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Somalians happy NGO's are out

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/somali-farmers-benefit-from-al-shabab-reforms-201431053038814400.html

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Hey join this game

Has some strong players should be fun http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=137638

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Kim Jong-un's Popularity Stagnates

There's concern for the North Korean leader today as election results become known. Despite his best efforts to establish himself with the people, the percentage of the vote won by Kim in his district was on a par with the poorest performing candidates across the nation. Those election results in full below:

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Fall of the American Empire IV Tactics

this variant of 10 players has the highest necessary SC points to win ratio 34:24 (58 "cities" in all) - that's a lot, please discuss.

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Rape Culture

So one of my female friends informed me 10 minutes ago that today is international Womens Rights day, or some shit like that, and it sprang a short debate about various women's right issues. Can someone please explain to me the merits of believing in rape culture, cause it just sounds like pure bullshit to me.

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Hey krellin (and everybody)

http://gizmodo.com/over-120-science-journal-papers-pulled-for-being-total-1534110496

Here's an article you can use against me in the future :) Enjoy.

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Notice on Message Posted in Finished Games

Please enable a notice at the top when a message is posted in a finished game. GB games end and people post but you need to dig and look back to see if someone posted.

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28 Feb 14 UTC
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Europe vs Russia

Who wins?

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Mod cancels games

I was just in a game, where it was canceled because the mods said someone might be cheating. While I understand why the game was stopped,but why was it canceled, and not allowed to find someone to replace the cheater?

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CD Takeover Offer

There are plenty of open CD positions. For the next two weeks if you post here, or pm me for gunboats, you will get reimbursed if you take over a position that does not have the most supply centers on the board.

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Russians to Welcome Crimean Secession?

http://news.yahoo.com/top-lawmaker-russia-welcome-crimea-152337948.html Let's keep this one specific, given that we already have a main thread for the Crisis in Ukraine: 1. Your thoughts on Crimea's stated intention to secede and Russia's warm response, 2. SHOULD Crimea secede, 3. WILL it happen and 4. SHOULD Crimea be considered "Russia," as these demonstrators seem to think?

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henceforth his ne shall be Joseunich...

For he is a dickless wonder.

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Why Professors should give the students their midterms and exams back

I've always hated how most professors don't let you look at a midterm or exam after righting it. I'm always convinced that its because they're lazy fucks who want to keep the exam the same every year and don't do it to prevent us from being able to sell said exams to our underclassmen. Below is the list of reasons why I strongly think profs should give students their marked midterms and exams back

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Draugnar Bails

Good game all, except our host who bailed in 1904A when a draw of Austria didn't turn his way (gameID=135791). Guess he wasn't "addicted" enough...

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Why do we need 3 threads about Draugnar's gunboat game?

Oh wait, now it's 4.

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hey, josunice! Man up!

Admit you're a moron who can't read a diplomacy results map, asshole!

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To thin the draw or not thin... that is the question...

I think it an added dimension to the on-line game and like the extra dynamics and strategy it affords. Particularly in GB where there is no collusion. Earn your place in the draw or punish a grabber by throwing a solo... all part of the game.

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Dominions 3

Does anybody else play this gem? I discovered it a week ago and want to test my skills.

http://www.illwinter.com/dom3/

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What's the best lesson you've learned in a Diplomacy game?

Game-related lesson, that is. While I'm not big on the forum, I do like reading the game-related threads from time to time. The "Letting your ally win" discussion spurred the above question for me. My answer below.

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murraysheroes (526 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

I was still pretty new when I played in gameID=112282. I was fairly proud of my performance as Italy, which was largely due to my strong Austrian ally. Once we had the game well in hand, I thought we would go for the 17/17 split (again...I was quite new). MarekP, who was Austria, saw my foolish lack of defense against him and took that opening for an easy solo. It's a valuable lesson that I've not forgotten. It also showed me that (occasionally) the Key can work really, really well.

Since then, I've had the pleasure of playing with him several more times...he's an excellent player. What is your best Diplomacy lesson?

redhouse1938 (429 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

1. Keep relationships fluid. Don't lock into eternal alliances and eternal animosities.
2. Keep your units moving and issuing collaborative orders (convoys, supports). Don't put them on hold.

AlexNesta (239 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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1. Make a plan.
2. ???
3. Solo.

Partysane (10754 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Don't Panic.
Plan calmly.
If you stab someone, do it right and don't stop until they are dead. Even women are not as bad as a pissed of ex ally.

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

If an allegiance is not equal,look for the stab!!! An ally is only good if they are offering something in return---That something does not have to be an equal but just has to be something

Ogion (3882 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

1) Never give up/don't panic - Diplomacy is a highly fluid game and even pretty bad situations can turn around as soon as the incentives change, which they will

2) Don't neglect defense. Yes, this means leaving units out of the attack at times, but a not-insiginficant number of my solos have come from an unsuccessful stab from an ally that I ended up winning, in part by swinging former adversaries to my side faster than my former ally.

3) don't abandon any relationship. Keep them all friendly, since you can and will succeed in turning people.

Octavious (2701 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Never underestimate the ability of others to make a hash of things.

Draugnar (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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1) If you find yourself to be much to big for the rest of the board, start helping others take SCs to "catch up". Don't actually let them get there, but make them think they will by throwing them a bone. This applies in life as well. In short, don't forget the little guys.

