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obiwanobiwan (248

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27 Jul 14 UTC

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Nominations for The Greatest Musician/Musical Act of All-Time

To get away for awhile from fights over foreign fights and people being X'd out here (please don't smite me, Maniac!) we begin the follow-up to our Greatest Author of All-Time Tournament with the search for the Greatest Musician/Musical Act of All-Time! Regional groups this time, US/UK/Europe/World (unless someone has a better grouping plan.) Either way, once again, everyone gets 4 noms, and we'll start when we fill out our Bracket of 64, 16 per group. Go! :)

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Tinker Bell versus Jiminy Cricket

Who would lose?

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A_Tin_Can (2234

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31 Jul 14 UTC
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How do YOU like to juggernaut?

The juggernaut is probably the most famous alliance - but how do YOU like to run it? As Russia? As Turkey? What are the key centres and moments in the construction of the alliance?

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ezra willis (305

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Who would win

Thor or Superman?

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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play styles WTA versus PPSC

Okay, I'm learning that diplomacy grognard snobs only play WTA. Fine. They're busting my balls about it at vdip. They're a bunch of asses over there.

question inside

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23 Jul 14 UTC

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When you're heading for a solo

After *that* move where you get 2/3 centres and suddenly look like you're set for a solo: how do you convince the other players not to turn on you yet?

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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q&a

Basically this thread is for the new players to ask question to the more experienced players and mods. This is just for them if they didn't read the tutorial.

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Ebola - Media Hype?

Media is media; I'm struggling to comprehend if this outbreak is even worth keeping up on.

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Gaining a supply center

I'm confused, on this site, there's spring and autumn. What happened to Winter?
When is the supply center gained?
Also, do I need a unit to phisycally exist in the supply center's country during the gain phase? Or perhaps it's enough that the unit passed there before?

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Simulation

I have a strange situation - attacks from several places. Can I simulate it somewhere?

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28 Jul 14 UTC

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Science, Engineering, and Math

I thought this question was interesting enough to warrant its own discussion? Should math be considered a science? What about engineering? Where does applied science end and engineering begin? Thoughts?

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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how to get pw to take over for left player

Noob here -- I'm interested in taking over England for this game:
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=144388#gamePanel

How do I get the correct password?

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A_Tin_Can (2234

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Diplomacy problems

I remember seeing some Diplomacy position problems that a webdip user had put together (eg: "given this position, and a hostile Germany and France, how can England keep London?"). Does anyone have a link to this? Or to a similar resource?

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Crazy Anglican (1067

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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Cu Chulain vs. The Hulk

Actually, I think they are on in the same, but what about this match up?

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28 Jul 14 UTC
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New Proposed Feature

I was wondering if any of you coders out there can code a new feature that allows a player to repeat the previous phase's moves. This would be really useful when playing stalemate games that are drawn out by one player attempting to break through, hoping for an NMR or waiting for others to be taken out of the draw. It gets very boring sometimes to enter the same moves repeatedly and helps to avoid careless mistakes.

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JamesYanik (548

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30 Jul 14 UTC
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New Map Idea

Atlantic Ocean colonial era. Have a USA, Brazil, Carribbean, England, France, Italy, Spain/Portugal, Holland

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28 Jul 14 UTC

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The "Rejuvenation & Growth" thread ....

..... please keep us all informed of latest activity.

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Hellenic Riot (1626

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30 Jul 14 UTC

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How's the weather?

Let's have a nice, pleasant, daisy-filled conversation. Pomf. :3

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28 Jul 14 UTC

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Come check it out (the actual ad zultar)

My friends and I made a youtube account called the EpicFun Timebrigade we play all kinds of games and we take requests. If you can't find our account just look up my friend mrafroman20 he has a link to our group channel. He also sends out the word when we stream on twitch and now I will started sending the word out on here too. We thank Mr Zultar for letting us advertise on his site.

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Socrates Dissatisfied (1727

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28 Jul 14 UTC
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All the recent departures... Possible amnesty?

Let's save our site...

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Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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This has been a tough few days for our site, with many prominent members leaving, and more still to leave I'm sure. Whilst I do not favour breaking the rules, or lighthearted treatment of people just because of longstanding membership, I do think the site is facing a mini crisis.

A few issues spiralled out of control, and I think things have snowballed to a place that the mods did not imagine. Although many of the bans may have been reasonable (I am not in a position to really comment), I think the results of the ban are beyond unfortunate. Accordingly I think that a widespread amnesty would be wise. There would be the understanding that this is generous, and the rules are to be respected, whilst also a general discussion and reconsidersation of the direction our site has been heading...

Putin33 (111 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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I think the site will grow now that some of the problem children have left.

ssorenn (0 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Well said, I second

ssorenn (0 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

If Putin leaves we are good

ssorenn (0 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Never will I second anything Putin says, even if I thought he was right

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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@ SD: "many of the bans may have been reasonable"

You talk as if dozens of prominent users were banned over the weekend.

As far as I am aware, exactly TWO people were banned.

Have some sense of perspective.

Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Okay, fasces and draug, krellin's silencing was extreme, and he for instance will leave after he's finished his games too. Many people have left voluntarily in the wake of these events, the forum feels different, and I think action needs to be taken. You can feel free to think that the site isn't facing considerable change, but I think it is, and I feel like we should try and do something.

obiwanobiwan (248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

There are a TON of people on this site...new people come along every day...

