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goldfinger0303 (3157 DMod)
11 Aug 15 UTC
Opposite Gender Friends leads to Lower Academic Performance
Interesting paper I'm reading right now. Not completely done with it, but its methodology seems sound.

http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/app.20140030
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ssorenn (0 DX)
12 Aug 15 UTC
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this is interesting--watch the video
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/08/10/everyone-fails-to-ride-this-bike-you-would-too-this-is-what-it-tells-us-about-the-brain/
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P13ANATOR (100 D)
12 Aug 15 UTC
Hi I am new, quick question
I am starting a game with some friends, can you play with less than 7 people? If so, is anything different compared to a full game? Thanks :-)
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ND (879 D)
20 Jul 15 UTC
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MX: All Star Game
See inside for details
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Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
@HR why is it even my fault that ghug got lynched? Y2k and warden both had their vote on him. I'm confused as to why me being killed helps you in any way.
captainmeme (1723 DMod)
10 Aug 15 UTC
To clarify on the CALLGMs:

In the case of any situation where no further players can be killed (by lynch or nightkill) the game will be declared a draw between all teams that have a player remaining. It will count as a loss for any eliminated teams (a draw is considered better than a loss).
Also, if a kill is still possible but there is no kill for 3 day/night cycles, the game will also be drawn.

If you want to end the night phase early, PM ##end to both me and ND (so we're sure to receive it on time). We will end the night phase early if we receive these PMs from all living players, and the next day phase will be extended to end at the same time.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
yoyo, do you have any particular comment concerning mine and eden's analysis that leads to concluding wjessop is highly unlikely to be mafia? eden does a vote analysis on p140 and i analyze tvrocks' post that got him flagged a few pages back.
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
You being killed helps my mental sanity of not having to put up with you anymore; Yoyo. Beyond that, it's no different to anyone else. I always pay my debts, though. And it'd mean I was indebted to the mafia.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
No one is indebted to rebel scum
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
You know, our emperor and his #2 were kinda murdered and there may be a job opening, just saying....
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
I am Boba Fett. I side with whoever pays me the most.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
name your price
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
I want to highlight my first real post of the game:

only scummy thing i see so far is tvrocks, i don't like that second vote on ghug even if it is a joke. turns the joke into a legitimate lynch candidate for zero stated real reason. i'll start off with a %%VOTE tvrocks.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
ghug defended yoyo similarly to how he defended tvrocks, all the signs point to yoyo being the last mafia.
Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
HR, siding with the mafia is going to get you killed.

If you team up with the mafia, the town will make sure that you lose. At 2-1-1 tomorrow, the towns best interest (if you choose to side with mafia) is to lynch you. At the very least, the vote will tie, leaving it at 1-1-1 the next day, where the town will vote with the mafia against you and mafia will win.

Mafia winning is a much better outcome than a Mafia-BH draw. So if we lose, we are taking you down with us.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
what's going to happen here is that HR prevents mafia yoyo from being lynched tomorrow, then someone else dies, then HR kills yoyo with remaining townie, and HR draws with the town.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
we actually all draw if yoyo refuses to kill anyone else...
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
Well, Yoyo, I can side with town too. But realistically, if it gets to 1v1, I can agree to self vote during the day.

##Call GM - If it was a 1v1; could we have an extra day where I'd get to choose to self vote or force a tie?
ND (879 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
@HR: Why would you need a day extension? You can't make that decision with the 48 hours already allotted?
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
I said 1v1. So if it was only me and 1 other player left. So could I get to choose whether to let them win or not?
Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
I think that breaks the "play to win" rule. It would result in a tie.
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
But if I had the choice of a loss or a loss, how does taking the second loss mean I wasn't playing to win?
Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
Hmm. Good point. What say you ND?
ND (879 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
We will get back to you on this point.
captainmeme (1723 DMod)
10 Aug 15 UTC
The game will end if it gets to a point where no player can be killed (at night or day) without voting for themselves.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
without voting for themselves or abstaining?
captainmeme (1723 DMod)
10 Aug 15 UTC
>.<

The game will end if it gets to a point where no player can be killed (at night or day) without voting for themselves or abstaining or being modkilled.

