Podcast appearances and mentions of peter mcnamara

Following on from last episode we discuss with Peter McNamara and Bradley Grace the fastest Diplomacy solo possible, all the math and all the reality of how to make it possible! Intro The guys introduce the episode and explain the latest comedy of errors plagueing the show. This includes recording at home again (another dumb reason why) and why Gavin is recording on his iPhone's speaker (0 mins 15 secs) Interview with Peter McNamara and Bradley Grace on soloing fast We begin setting the scenes for this episode's discussion with Peter McNamara and Bradley Grace about how to theoretically solo the board as quickly as possible and how to best practically achieve this (2 mins 25 secs) They discuss their drinks in the interview and the reason for the discussion (3 mins 30 secs) Peter talks about the theory behind how to solo as quickly as possible on the board in 1903 (7 mins 30 secs) Theoretically most players can get to 21 SCs in 1903 (9 mins 30 secs) Brad talks about the theory of reaching 21 SC in 1903 as England (11 mins 15 secs) Peter talks about a Backstabbr sandbox with Italy in 1903 with 21 SC (12 mins 30 secs) They discuss the mathematical equation to solo in 1903. Peter doesn't have it at hand, so Gavin finds it on ChatGPT with lots of other useful elements for this strategy (14 mins 30 secs) They all move onto the practical dynamics of being able to solo as quickly as possible, with Brad discussing soloing in 1904 (22 mins) Peter gives his perspective on why he could never solo that fast (26 mins) Ken asks about being able to make 18 with your own units, without other countries convoying (30 mins 45 secs) They talk about the practical aspects for how to convince players to allow you to solo so fast (37 mins 40 secs) Peter blows away the myth of The Return of the Mack (42 mins) Peter manages to find the sand box for the game at the 2020 Poppycon (45 mins) Ken and Gavin pay tribute to both Peter and Bradley as players and ask about their upcoming tournaments - apologies if they talk about tournaments that happened. Remember, things are pretty busy for the guys now so sometimes the podcast episodes come out much later then when they were recorded (50 mins 30 secs) The interview wraps up (55 mins) The guys give their perspectives on the interview and an update on the math sent post-interview by Peter - apologies for the bad audio from the breeze. They ask if anyone is aware of a solo by 1903 (56 mins) Ken talks about heading over to the Southeast Asian New Years Tournament, with Gavin asking if he's going to try a fastest solo ever effort (1 hr 2 mins) They also discuss busting (unfortunately) the Return of the Mack myth (1 hr 5 mins) Around the grounds Gavin discusses buying into a game he didn't remember buying in to (1 hr 6 mins 30 sec) The theory about dogs and their owners and picking up a great position that with some fast talk is doing very well (1 hr 8 mins) Ken discusses his Imperial game (1 hr 10 mins 45 secs) Despite talking about the vDip for podcast listeners, the game is no longer available - sorry folks with all the busy real life stuff tihs episode was recorded about a month before it came out (1 hr 15 mins 45 secs) They touch on the last time they were in Thailand when they came up the idea of Big Stick Diplomacy. They talk about whether to add to the variant the ability to move from one theatre to another, but allowing for a delay getting there eg using David E Cohen's ocean stacking or similar for naval travel (1 hr 19 mins) The guys start wrapping up the show (1 hr 25 mins) Venue: At home, Brisbane Drinks for the interview: Gavin:- Hempranillo Australian shiraz-tempranillo Ken: Kaner's dark ale home brew Bradley: Coors beer Peter: Penfolds shiraz Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help pay off the audio equipment... or buy the guys a drink, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

Back together in Queensland this week we are busy in the office planning for 2024! We started the day checking in with the Squad members all around the world, Scotland, England, Netherlands, Canada and both the East and West coast of the USA it was great to see everyone. Lastly we dedicate the episode to Maxi's Pop, Peter McNamara that sadly left us this week, a former Ambo and one of life's gentleman, rest in peace dear Pop, you will be missed.

