webdiplomacy.net

How long has that been there? My sense of awareness entering this site has been limited in recent days due to university orientation taking up most of my attention.

Regardless of the time, I think Diplomacy lends itself well to historical quotes, and I like it.

Quite new I think

I think the bots vote on the choice of a good quote.

CaptainFritz28 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:58 am

How long has that been there? My sense of awareness entering this site has been limited in recent days due to university orientation taking up most of my attention.

Regardless of the time, I think Diplomacy lends itself well to historical quotes, and I like it.

I think it replaced the disk failure downtime notification during the week.

I always thought this was a rather Diplomacy-esque quote:

“Are you blind to your own interests – have you ceased to reign? (...) If Russia has an army of 15,000 men at Corfu, do you think that it is directed against me? Armed vessels have the habit of hastening to Constantinople. Your dynasty is about to descend into oblivion... Trust only your true friend, France.”
— Letter from Napoleon to Selim III.

Diplomacy-esque quotes, you say?

"God does not play dice"
-Einstein

A quick google search of "diplomacy quotes" leads me to:
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.-will rogers

Octavious wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:22 pm

Diplomacy-esque quotes, you say?

"God does not play dice"
-Einstein

but does he play the hit strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954, Diplomacy?

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:05 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:22 pm

Diplomacy-esque quotes, you say?

"God does not play dice"
-Einstein

but does he play the hit strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954, Diplomacy?

God has perfect knowledge. That would be a huge advantage over other players, so if he did, you would have probably heard of it already, assuming that Atheists haven't managed to censor the reports thereof.

TBC: I was attempting to erase the "webDiplomacy Site Down" notification, which seemed out of date. I could find no way to 'erase' or 'delete' it, so I quoted the quote in a quotey way. I hope to periodically update it.

Using the tried and true method for finding quotes of searching 'Terry Pratchett quotes about X' I came up with this:

"So this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people."

learnedSloth wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:38 pm

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:05 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:22 pm

Diplomacy-esque quotes, you say?

"God does not play dice"
-Einstein

but does he play the hit strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954, Diplomacy?

God has perfect knowledge. That would be a huge advantage over other players, so if he did, you would have probably heard of it already, assuming that Atheists haven't managed to censor the reports thereof.

God is not playing diplomacy. God has omnipotent powers, so he cannot lose, so being just and right, he doesn't play, so there is no to wrong the other players.

PRINCE WILLIAM wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 29, 2024 4:42 pm

learnedSloth wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:38 pm

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:05 pm

but does he play the hit strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954, Diplomacy?

God has perfect knowledge. That would be a huge advantage over other players, so if he did, you would have probably heard of it already, assuming that Atheists haven't managed to censor the reports thereof.

God is not playing diplomacy. God has omnipotent powers, so he cannot lose, so being just and right, he doesn't play, so there is no to wrong the other players.

So much for omnipotent