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Chairman Mao (340 D)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Gunboat Game
I have just opened a public game called Gunboat Game, after reading from dangermouse's post on his game, I would like to try one too.....same old rules....no diplomacy talking inside at all......
please support
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
17 Nov 07 UTC
The long long story so far - around 200 posts so far!
Long Long ago, when the world was just recovering from the great apocalyptic nightmare that gave rise to the wonderllama metagaming! It was because no one had thought to ask whether wonderllama was an actual llama. Apparently he was. No one cared.
"Who just farted?" said the inspector, as he danced the can-can happily.
Deciding to investigate Rait's high score, which wasn't high, but not reputation was an inspiration was simply stopped, so he decided to murder on the case "wonderllama" being a llama!
Fortunately for him, it turned out that wonderllama was really Kestas in a pretty sun-dress disguised with a big cowboy hat and a satin Noel Coward Cravatte, which was stolen by an angry dwarf that can't count, who sold it for magic beans and a young whipper-snapper came along and bit his sister in law (she enjoyed it) because she was most certainly not a good nun. In fact , she was actually a woman known for her ability to get men to digest thousands of giant seedless cherries that turn purple in the sun.
However, when they were eaten by even bigger cherries, they caused great distress among the ecclesiastical community. This meant that a apocalyptic nightmare was affecting the world, until Bush resigned. So I said:
"Hey what's up?"
"The llama's here"
"Or is he?"
A plane crashed into the White House some victims were found eating other with tartar sauce. Many people thought but most didn't correctly assign poodles to the newly resigned Gorilla and that's why we need to learn to love and be happy! Anyway, tasty teddy bears are always gummy, and full of that special sauce that makes children sometimes violently explode in the most spontaneous and random clothing. Meanwhile, in Vienna, their tarts were caught sniffing the newly discovered crisp mini S and being arrested for flagrant disregard and recklessly ignoring the toxic smell.
Figlesquidge just discovered (I think a Nobel Prize for Literature may be on the corner) Noodlebug can't count.
Someone once said, "Long ago, when the earth was pink. The wonderlama was found drunk whilst driving a stolen pink camper-van into eclectic nightmares that didn't need a banjo to make them terrifying". Suddenly, he abdomen did nothing unexpected, merely digested food.
The wonderllama said, "Strike a light, because I'm bored."
At the same time, a dark illegal poodle cartel, so dark that light got scared and dropped the macrowave converter in the open exhaust port decided Poodle Soup was the best at making no one happy so had fish instead. What a shame, he almost died, missing his next reincarnation and causing a global crisis over the amount of microwave popcorn companies missing poodles.
Alternatively, one could argue that Rabbit McNuggets taste disgusting unless seasoned with Pickled Essence of sassafras, with a hint of rosemary and thyme and family jewels. Once digested, these Rabbit McNuggets make you pregnant with little rabbits that, at age 5, aggressively ferment into Rayman Raving Rabbids, with powers that these days are considered too weak for Wii. In Serbia, people despise rabbit McNuggets & don't have rabbit at all.
Meanwhile, TOgilvie thought that phpdiplomacy was stupid, but it wasn't. Quite the opposite; it really was: poodles, poodles and more poodles: Absurd! Or so he ranted. Now why?
"Because he's a llama", said Gobbledydook, "A llama that can't spit is just a camel."
Of course, that wasn't enough for him to excoriate the Wonderllama's hide. Instead he jumped on the legendary Dangermouse for a little
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keeper0018 (100 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
Updating the Adjucator...
Hey everyone-

Has anyone heard anything recently about the updating of the Adjucator? Thanks.
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Braveheart (2408 D(S))
01 Dec 07 UTC
Joining private games
I've created a private game... but cannot figure out how my friends can join it/link to it... pls help!
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flashman (2274 D(G))
30 Nov 07 UTC
Join this game: Ghengis...
I am in and waiting for serious players. Low cost because of financial difficulties.

Rait wants to join - but he seems to have gone AWOL.

I have dropped hints band clues for the Password but want to stop the metagamers from gate-crashing.

Use your nod and work this one out:

The Mongols were twice defeated in the Far East: who or what was the 'enemy'?