The guys celebrate the festive season with Round 2 of Diplomacy Trivia, some Christmas gift giving and much, much more. Intro The guys introduce the show, venue and drinks. They throw in a bit of weather talk (0 mins 10 secs)   The guys introduce the 2022 Christmas Diplomacy Trivia game and contestants: reigning champ Markus Zijlstra/CaptainMeme, 3rd place 2022 WDC player Peter McNamara, variant extraordinaire David E. Cohen and podcast Patreon supporter and well known player Hal Schild (7 mins 30 secs) The trivia contest kicks off (8 mins 45 secs) The first question starts (11 mins) The visual for which country was not altered in the very last prototype of Realpolitik before it became Diplomacy is: (20 mins 30 secs)   The next visual question relates to this board (23 mins) The contest round up with the winner declared (1 hr 5 mins) The guys return and give their thoughts on the contest (1 hr 7 mins) Christmas gifts and Diplomacy chat Being Christmas the guys exchange gifts (kind of) (1 hr 12 mins) They talk about their plans for WDC 2023 in Thailand (1 hr 20 mins 30 secs) Amby shares his dream about the winner of WDC 2023 (1 hr 24 mins 15 secs) Amby asks Kaner if he plans to do a fact finding tour for his Southeast Asian variant of the Khmer kingdoms (1 hr 27 mins) The guys get some more drinks and describe them as mid-games (1 hr 29 mins 30 secs) Around the grounds Kaner discusses briefly one of his new Europa Renovatio games (1 hr 32 mins 30 secs) Amby talks about the David E. Cohen Mandate of Heaven email game he's in where he's playing as Shu (Orange) (1 hr 33 mins 30 secs) Amby has been playing with ChatGPT to see how it can improve his Diplomacy game (1 hr 40 mins) The guys start wrapping up the show (1 hr 46 mins 30 secs) Venue: Brewdog, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner: Hazy Jane Pale Ale and Gateway to Helles Pilsner from Brewdog Amby: Brewdog IPA from Brewdog and Willie Smith's Organic Apple Cider   Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help pay off the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! *** Remember if you know something about how WordPress works and can help the guys, get in touch!!! *** Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.  

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The guys interview winner of the DBI Invitational, Peter McNamara about his gameplay. Plus Bronze Age Diplomacy, variant ideas from the guys and much more. Intro and Diplomacy news The guys talk about their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs) Interview with Peter McNamara Kaner & Amby begin to introduce the interview with Peter McNamara and what's coming up (2 mins 30 secs) The interview starts with setting the scene after Peter's win at the DBN Invitational.  Amby asks how people were invited to attend the tournament (5 mins) Amby asks about the earlier rounds and seeding (8 mins 20 secs) They discuss why Peter went for Italy. You can read his article in the Diplomacy Briefing (10 mins 20 secs) Amby asks about where Peter planned to take things in the mid-game (13 mins) Kaner asks about the geography of the board (14 mins) Amby asks Peter about stabbing allies (15 mins 20 secs) They discuss reading the board (17 mins) Amby asks about how Peter got into the game, before asking about how tournaments extend you as a player (18 mins 15 secs) Amby asks what Peter has learnt recently in games, before discussing Peter's game play (20 mins) They discuss intuition vs computational approaches to the game, before discussing reputations (23 mins 20 secs) Kaner asks Peter how he finds the virtual environment (27 mins) They discuss tournaments of the future (28 mins 30 secs) Amby asks what Peter was looking for in an ally in the final DBN Invitational game. Peter discusses goals (32 mins 45 secs) They discuss the length of the games in the DBN Invitational (36 mins 45 secs) Amby asks if there was a tournament trophy before asking about whether Peter would play Italy again next time or whether he'd go for another country (40 mins 50 secs) Kaner asks about his thinking process during the game and scope for innovation in openings (52 mins 30 secs) Peter asks the guys when they'll have a face to face game in Brisbane again (44 mins 45 secs) Amby asks Peter if he thinks there's different Diplomacy scenes in Australia. They talk about the upcoming PoppyCon tournament (46 mins 30 secs) Peter discusses his plans for the upcoming WDC's (49 mins 30 secs) The guys wrap up the interview (51 mins) Kaner and Amby return, with Amby trying to advocate attacking Russia from the start (52 mins 15 secs) Amby asks Kaner what else he got out of the interview (55 mins 15 secs) Amby discusses Peter's strategy of picking Italy in the final game and patience (58 mins) Around the grounds Amby brings up his Europa Renovatio team game as Austria and how he went from doing well to being stabbed all round (59 mins 45 secs) Amby discusses the concentric circles on the board (1 hr 6 mins 15 secs) The guys move bars to O'Skulligans and discuss drinks (1 hr 9 mins 30 secs) Amby starts discussing a new variant in development he's testing. He talks about the way variant developers are doing this while Oli is unavailable on vDip (1 hr 11 mins 15 secs) He talks about the work Fake Al has been doing on Bronze Age Diplomacy where Amby is playing as Syria (1 hr 13 mins 30 secs) Amby discusses his decision to stab Babylonia and discusses the dynamics of the map (1 hr 20 mins) He reads some info from Fake Al about how limited variant development can still happen at vDip (1 hr 25 mins) They discuss possible options for which variant to develop, with a particular focus around flooding/raised water levels (1 hr 29 mins) The disagree on what to do: a flooded planet, continent or city. Try FloodMap to have your own play with flooding maps (1 hr 33 mins) They move again to a new bar, Greaser, but have a recording dilemma with about 15 minutes talking about Fake Al and Bronze Age Diplomacy disappearing (1 hr 37 mins) Amby and Kaner discuss who from the podcast will be in the upcoming Media Wars 2 game and other players (1 hr 38 mins) Amby has won a ranked game with the 1066 variant  (1 hr 43 mins 15 secs) But lost and was eliminated in his Imperial Diplomacy game where he played as Holland (1 hr 46 mins 45 secs) The guys do a What the Dr Recommended update for vDip (1 hr 48 mins) And then wrap up the show (1 hr 51 mins 30 secs) Venues: Royal George Hotel, O'Skulligans and Greaser, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner: Five Seeds cider, O'Skulligan's house lager Amby: Little Creatures IPA, an unknown Barossa shiraz Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

