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Plastic Hussar (1375 D(B))
01 Aug 09 UTC
The country randomizer (sic)
So I have joined two new games since the update, and both times I have been assigned England. Does this mean the new non-random assignment engine will keep trying to put me in England until I finish a game as that country? Or is this just a meaningless blip?
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csana (100 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Map:Rumania
Its acually spelled Romania
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StevenC. (1047 D(B))
31 Jul 09 UTC
No it's not. Rumania is the actual spelling.
spyman (424 D(G))
31 Jul 09 UTC
Rumania is an archaic spelling of Romania. The original board game of diplomacy came out in the 1950s and used the u spelling. That's why see it here.
Ursa (1617 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Most people know it's spelled Romania nowadays, but for game targets I think it will remain the same so RUM and ROM will not interfere with eachother.
gjdip (1065 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
The would hardly interfere more than Liverpool and Livonia do.
Ursa (1617 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
In that case you've got LVN and LVP/LPL. RME and RMN are just ugly. We're talking about Rome here!
gjdip (1065 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Rome schmome. I'll respect Rome when a fleet there is not a variant any more.
kestasjk (64 DMod(P))
31 Jul 09 UTC
I'm descended in part from Romania and Lithuania, but the board says Rumania and Livonia so that's what we use
As long as we're talking about names, though, it's actually the Gulf of Lyon, not Lyons. :)
Ursa (1617 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
That's just English, if you want to go changing that, you'll be busy for a while.
Dharmaton (2398 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
in french : la Roumanie
StevenC. (1047 D(B))
31 Jul 09 UTC
Wasn't Livonia a union between the three baltic countries Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia?
trim101 (363 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
and its actually not acually
Invictus (240 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
And it's "it's" not "its."
csana (100 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Nice one Invictus. But it's not "it's." it's "it's". ...i think...
Invictus (240 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Nope. "It's" is a contraction of "it is."

"Its" shows possession.
Draugnar (0 DX)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Invictus is correct. Possesive pronouns do not get apostrophes when made possesive with an "s".
gjdip (1065 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
StevenC, it was and it wasn't as our dear friend Wikipedia will tell you. Pretty maps and all.
Toby Bartels (361 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
But csana is talking about the relation between the period and the quotation mark … or is it the full stop and the inverted commas?

Invictus is using the usual American convention of putting the sentence-ending period inside the quotation, even though it is not actually part of what's being quoted. But csana objects, and proposes using the logical convention, which is more common in England.
Toby Bartels (361 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
And it's ‘România’, of course.
Draugnar (0 DX)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Logic and language (not computer languages) rarely go together.
Its Northern Bulgaria.
Star Revil (276 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Yeah that's true. It's not with a U but with an O. I don't know the exact symbols to you like Toby Bartels said: România

But as far as I know, it's just Romania, and possibly with special symbols.
Invictus (240 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
It's just an alternate spelling.

A few brief moments on Wikipedia will tell you that the older English spelling of the country as "Rumania" comes from the French "Roumanie." You're already on the internet, why not look stuff up rather than just gab?
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Romania.htm

"Feb 1966 English spelling officially changed to Romania. "
Alderian (2425 D(S))
31 Jul 09 UTC
Therefore, since this game starts in 1901, the spelling should be Rumania. There are a lot of other differences between the game map and the current map such as all the changes in borders, countries splitting up or coming together, and all that.
Knights Dawn (100 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
As long as we are bringing traditional spelling of Rumania as România. I wish to make a petition to change Munich to München, or just change Munich to Bavaria. But if we change it to Bavaria, we would have to rename it Bayern to satisfy the traditional spelling.
Toby Bartels (361 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
The map actually fits 1914 better than 1901, which is one of the things changed in the ‘1900’ variant.
HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY NAME IS CSANA. I ALSO NOTICED THE UNITED STATES IS SPELLED "ETATS UNIS" IN MEXICO. I MAKE SURE TO CORRECT MEXICANS WHEREVER I GO.
Invictus (240 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Good grief you're a dick, Jimmy T.
Skittler (100 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
It's a pointless argument. You can't cope with all the different languages plus historical spellings.
Although don't get me started on Edinburgh and Wales apparently being part of England. That's never been true - tsk.

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Le_Roi (913 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Lost In Translation
New Lost In Translation game up. See inside.
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zrallo (100 D)
02 Aug 09 UTC
database lock?
What's going on? It says there's a database lock and i can't get into the game
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Chrisp
Not too long ago you corrected a player who was not showing up to resume our live game and now he is back. He still has yet to communicate, explain, or even trolling would be better at this point. His silent vendetta (Against whom or what is unknown) isn't very professional and I don't know what else to do.

