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A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
31 Mar 17 UTC
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What are the good things about other sites?
With the ODC, we have a lot of players playing at PlayDiplomacy. And, I'm sure many of our membership play on other sites as well as webdip.

What are the features you really like from those sites that you wish webdiplomacy had?
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Claesar (4665 D)
07 Apr 17 UTC
Please comment on my decision(s)
Gunboat last night.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=195502
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
05 Apr 17 UTC
CHALLENGE
I am challenging anyone sorry enough to want to take me on to classic dip game. Bet is 50. If you got what it takes the password is my favorite disease all lowercase. gameID=195406 (please don't give away PW)
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
05 Apr 17 UTC
Should Murica do anything in Syria to stop gas attacks?
So many armed groups exist in Syria. Is it too risky for America to get involved?
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MyxIsMe (511 D)
06 Apr 17 UTC
Is this variant in beta?
It looks awesome and I'd like to try it.

gameID=187517
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
03 Apr 17 UTC
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US not all about Trump
Congress sellin out your privacy: http://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-keep-your-internet-history-private
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brainbomb (295 D)
06 Apr 17 UTC
Meat-Gamey
Can someone explain to me what this is because I don't understand it. Is not wanting to eat meat because you've had bad experiences with its flavour in other time periods a reason to be investigated by the FDA? If so, aren't all meats fucked?
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Presbyter7787 (95 D)
06 Apr 17 UTC
How Does the Website Assign Nations to Players?
It seems like when I join a number of games at nearly the same time, I get the same country if I'm playing the same variant.Is this because the game assign your country by when you join if noone else has that country, or is it simple coincidence? Thanks!
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Ogion (3817 D)
01 Apr 17 UTC
Block player feature
I was wondering about a "block player feature" so that people can avoid particularly unpleasant players. Should you block a player, you can't join a game with them in it and they can't join with you in it. I'd imagine that'd last for that game as long as the player is in it to prevent fishing for identities
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Durga (3609 D)
06 Apr 17 UTC
Meta-gaming
Can someone explain to me what this is because I don't understand it. Is not wanting to ally with a player because you've had bad experiences with their stability in other games a reason to be investigated for meta? If so, aren't all non-anon games fucked?
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
06 Apr 17 UTC
Not black and white
Abortion rights and right to life (in America) http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2017/04/when_does_life_begin_outside_the_christian_right_the_answer_is_over_time.html

Only shades of grey...
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Durga (3609 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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7 day phase game
Hey guys I'm looking to run a game with a 7 day phase length. I understand this isn't everyone's cup of tea but if you're interested I'd love to play with you.
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Omni1776 (100 D)
05 Apr 17 UTC
Newbie question about phases
I'm just learning about this game, but it sounds great. I'm trying to set up a game with some friends, but I'm not sure about all of the settings. If I set the phase length to one day, does that mean we have a day for diplomacy before all the moves occur, then another day to set retreats, and another day for build, so that there could be three days between attacks?
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Benjamin Franklin (712 D(G))
05 Apr 17 UTC
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How ti search the forum?
I cant find instructions in the help area... so....what am i missing?
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Egathetos (212 D)
31 Mar 17 UTC
Rap comms
Are we allowed to advertise new games? If so, I have just created a game called Rap Comms only.
It does what it says on the tin. Whatever you post on the board has to be in some kind of Rhyme.
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Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
04 Apr 17 UTC
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April GR Published
Run Wild, young padawans

https://sites.google.com/site/phpdiplomacytournaments/theghost-ratingslist
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Matticus13 (2844 D)
04 Apr 17 UTC
Colonial Diplomacy: The first official variant
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=30277 (you have to use the entire link)
Just completed​ my first match of Colonial Diplomacy. What are your thoughts on the first official variant?
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Octavious (2802 D)
04 Apr 17 UTC
Meanwhile, in the British Labour Party...
...the party of opposition is doing what it does best. Oppose itself.
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David E. Cohen (100 D)
29 Mar 17 UTC
Calhamer Estate Sale
See below.
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
03 Apr 17 UTC
8 hour challenge
Anyone interested in a game with 8-hour phase? I played a 4 hour game by accident and it was a brutal 3 days, submitting moves in the dead of night (when only Devin Nunes was awake)! I was thinking that 8 hours is challenging but not insane. Any takers?
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
People from Liechtenstein
So would people from here be referred to as Liechtensteinians? That seems like a horrendously long slang. Anyone from central europe have an insight on this? Same question applies to Luxembourg (luxembourgians?).
brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
I know for the majority of the stans in asia they shorten it to khazaks, uzbeks, afghans, but similarly what happens to the poor souls of turkmenistan?
Clownie (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg
Clownie (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
People from Turkmenistan are Turkmen.
brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
I legit want to move to liechtenstien. 1.5% unemployment? Population under 40k???
steephie22 (182 D(S))
02 Apr 17 UTC
Liechtensteiner, Luxembourger. I regularly hang out with a Trinidadian (fortunately they don't call themselves TrinidadAndTobagoans or something like that. They're just named after their island rather than their country in Trinidad & Tobago).
brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
As a Nebraskan I always thought ours was long. Compared to tennesseean, kentuckian, and louisianian (<- is that right??? It sounds impossible to say.)