(one word answer...)
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VIOLA (1650 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
The Spanish vol3
New game pot 85, please join it if you are brave players only
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Rait (10151 D(S))
30 Nov 07 UTC
Anyone into low rollers game?
... as I obviously can't afford any big bets at the moment. So let's say, 5 DC-s? Only decent players.... playing rather for fun that for points?
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gonzo (128 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
civil disorder?
How long does it take for a country not to be played before it goes into civil disorder?
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dangermouse (5551 D)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Prime Example
A prime example of why all losers should get the same point payout at the end of a game.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=1912
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skwirL (60 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
password games...
So I created a password game to try to get some friends to join. However, it skipped through the page talking about how to link them to it too fast for me to read what to do. I link them to the page with the password in the URL or something? Like with a parameter?
i.e. "http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2346&password=whatever"
Plase heelp!
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Noodlebug (1812 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
Medium Rollers game
Bet is 200, so not TOO exclusive, although the good news is Rait can't afford to join..!
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WrathOfGod (100 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
Game for Beginners. To learn and test your skills.
Games. Scourge and ScourgeII. Join.
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pitirre (0 DX)
28 Nov 07 UTC
the perfect diplomacy game
it is difficult to get 7 players to play a good diplomacy game but if i get to choose with whom i get to play, here it is the players and the countries they will represent;

england; anibal acevedo vila (the governor of my island. everybody subestimate him just because he is ugly, nerdy looking and kind of delicate ...but always get his way in our little world of politics in PR).

France; me (i tend to do well playing france).

germany; fidel castro (if you ever heard one of his speeches he can go on for 6 hours straight in a speech...just imagine how much diplomacing he can do in a game. very stimulating)

russia; muhammad (it will be interesting to see if he will try to use his past experiences to unite so many tribes in the game).

austria; kissinger (let the master handle this)

italy; cardinal richelieu (another difficult country for a great diplomat).

turkey; bismarck (just to see if he gets nostalgic with austria)

mmmmm, i see myself winning this game with kissinger coming second and england, third.
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TOgilvie (845 D)
30 Nov 07 UTC
If you don't support me into venice, I'll smartjason you!
Question: If the verb 'to smartjason' was to be included in the next edition of a popular dictionary, what would be the definition? Points for creativity.

My offer:
to smartjason (v): to take a dump in someone else's shoes in a sly, cat-like manner.
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Budlight (201 D)
23 Nov 07 UTC
Gobbledydook has many accounts!!!
I found at least two, Jabberwocky, Gobbledydook...

More to be found!!!
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arthurmklo (879 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
Taking the argument of Smart Jason to a different level
We know he is a multi accounter, and of course there are others who also are multi accounters, but how on Earth that Mr Smart Jason still have the pride to blame (not accuse, since they really are...but have repented) other people for having multi accounters?
I am getting very annoyed by this kind of behaviour (blaming the others committing the same crime as yourself and saying that you are pretty much innocent?!)
Nothing could be done for this sinner now, he is beyond repent. (FUBAR-ed, military slang, check it out)Let him blabber on, and just as Karkand had said “Smart Jason, may thou name ring diplomaticly shameful forever”
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Wombat (722 D)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Smart Jason has X no. of accts!!!
to mimic his thread about Gobbledydook.. here's one for him.

Smart Jason has many accounts! Emoduke, chairmanmao, ngsuenluen, garvilo princip, budlight, (the one and "only") smart jason, russianroulette...

explain this chimp
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Chairman Mao (340 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
New Game "To be happy..."
New Game "To be happy..."
(http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2317)

under password protection, and to solve it, one must find out who said the following phrase:
"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

format of password: fullname with no space
(e.g. if it is David Beckham, password would be davidbeckham)

hope that quality people may join, and this i think is intelligent enough to keep off the smart kid around here....
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jk1974 (100 D)
29 Nov 07 UTC
bug in ...
hello guys, take a look at the situation in this game

http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2112

we restarted our moves recently after the database slowness, and i think there must be an error, i had to disband my fleet in bulgaria (south coast since i'm italy !!!) instead of retairing it into greece which is free ... that would cost me maybe other two scs...

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Wombat (722 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
Join this Game- "Smart Jason Sucks"
This is the game you've been waiting for- a game named after the famous idiot himself.

Bet 95 a nice relatively spicy one.

(Hey Smartjason- prove your worth)
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Razz (144 D)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Perpetual phase: due now
<a href="http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gid=2155">This game</a> has been stuck for >24 hours. Is it possible to kickstart it?
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Canadian Host game is starting in half an hour...
...and we need two more players. Help!
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Noodlebug (1812 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
Greatest Diplomacy Player Shortlist
You've all seen how it works on IMDB - each poster adds +1 and -1 to the candidates of their choice, any reaching zero are removed until there is only one left. Normally they start on 10 but for quickness we'll start everyone on 5!

5 Alexander (Macedonian Leader)
5 Bismarck (Prussian Statesman)
5 Caeser (Roman Leader)
5 Fouche (French Revolutionary)
5 Ghenghis Khan (Mongolian Leader)
5 Khalid ibn al-Walīd (Arabic General)
5 Machiavelli (Florentine Statesman)
5 Metternich (Austrian Statesman)
5 Napolean (French Leader)
5 Tallyrand (French Statesman)
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Piglet (107 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
Question on giving Convoy Orders.
I'm afraid these are very noob-ish questions, but I've been struggling to work out the answers, and I don't really want to muck it up as it could be relatively game-critical if I do.