Much as I'll miss Draug, and I'd campaign to try and get him back were we to start such a movement...that's one guy. Fasces? Not even in the same league as Draug.

People leave, that's the nature of sites...it isn't as if we've lost hundreds and hundreds in one go.

Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Draug
Fasces
Krellin
SYnapse
Maniac
Chaqa

the fallen members so far - each of them relatively prominent. I wasn't especially friendly with any of them, heck, I don't even like all of them, but I think it's foolhardy not to think that change isn't occuring.

JECE (1248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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Mr. 666: I wasn't aware so much progress had been made! I for one predict a stream of new Forum users without some of the most prominent trolls trolling away.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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Draug and Fasces both deserved their bans. SYnapse has just had a tantrum and will be back.

I will be sorry to see Maniac leave and hope he reconsiders.

Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

The third message I've had directed at my points total - I'm sorry that I had 816

when i joined a game for 150.

The forum will still have users, but it won't be the same hotspot of conversation it was!

SYnapse has already set up an alternative forum site, that seems to be gaining members, and olli from vdip has agreed to advertise and direct members there supposedly. I thought it was foolish, but now I think it may get quite a following.

Octavious (2701 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

There is a real end of an era feel about the site at the moment. Many members who have been considering leaving (and a hell of a lot of us who have been here a while do so on a regular basis) will see it as a signal that the time is right to head off.

JECE (1248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

For the record, by the way, I wasn't calling all 6 users on 666's list trolls. I posted before seeing that last post.

NigeeBaby (100 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

I'm not going to leave if nobody is going to miss me ..... no point !!

obiwanobiwan (248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

"Draug
Fasces
Krellin
SYnapse
Maniac
Chaqa"

What happened to Chaqa and krellin?

Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

krellin is leaving after he finishes up his last couple games, chaqa was thinking of leaving anyways but this has spurred him on.

JECE, stop calling me 666.

NigeeBaby (100 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

This site used to be great ..... what went wrong, who is to blame?

Putin33 (111 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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I blame Obama.

obiwanobiwan (248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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I blame Israel.

obiwanobiwan (248 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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"This site used to be great ..... what went wrong, who is to blame?"

The site's the same...people come and go, these things go through phases.

NigeeBaby (100 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

No, Obama couldn't close down anything ..... as we already know

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

I blame Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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By the way SYnapse has not left. He just PMed me to say that he had definitely left and hadn't come back since.

trip (696 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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@ Oct: I view it as an uncomfortable (to some) newness that will eventually pass. It does seem a bit strange to me to see people bail on a Diplomacy site because stalking, threatening death, and mocking the dead isn't allowed on the forum anymore. Is that really a huge loss?

Sevyas (973 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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I blame people who refuse to think before hitting that 'post reply' button

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Well said, Trip.

trip (696 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

...and I hope Chaqa doesn't leave, or at least finishes up his games.

Jamiet99uk (808 )
28 Jul 14 UTC

Apparently SYnapse has set up a forum for people who want to be allowed to mock the dead, threaten each other, post hate speech, and other fun stuff like that in between discussing the Key Lepanto.

Octavious (2701 )
28 Jul 14 UTC
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I used to be a member of a forum where one of the members built up a deep dislike of many of the others. One day he mysteriously left to spend many months in the Caribbean, learning voodoo black magic from the locals. The first we knew about it was when long established members started vanishing for reasons that would have been unthinkable a few months before. The site ownership changed and the style of moderation became unrecognisable. By the time we decided to do something it was too late... Darkness descended and ruled for ever more...

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29 Jul 14 UTC

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There has been an attack.....

..... what is your first thought as to who did this?

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29 Jul 14 UTC

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Sarah Palin's online "news" channel

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/28/us/palin-news-channel/index.html

Is there anyone out here who actually thinks that Palin has (or ever had) anything relevant to say? If so, please explain to me why I am wrong to think she's got the intellect of a baked potato (although the latter probably tastes better when eaten).

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Friends

If 4 friends join a game, they will be unbeatable :(

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25 Jul 14 UTC

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Entry 250@, Gunboat 36-hour 125@/per game10-game rounds, 5 simultaneously

Spring 2014 Tournament

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29 Jul 14 UTC

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Josunice tournament

I was wondering what are the current standings with the couple of games that recently finished... I was dead last before the solo, so I want to know if there is still hope of at least second place now that I have bounced back. I think josemurcs was winning by a lot, but with the latest results maybe he is no longer leading so easily?

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28 Jul 14 UTC

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Soft drink war

Pepsi VS Coca Cola vs Dr Pepper

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28 Jul 14 UTC
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Comprehensive list of mod secrets

I freely downloaded the source code for the site last night, and now I have some things to share with you about what I've found.

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27 Jul 14 UTC

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wta, full press, 30points, 36-48hrs, semi-anon

I m looking for 6 reliable players for a game.
'Reliable' as in 'will not nmr', 'will not cd', 'will not turn out to be a multi in the middle of the game' and 'will respect the site rules and guidelines so I wont get banned in the middle of the game'. Signups here.

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Thucydides (864

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29 Jul 14 UTC
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Brothers and sisters, fellow diplomats:

I will return, and when I am come, the Forum shall have its Voice again. Yes, a Voice calls from the wilderness... Strain your ear and listen:

"whose dragnar is he knew lul"

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29 Jul 14 UTC

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need 4 players

Game name - sukla

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