The guys catch up for some drinks and a chat around their current Diplomacy endeavors and games. Intro and Diplomacy news The guys talk about their drinks and venue (0 mins 10 secs) They were hoping to play a face to face game on Sunday but have failed to get the numbers again (3 mins 45 secs) They also provide an update about their now non-attendance at PoppyCon in Melbourne, the first post-Covid face to face tournament in the world (4 mins 40 secs) Amby discusses ideas on how to drum up more people to come along to a game (9 mins 50 secs) Kaner gives a shout out to Peter McNamara on his victory at the DBN Invitational (14 mins) He discusses some of the upcoming virtual tournaments (16 mins 50 secs) Around the grounds Amby gives an update about his online games - a Mate Against Mate game called Happy Australia Day and his Imperial Diplomacy II game Pointy Pointy Stabby Stabby. Kaner discusses unit icons (18 mins 30 secs) He discusses his Europa Renovation team game where he's playing as Austria (24 mins 30 secs) They move onto an anonymous Divided States game they're both in, avoiding discussing who is who, but doing a breakdown of everyone's openings. And in the process probably getting a few bits of geography wrong (29 mins 20 secs) Kaner moves onto his games, starting with his webDip World Cup gunboat game where he was part of a three way draw as Austria. You can follow their discussion around key phases by going to the map history page (53 mins) They grab some more drinks and its onto another win by Kaner as Turkey on a Classic 1897 map. They discusses the random fun bonkers of Italy in the game, paying attention to Fall 1905  (1 hr 7 mins 5 secs) Amby asks Kaner what he's getting out of playing gunboat at the moment (1 hr 18 mins 20 secs) The guys wrap up the show (1 hr 20 mins) Venue: Indooroopilly Hotel, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner: Orchrd Crush cider by James Squire Amby: Balter XPA and Ridoch shiraz Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

The guys catchup with David Hood and talk about his role in DBN's Deadline News and much more. Plus a bumper amount of Diplomacy news and an Around the grounds. Enjoy! Intro The guys discuss their drinks and venue... which apparently they've drunk at before. They discuss their rule on not recording in the same venue twice and whether it counts if the bar has changed hands/changed names (0 mins 10 secs) They quickly jump into the interview with David Hood (3 mins 15 secs) Interview with David Hood They guys welcome David to the show  before Amby asks about how he got into the game (3 mins 20 secs) Kaner asks about how David got involved in the Diplomacy Broadcast Network. David acknowledges the great work being done by Brandon Fogel, Zach Moore and Bryan Pravel and that he's just the recruited "talent" before he discusses his thoughts on the DBN (5 mins) Kaner asks how a typical Deadline News broadcast comes together (8 mins) Amby asks about David's suited up style on Deadline News before asking about the feedback on the show (10 mins 15 secs) David tells a story about getting the word out about the game (13 mins) He goes onto give his thoughts on the Virtual Diplomacy League post-Covid and why the separation between face-to-face and online players went on so long (14 mins 40 secs) Amby asks what keeps David's level of interest in Diplomacy so high for so long (19 mins 40 secs) He asks how people's approaches to the hobby has changed over the years (20 mins 50 secs) Amby asks what elements have had the greatest impact in the way the quality of players have stepped up (23 mins 45 secs) David discusses how the forward plan for DBN's Broadcast News comes together (26 mins 30 secs) Amby flags they're planning their first post-Covid face to face game hopefully in December. David talks about how DBN may have to approach coverage when face to face starts up again (29 mins 15 secs) Kaner asks about the editing done by DBN before asking why David became the news anchor (33 mins 40 secs) Amby asks why there's a lot of lawyers playing Diplomacy (35 mins 40 secs) Kaner asks David about playing online. He goes onto discuss how he's enjoying a few variants on vDiplomacy and what he likes to see in variants to make it a good, playable game (37 mins) Kaner goes onto ask about whether David has a favorite broadcasting moment so far. David discusses the "openings" discussion in October's Deadline News and its impact (46 mins 40 secs) They start wrapping up the show (49 mins) The guys give their thoughts on the interview (49 mins 30 secs) Latest news Kaner starts talking about eCarnage and gives shout outs to Bill Hackenbracht and the other top players in the tournament (52 mins) He discusses the Bourse and how it was run on the top board at eCarnage with market game rules (55 mins) Kaner goes onto discuss how he's keen to run and play in another Bourse game and how he's thinking of running it (59 mins) They discuss the 2021 World Cup over at webDip about being part of a local Queensland team and including Peter McNamara as a player seeing he's from Queensland (1 hr 3  mins 20 secs) Kaner talks about the ghost rating system being introduced at webDip (1 hr 8 mins) He discusses his love of the Politics thread at webDip. Amby gives an update about the American presidential result. Kaner says he's pretty happy with how he performed in the write in candidate front (1 hr 10 mins 30 secs) Around the grounds The guys get some new drinks before Kaner asks Amby about his Winning is for Losers game. He discusses his thoughts on when a player doesn't respond to your messages and how it can feed your suspicions (1 hr 17 mins) Amby discusses his Cloak and Dagger A Modern Europe game he's still in (which has since drawn with Amby as a 1 SC Germany) (1 hr 25 mins) Kaner then asks about Amby's Machiavelli game where he was also part of the draw as Austria (1 hr 26 mins 30 secs) Amby goes onto discuss CD'ing in an Imperial Diplomacy game due to being away camping and being outragously drunk 1 29 30 Next is a North Sea Wars game (which he has since been defeated in) before discussing a Europa Renovatio game he bought into a vacant position, where all of a sudden he's getting his arse kicked (1 hr 30 mins 30 secs) Kaner asks about Amby's last game, a Declaration of War variant played on the Fall of the American Empire map (1 hr 33 mins) The guys flick over to Kaner's games, starting with a Europa Renovatio game (1 hr 35 mins 40 secs) Kaner plays a Hundred Years game with Amby (not to be confused with the Diplomacy game Hundred) testing Amby's historical knowledge (1 hr 36 mins 20 secs) More Diplomacy news The Virtual Diplomacy Classic is being pulled together by Bill Hackenbracht 18-20 December, with five rounds being held around the world. Learn more about it on the Liberty Cup website (1 hr 44 mins 30 secs) They touch on the Foreign Policy journal and its article about Diplomacy and its applicability to real life politics (1 hr 46 mins) They talk about their first face-to-face game in Brisbane since Covid started. If you haven't put your hand up to play and you're around, let us know (1 hr 49 mins) Amby does another shoutout to try to find a friend of the show who can help with a little WordPress problem for the Diplomacy Games website (1 hr 51 mins 50 secs) They start wrapping up the show before giving a teaser for the type of content in the Patreon version of the show (you can listen for just $2 a month) (1 hr 52 mins 50 secs) Venue: The Prince Consort, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner:  Young Henry's pale ale from Sydney, Australia Amby: Balter XPA from the Gold Coast, Australia and D'Arenberg Lovegrass shiraz   Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