2) If you are the little guy, make certain you are in a position where you are needed. We all need waiters and trash collectors, so be the trash collectors, so be the waiter or trash collector in your game.

redhouse1938 (429 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

+1 Draugnar

Hamilton Brian (811 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Pretty good question murraysheroes. Some lessons thus far:

Plan and get an idea of the path to 18
Communicate, communicate, communicate
Prepare to be soft in relationships, and rigid when necessary
Know when to suck it up
Check the orders section
Check your own goddamned orders. Again. And Again.

There's more, but these are the top ones at this point in the day.

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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"Communicate, communicate, communicate
Prepare to be soft in relationships, and rigid when necessary
Know when to suck it up"

Also good advice for relationships.

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Plan and get an idea of the path to 18
Communicate, communicate, communicate
Prepare to be soft in relationships, and rigid when necessary
Know when to suck it up
Check the orders section
Check your own goddamned orders. Again. And Again.

You are really drinking the professor juice------lol

Hamilton Brian (811 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

You are really drinking the professor juice------lol

It's only taken 4 or 5 years...

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

nice

Putin33 (111 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Start a game of gunboat at 2am.

Putin33 (111 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

*Don't start, rather

NigeeBaby (100 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Never rule out the option of actually tracking down and brutally murdering someone who abuses you in a game ....... there are two ways of learning in life, one is known as the easy way !!

yebellz (729 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Always double-check for possible misorders

COTW (836 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

don't burn bridges

taos (281 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Always double check your orders.
Plan movements ahead as much as possible.
Read between the lines,people tend to make mistakes when they lie.
Trust no one.

Dejan0707 (1608 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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Others pretty much said everything important. I will only add one more thing. Respect your opponent and threat them fair all the time, allies or enemies alike.

Thegatso (234 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Always consider the moves for themselves. If Britain moves to the North Sea, no matter what line of bullshit he gives you about why he needed to do it, imagine if you were in a gunboat and a friendly Britain suddenly moved to your North Sea and react accordingly.

taos (281 )
07 Mar 14 UTC
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One more thing - when you don't talk,you talk

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Play PPSC

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07 Mar 14 UTC
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Wait that's not right.

Draugnar (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

All other things being equal, attacking is better than defending. Defense doesn't win games.

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

draug---are you sure

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

Defense doesn't win games.

tell that to the chicago bears

2ndWhiteLine (2611 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

If the Bears were a board game, they'd be Mouse Trap, because Jay Cutler is always broken.

ssorenn (0 )
07 Mar 14 UTC

again we can agree on something------stop it

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Vote Game

Let us organise a vote game where you may vote on the moves of any country you wish. You can even vote for dumb moves for the country you do not like !

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Offensive Indian Headdress

http://news.yahoo.com/daughter-okla-governor-defends-headdress-photo-183205269.html
Insensitive bitch. And while we are at it, I wish those damned Indians would stop wearing those European fashions. Back to your loin cloths, savages!!!

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Gunboat Games

I know this is rather uninformed, but what exactly is a "Gunboat" game...

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Gunboat/Press hybrid game

I just thought about the idea of playing a game where the first year is full press through the 1901 builds, and the game turns to gunboat after the fact. It would essentially be a gunboat game that can have crazier openings and break the mold of having very similar 1901 years from game to game. Anyone interested in trying this out?

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Can a moderator unpause our game?

Our Game: http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=135643
Was paused to allow a user to switch out, but we can't unpause it on account of 1 afk user. Can we get this unpaused?

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06 Mar 14 UTC
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userID=60000

Lets all take a second to welcome another milestone user, peterv, userID=60000. I hope he sticks around longer than userID=50000 :)

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Letting Your Ally Win

I recently played two PPSC games (a normal world gameID=132877,and a modern gunboat gameID=132764), in both of which a player decided not to attack the leader, resulting the leader to solo and the other coming in second. Do you think letting your ally win is ever acceptable?

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06 Mar 14 UTC

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How to Stop Being a Cynical Asshole

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-being-a-cynical-asshole-1537302138

Good lord, there IS a cure for me. Nahhhhh....this is *complete* bullshit...

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06 Mar 14 UTC
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VLADIMIR PUTIN

..... is just Dave Mustaine out of Megadeth, without his wig.

Proof here: http://9gag.com/gag/6545738/vladimir-putin-and-dave-mustaine

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06 Mar 14 UTC

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An Open Question to Putin33: What Do YOU Want in the World?

What do you want with regards to Eastern-Western Relations? With Putin's intervention in the Crimea and the Ukraine crisis on the whole? Syria, where you and I differ again? Israel/Palestine, where you and I differ again (which I find interesting given that I want them to have their own state and have criticized the Israeli encroachment into the West Bank, but I digress.) If you could have EXACTLY what you wanted in each scenario, snap your fingers and it's done--what would you WANT?

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18 Year Old Girl Sues Parents

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/living/nj-teen-sues-parents-for-college-education/

How much do you want to bet that little chickie-poo is a Libtard. An "I'm Entitled To It Because I Was Born" Liberal bitch? You know...a product of living 6 of her 18 years under a President that told her every day that she deserves to be given everything...

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