I watched the commentated video you and Lawrence shared, and it still wasn’t clear to me from seeing the gameplay how much the press-component was actually helping the Diplomacy agents. (e.g. I wasn’t sure if the bots were cooperating/backstabbing or if they were just always set on playing the moves that they did regardless of what was being said in the Press.) In a game with just one human and the rest bots obviously the human wouldn’t have an advantage of the bots all behaved like No Press bots. I think a mixed game with multiple humans and multiple bots would provide more insightful.
Helpful, thanks!
I watched the commentated video you and Lawrence shared, and it still wasn’t clear to me from seeing the gameplay how much the press-component was actually helping the Diplomacy agents. (e.g. I wasn’t sure if the bots were cooperating/backstabbing or if they were just always set on playing the moves that they did regardless of what was being said in the Press.) In a game with just one human and the rest bots obviously the human wouldn’t have an advantage of the bots all behaved like No Press bots. I think a mixed game with multiple humans and multiple bots would provide more insightful.