Is there any way to solve this problem? We can't vote obviously because of the tournament.......... and both of us just deploy the army and do nothing. How are we gonna end it? http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=4959967

Well, if you're both noble enough, agree to terms on a replacement game. Loser of that game surrenders this game.

that is a map in which one of you may be able to brake the other, it isnt like fi it was a duel map

I like Causation's solution.

There's no breaking the stalemate... we're each with 2 picks in one bonus, 1 pick in the other, and we're balanced out at ~25 armies in each stack now...

causation's solution isnt all that good because it isnt the saem to win a tournament game and winnign any other game

Pink, they could just use the same template again. The likelihood of running into another stalemate is pretty low I would guess. I've had it in the past where we agreed to just tweak a setting or two (2 starting territories instead of 1, etc.) to make sure a stalemate couldn't happen again.

Great idea Causation :)

We made a game for game breaker. Whoever wins the remake game gets to win the tour. For the remake game, we will vote in the end to make sure that the player who loses doesn't lose twice. :)

This is link to the remake game: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=4965172

Causation, we have to pick three territories :D

Edited 10/8/2013 15:13:57

Yeah, I was just using an example from past games.

I don't see how that was a stalemate. Defensively you have an advantage so you just have to decide when to push 1 front. I was expecting something cooler than this :(

@Lolowut, in the end, he spread his army our to let me win... but before that we were basically deploying....

I suggest playing in games with army cap in the future.

I'm sorry I don't see how this is a stalemate? Why can't green just attack pink no problem and very easily?

@Vielle, if i attack Pooh, i will lose....

There's a threshold of how much you can deploy to defend without losing more than your opponent, calculate that and decide which front is more valuable for you to push and begin pushing it to try to force your opponent to deploy differently and lose more on defense than he can gain on his other front. Or simply give 1 front up for the other, whichever you deem to be more economical in the long run.

Thus, it's not a stalemate.

Lolowut, you're wrong.

It was +5 base income and we could see everything.

Whomever attacked first lost.

I would have just goaded him into attacking. Whittled down his emotional defenses, then set to work on the physical. ;)

The manipulative part of WarLight. :-)

Pooh it isn't stalemate, you could have feigned that you were trying to take Rockies to get him to move his southern stack further north so you can take South or South East.
Also you could move into Nevada with your stack, and then either try and take West or backtrack and delay and then take Northwest.
Or you could move into Frozen North which looks pretty nice and safe, would take him a while to realise what you were trying and by then you would have the bonus.

Only on Pirate Ninja or in games with 1 borders and equal income can you call it a stalemate, there are still many possible moves which could win you the game.

Pooh, what Lolowut is trying to say is this:

Early in the game, there is no advantage to attacking the opponent because the kill rates are not equal. Attacking neutrals both kills your armies and reduces the number of armies defending, which allows the other player to overcome the kill rate differential if they attack.

As turns progress, however, the number of armies you have increases, while the number of neutral armies does not. You reach a point where moving a small number of armies from your stack (to kill neutrals) does NOT allow the other player to overcome the kill rate differential, meaning they are still at a disadvantage if they try to attack.

In theory, it's not a stalemate. However, if neither player has the patience, inclination, or foresight to work it out, then it's just easier to play a replacement game.