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"The last process time was over 12 minutes ago (at 01:59 PM); the server is not processing games until the cause is found and games are given extra time."

As above below.

Title says it all. It's not possible though, is it?

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=166500

Jump in, the water's fine!

I am getting more and more interested into philosophy and things of that nature. Does anybody have any good recommendations for a good read about philosophy or anything related to it?

Long hair and surfing skills not required-

gameID=166336

As above, below

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/19/fact-checking-hamass-claim-that-it-captured-an-israeli-spy-dolphin/?utm_content=buffercadd0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Israel used drones more effectively than the US for years so why not an animal spy gap.

I'm curious to learn y'all's opinion about putting up a draw vote very early on in a game. I especially see this in WTA gunboats, but I've also seen it elsewhere a lot too, where 1902/1903 - 5 or 6 of the players are already voting draw, before the game has even had a chance to develop. (okay admittedly I did the same thing in the last gunboat I played, but that's just 'cuz I drew Italy and I hate Italy).

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Time for a small celebration, two American heroes saved a lot of people, among whom many of my compatriots, today:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361
God bless America!

WOO HOO!!!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2632390400001/4436753880001/

August 22-23 with a special webDip gathering Aug 21!
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Original webDip F2F: http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/boston-face-to-face
To register you MUST email [email protected]

The webDip F2F is only one day away! If you don't already, be sure to follow @webDiplomacy to follow along live with the games!

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http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=166085

Are there enough players in and around Seattle to get together for a good face to face session?

here u go

http://time.com/4005480/jon-stewart-presidential-debate-petition/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-24/congress-fuels-private-jails-detaining-34-000-immigrants

This rule is a perfect representation of the kind of xenophobia that plagues many communities in this country and a our insistence that simply putting someone behind bars is a solution to our problems.

The most dickhead thing you've seen someone do

When you take over a country in civil disorder, can you put in orders for the current phase? Or do you have to wait for the current phase to end before actually taking over?

i.e. country CDs right away, I take it over in Spring 1902. Can I enter orders for the spring?

I am in my first game and need a clarification. The setting was for 1 day/phase. The first phase is coming to a close. Is that just the diplomacy phase and then I will have another day to get my orders in - or - do orders have to be in at the end of the first phase.

Sorry for the noob question but I have searched the site and could not find the answer.

Starting this thread as to not hijack (any further) the philosophy book thread.

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wow, i love these games!!!

see title

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Hello! We need one more player in The House of Black and White. Please join, if you're interested! http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=166112
Password: history

Is it my impression, or has it taken too long for the mainstream media to expose the Black Lives Matter movement in America for the nonsense that it is?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/08/race-and-criminal-justice

As someone who's never played Diplomacy before, I don't really want to join a game that's already in progress, being unable to gauge its position. At the same time, if I start a game that I want to say is 'for noobs' then a bunch of people will join it and destroy everyone else. There also aren't any starting-up games which will accept me as a brand-new player. Which approach is better for getting started: picking up games in progress, or starting my own games?

I just started playing online for the first time since the Diplomacy Judge days, and have a couple games here and a couple games at Backstabbr. I love the features here, but the UI for Backstabbr is far nicer (in the sense that it's easier to tell what's happening on the board). Any chance the developers here would work on a cleaner UI inspired by Backstabbr? Do others agree that the webDiplomacy UI could be improved?