How long was it before you won your first game?

[MegaDeathKill!]

Did you win immediately, or did it take a lot of time (and thrashings) before you learned the ropes?

[torig]

Honestly, I don't remember.
Back when I started everyone was quite new to the game, and I played diplomacy games all of the time.
There seemed to be more diplo games back then than now, anyways. In those I came out equally well, but I sure as hell got nuked to shreds more than I won I think

[MegaDeathKill!]

I've just won mine! It was a one v one, my 4th game. This game is amazing and all for only £15 (plus Uplink!) It's also the sort of game that we'll probably play for years on and off!

I'm not going to use my real 'name' until I've won a few victories and can hold my head up high!

Edit: Oh sod it, why not use my real 'name'?

[Kumiankka]

I downloaded the demo about two weeks ago and immediately tried 1v1 online... took a beating of course, playing South America against USA, only got a couple of nukes through into New York and Washington.

Later on I started getting some wins too, after practicing against the CPU for a while

[DueAccident]

Still waiting.

[Sirthomasthegreat]

first game i played I won with 100+ points. I am trying to find the screenshot. I did a glorious sub attack on the east coast which won it for me.

[Ace Rimmer]

I honestly don't remember. I have a general feeling that it was within a game or two though. I remember being absolutely terrified of 6 player games for a long while. Then I played one.

The only other games I had played against others online was Star Trek: Armada, briefly because by the time I picked up the game (years after it was released) the community had long since formed clans and gotten every possible tactic down pat, and NFS Most wanted. Although I did have a brief try at Star Wars Galaxies. (Demo) Uh, boring.

Well, if you don't count Spades and Checkers that is...

[Pater]

I pretty much walked over the CPU from the start. Only played 2-3 games (including tutorial) after I decided it was too boring, and went online.

I won either the first or the second game, cant remember. First week I won about 50% of the games (most 6 player), after that about 2/3rds to 80%.

[Cooper42]

I twigged fairly early that 6-player games require aggression.

In my third game, I was Europe, allied with Russia, swamped USSR airspace with my bombers, launched silos and subs all over NA / Africa then broke the alliance and launched on Russia.

I think I got the ethos of DefCon pretty quickly. I'm still always bested by anyone who has better micromangement though... Or anytime in Diplomacy...

[Deamon]

I beat the CPU my first time, then a second, then lost against CPU when I went to get a sandwich.

I lost my first 1v1, and my second, but I won the third when the other player went to get sandwich ( It was LAN )

[world idiot]

i won my first match 2 months ago

ive been playing for 6

[The Black Death]

Did you win immediately, or did it take a lot of time (and thrashings) before you learned the ropes?

I took about 11 goes before i actually won

[The Black Death]

I beat the CPU my first time, then a second, then lost against CPU when I went to get a sandwich.

I lost my first 1v1, and my second, but I won the third when the other player went to get sandwich ( It was LAN )

lol

[whac-]

i totally remember when i won my first game. It was great it took me about 6-8 game untill i got the basic tactic for the game. and then somehwere between the next few more games i finnaly won one. I was asia in a 6 player match. Africa was my ally. I had put all my subs in the indian and launched everything on russia. and then my carriers is sent Na where i hit La and Sf. And that was enough for me to win. And then thats where i started to grasp on. There were flaws in my plans but overall they were very efective agiainst noobs. And when i started to play with the pro players i learned form them and got ideas form them. Like take out silos first keep carriers behind ships. Have silos away form radar range all sorts of stuff.

[mrobertsonesq]

2nd full game, albeit a me v machine one.

I think I was USA and comp was Europe. Was very little "tactics" involved and it came down to the fact that I forgot about a couple of subs I parked up closer to Siberia than mainland Europe.