Diplomacy: The Game of Knife

In which I attempt to rationalise my love of betraying my friends by insisting this board game is in fact a deep exploration of our lives. Join my Discord server to discuss this video and more: https://discord.gg/AVcU9w5gVW It's taken a year, but I'm back with another video essay. Remember when I said I'd probably never make one again? I lied. Like ParaWorld, Diplomacy is a semi-niche game I've played for many years. Also like ParaWorld, I have a burning need to tell the world about it and all the ways in which it's phenomenal. This video is what came of it. Editing has improved in general, though I'm still annoyed at my own voice. Guess I'll have to live with it. If the world leaders playing Diplomacy scene makes you want to gouge your eyes out and pray to Cthulhu for an escape from this hell, I don't blame you. Reddit post on 2012 World Cup: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/3zx275/the_2012_webdiplomacy_world_cup_final_has_reached/ Matthew Colville on Realpolitik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWt0AQWjhPg 2012 World Cup Timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLlb5TndQs 0:00 Intro 3:27 What is Diplomacy? 6:30 Part I: Particles of War 17:23 Part II: Mind Games 26:32 Part III: The Meaning of Knife 35:00 Conclusions 37:03 Credits ---------------------- FOOTAGE 100 Years of History in 2 Minutes pwnwer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxC5a7Qrstk Best TV Static Animation with Sound Effects YouToogle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYWTlVD4vDs Causes of WW1: Alliances Mr Allsop History Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkFFOXJlW0 Community: Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design NBC https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640874/ Cuban Crisis (1962) British Pathé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNW8IVIiXIQ Diplomacy, Running the Game #40, Politics #3 Matthew Colville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWt0AQWjhPg Diplomacy World Cup 2012 kenneth gordon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLlb5TndQs Eurovision Song Contest 2019 - Grand Final Eurovision Song Contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsx4pVjUth0 Flames Pixabay https://www.pexels.com/video/flames-856296 Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/ Golden Balls - £100,000: Complete End Round Pt2 GoldenBollocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FbkwrhW_0I Life in life Phillip Bradbury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5-iIeKXE8 Paradox Interactive's Diplomacy (Full Austria Stream) DiploStrats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtaVLVrZ0Gw "Remain Indoors" emergency broadcast – BBC Comedy BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE The Start of WW1 | Frightful First World War Horrible Histories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEvuMhP2CuA Tsar Bomba Detonation Tsar bomba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBNhYOmEgy0 VHS Rewind Effect - 4K Green screen FREE high quality effects ANFX // Free Media! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1GCt28he0 WDC Recap 3: Fall 1901 DanceScholar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZQoWjy77Q World War One – Footage killtron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDUXPB_sTs ---------------------- MUSIC Carmina Burana: O Fortuna Carl Orff It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary Coldstream Guards It's a Long Way to Tipperary John McCormack Amazing Plan Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Onion Capers Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Penumbra Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ X-Files Theme Mark Snow Bigger Than Us Michael Rice La Venda Miki These Constants Into Morning Oliver Lugg Victoria II Soundtrack Paradox Interactive Brain Damage Pink Floyd Sister S!sters God Save the Queen Traditional State Anthem of the Soviet Union Traditional ---------------------- ARTICLES https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/10/deepmind-hopes-to-teach-ai-to-cooperate-by-playing-diplomacy/ http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resources/calhamer/militaryintelligence.htm https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/3zx275/the_2012_webdiplomacy_world_cup_final_has_reached/ https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-in-rotterdam-is-cancelled https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jkf2YjuH8Z2E7hKBA/diplomacy-as-a-game-theory-laboratory http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resources/strategy/articles/more_about_convoys.htm https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/386460/diplomacy-classroom-massive-report-pics-video-refl https://webdiplomacy.net/datc.php http://uk.diplom.org/pouch/Zine/F2007R/Burton/statistician3.htm