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Interview with CaptainMeme

Interview with CaptainMeme

FromDiplomacy Games


Interview with CaptainMeme

FromDiplomacy Games

ratings:
Length:
143 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Amby visits Edinburgh and interviews two-time interviewee CaptainMeme. They discuss deceptive tactics, the Tournament of Time and how Nuclear Diplomacy could work.  Then there's a post interview analysis with Kaner and Amby.
Intro
The guys introduce the show and have moved to The Terrace, a rooftop bar in Southbank, Brisbane  (0 mins 10 sec)
Both guys admit to being a bit freaky with heights (1 min 10 secs)
Kaner is now drinking a James Squire Orchard Crush cider and Amby has a really enjoyable glass of Rusden Good Shepherd Malbec from the Barossa Valley (2 mins 10 secs)

Interview with CaptainMeme

The guys introduce Amby’s interview with CaptainMeme recorded in Edinburgh. This is the second time Cap has been on the show (3 mins 45 secs)
They are The Conan Doyle pub where Cap is having a Coke as he has a Java coding exam the next day. Amby is drinking a Lia Fail amber ale from Inveralmond Brewery (5 mins)
Cap discusses his accent and the origin of his handle “CaptainMeme” and Amby explains how he got his (8 mins)
Cap mentions how one of the top PlayDip players is under a different handle at webDip (10 mins 30 secs) 
They also talk about Carebear and how he manages his online versus face-to-face personas (11 mins)
Cap mentions his WDC analysis video on Youtube he did with Ezio (12 mins 30 secs)
He goes onto say that apparently the organisers of the 2020 WDC are planning on a Bourse game for the top board (14 mins)
Amby asks how long phases normally go and how are they managed in face-to-face games (15 mins 30 secs)
Cap explains how solos are very rare in face-to-face games (18 mins)
He gives Amby some helpful hints on what to watch for with Australian players in face-to-face games, and relays a story about another player’s subterfuge (19 mins 45 secs)
Cap asks Amby about whether he’ll be going down to Melbourne for an Australian tournament (22 mins 20 secs)
He talks about playing Versailles face-to-face at a convention in the UK (24 mins)
Amby talks about his recent joining of PlayDip (26 mins 30 secs)
They talk about the forum based Tournament of Time where Cap and Amby played with BigJoe on team Baratheon (29 mins)
Cap talks about the Dissolution game he’s playing for the team as at the time of recording (this has since finished) and why he really likes this variant (31 mins)
Amby discusses how Dipsy at PlayDip thinks he can bring Dissolution to life online, beyond just forum games. Cap says he would definitely buy a PlayDip membership for that (43 mins 45 secs)
Amby asks Cap about how the game differs between face-to-face and online (47 mins 45 secs)
Cap gives face-to-face games a big wrap for online players, and where they can find face-to-face games (52 mins 30 secs)
Cap talks about changes in his Top 5 variants (1 hr 00 mins 40 secs)
They discuss France vs Austria, the major stalemate line in the Diplomacy board and the France vs Austria tournament (1 hr 2 mins)
They go onto discuss Divided States and why its not in Cap’s Top 5 (1 hr 5 mins 15 secs)
Cap asks Amby about how he’s going in his Divided States game and the importance of getting behind player’s lines (1 hr 9 mins)

Cap asks Amby about unobtainable victory conditions (1 hr 15 mins 10 secs)
The difficulties of living in an Asian timezone when most players communicate when you sleep (1 hr 19 mins)
Amby discusses his Imperial game (1 hr 22 mins 30 secs)
Cap talks about variant map design and creating an unrealistic impression of who’s doing well (1 hr 25 mins 45 secs)
They talk about magnified regions in a map as a possible solution. Amby talks about this in the context of his proposed variant Nuclear Diplomacy (1 hr 29 mins)
Cap and Amby discuss how Nuclear Diplomacy would work (1 hr 31 mins 30 secs)
Cap suggests being able to potentially shoot down a nuclear missile, and how to technically code them as neutral units once in the atmosphere. He also talks loss prevention (1 hr 34 mins 15 secs)
Amby asks about the Mod space at vDip (1 hr 37 mins)



Post interview
Released:
Feb 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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