The guys catch up with Dave Maletsky about eCarnage and what's happening with the World Diplomacy Championship. Plus talk about Diplomacy news and discuss variant development. Intro The guys discuss their drinks and venue. Amby mentions how he met well known Diplomacy player, Peter McNamara at the Fox very early on in the podcast (0 mins 10 secs) Amby introduces an interview with Dave Maletsky about November's Carnage - now eCarnage - and the roadmap ahead for the World Diplomacy Championships (4 mins) Interview with Dave Maletsky about eCarnage and the WDC Amby asks about what's happening with this year's Carnage (6-8 November 2020) due to Covid (5 mins 20 secs) Dave discusses how this year's Carnage - being all online so called eCarnage - is running two rounds in the US and two rounds in the Asia-Pacific using different scoring systems, and how player' rankings determine a final ranking for the Top Board (6 mins 50 secs) Dave flags the need to formally register and the need for a small entrance fee (9 mins 10 secs) Amby clarifies the tournament play process (10 mins 50 secs) He asks what's happening with the World Diplomacy Championships (WDC) and Dave outlines (12 mins) Kaner asks about the logistics in the games (14 mins) He goes onto ask how the broader tournament organisers are managing Carnage (16 mins) Amby asks about the normal physical Carnage whether players walking around take an interest in Diplomacy. Amby asks about the relationship with Dungeons and Dragons (18 mins 30 secs) Amby asks about the round timings (22 mins 45 secs) Dave discussing the seeding aspects of the games (25 mins 20 secs) Amby asks about how participation in eCarnage is reflected in a broader rating system (27 mins) He goes on to ask about player numbers (29 mins 30 secs) Dave talks about the cross over being successfully achieved from online players being increasingly involved in F2F/virtual events (31 min) Amby asks about the cultural change happening in the game (32 mins 40 secs) He goes onto ask about the resolution process for adverse behavior (35 mins) Amby asks how many Carnages Dave has been director for (37 mins) Dave talks about some of the awards at Carnage (39 mins 50 secs) Amby asks about where players can find all the up to date info about eCarnage (44 mins) Dave talks about confidence and attitude in games (46 mins) The guys wrap up the interview (46 mins 30 secs) After the interview, Kaner mentions a Bourse is being run on the Top Board for eCarnage (47 mins 10 secs) Kaner & Amby quickly gives an overview about what a Bourse game is (48 mins 40 secs) They talk about the two different time zone competitions and what's happening with WDC (53 mins) Latest news & shit The guys talk about the article in Popular Mechanics about Diplomacy and Andrew Goff (56 mins) Kaner asks Amby if he's going to play in Carnage before discussing Gary Gygax (58 mins) Amby brings up Legendary Tactics post about Twilight Struggle (1 hr) They talk about Trump being in hospital at the time of recording (1 hr 2 mins) Amby discusses how the Brother Bored interview on the show has been remastered to be in the Brother Board robotic voice (1 hr 5 mins 15 secs) Kaner discusses GoHornsGo's recent post about his Diplomacy collection (1 hr 8 mins) Around the grounds Amby runs through the Media Wars game which has now drawn. Players in the Spring 1912 draw were: Brother Bored (Germany 14 SC's), Legendary Tactics (Austria 11 SC's), CaptainMeme/DiploStrats (Russia 8 SCs's) and Village Idiot (Italy 2 SC's) (1 hr 11 mins 20 secs) The guys talk about the Winning game that Amby's in. This is a cross over Classic game with a forum thread at vDip. If you win the forum thread that turn, as a Diplomacy player you get the GM to request another player to make a specific move that they must do. They discuss some of the duplicity in the game (1 hr 16 mins) Amby is also having a little opening joy in his Italian Stallions Machiavelli game. Kaner asks about the map (1 hr 25 mins) Last up is his Declaration of War Fall of the American Empire IV game (1 hr 28 mins) Kaner's Europa Renovatio game Lockdown Renovatio has just finished with him doing well, being part of the draw as Naples (1 hr 30 mins 30 secs) Amby reflects in the Winning game that another one of the players - Macca - is also based in Brisbane. They discuss about getting a face-to-face game happening (1 hr 36 mins) Variant development update After some more drinks, Kaner discusses a message we received from Amuzet about drawing maps (1 hr 38 mins) Amby gives an update from Flame about whether his Lab would be available for variant development (1 hr 41 mins) They discuss what you need to do to set up a server, or whether its better to just sit on it until Kaner's next lot of holidays. They go onto discuss getting Kaner prepared to play a virtual game: Tempest in a Teapot (1 hr 43 mins 20 secs) Amby get a message from David E. Cohen about a Classic variant but where some of the water is frozen. Kaner talks about it. Amby reflects on the Ice Age variant he started creating. He has the territory map and names/SCs maps done, but can't remember who the players are meant to be and whether there are any additional rules - pretty sure there aren't any beyond the additional impassable areas due to glaciers (1 hr 46 mins) Amby discusses Fake Al's Tiglath-Pileser variant set at the time of Solomon in the bible (1 hr 50 mins 40 secs) Kaner got a message from Major Mitchell at webDip and does a shout out before they wrap up the show  (1 h 56 mins 30 secs)   Venue: The Fox, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner:  Two Suns Pale Ale and Grappler lager by Green Beacon Amby: Marty's Block shiraz cabernet   Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

