In this episode we check out the Fog of War variant of Classic, talk about the role of Mods and what to bring to their attention and conclude with new development server talk that may get variants up and running again for the Dip community!
Apologies up front on how the ambiance gets louder and louder as more people arrive in the pub! If this pisses you off too much a) go have a drink or two yourself or b) let us know to go somewhere quieter!
How do Moderators (Mods) work?
Both Kaner and Amby have been Mods in the past for vDip, they discuss their prior experience and how it varies between vDip and webDip:
Variant focus - Fog of War
We then turn our attention to the Fog of War variant on vDiplomacy:
New development server talk
Finally we talk about variant development and news from CaptainMeme (vDip mod and regular on webDip) that while the vDip Lab is pretty much dead, a new test server for development is being slowly created in the background. This is some really cool news that could see new variants created again that won't crash vDip. The guys talk about how this could impact on new variants, including suggestions on webDip on air support, Classic with neutral armies, Kaner's Mongolian variant and Amby's ideas on making a massive Cold War variant.
In conclusion we tempt you again about having some of the main players from the webDiplomacy 2012 championship game being in episode 3.
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Venue: The Gresham Hotel, Brisbane
Drinks of choice:
Thanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.
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