Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game

From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 04:40:19 +0000

Brian Sutin <sutin@helios.UCSC.EDU> writes:
>>Some very experienced players think that being in a corner is an
>>advantage.

> I beg to differ.  Compare to Diplomacy, where the best position, and
> the one most sought after, is Austria, with the most diplomatic
> interactions.  Turkey, with the fewest, is reserved for beginners.
> Statistically, Austria wins the most often as well.

Here is a table of the first 100 Diplomacy games played on the Internet
and assigned Electronic Protocol numbers.  By any reasonable standard,
Austria ranks last or next to last.

WINS  2-WAY  3-WAY  4-WAY  5-WAY 6-WAY  7-WAY   CALHAMER
    AUSTRIA  3     3       6      8     6     1      2      10.12
    ENGLAND  3     9      14      8     7     1      2      16.02
    FRANCE   6     8      11      8     7     1      2      17.52
    GERMANY  8     7      10      6     6     1      2      17.99
    ITALY    3     3       5      3     6     0      2       8.40
    RUSSIA   9     6       7      3     4     1      2      16.34
    TURKEY   4     4      13      8     4     1      2      13.56
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL   36    20      22     11     8     1      2      100

I look forward to seeing your statistics to the contrary.  I wonder what
would make them so radically different from these?

David desJardins

References

Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
sutin@helios.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 01:57:01 +0000
Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 03:24:52 +0000
Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
sutin@helios.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 06:32:33 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
sutin@helios.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 01:57:01 +0000
Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 03:24:52 +0000
Re: Galaxy: Yet another idea to change a perfectly good game
sutin@helios.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Sun, 21 Mar 1993 06:32:33 +0000