Catherine and David catch up to discuss the main headlines since Wimbledon, including Ivan Lendl and Alexander Zverev’s split, a star-studded doubles draw in Washington, and Novak Djokovic’s decision to skip Montreal. They also share their memories of Peter McNamara, the Australian doubles legend who died earlier this month.Then, in the second half of the podcast, Catherine, David and Matt answer more listener questions.How should Wimbledon expand? (25:01)Has Venus Williams underachieved in her career? (36:02)Which players have surprised in good and bad ways this season so far? (48:03)And have Catherine and David ever had a proper falling out? (1:04:26)The Tennis Podcast is produced weekly throughout the year, and daily at the Grand Slam tournaments, in association with The Telegraph. We produce a free, weekly newsletter with predictions, stats and a trip down memory lane into our archive. Sign-up here – http://po.st/TTP_NewsletterIn December, we will crowdfund another year of The Tennis Podcast. If you would like to receive a reminder when our Kickstarter campaign gets underway, you can put your name down here – http://po.st/SupportTheTennisPodcastSocial Media: Twitter – http://po.st/TTP_TwitterInstagram – http://po.st/TTP_InstagramFacebook - http://po.st/TTP_Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Willkommen zur neuen Ausgabe von Chip & Charge, der ersten seit dem Ende des Wimbledon Turniers. Obwohl die größten Namen des Sports es zur Zeit etwas ruhiger angehen lassen, gab es doch Geschichten en masse in der letzten Woche. So gab es bei den fünf WTA- und ATP-Turnieren in der letzten Woche vier PremierensiegerInnen. Rybakina und Ferro triumphieren Auch beim Turnier in Bukarest, wo Elena Rybakina sich erstmals auf der Siegerinnenliste eines WTA-Turniers eintragen konnte. Die 20-jährige Kasachin gehört zu den größeren Talenten im Damentennis. In Lausanne war es die Französin Fiona Ferro, die ihre Premiere feiern konnte. Sie besiegte im Endspiel Alize Cornet. "Silberrücken" Isner Die Herren hatten gleich deren drei ATP-Turniere zu bieten in der letzten Woche. In Bastad konnte sich Nicolas Jarry durchsetzen. Der Chilene ist hochaufgeschossen und ein Spieler, der in den kommenden Jahren noch einen weiteren Sprung nach oben machen könnte. In Umag, wie Bastad übrigens ein Ferienort mit beeindruckender Kulisse, gewann Dusan Lajovic erstmals einen Titel. Der Serbe hatte im Frühling scho...

