Re: How to get good at Diplomacy?

Michael Goetze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Jim Burgess wrote:
>> I would add that it is a characteristic of Diplomacy players that
>> they are "action" oriented in getting better this way.  People
>> who like to study to get better at a game do better with Chess
>> or Go.  Diplomacy is very Zen in that you need to just go "feel it".

>I find that people who try to get better at Go like they would at Chess 
>usually fail, while those who try to get better at Go like they would at 
>Diplomacy (i.e. by just playing) tend to succeed.

>Mind you, the just-playing method has worked a lot better for me in Go 
>than in Diplomacy. ;)

>Regards,
>Michael

Interesting, maybe I should start playing more Go again.  I suspect
you are right, Michael.  I haven't played Go much since College
where I helped to organize the Go club.  It seemed that the Go
players I was playing with were more into studying, so I played
more Dip.....

Jim-Bob