The Embassy Journal

So I've realised that some of my blog posts are a little long... and I also realised that some of the articles I'd like to write are going to be even longer, so I decided I'd put together a Dip zine to accompany the blog.

The zine is called, imaginatively, The Embassy Journal. It's open to contributions from anyone, as it says in the zine.

To subscribe: email me and add "Subscribe" to the subject line.
To contribute an article: email me and add "Article" to the subject line.
To send a letter: email me and add "Letter" to the subject line.

email: theembassy.dip@gmail.co.uk

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Tournament Scoring - Part 5: Other Scoring Systems

There are, perhaps, three other types of scoring system: Placement or Rank scoring, hybrid systems that seek to combine DSS and SCS, and Tier scoring systems. I want to have a look at each system. Placement or Rank systems Essentially, these are Supply Centre Scoring systems with the addition of bonus points. I'm going to have a look at some more regularly used systems. Again, here is the map I will use as an example: England - 12 SCs Russia - 9 SCs Turkey - 8 SCs Italy - 5 SCs France , Germany and Austria-Hungary were eliminated, with 0 SCs each. C-Diplo In a drawn game points are awarded for: Participating in the game: 1 (for an online tournament, I'd only award this for participating and not surrendering). Each SC held at the end of the game: 1 . The player that 'tops the board' (has the most SCs): 38 pts. The second placed player (second highest number of SCs): 14 pts. The third placed player: 7 pts. If players are

The Ethics of Diplomacy - Part 9: Mind Games

I've separated this from gamesmanship because it is something different. However, mind games have the same impact on the Dip community as gamesmanship, for very similar reasons. Mind games are anything that you can do to get under the skin of another player. They can be irritants, impoliteness or meant to simply build paranoia. Silence Sending messages and getting no response is frustrating. I know - I send a lot of messages and find it annoying if I'm getting nothing back from someone with whom I'm supposed to be working. Now, what happens when that silence is deliberate ? When someone decides that they're not going to answer messages, or keep their answers to a minimum? Why would they do that ? Well, it is usually to cause some disruption in your thinking. If you're concerned that she isn't messaging back, you're going to be concerned about what your plans were going to be. I know at least one player who hates this, not becaus

Tournament Scoring - Part 7: The Mystery Scoring System

Introducing the Mystery Scoring System. This is a name that reflects that the actual points scored isn't known until the tournament is over. OK, enough. Let's get to it. Here's a breakdown of what the system looks like. The Mystery scoring system The Mystery scoring system is based on DIAS games, where all survivors share in the draw. (I have modified it to work with non-DIAS games.) In a draw , all players involved in the draw score 100 points. For games which are non-DIAS, players that survive but who are not part of the draw receive 10 points. Eliminated players receive 0 points. If a game ends in a solo, all other players receive 0 points. Solos are scored using the following process: Find the sum of all points scored in games which end in a draw. Divide this total by the number of games that ended in the draw - the average number of points awarded. Divide the average number of points above by the number of games that ended in a solo. Each

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