Kaner & Amby fly to play in the Melbourne Open Diplomacy tournament. They get schooled but can they come good in the end? Intro in the airport Venue: Brisbane Airport Drinks of choice: Kaner & Amby - 150 Lashes Australian pale ale by James Squire Brewery The guys are recording initially at the Brisbane domestic airport waiting for their flight to the Melbourne Open face-to-face tournament (0 mins 10 secs) They discuss their hopes to catch up with players outside of the games (4 mins 20 secs) Kaner talks about his return to the Melbourne “big smoke” talking about growing up in rural Victoria (6 mins 15 secs) Kaner discusses the recently completed Divided States game drawn 3 way’s between Technostar (Kansas - 128 units), EmpireStrikesBack (Vermont - 78 units) and Tobi1 (New Hampshire - 73 units). It’s generally considered this particular game probably had the most SCs/units controlled by a player in any Diplomacy game (7 mins 50 secs - if edited out the bing bing) They introduce their beers - more One Fifty Lashes from James Squire (11 mins 15 secs) Kaner discussed the player positioning on the board (11 mins 30 secs) By drawing the three players all got massive boosts to their rankings on vDip (13 mins 30 secs) They then move onto Amby’s Divided States game and provide a brief update (15 mins) Amby then goes onto discuss an anonymous game he’s in at vDip where he was doing well but has been massively stabbed (16 mins) He then discusses his games at PlayDip including his 1900 game and some of the differences for this variant (18 mins) Finally Amby moves onto his Fog of War game at vDip (25 mins 45 secs) Kaner brings up discussions at vDip about points and suggestions (28 mins) They touch on the Russian Diplomacy site moving web address (29 mins) Kaner gives a long interesting story about him and ferrets (30 mins 30 secs) They grab another beer and Kaner discusses how he hates plane flights (38 mins) Kaner flags the search facility at vDip has recently changed (41 mins 30 secs) Kaner is waiting on a Newspaper game to get going (44 mins) The guys’ flight gets called but its so quiet they can’t hear the details. They wrap up this part of the show (45 mins 30 secs) End of Day one at the Melbourne Open Venue: Hop Sing, Melbourne Drinks of choice: Melissa Call - Cockfighters Ghost Pinot Gris Everyone else - Furphy’s ale Amby introduces the after-party - a table of 9 people at Hop Sing, Melbourne. 8 were players on Day 1 of the Melbourne Open tournament. Due to the size of the table the audio is  (48 mins) People at the table are: Kaner, Melissa Call, Shane Cubas, Peter McNamara, Peter Novacco, Amby, Amelia, Tim Jones (ATinCan) and Brett Chatterton. Everyone is having Furphy’s ale and Melissa is having a Cockfighters Ghost Pinot Gris  (49 mins) Peter is topping the board for Day 1 at 30 points, while Amby is a distant 2nd. Amby discusses the experience of playing face to face (51 mins) Melissa flags how new face to face players who normally play online usually have a lot of trouble with the deadline (52 mins) Amby raises the issue of misorders in face to face and spelling mistakes in orders (53 mins 30 secs) They discuss how the order pace was much faster than any other tournament players had attended (54 mins 30 secs) Amby learns about the importance of drafting your orders at the start of the turn rather than waiting to the end (55 mins) Brett brings up Andrew Goff’s previous Flying Dutchman move in an earlier game (56 mins) Amby asks about people’s learnings from the day (57 mins) Kaner discusses how he managed to pull off a Key Lepanto (58 mins 30 secs) Shane discusses Beer Diplomacy and its impact on the game (1 hr 0 mins) Kaner talks about the stress factor of retreats and builds eating into the normal turn’s discussion time (1 hr 1 min) Shane asks Amby and Kaner about their prior involvement in face to face (1 hr 2 mins) They discuss who got stabbed and who stabbed well (1 hr 4 mins) Tim outlines the Cricket scoring system for the tournament (1 hr 6 mins) Amby and Kaner are asked what they’ll do differently and the prospect of a top board on the final day (1 hr 7 mins) The group discuss the rules and what is ok and what’s pushing it too far (1 hr 8 mins) Amby flags the difference in the two boards he was on with openings and alliances in the games (1 hr 11 mins) Amby’s observations on the dynamics of Tim and Jamal and how they coordinated their gameplay with discussions (1 hr 17 mins) The