Anyone else have anything to add? I think this is complete now.
Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
Lmao what if tomorrow we lynch mafia and the BH doesnt post and is modkilled at the same time? Is that a town win?
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
So I can neither kill or be killed, or help other people. This role gets crapper by the second.
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
If I help you lynch scum tomorrow, then you'd have 2 townies left and could lynch me the day after.
Yoyoyozo (95 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
That's a grand plan.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
lynch yoyo
captainmeme (1723 DMod)
10 Aug 15 UTC
Deadlocked doors. Blast shields. Blasters hidden under the pillow. All precautions being taken by the Imperial Officials, who were growing increasingly aware that very few of them remained and even fewer, if any, would make it off this space station alive.

The man being watched didn’t take any of these precautions, because he had his greatest defence at his side, and he trusted it with his life. He slept at the controls of his Starfighter, with a sensor that would wake him if anyone entered the hangar. The autopilot was set to lift off the moment the sensor went off, and the man had trained himself to jump straight to the gun controls. His reaction speed was well known as the fastest in the Empire - he’d be able to shoot any attacker before exiting the hangar and then would be pulled back by the tractor beam (which had been set to stop any spacecraft leaving) to inspect his kill.

Unfortunately for him, when the sensor went off, it was not the gun controls he needed to be jumping to. While the autopilot had fantastic programming that allowed it to calculate exactly what it would need to do to avoid detected obstacles, the pilot was very confident in his own ability and had set it to follow his orders if there was ever a contradiction with its own decision making and his. The ship detected the closed Hangar doors, but the pilot’s orders were to start the engines and lift off upon the sensor signal.

It all happened in less than 3 seconds. The sensor went off, the ship’s engines started, and Baron Soontir Fel was immediately at the gun control. He saw the figure in the monitor, smiled, glanced up, saw the rapidly approaching closed door, and attempted to jump to the ship controls, the shot never taken. He was fast, but nobody could have been fast enough.

The ship hit the Blast doors at a huge speed – this Starfighter had been modified by Fel himself to have massive acceleration – and the explosion rocked the entire station.

The figure had ran back towards the control room just in time to avoid the flying debris, flushed the remains of the ship out of the airlock, and opened the Blast Doors again. If it wasn’t for the blackened floor and walls, it would look like nothing had happened.

WARDENDRESDEN, otherwise known as Baron Soontir Fel, an IMPERIAL OFFICIAL, has been killed!

Day 7 has begun, and will end in 48 hours.
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
well then, ##VOTE yoyo

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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
MAFIA XI: Confirmations
I know some people may not realize sign up thread is also confirmation thread so let's make that ultra clear:
Starts 8/11/15, 6 PM EDT
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guak (3381 D)
11 Aug 15 UTC
When retards play gunboat
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JamesYanik (548 D)
11 Aug 15 UTC
Fly Free My Baby :'(
I just sold my first computer, it was really old but i'll never forget its beauty. I never can think of things to bring on trips, but my computer was my best possession. It was like a Mac -1... you know, pre-internet
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
10 Aug 15 UTC
Ferguson
Apparently the anniversary of Mike Brown's death turned into a reenactment. Anyone know anything?
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2ndWhiteLine (2611 D(B))
04 Aug 15 UTC
2015 Gunboat Tournament Ideas
See inside.
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trip (696 D(B))
10 Aug 15 UTC
Cheap Gunboats
3 games, 10 point, 36hr, WTA, HDV, Anon
First come, first served...
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ghug (5068 D(B))
29 Jul 15 UTC
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Pacific Northwest FTF
I've only ever played FTF with people who don't really care about the game and want to be done after a year, and I always feel a twinge of jealousy when I sew those people having fun playing in real life on that crappy coast across the country. This is just a post to see who might be interested in getting something set up on this side of the country. I'm in the Seattle area.
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Hlud (115 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
Monday Evening Live-2
I'm trying to join Monday Evening Live-2 starting in half an hour, as it only shows 6 current players, but only gives me the option to spectate. Why is this? My RR is 100%
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TrPrado (461 D)
05 Aug 15 UTC
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Conundrum
So the people who make the schedules at my school are kinda dumb. I signed up for both AP Micro/Macroeconomics and AP European History. Only one class of each is being offered. And they happen to be the same hour. So I need to drop one and pick up some other course. I really don't know, so what (preferably AP) course would you suggest for me to take instead of AP Micro/Macroeconomics (because there's no chance I'll drop Euro)?
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
07 Aug 15 UTC
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DIPCON @ Philadelphia Massacre - Live
I'm risking life and limb to bring you guys the latest news all weekend and all tournament long.
108 replies
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Check_mate (100 D)
03 May 15 UTC
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Not "Who am I?", but WHERE am I?
Have some time to kill. Ask yes/no questions to guess WHERE I am. If you guess right you go next. If you guess wrong you're out for the rest of the round.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
07 Jul 15 UTC
MAFIA XI: Sign-ups
MAFIA XI: Sign-ups
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ssorenn (0 DX)
04 Aug 15 UTC
The dreams of solo--
Friends and enemies are welcome. 36 hour wta anon 50pt. Who wants action?
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Check_mate (100 D)
10 Aug 15 UTC
Cheating accusations
Without mentioning names or game ID's, can I please clarify something.