Also oregonian and washingtonian sound alot weirder.

And Maine... what the hell do we do with maine...
brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
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Maineiac
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
02 Apr 17 UTC
Mainer it's a no brainer
TheRealMaestro (190 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Auf Deutsch heißen sie einfach Liechtensteiner und Luxemburger. Gelten diese Namen nicht auch auf Englisch?
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Non! Mais je connais le nom du le Allemangne!
different_pseudonym (185 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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Try being from Connecticut. There's no way to name one of those easily. I guess Connecticuter is maybe the best?
brainbomb (295 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Connecticuter wow. Thats horrible
different_pseudonym (185 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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We sound like a line of novelty lawn mowers.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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Just call them 'Cons'.
Claesar (4665 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Connecter?
orathaic (1009 D(B))
03 Apr 17 UTC
I think we mostly call them Americans, americans, red necks, hilly billies, americans, yanks and americans... (For each and every state, just you know like, FYI).

Claesar (4665 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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That's so typical, to call Liechtensteiners Americans..
Crazy Anglican (1075 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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@orathaic

There you go again a theoretical knowledge of the subject but no real applied knowledge :-)
Red neck refers to residents to the south eastern united states. The Englishmen who came to farm these regions were not used to the blazing sun. Thus spending most of their time outside working with their heads bent down to the earth they developed a notably red neck. The term has connotations of racism, violent tempers, and other backward ways.

Hillbillies on the other hand are mainly Kentuckians (although any Appalachian state can lay claim to it). The Hillbillies (specifically from Kentucky) were neutral in the Civil War One quote I heard on the issue "While the north and the south fought over slavery, The hillbillies stayed home drinking 'shine and making babies." That, however, is strongly skewed to the Kentucky perspective. Some parts of Tennessee would also strongly identify as hillbilly.

Yank would almost never be applied to any American (by another American) except to someone of the New England region. Again it goes back to the Civil War. The southern states were the rebels while the northern states were the yankees. FWIW I have rarely heard it shortenend to "Yanks". Mostly in Georgia is was Yankee but the word seems to be going out of usage (in my area) as Atlanta becomes more cosmopolitan.

For White Southereners their is also "Cracker" short for whip-cracker I think. This one has a definite connotation of racist.

There are also Sooners from Oklahoma, and Buckeyes from Ohio. I am unaware of the meaning of Buckeye (I am only aware of it from the college mascots) and the term Sooner came I think from the land rush days in Oklahoma.
Crazy Anglican (1075 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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How about Wisconsin?

Wisconsonants?
Claesar (4665 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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Wiscousins.
Lockenfietje (135 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
And Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochians?
brainbomb (295 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Ivory Coastians?
brainbomb (295 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Isnt congo unique? Congolese or something? --I dunno I guess I dont know much about the congo people-
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
What, like the Japanese, Chinese or Maltese?
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Farose?

Of course, each nationality is unique, that's kind of the point, but in terms of collective noun endings, Peruvian has got to be pretty unusual.
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Technically, Ivory Coast people would Cote d'Ivorian.
Zmaj (215 D(B))
03 Apr 17 UTC
If you speak French, this is very funny:

https://youtu.be/A7op3vL5Uts?t=1m7s

Y voit rien :D
CptMike (4384 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
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Y voit rien ! Mais qui donne des voitures aux gens comme ça ? :D
JECE (1322 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Nutmegger is actually official. There are lots to chose from for Connecticut.
JECE (1322 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
Maybe not official after all? Other demonyms include Connecticotian and Connecticutensian.
JECE (1322 D)
03 Apr 17 UTC
brainbomb: For some of the Central Asian states there is a difference between a form like Kazakhs (which refers to an ethnic group) and Kazakhstani (which refers citizens of the country regardless of ethnicity).


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Hauta (1618 D(S))
01 Apr 17 UTC
Racism in America
How does America perpetuate White economic dominance? Affirmative action seems to work against it and there seem to be plenty of rules about fair housing, etc. What needs to be done to truly level the playing field?
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
03 Apr 17 UTC
why does it say for me that there are no joinable games?
sometimes I see that there are 6 pages of joinable games but I am unable to page forward or actually see more than 2-3. wazzup with that?
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zultar (4180 DMod(P))
01 Apr 17 UTC
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Zultar is Retiring from webDip
See inside.
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Peregrine Falcon (9010 D(S))
30 Mar 17 UTC
New Anon, Full Press game
gameID=194961
A player asked us to have their anonymous game advertised on the forum in order to keep the game fully anon. The details are below.
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
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How do you feel about anal
Retentive people?
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
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Should I become a Priest
Discuss
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slypups (1889 D)
02 Apr 17 UTC
Forum threads only visible to players who don't stink
What do you guys think about the new forum feature posted earlier today about the ability to designate threads invisible to players that are above average?
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Stephen Daedalus (100 D)
31 Mar 17 UTC
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Hi. I'm new.
There seems to be a password required to get into many of the games. How does one get the password?
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
02 Apr 17 UTC
Okay that's weird
Recently I saw a post about Zultar retiring. It was on the front page like 10 mins ago. Now I can't find it. Not to cause conspiracy theories but was it removed??
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