So... What is the exact set of orders I need to give (as in, for both for the fleet and the army) in order to convoy an army overseas?

How about for a multiple convoy (convoying an army via two fleets)?

Thanks for bearing with me..
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Zxylon (0 DX)
29 Nov 07 UTC
Capitalism Sucks
Join the game. No password. 50 Points
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jjjj (0 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
Help?
I'm new to the site - how do I join games?
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RaisedByWolves (116 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
Seeing other counties' orders.
It is very important to see other countries orders after each turn.

I see that there is a feature-in-development to have all the orders "visualized" on the map whether they were successful or not. Could there also be just an old fashioned list of the other countries' orders after each turn? In addition to being in a format more traditional to digest, it would be probably be easier to implement. Maybe we could even get it sooner.
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flashman (2274 D(G))
25 Nov 07 UTC
History question: Who could have been the greatest Diplomacy player of all time?
I shall exclude such verbal wizards as Saruman & Wormtongue... I am interested in real people - in as far as we can know much about them.

I am not sure myself how I would vote on this, but I'll start the ball rolling with an easy one and see where this goes:

Let me make a case for France's Charles de Gaulle...

Reduced to having no SCs of his own early in WWII, he fled to England and managed to gain sufficient support to not only get back into France but also lead his own forces there, soon becoming leader of a re-unified France himself... Then, in true Diplomacy style, he spent the rest of his life blocking, frustrating and generally bouncing England out of just about anything going. A true master of the backstab. England still has problems with the EC because of rules and alliances established during the de Gaulle years.

The only blot on his record was his attempt to push the USA out as well. His comment that he wanted all American soldiers out of France (said after the war) was countered brilliantly by the US President who retorted with the now legendary question: "The dead ones as well?"

Okay, he's sitting in pole position: knock him off.
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C.M Barker (80 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
i like khan aswell
C.M Barker (80 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
khan conquered the whole of aisa and in the 76 years he lived was unbeatable in battle
AmestrisState (17 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
khan is the greatest leader ever
Locke (1846 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
I maintain Talleyrand was a better diplomat though!
Vampiero (3525 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
How about this, since Diplomacy takes place in europe, and it is generally agreed that Austria is the most difficult country to play. Why not Metternich, the austrian diplomatic who invented the idea of a 'balance of power' and maintained that politik throughout the 19th century to keep his country from being absorbed by the surrounding ones.
LucusVonLucus (1551 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
I think alot of people are confusing the issue. Khan, Alexander and Napoleon certainly had their diplomatic successes. But whiff of grapeshot not withstanding Bismark, Tallyrand and Metternich literally redrew (or prevented the redrawing of) Europe using great amounts of Diplomatic Relations and when needed, military force.
Vampiero (3525 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
i agree
pitirre (0 DX)
26 Nov 07 UTC
another great one, Cardinal Richelieu.
aoe3rules (949 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
Belisarius?
fastspawn (1625 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
ok, people don't seem to understand where genghis came from. Sure he was a military genius. but it was his diplomacy that really came true. His carefully cultivated air of viciousness and cunning was designed as a way to gain many battles without fighting.

Just referring to his wars in the front called China now, he starts off a minor tribe's leader's second son. The tribe leader is killed, and his second-in-command throws out genghis's mother, 1 daughter and 5 sons.

Genghis gets his third brother to join him to kill his elder brother (half-brother). He then gets to head the household (of 6 people)
He is later captured by another tribe (formerly his allies), but he convinces one of their warriors to free him.

Then he starts off on his unification plan, never wavering. Offering himself as a minor partner in the larger tribes plan, he pits them against each other, slowly rising. In the larger picture, the 2 large empires in China, the Song and the Jin were in loggerheads, and he from the get-go allied with the Southern Song people, without angering his allies the Jin.

God there is so much to write. I can't be really bothered, so just go to read more about him on wiki or something. Really, he got Clausewitz's dictum about war and diplomacy down pat, it's just that he was so good at war, and so vicious, no one remembers how he convinced people to do things his way.
Noodlebug (1812 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
The key to being a good diplomacy player is persuasion. You need to be able to convince any player that any move is in their interest when the reality is it is in your own interest. You have to make players believe things which sometimes fly in the face of rational intuition.
So let's set up a game between Abraham, Gautama, Zoroaster, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Martin Luther and L Ron Hubbard, winner gets all our eternal souls!
melbourne (100 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
ha!
melbourne (100 D)
26 Nov 07 UTC
I imagine they'd all have some quite distinct playing styles
Shugyosha (126 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
Very good player would have also been Joseph Fouché, i guess. I'll explain a bit:

Joseph Fouché was elected deputy to the National Convent following the Storming of the Tuileries Palace, in the beginning a member of the Girondist party. He changed sides, voted for the decapitation of Louis XIV and became a member of the Mountain. Skillfully he managed to survive the "terreur", managed to unite a politically widespread opposition and was the one who pulled the strings in the disempowerment and execution of Maximilien Robbespierre.

