# SDMB Diplomacy World Championship **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571 "2005-11-11T14:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/241 "2006-02-20T13:35:55Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Hrm. Let me check. It wouldn’t be the first time I botched something. > > Just ask Shibb. Tis true. I may have just experienced the greatest turnaround in Dip history. And it happened all in the same round. **JC** is trying to make me bipolar. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/242 "2006-02-20T15:00:08Z")
> [@Alan Smithee](#): > > Hey, I’m coming to conquer you as fast as I can! Gimme time…I’ll get there. Regrettably, by the time you get to order a cup of Turkish coffee in Vauxhall Gardens, they’ll all be speaking German. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/243 "2006-02-21T01:57:25Z")
So…what’s going on? Have retreats been submitted? Are orders due tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/244 "2006-02-21T11:19:32Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > So…what’s going on? Have retreats been submitted? Are orders due tomorrow? My retreat has been submitted - I don’t know whether The Case of the Missing Orders have been resolved yet, but I would guess we sit tight until told otherwise… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/245 "2006-02-21T11:32:01Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > My retreat has been submitted - I don’t know whether The Case of the Missing Orders have been resolved yet, but I would guess we sit tight until told otherwise… > > Grim This is what I’m doing…anxiously, I might add. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/246 "2006-02-21T14:16:06Z")
Corrected adjudication is posted here: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Fall orders are due Thursday with builds due Friday. Be there! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/247 "2006-02-21T14:19:46Z")
Our hospitalized player has let me know that he’s back in gear. Orders for Fall 1904 are due next THURSDAY to allow everyone to get back in the swing. [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/248 "2006-02-21T14:38:58Z")
Surgeon General determines that playing the Austrian position is [hazardous to your health](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359835). Did anyone ever find **John Corrado**? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/249 "2006-02-22T14:30:35Z")
Austria A ser retreats to bul. English F nor retreats to ska. Updated map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) FALL IS DUE TOMORROW as I’m traveling M-W next week and I’m pressed for time. So get those orders in! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/250 "2006-02-24T14:35:43Z")
Note: I won’t mention the name of the lateness. Grr! But get those retreats and builds right in and I’ll try to adjudicate them today. There’s a good chance I’ll be on travel next week so if it’s not today it may be a while. Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Retreats/Disbands: Russian A Rumania has no retreats, disbanded. English F Sweden can retreat to Finland or Gulf of Bothnia or OTB. Turkish F Tunis can retreat to North Africa or Western Mediterranean or OTB. Austrian A Vienna can retreat to Bohemia or OTB. Get 'em in right away! Builds/Disbands for Winter: Austria must remove 1 unit. England must remove two units. France may build 1 unit. May build A or F in bre or mar. Germany may build 1 unit. May build A or F in ber or kie. Italy may build two units. May build A or F in nap, rom or ven. Schedule: Winter 1904 Orders due: Friday, February 24, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Spring 1905 Orders due: Thursday, March 2, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1905 Orders due: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time That’s TODAY for builds, people! And the orders: Austria: A Budapest Supports A Vienna - Trieste (_Cut_) A Bulgaria - Serbia (_Fails_) A Vienna - Trieste (_Dislodged_) England: F Norwegian Sea - Edinburgh F Skagerrak Supports F Sweden - Denmark (_Cut_) F Sweden - Denmark (_Dislodged_) France: F English Channel - Mid-Atlantic Ocean F Gulf of Lyon Convoys A Spain - Tuscany F Liverpool Hold A Marseilles - Piedmont A Picardy - Paris A Spain - Tuscany Germany: F Baltic Sea - Sweden A Denmark Supports F Baltic Sea - Sweden F London - Yorkshire A Munich - Tyrolia F North Sea - Skagerrak (_Fails_) A Ruhr - Munich Italy: F Ionian Sea - Tunis A Serbia - Budapest (_Fails_) A Trieste Supports A Tyrolia - Vienna A Tyrolia - Vienna F Tyrrhenian Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Tunis Russia: A Finland - St Petersburg F Norway Hold A Rumania Supports A Warsaw - Galicia (_Disbanded_) A St Petersburg - Livonia A Warsaw - Galicia Turkey: F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea A Galicia - Rumania F Greece Supports F Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea A Moscow - Sevastopol F Tunis Hold (_Dislodged_) A Ukraine Supports A Galicia - Rumania ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/251 "2006-02-24T15:26:34Z")