group discuss Italy’s eventually placement in Denmark (1 hr 20 mins) Amby explains how the gameplay in face-to-face is often totally different to online where the communication lends itself to more dynamic moves. Kaner discusses how relationships in face-to-face games seem faster to form than online (1 hr 22 mins 30 secs) The table talks about stabbing (1 hr 26 mins 30 secs) Amby asks Amelia - as a non player - on what she’s expecting if she plays a game (1 hr 30 mins) The table shares their recommendations to Amelia if she’s to play. Tim shares the best Diplomacy advice he ever received from Andrew Goff (1 hr 32 mins) Mel suggests to Amelia that if she likes the game, to play some gunboat games with a 24 hour phase, to develop her skills and anticipating player moves (1 hr 35 mins) Apologies as for about five minutes there are two conversations going on at the table which may sound a little confusing (1 hr 37 mins) They talk about manipulation of players with Tim being asked his views (1 hr 42 mins) The table wraps up its conversation, only to be followed by a brief addendum from Tim about when he realised mid-game that Amby was one of those podcast guys (1 hr 45 mins) Post-tournament wrap up at the airport Venue: Two Johns Taphouse, Melbourne Airport Drinks of choice: Kaner - Pirate’s Life IPA Amby - atnook Founders Block cabernet sauvignon from the Coonawarra   The final part of the show sees Kaner and Amby catching up in Melbourne Airport’s Two Johns Taphouse post-tournament. Kaner is drinking a Pirate’s Life IPA and Amby has a Katnook Founders Block cabernet sauvignon from the Coonawarra which he describes as “doesn’t taste like victory but it tastes pretty sweet”  (1 hr 47 mins 30 secs) Amby announces he came 3rd in the tournament out of 18 players. Kaner came in 5th. And they both far exceeded their expectations. They guys talk about what a great time they had and how much of a buzz translating online experience into face to face (1 hr 48 mins 30 secs) They talk about how online players who’ve played for a while know the rules and the game dynamics and makes it so much easier to come into the face-to-face scene (1 hr 50 mins 30 secs) Amby describes the journey towards face-to-face he’s had over the past six months. Both of the guys talk about the lessons they learnt from the open mike table conversation that they implemented (1 hr 51 mins 30 secs) Kaner also discusses how Amby won the tournament’s “best novice” award and how face-to-face DAANZ player scoring systems work and Master points. Due to the guy’s strong performance they’ve leap-frogged straight into Intermediate ranks (1 hr 52 mins 30 secs) Kaner discusses the face-to-face tactics used - including “sneaky peeks” which he’d never consider previously as an online player (1 hr 55 mins) Amby talks about how he worked up an alliance which knocked Andrew Goff off the board - although he was playing two boards at once, and running the tournament and wasn’t officially in the tournament so he wasn’t playing his normal game - so Amby didn’t get him at his best (1 hr 56 mins) Peter McNamara came first and Melissa Call second - you can read the results online. Kaner talks about the face-to-face tactic of tying up other players’ negotiation time (1 hr 58 mins) Amby talks about how he followed a tactic of supporting his allies to grab SCs to get them onboard and committed into an alliance (1 hr 59 mins 30 secs) Kaner discusses the speed of the games and the speed of player’s adjudication on the board (2 hrs 1 min) The guys thank Andrew for organising the tournament and those like Peter who helped (2 hrs 2 mins 30 secs) They talk about attending future tournaments and discuss attending WDC 2020 in Vermont (2 hrs 3 mins) They finally wrap up with a story from Amby about vivid dreaming of playing Diplomacy (2 hrs 5 mins) Drinks & locations: Venue: Brisbane AirportKaner & Amby - 150 Lashes Australian pale ale by James Squire Brewery Venue: Hop Sing, MelbourneMelissa Call - Cockfighters Ghost Pinot GrisEveryone else - Furphy’s ale Venue: Two Johns Taphouse, Melbourne AirportKaner - Pirate’s Life IPAAmby - Katnook Founders Block cabernet sauvignon from the Coonawarra Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk,  you can also donate at Patreon. Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone! Thanks as always to Dr Dan for his rockin' intro tune. Used it as a segment segue this time around for something different.