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12169
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Veqryn (186 D)
02 Aug 09 UTC
question about convoying.
Lets say you are turkey, and you have an army in Sevast, a Fleet in Black Sea, a fleet in Const, and also in Aegean.
Can you convoy your army from Sevast all the way to Greece?
Similarly, if you have a fleet in NorthSea, Denmark, and Baltic, can you convoy from Berlin to London?
(I am guessing that Ska and Baltic do not touch, so would you need Denmark AND Ska to convoy that? or is there no way to convoy that?)
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czechveck (311 D)
02 Aug 09 UTC
New gunboat game - Obrestad
24 hrs per turn 25 gold to buy in.
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blackbelt614 (604 D)
02 Aug 09 UTC
Help Admin! Game Crashed =[
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12522&msgCountry=Global&rand=89645#chatboxanchor

Apparently something went wrong with the game and we need admin review. It's "crashed". Thank you.
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zrallo (100 D)
02 Aug 09 UTC
Help Admin game crashed
Help...http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12522

game crashed
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dipgeneral (0 DX)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Live game tonight
Hey guys im gonna start a live game at 7 EST tonight... i already have six people locked up so if one person wants to join just let me know and i'll get you the info... we hope to actually finish the game so it may go till around midnight
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Mathias (100 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
Just a small town girl
living in a lonely world
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
30 Jul 09 UTC
A Good Cup of Tea
Here in the States (especially in culture-deprived L.A.) it's so hard to get a good cup of tea, let alone get decent materials for it for self-brewing. A shame, I love tea

But anyway- what kinds do you prefer, how do you prefer it prepared, and how snooty do you prefer to feel when drinking it. ;)
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Veqryn (186 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
its seems like, when people are losing, they purposefully do not finalize
notice the same thing?
its bad sportsmanship. making everyone wait for a retreat move, a disband move, then a hold move, and taking 3 days to do them.
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bockman (510 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Unfinalized Orders
Newbie tech question: what happens if you enter orders but don't finalize?
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djbent (2572 D(S))
10 Jul 09 UTC
School of War Game IV End of Game Statements
5 way draw, Autumn 1908
SCs: E - 5; F - 4; I - 7; G - 6; T - 1; R - 11 (A - 0)
Please post your statements here, students and teachers.
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jimbursch (100 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
what's the best way for a newby to try the game?
I would like to try playing webDiplomacy, but I don't know what to do next. Start a new game? Enter an existing game?
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brown shirt smile (613 DX)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Anyone up for a one hour per phase game???
Tried to get one going before but we fell short by one player.

Anyone still keen?
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I HAVE POINTS, BUT CANNOT JOIN GAMES
WTF?
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HOW THE $$$$ DO I FIND JOINABLE GAMES NOW
FUCK!
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OMGNSO (415 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Warrior Bards not pausing
gameID=11986
England has been eliminated, Turkey is CD. All other players have voted for pause but it is not pausing. Can we have a fix Kestas?
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Bonotow (782 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Changing positions of units
One more question on rules: if I have a fleet in Bul e.c. and one in Con, can they change place if Bul e.c. moves to Con while Con moves to Buld s.c.? Or will they bounce like they would do in any other country?
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The_Master_Warrior (10 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
How long have I been gone?!?!?
What happened to phpDiplomacy? Will someone explain the ridiculous amount of changes?
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zscheck (2531 D)
31 Jul 09 UTC
nice CD pick up
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12343
France went CD, with 5 S.C.s and nobody invading him. it is still 1903. great pick up
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SpeakerToAliens (147 D(S))
30 Jul 09 UTC
Mods: One of my games in missing!
Name:"Diplomat First, Commander Second II". I don't have the game ID, but if I click the game link I get the message "Game not found; ensure a valid game ID has been given".
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brown shirt smile (613 DX)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Fast Love - New Game - 1 Hour - 20 d's
you know it...
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brown shirt smile (613 DX)
01 Aug 09 UTC
I'm actually watching face off people - HELP
Join Fast Love.

save us
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S.P.A.O. (655 D)
30 Jul 09 UTC
Sitter needed. 2 league games
I need a sitter from August 2nd to August 9th. 2 of my 3 games are league. Any takers? I will email my password.
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Chrisp
You intended on placing a player in Civil Disorder due to him not being active in our paused game for weeks now but you did not come back to remove him. The game is
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12169
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brown shirt smile (613 DX)
01 Aug 09 UTC
New Game - 1 Hour per phase - 20 points
Please Join.
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jodabomb24 (100 D)
01 Aug 09 UTC
Player needed!
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=12169
Live game, PPSC
Russia in CD, four SCs
Set to unpause in about four days, hopefully someone can join by then
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