Now that this conversation is over here on Gchat let me include a couple of statements from the game site which I am hoping will address the 2 issues brought...
First Dan is quite correct that Cat23-GChat is a more appropriate listserver for this discussion. I hope that folks who wish to continue this discussion will...
Maybe I should dust off my resume, if it takes off, and you run out of GMing time... :^) I did also raise another issue, that of possible fraud (and as I said...
Zendip18, Thanks for the reply and thoughts. My working paradigm is that of a FTF tournament in Diplomacy, Chess, or any other board game or athletic/sport...
Here's a theoretical question which would help me with my thought process... "If you trusted the players and GM/site explicitly, would the concept of a...
... Absolutely not. I may be interested in a $150/$1050 entry fee/prize pot, but taking 1/3 of the pot for yourself is ridiculous. I have run tons of pbem...
... Given your assumptions, I'm sure some would be interested. I'm not one of them. I think playing for cash would bring out the worst tournament behaviors....
I'd enter one of those too. A $150/$1050. The problem is, who is going to run it? If someone would, I'd join. To GM a game like that incurrs risk and work...
... Hell, you know what you do? You buy the cripple. Throw the game to me and if I solo, you get $200. with 700 prize money I need two cripples to throw me ...
Definitely. My normal 12 concurrent GM games (always 2-4 variants larger than 7 players) would easily fund a lifestyle I could become accustomed to. ... out of...
God...the questions that get raised. So, does the 'purse' get split between DIAS'rs? So much for those 'one center wonders' as the 'glue' holding the draw...
"Diplomacy was made to be played for FREE!..." chanting along, Oly ... From: "David E Watson" <dipknight@...> To: <CAT23-Gchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Bob Olivere
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Jun 8, 2003 3:45 am
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"Diplomacy was made to be played for a FEE!" This might just catch on. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online...
Why would you eliminate a "one center wonder" in a game for stakes and not a regular game? It seems to me the motivation would be the same in each case. The...
... the ... wonder ... this ... the ... game ... And I beg to differ. "Money" would tend to make people 'play' differently. Do you work for the sheer enjoyment...
... pride ... Oh Adam, I can think of several I've come across who sell their souls every day for that simple 'pride' you talk of...:) But your right. The big...
Ray, the more I see how your mind thinks... ... Another wrinkle in the fabric that is Diplomacy. David ... beating up ... The "draw ... three ... plenty ... me...
... No, it is not the same. In a non stakes game, my own philosophy is that anything other than a win, be it an "x-way", a survival when someone else solos,...
Playing for anything other than a solo is not Diplomacy either. It rarely happens, which makes it all the more sweet, but that IS the name of the game after...
I, for one, am glad to see gambling come to Diplomacy. There is just not enough of it in our society. Oly...
Bob Olivere
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Jun 8, 2003 5:40 pm
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Um, well, that looks more to be a trouble typing. eh? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync...
No. Its Diplomacy, its just not the same 'phylosophy' or strategem. Dealing with other peoples gameplay IS Diplomacy. But I am of a similar mind, you SHOULD...
... From: "diplogames" <diplogames@...> To: <CAT23-Gchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: [CAT23-Gchat] Re: New Standard Game...
Dip 666, Doug Bourgoynes's Apocalype in Paradise, has been dead a year. Doug said in an old note that his intention was to end the game. Since Doug has...
I did not play Austrian in this game. Hope this helps :) _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8...
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