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Diplomacy is a genre of custom StarCraft and StarCraft II multiplayer maps. Maps are based on real world geography; each map may portray a different area, like Europe or Oceania. The objective is to dominate the map through force and cooperation with other players, usually by way of securing "cities" for resources.
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How to Download Diplomacy Maps Edit
- Click Multiplayer Button on the top left corner on the StarCraft II Main Screen.
- Click on the Create a Game on the Custom Games bar, it is located on the bottom right corner of the Multiplayer Screen.
- Click on the Search by name, it is located to the left of the Details, where the map is displayed.
- Type in Diplomacy.
- Download Maps listed below.
- Play online.
Also a quick video on youtube in 1080p available on how to download.
List of MapsEdit
Diplomacy: Empires made by Rogue
Diplomacy: Empires(beta) made by Rogue
Diplomacy or War 1939 made by Kylandor
DIPLOMACY - CONQUEST - EUROPE made by Rogue
Diplomacy 7.1 Gold made by Oblivion
Diplomacy SC2 made by Frozen
StarCraft: Brood WarEdit
The first popular version was the Gold series. There have been multiple versions since, such as the Gold 7.X series and the Diplomacy Infinity II series.
SummaryEdit
Maps may support up to seven players, each choosing an initial "state" and its starting location. The eighth player is computer controlled representing neutral, and conquerable, territories. Players may form teams after the game starts. The game ends when one player or team conquers the majority of the cities or totally eliminates the opposition.
EconomicsEdit
Cities are typically represented by "doodads" or beacons at their real world locations. Surrounding defenses must be overcome before a city may be captured. Building a structure next to a city captures it. The game is divided time segments, or "turns", with income being received after each turn. The amount of income is dependent on the number of cities owned. "Capitals" are cities which produce more income. The mechanics of income may vary depending on map.
The income generated by a starting state mostly depends on game balance. States with greater advantages tend to start with less money. Factors include terrain, starting defenses its "special" unit, and ease of expansion opportunities.
Special Units Edit
Each state has a "special" unit that only it can build. A state's special unit may be built by capturing its capital. A special unit is typically an enhanced version of a "normal" unit. Some may be built in pairs.
ProblemsEdit
Most diplomacy matches and map variants suffer from various problems, which usually stem from too many units being present on the map, or lag from too many players controlling too many units.
This is most prominently noticed in the variants x2 and 7.x as they have no unit limits, and the former by design has many extra units compared to normal matches.
A fairly large and detrimental glitch with the Diplomacy Infinity II series is that its later versions after 2.6 do not work with the Mac StarCraft version. This limits Infinity II players to only Windows users.
Diplomacy 7.7 Gold Official Edit
Diplomacy 7.7 Gold Official is the title of the most played 7.x series map created by GGG-Criminal. The North American and European Clans/Players often use the Soviet forums for both communication and helping others get better at the game. This custom StarCraft map is often played competitively where between two and six players face one another in a one on one, two on two, or three on three match. Soviet is a Diplomacy 7.7 Clan based in USEast Server and USWest Server. For USEast their home channel is Clan Sov and for USWest their home channel is Clan USSR. The only other known English forums for Diplomacy 7.7 are the Diplomacy Training Forums. Currently Force (Force[CSA]) and Soviet_Exodus are working together to improve the community by adding a Diplomacy League that will rate players based on winning/losing matches using the ELO Rating System.
Diplomacy Infinity Edit
Diplomacy Infinity is another European-North African game. The host must choose 2 things: what the game mode and if to select random units or not. Lately, Diplomacy Infinity has surpassed Gold as the most popular version on USEast.
Diplo Infinity is a 3 modes game:
Diplomacy: A regular diplomacy game
Phantom: At the start everyone became allies, but one of them is "the phantom". The phantom gets 3000 bonus income and 3 gas every round. The other players need to kill the phantom. The phantom is forbidden from revealing their status, since if reveal their status at the start everyone starts attacking them.
Statecraft: In Statecraft mode, the players can vote on laws or policies, which impact their military or economic performance.
There are two final versions of Diplo Infinity, 2.8 and 2.8a.
And there was a new Starcraft Broodwar Diplomancy made with the new level called
Death: Like statecraft you choose laws and policies. But the computer will mass attack you every turn. Getting from Marines, To Ghosts, To firebats. The AIed computer will mass spawn around the map. In this version you can only have 3 or 4 players to play this level. This mode was made by me online. So its not very known yet...
