Online Diplomacy Championship R1 Winter 1902
With France and Russia dead in the water, I think we’re basically in mid-game already heading into 1903. What a match!
With France and Russia dead in the water, I think we’re basically in mid-game already heading into 1903. What a match!
I leaked those orders simply to manipulate France and Russia. I think what I accomplished in this regard is at the acme of skill in Press Diplomacy.
The only kind of mistake high-level players might make is who to trust. To win a high-level game, you need someone to mistakenly trust you.
I have thoughts upon thoughts about Diplomacy matches, and I can write about these games the way other people breathe air.
In Diplomacy, decide your strategic goals and consider your tactical options, then send messages to the other players to help you accomplish those goals.
I consider England a strong power in press diplomacy, and I believe that I personally have a very strong track record with England in my press games.
The 2019 Online Diplomacy Championship seems like the perfect occasion to keep another journal. I am going to record my efforts for posterity.
Weaker players overly depend on numbers-based heuristics (heuristics are mental shortcuts to simplify decision making). The shortcuts are holding you back.
“The crime of murder is a most fundamental taboo and, also, perhaps, a most fundamental human impulse.” Paul G. Mattiuzzi, forsensic psychologist
Charismatic Serial Killers become “cool” by transgressing the nominal prohibition against killing in front of an audience that secretly desires killing.