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20 Jun 10 UTC	Spring, 6: This game is certainly becoming exciting!
20 Jun 10 UTC	Spring, 6: Indeed it is.
26 Jun 10 UTC	Spring, 8: how many sc do you need to win?
26 Jun 10 UTC	Spring, 8: 18 in Ancient Mediterranean
06 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 12: This reminds me of the never-ending stalemate of the First World War
06 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 12: I think perhaps a draw is in order.
06 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 12: Never! this is to fun :)
13 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 14: This really does involve the four distinct corners of the map... quite impressive really
14 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 14: Nicely played Carthage, nicely played.
14 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 15: Why thankyou, I believe your moving behind my lines was also quite impressive... A real chink in the armour!
15 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 15: I guess now I can begin to ravage all your SCs though, whereas you are trapped in Numidia!
15 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 15: Back to the ol' stalemate again!
19 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 16: Guys, this is a stalemate. Let's draw and be done with it.
19 Jul 10 UTC	Spring, 16: yes... a stalemate...
20 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: This is the hottest cold war I've ever seen, Egypt!
20 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: Oh, come on man, don't make this any longer than it has to be... Just destroy the unit and be done with it. Nobody likes a sore loser who slows the game because he wants to draw out his lifetime.
20 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: Guys, lets just stop. Otherwise we´ll set the record for the longest diplomacy game ever played.
20 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: Gee, and here I was thinking that noone likes people who refuse to end a game that is stalemated.
21 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: We do not agree that it is stalemated. End of story. The game is not ending
21 Jul 10 UTC	Autumn, 16: Stalemate has become a widely used metaphor for situations [other than chess] where there is a conflict or contest between two parties, such as war or political negotiations, and neither side is able to achieve victory, resulting in what is also called a standoff or deadlock. Chess writers note that this usage is a misnomer since, unlike in chess, the situation is often a temporary one that is ultimately resolved, even if it seems currently intractable (Golombek 1977:304) (Soltis 1978:54) I'm pretty sure you guys have just discovered the misnomer: Rome and I are beginning to gain the upper hand... I'm sure you already knew that, however, and were just trying to force us to draw before our victory was a surity.