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Commands

[6985] What is the use of the magic broom ?

[6973] Who is allowed to submit orders on a game ?

[6965] Who is allowed to trigger an adjudication on a game ?

[6960] I will not be available after adjudication, but I already know which orders I want to enter for then. What shall I do ?

[6945] Who is allowed to trigger an rating calculation on a tournament ?

[6937] How may I change my password ?

[6936] How can I know where my unit may retreat ?

[6935] I have just received an email from a certain zorglub@thingy.zz. I suspect that he plays on the site, but I have no idea of who that is. What shall I do ?

[6935] How can I publish my unavailability ?

[6932] What are the effects of the vote for or against the end of the game ?

[6909] I am captain, how may I change the players of my team, that is to say replace them in the games ?

[6906] I am game master on a game, but I cannot manage to postpone the deadline of more than 10 days. How can I do ?

[6905] How do I send an email to a player from my game ?

[6880] How do I prevent the captain or lieutnant from interfering on my game ?

[6844] May I know if the power who I sent a message to has read it ?

[6829] Do I have to use the internal mailbox system ?

[6827] How can I put my picture online ?

[6708] How to avoid typing one's email address and identifier at every time at identification ?

[6550] How can I read again the history of exchanged message with a given power in my game ?

[6493] Why is not the content of my diplomatic message not transcribed in the copy within my notification email ?

FAQ

[6946] I cannot find the answer to my question. What shall I do ?

Game

[88084] What does the symbol on the left in the map before the retreats mean ?

[84295] How are the deadlines decided ?

[82537] What do the symbols on the left of the map before the adjustments mean ?

[80412] Where is pinned the dead line ?

[7013] What do the icons next to the name of the game mean ?

[6974] May a game master or the system trigger an adjudication before the deadline expiration if he has all orders ?

[6925] What does the deckchair under the flag of a country mean ?

[6908] What do the green, yellow, orange, red or black flags under the flag of the country mean in the game page ?

[6907] How is a game created ?

[6779] What does the order on which the countries are displayed on the map when the adjustements are required correspond to ?

[6694] What does the traffic light and the enveloppe under the country flags mean ?

[6268] What does the car race arrival flag on top of the game page mean ?

[6227] I have forgotten the acces code of a game I have created. What must I do ?

General

[6970] What is the target of this site ?

[6968] I am captain. How can I improve my team's chances of success ?

[6939] I received an email saying that I was in a game. I started exchanging emails with other players. So why do my captain or game master say that I did not enter in the game ?

[6938] Is all this free ?

[6927] Could I enter a famous game on the site and let the world know about it ?

[6920] Except playing Diplomacy, what does this site may bring to me ?

[6918] What does the weaver vane mean ?

[6914] How is the merit of a player calculated ?

[6912] What can I know about my teammates and their game ?

[6891] What happens if I give up a game ?

[6886] What is the merit for ?

[6869] How does the site fight players that do not negotiate ?

[6845] What does the "D" mean, next to a player from the game ?

[6835] How does the site fight desertion of players ?

[6815] What is the point of posting anonymously on a forum ?

[6800] How does the site fight the lateness of players ?

[6783] I sent an e-mail to a player of my game and the e-mail came back with an error message.
What shall I do ?

[6780] May I hide my identity ?

[6776] I have forgotten my password. What should I do ?

[6741] How may I join a game ?

[6714] What do the footsteps mean ?

[2836] How does the site fight registration duplication ?
How can one be sure the same person does not play more than one power on a given game ?

NMR

[91701] What happens is I do not submit orders ?

[83615] What happens if, in spite of the recall, I persist not to provide orders ?

[6531] For technical reasons I shall not be able to connect to the site but I am still very motivated by the game.
What shall I do ?

Orders syntax

[88436] Why is my convoy order "A BRE C LON" refused ?

[7057] How do I waive a build ?

[6990] How do I enter a disband (refusal to retreat) ?

[6933] And if all my orders are correct except one ?

[6910] Must I specify the country of the unit I am supporting or convoying ?

[6895] Why are my orders refused whereas I am sure that they are correct ?

[6828] How do I perform a voluntary mis orders ?

[6790] How to enter a convoy path ?

[6703] How do I enter my adjustments ?

Sending emails

[6915] Why when I click on a link to send an email does only the first of the list is displayed ?

Team

[5387] How to create a team ?

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