Dip2000 - Who to Eliminate

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Last Update: 12/03

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Austria, for example, currently has a rating of 91.7. If we then take only the games where Austria is eliminated or has anarchied, these 92 points are distributed among the other six countries.... unevenly of course. This page shows who benefits from who's demise the most, and may remind you when stabbing someone that some other power may be getting more out of it than you are.

Who Anarchies/gets Eliminated?

Just for reference:

Country	Austria	England	France	Germany	Italy	Russia	Turkey
% of Games w/ Anar + Elim	52.7	41.9	33.2	45.7	39.3	44.4	47.6

This table just confirms the diplomatic truths that Austria dies more often than not and that France is the best country for a positive/neutral result. These numbers will not affect the rest of the page, which is based on averages.

Results

Along the left are the powers that have anarchied/been eliminated. Along the top are the new ratings of powers according to who is dead. For example, Austria has a rating of 147 in games where Turkey is no more. The diagonal of zeros represent the fact that country X has a rating of zero when country X is dead.

New Ratings	Austria	England	France	Germany	Italy	Russia	Turkey
Austria (dead)	0	90.7	105	95.3	132	165	112
England (dead)	93.4	0	156	164	79.1	142	66
France (dead)	115	130	0	130	140	89.5	94.5
Germany (dead)	99.3	120	127	0	107	168	78.6
Italy (dead)	114	87.9	139	109	0	143	107
Russia (dead)	143	110	105	138	108	0	96.7
Turkey (dead)	147	77.4	95.2	83.9	141	156	0
Normal	91.7	86.7	111	100	103	128	79.7

BEFORE you go nuts with this table, below is the same table in a format that is a lot easier to read and understand. I just included the previous one to show how I arrived to the next one.... by subtracting a country's NORMAL rating from their ADJUSTED one to show net gain or loss. For example, in games where Turkey is dead, Austria has a net gain of 147 - 91.7 = 55.1 points. Get it? Also, another advantage is that from the previous table it looks as if Russia benefits from Austria's demise a lot more than Turkey does, but if you compare the new numbers with the two countries' normal ratings, you can see that they both benefit pretty equally.

Net Gain/Loss	Austria	England	France	Germany	Italy	Russia	Turkey
Austria (dead)	0	4.06	-5.9	-5.1	29.5	36.6	32.6
England (dead)	1.77	0	45.1	63.2	-24	13.8	-14
France (dead)	23.3	43.7	0	29.8	37.7	-39	-14.8
Germany (dead)	7.63	32.9	16.7	0	4.48	39.7	-1
Italy (dead)	22.6	1.27	28.1	8.63	0	14.7	27.3
Russia (dead)	51.5	23.2	-5.9	37.1	5.3	0	17
Turkey (dead)	55.1	-9.2	-15	-17	38	27.7	0
"Kill Quotient"	162	95.9	62.8	117	91.3	93.8	77.1

Ok... go nuts.

More useless information:

The Kill Quotient is just the sum of the rows, and it represents how much a country benefits from elimations around the board. Austria is the leader by far and is the only country to benefit when ANY other country on the board is gone. Not surprisingly, the two middle countries, Germany and Austria, have the most to gain from eliminations. On the flip side, France and Turkey benefit the least.

In the case of negative numbers, it can actually hurt a country if a certain other power is eliminated or has anarchied. The lowest number on the board is -39, meaning that in games where France is dead, Russia's rating drops from 128 to 89.5! Italy is the only country whose death does not harm anyone, with Germany very close behind.

Austria and Germany are the only neighbors where one killing the other doesn't create significant gains. The only other pair of neighbors that comes remotely close are England and Russia.

The highest number on the board is 63.2 - England gains 63.2 rating points in games where Germany is dead. Germany also gains significantly from England's demise and the duo make the highest on the board with a sum of 63.2 + 32.9 = 96.2.

For some odd reason Austria gains a sizable 23.3 points when France is dead.

The western triple (EFG) generally does better when both Austria and Turkey are alive.