Making cheating accusations via in-game global press is not allowed, right? The correct procedure being to email the mods who will investigate?
6 replies
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A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
08 Aug 15 UTC
New Italian strategy article
The army in Venice should go to Piedmont.

(with apologies to Chris Martin)
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MrcsAurelius (3051 D(B))
23 Jul 15 UTC
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Setting up a game
Hi, I have been absent for three years. Its startin' to itch, as Diplomacy remains my favorite board game! Want to play a game with a friend of mine who also hasn't played for a long while.
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Jamiet99uk (898 D)
09 Aug 15 UTC
I'm still alive
Sorry about that.
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Octavious (2802 D)
09 Aug 15 UTC
Clause IV
The people's flag is deepest red, or at least it could be. Comrade Corbyn has been suggesting he could bring back clause IV into the Labour Party constitution. I'm interesting in what it sounds like to an international audience.
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JamesYanik (548 D)
09 Aug 15 UTC
My Cat's name is Shadow!!! EOG
This is the difficulty of playing a stalemate line, and I done goofed.
gameID=165777
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JamesYanik (548 D)
09 Aug 15 UTC
I got a cat
she is shadow
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL8At_SUwAAl-74.jpg
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CMurder (749 D)
07 Aug 15 UTC
Getting Germany every single game
Hi everybody, I'd like to ask if anyone has experience with an account getting a certain country every single game. One of my friends who I've played in several games against has drawn Germany out of the pot every single time. We're onto the fifth time out of 5 games he's gotten Germany.

I'd put it up to chance but we've reached 5 sigma and are on our way to 6. Thoughts?
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JamesYanik (548 D)
08 Aug 15 UTC
THE PREMIER LEAGUE IS BACK!!!
Join a Modern Live game as we watch Spurs and United fight it out, followed by the Premier League Season!!!
gameID=165741
Come on soccer nerds, you'll be on your labtop checking stats so just join it and stop pretending.
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OutsideSmoker27 (204 D)
04 Aug 15 UTC
Stop the solo or tighten up the draw?
Which is more important, in your opinion?
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
01 Mar 15 UTC
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The School of War - Study Group of Winter 2015
This thread is for the Winter 2015 Study Group of the School of War. Please be courteous to those running the game and respect any reasonable requests they may make. This semester the Study Group will be overseen by A_Tin_Can and goldfinger0303. gameID=155736
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
07 Aug 15 UTC
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No Quarters Gunboat
104 D WTA Gunboat 25 Hour Phases Hidden Draw
No Quarters: No Cancel/No Pause for any reason. We play this one through!
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Tru Ninja (1016 D(S))
06 Aug 15 UTC
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You Just Stabbed A Guy...
Who should be the first to initiate communication, you or your ex-ally? Why?
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