Backstabbr

A digital adaptation of the classic strategy game Diplomacy. Screaming pillows not required but strongly recommended.

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Hello! And also, goodbye. We are abandoning this platform. Twitter (which we refuse to call anything else) was always a bit of a garbage fire but over the last year it has become absolutely intolerable, and even we must now admit it's not good for our mental health.

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We leave you with this: Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

(We would have put that sentence in italics, if this absolute dumpster of a site allowed it.)

[Backstabbr @Backstabbr]

Hello! And also, goodbye. We are abandoning this platform. Twitter (which we refuse to call anything else) was always a bit of a garbage fire but over the last year it has become absolutely intolerable, and even we must now admit it's not good for our mental health.

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But hey! This doesn't have to be goodbye! We still have Discord, Reddit, and even old fashioned email.

We will leave this account active simply to prevent squatters, but we will not be monitoring new tweets, DMs, etc.

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@J4LB1 It's definitely a related problem, but it looks like it's resolved now. Let us know if you're still having problems!

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The site is throwing certificate warnings due to a domain registrar issue but it's otherwise fine. We have not been hacked! We'll get it fixed, err... Soon-ish.

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Apologies for using this account for personal grievances, but I'm trying to raise awareness on how awful an airline @British_Airways is in an attempt to get several thousand dollars back. RTs appreciated!

[Jon G. @ScrewedByBA]

Hello! Strap yourself in to hear a tale of how @british_airways screwed me out of $6000 that it refuses to give back. I'm writing this as a last ditch effort to shame them into doing the right thing before I have to turn to lawyers. Signal boosting is kindly appreciated. 1/18

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Anyway, stay tuned.

P.S. RIP BOZO

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Cold, dark winter nights means more time indoors, and more time indoors means more hacking. We have a few things brewing, but one that feels pressing is an escape from this nightmarish hellsite. The question is what, if anything, to replace this account with.

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We'll definitely be adding an RSS feed and announcements page on the site. We're less inclined to move to Threads or Bluesky or whatever because that doesn't feel much better for our mental health. But we are open to suggestions.

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@renludico We've talked about introducing a system to allow players to express a power preference, but can't give any ETA.

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@renludico Respectfully, there is no bug that causes players to get the same country repeatedly, in the same way that flipping a coin and getting heads ten times in a row is not at all impossible. It's just probability.

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🚨New Release!🚨
You asked for it. You pleaded for it! We said we would get to it someday... well, today is Someday. Sandbox editing is now live!

You can add or remove units and supply centers from sandboxes in the new "Edit Sandbox" tab.
Enjoy!

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@BigLannister We'd never previously considered the potential overlap between Diplomacy players and masochists, but in hindsight it seems so obvious.

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🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊

New year, new you... or in our case, new feature. We have just rolled out Patron-only games for our Patreon backers. Create a new game & try it out!

Other features which will benefit all users are on the way! (Though Patrons may get a preview.) Stay tuned!

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lol

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@Steven_Grk If/when we leave we would replace it with alternate direct communication method. You know like a QOTD (RFC 865!) or a plain .txt changelog!

(I GUESS we could do boring old email/RSS, ugh)

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to remember why we have an account on Twitter. 🤔

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@noahi Look, who among us hasn't accidentally DDOS'd themselves with a poorly monitored task queue?

But it should be fine now. If it's not, let us know!

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@DrJaimeAnne @ us, you cowards!

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@goodtakesmostly Ah. That's an interesting suggestion and probably not too difficult to implement. We'll think it over.

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We've deployed an update that we believe resolves the login issue with Safari 16.1 on iOS/MacOS. You may have to refresh the login page to clear a locally cached version (which we'll try to resolve tomorrow). If you're still having problems, let us know!