No need to arse around with any emails. F Swe retreats OTB and then F Ska is removed. I don’t think I’m handing too much advantage to my opponents by denying myself the secrecy of email. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/252 "2006-02-27T14:36:26Z")
Woof! I didn’t even see that until just now! English F swe retreats OTB. Turkish F tun retreats to wes. Austria A vie retreats OTB. NOTE: Builds are now due TOMORROW as I didn’t go on my planned trip. It’s a long story. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/253 "2006-02-27T14:44:58Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Woof! I didn’t even see that until just now! > > English F swe retreats OTB. > Turkish F tun retreats to wes. > Austria A vie retreats OTB. > > NOTE: Builds are now due TOMORROW as I didn’t go on my planned trip. It’s a long story. Sorry. Would’ve been simpler if I’d emailed. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/254 "2006-02-28T19:50:34Z")
Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Schedule: Spring 1905 Orders due: Thursday, March 2, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Fall 1905 Orders due: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Winter 1905 Orders due: Thursday, March 9, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: None England: Remove F Skagerrak France: Build F Marseilles Germany: Build A Berlin Italy: Build F Naples Build A Venice Russia: None Turkey: None ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/255 "2006-03-01T04:27:47Z")
Folks, just a heads-up: I’m helping the local sysadmin test a new server, and one of the things that may not be working is the e-mail server. Some of my recent e-mails have been addressed from “nmath.ucr.edu”, but that server doesn’t seem to receive e-mail reliably. Any e-mail to me should be addressed to “math.ucr.edu”, without the ‘n’. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/256 "2006-03-02T16:22:11Z")
Map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Retreats/Disbands: English F Edinburgh can retreat to Norwegian Sea or Clyde or OTB. Italian A Serbia can retreat to Albania or OTB. Italian A Venice can retreat to Apulia or OTB. Those are due by tomorrow morning or they default OTB. Schedule: Fall 1905 Orders due: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Winter 1905 Orders due: Thursday, March 9, 2006 9AM Eastern US Time Spring 1906 Orders due: Wednesday, March 15, 9AM Eastern US Time And the orders: Austria: A Budapest Supports A Tyrolia - Vienna (_Void_) A Bulgaria Supports A Rumania - Serbia England: F Edinburgh Hold (_Dislodged_) France: F Gulf of Lyon Supports F Western Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea F Liverpool - North Atlantic Ocean F Marseilles - Spain(sc) F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - North Africa A Paris - Gascony A Piedmont Supports A Tuscany - Venice A Tuscany - Venice Germany: A Berlin - Silesia A Denmark, no move received A Munich - Bohemia F North Sea Supports F Yorkshire - Edinburgh F Sweden, no move received A Tyrolia - Trieste (_Fails_) F Yorkshire - Edinburgh Italy: F Naples - Rome A Serbia - Greece (_Dislodged_) A Trieste Supports A Venice (_Cut_) F Tunis Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea F Tyrrhenian Sea - Ionian Sea A Venice Hold (_Dislodged_) A Vienna - Tyrolia (_Fails_) Russia: A Galicia - Ukraine (_Fails_) A Livonia Supports A St Petersburg - Moscow F Norway Hold A St Petersburg - Moscow Turkey: F Greece - Ionian Sea (_Fails_) F Ionian Sea - Adriatic Sea A Rumania - Serbia A Sevastopol - Rumania A Ukraine Supports A Sevastopol - Rumania (_Cut_) F Western Mediterranean - Tyrrhenian Sea ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/257 "2006-03-06T14:28:12Z")
English F edi retreats to cly. Italian A ser retreats to alb. Italian A ven retreats to apu. Updated map is at: [http://www.wooleysark.com/dip](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) Fall 1905 Orders due: Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/258 "2006-03-06T15:04:35Z")
Hmm. Wonder where all those German fleets are going next now that England’s been eliminated. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/259 "2006-03-07T00:19:35Z")
Is game 2 excessively “fleety?” I count 15 fleets and 19 armies. That seems a little more naval than normal in my not very extensive experience. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571/260 "2006-03-07T01:36:47Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > Is game 2 excessively “fleety?” I count 15 fleets and 19 armies. That seems a little more naval than normal in my not very extensive experience. Thoughts? Perhaps, but look back to 1902 and compare. Ebb and flow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-world-championship/330571.md?page=14)