im a wish.
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Flame (1073 D)
28 Sep 17 UTC
Habelya variant bug?
In Habelya-variant: Fleet from Bay of Holgii can support move S.Holgii (Sc) from Holgian Sea.
Is it bug or normal situation?
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Anyone else have hobbies outside of Diplomacy or gaming in general?
I am into model railroading as well as fine scale modeling (military), and balsa & tissue aircraft building. What are you all into?
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Argentinean Empire (1606 D)
27 Apr 17 UTC
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Word Association Thread
Hello! I saw a thread like this on WebDip. We start with a word, and you then post the one word that pops into your mind after you read that word. The first word is FIRST.
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Major Problems (1364 D)
23 Sep 17 UTC
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Live game anyone?
If anyone likes live games (gunboat, anon) let's see if we can get one going. Only an hour to sign up!
2 replies
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BenjaminHester (1035 D)
14 Sep 17 UTC
While I'm going through the long slog of rebuilding Sengoku...
...any interest in a vDip implementation of my most recent, and arguably best balanced variant that rolled off the assembly line before my last long Dip sabbatical?

http://dipwiki.com/index.php?title=Balkans1860
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NManock18 (1019 D)
18 Sep 17 UTC
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Variants
Are there any tips on software to use for designing a variant? Thanks!
5 replies
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faded box (1101 D)
05 Sep 17 UTC
live
anyone up for a live 1v1? u can choose map if u dont like one i got posted
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Vauban (953 D)
17 Sep 17 UTC
Colour for Neutral Province
Check below
4 replies
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Cometk (1278 D)
15 Sep 17 UTC
Replacing Inactive Member
how does my group go about replacing an inactive member?
1 reply
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President Eden (1588 D)
13 Sep 17 UTC
Is England* vs Turkey truly balanced?
The stats spread on England* vs Turkey is innocuous enough. England* wins 55% of games which do not end in a draw, Turkey wins 45%. England is favored, but not to the extent that Turkey can't win; the game is not balanced, but it also isn't drastically skewed either way.

However, I have recently encountered an opening from England that I'm struggling to counter as Turkey.
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Anon (?? D)
12 Sep 17 UTC
Gunboat with me
Hey, if anyone is interested in playing a beginner gunboat with me (I suck at gunboat) holla at me for the password http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=32229
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Anon (?? D)
12 Sep 17 UTC
"...tuesday" game sequel is out...
Pls play this WWII map...
Remember, only on Tuesdays!
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=32223
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michael_b (952 D)
11 Sep 17 UTC
Strong British Position
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=31381
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
06 Sep 17 UTC
Online Dip Pet Peeves
We're introducing a new segment to the podcast. Have your say (more below)...
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Jamie_T (895 D)
16 Aug 17 UTC
Hello!
I have been banned from webDiplomacy because Zultar wants it to be a safe space for neo-Nazis and other white supremacists.

You nice people will have to put up with me instead (until I get banned here, I guess).
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TheatreVarus (874 D)
09 Sep 17 UTC
Dueling
Looking for someone to play a few friendly duels on the Cold War map. Just picked the game back up and I want to get some practice in. Anyone interested can DM me.
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kaner406 (2103 D Mod (B))
24 Sep 16 UTC
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I've been Boursed!!! 2016
Hi all, when Amby and I were recording our recent podcast (diplomacygames.com) the topic of Bourse came up, and I got really excited and thought that I would try to get another game of this variant running...
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