Peter McNamara and Mikie Sheehan join Stephen Barry to preview the weekend's sport.

Irish Examiner soccer correspondent Liam Mackey joins Martin Claffey, Peter McNamara and presenter Stephen Barry to preview the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division.

Steve Neville and Mikie Sheehan join Peter McNamara to discuss the rookies hoping to prove their worth to Joe Schmidt against Italy. Also: the North London derby, Conte's travails and Kerry's young guns

This is the story of Alexander Hamilton: the man, the nation builder, the dueler and the now-legendary musical. It draws on insights from professors Paul Carrese and Peter McNamara from ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Yale University's Joanne Freeman, ASU Gammage's Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Kirk Ellis, writer of the HBO miniseries "John Adams."

This is the story of Alexander Hamilton: the man, the nation builder, the dueler and the now-legendary musical. It draws on insights from professors Paul Carrese and Peter McNamara from ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Yale University's Joanne Freeman, ASU Gammage's Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Kirk Ellis, writer of the HBO miniseries "John Adams."

Peter McNamara, Mikie Sheehan and Eamonn Murphy assess the state of the GAA nation.

Rob McNamara, Mikie Sheehan and Stephen Barry join Peter McNamara to discuss Sunday's Premier League derbies in Manchester and Liverpool. A big weekend for Manchester United and Sky Sports in particular, the lads believe, for if City win it's season over.

The Making Waves-Making Conversations team of emerging music journalists interview composers Peter McNamara, Anne Cawrse, Connor D'Netto and May Lyon about the things that have shaped their musical voices.

The Making Waves-Making Conversations team of emerging music journalists interview composers Peter McNamara, Anne Cawrse, Connor D'Netto and May Lyon about the things that have shaped their musical voices.

Tony Leen and Larry Ryan preview the weekend's big Premier League clash with Peter McNamara, while Steve Neville and Mikie Sheehan discuss the potential talent drain from Irish and Munster rugby.

Peter McNamara, Rob McNamara and Eoghan Cormican on the racist abuse of Cyrus Christie and Sunday's Munster club final clash of the Munster giants.

Peter McNamara rounds off the World Cup play-off inquest with Larry Ryan and Martin Claffey of the Irish Examiner and Danish journalist Morten Glinvad.

Peter McNamara, Stephen Barry and Mikie Sheahan look ahead to a bumper weekend in Irish international sport; Saturday's rugby test against South Africa and the crunch World Cup playoff visit to Copenhagen, plus the International Rules first test in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Mikie Sheehan, Peter McNamara, Rob McNamara and Steve Neville thrash out the week's sporting talking points.

In this week's PaperTalk Extra, Peter McNamara, Rob McNamara and Steve Neville discuss Ireland's chances in a World Cup playoff with Denmark, assess the Manchester battle in the Premier League and reflect on the Champions League week.

Peter McNamara, Stephen Barry, Rob McNamara and Mikie Sheehan thrash out the week's sporting talking points.

Peter McNamara, Rob McNamara, Stephen Barry and Mikie Sheehan thrash out the sporting week.

Former Dublin star Paul Clarke and ex-Cork keeper Paddy O'Shea join Peter McNamara and Stephen Barry

A bumper All-Ireland preview with Seanie McGrath, Daithí Regan, Eoghan Cormican, PM O'Sullivan and Enda McEvoy. Presented by Peter McNamara and Stephen Barry

Preview of Real Madrid v Juventus with European football writer Paul Little of the Daily Star and backpagefootball.com, Spanish-based football writer Dermot Corrigan and Italian football journalist Emanuele Giulianelli. Presented by Peter McNamara and Larry Ryan of the Irish Examiner.

Horse Racing Ireland CEO Brian Kavanagh joins Peter McNamara to discuss why Irish racing is so powerful and his hopes for the future of the sport. He addresses the issue of struggling trainers and how their fortunes can be improved. And Kavanagh also looks ahead to Saturday's Aintree Grand National and reflects on the spat around the handicapping of Irish horses in the race.

Ruby Walsh talks to Tony Leen, Peter McNamara and Darren Norris assess the big festival races and Racing UK's Rachel Casey offers her Cheltenham thoughts.

Trizia Fiorellino says there's one important area where Antonio Conte has an edge over Jose Mourinho but worries Chelsea's leaks haven't yet been plugged. While Liam Mackey insists we must help the beleaguered referees. With Larry Ryan and Peter McNamara

Irish Examiner Football Show Episode 1 with Larry Ryan, Peter McNamara and Rob McNamara Ian Whittell on Costa, Guardiola and Mourinho's struggles Liam Mackey on Liverpool's mugging at the Vitality And Dermot Corrigan on Barca's struggles in a Clasico draw that boosts Zidane's standing further.

On the latest Wimbledon Preview Podcast, former semi-finalist Juan Martin del Potro joins Live @ Wimbledon Radio’s Marcus Buckland and Barry Cowan to discuss his preparations and return to fitness. Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou talks about her chances of defending the Ladies’ title. Two-time Wimbledon doubles champion Peter McNamara talks about why he loves these Championships plus Head Groundsman Neil Stubley reveals what goes into preparing perfect grass courts at the All England Club.

WOOF CLUB Melbourne 01 NOVEMBER 2015 - @ The Peel Melbourne, Australia featuring DJ's Peter McNamara, Scott Anderson & Luke Bowditch woofclub.com here's a way you an download mixes from mix cloud - http://www.downloadmixcloud.com/

Maria Pia Paganelli, associate professor of economics at Trinity University, talks on "Commercial Relations: From Adam Smith to Field Experiments." Spencer Pack, professor of economics at Connecticut College, presents on "Smith's Virtue Ethics and Capitalism: What is in Need of Revision?" Peter McNamara, associate professor of political science at Utah State University, presents on "Smith on Inequality."