Within 1795 he revolted against the French Directory and again managed politically to keep his head. His was also involved in the coup d'etat of 1797 which changed the line-up of the Directory. Afterwards he was sent as envoy to the Cisalpine Republic where he again tried to change the Constitution. Immediately relieved from his post he was shortly afterwards sent as envoy again to Den Haag and became minister of police soon after (which at that time was considered the second highest position in france at all and the most influential in Paris).

As minister of police he supported Napoleon in his coup d'etat of 18th Brumaire and became indispensible in the following time. When he sided against Napoleon about the matter of life-long consulship and proposed a limitation of ten years, he was again relieved and became Senator of Aix (and a compensation of 2.4 million francs). Napoleon closed the ministry of police (which actually included the secret and the political police) only to reestablish it after having crowned himself emperor.

Shortly after (July 1804) Fouché again was head of this new ministry of police, 1808 he was gentled and in 1809 he became Duke of Otranto. Secretly communicating with England and siding against Napoleon's enduring wars of conquest led to his disempowerment in 1810. Fouché burnt all important papers and fled to Tuscany. In 1811 he was allowed to return to Paris and was appointed governor-general of Laibach and Rome in 1813. Being envoy in Rome he intrigued at his best against Napoleon, which led to the abdication of the French emperor and the restauration of the Bourbon empire.

Immediately Fouché changed sides and aligned with Louis XVIII only to support the Bourbons and the returning of Napoleon at the same time. When Napoleon returned from Elba, Fouché was again appointed head of the Ministry of police, only to keep intriguing against Napoleon right on. He conspirated with Louis XVIII who had fled to Bruxelles and with Prince Metternich and even managed to survive the second restauration following the hundred days of Napoleon.

At that time no longer anybody did trust him. So he kept his position only for a few months and was then relieved. Sent as an envoy to Dresden he finally became exiled as one of the kings murderers and settled with the permission of Metternich in Austria. Finally he died in Trieste. Born as son of a sailor he left his children a fortune of about 14 million francs and he managed to stay alive and in power during the course of the French Revolution and the Restauration with it's perpetually changing alliances and power structures. He may not have been a founder of a great empire, but definitely he was one of the most able politicians ever.
dangermouse (5551 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
I'm currently voting for Metternich. Though that may change as more arguements surface.

(Sidenote: Has anyone else heard that Khan was the inventor of the 5-second rule? Or is that a well-debunked myth?)
flashman (2274 D(G))
27 Nov 07 UTC
Is that the one where we have to answer questions within 5 seconds...? ;)

And, good read Shugyosha, thanks...
Shugyosha (126 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
Sorry.. I became a bit overenthusiatic, i think.. :(
Zxylon (0 DX)
27 Nov 07 UTC
I must say Julius Caesar would be fantastic. His ability to manipulate others and still seem friendly. Plus he is one (if not the greatest) military tactician.
Alternatively I must propose that Otto Von Bismark would play an excellent diplomacy game. He is a master of propaganda and could manipulate players to start wars.
Noodlebug (1812 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
There are a few Romans of that era who could qualify - Caeser Augustus, Pompey Magnus, maybe even Cicero. I reckon Marcus Antonius would be crap though.
Vampiero (3525 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
i think the greatest diplomacy candidates should be narrowed down to the top tier of successful ones. theres something to say for the ones who became emperors (napoleon) and the ones who died trying (caesar). both politically and militarily, it is important to strike fast and strike hard which eliminates some of the ones who lingered too long in diplomacy (matternich and churchill) in trying to maintain a balance of power. at the same time, conquest minded leaders also should qualify because of their inflexibility (stalin, hitler).
this critique should narrow it down to a very competitive short list. perhaps people such as alexander the great, genghis khan, charlemagne, napoleon, fouche for continous behind the scenes control, and possibly machiavelli for his knowledge of the theory.

thats my list anyways
Noodlebug (1812 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
That's Charlemagne's first nomination and only his second mention! Going through this thread and unscientifically counting up positive mentions v negative mentions, the current leaderboard is something like this:

1. Ghenghis Khan
2. Otto von Bismarck
3. Machiavelli
4= Napolean, Alexander, Caeser, al-Walīd, Tallyrand, Metternich, Fouche
Chairman Mao (340 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
I am with the Bismarck...(omit my suggestion of Gorbachev previously).....he was really a diplomat......who i believe would excel in Diplomacy
Wombat (722 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
I'm a kind of expert on Mongolia- and I have to say that finding the tribes on the steppes in the first place is a hard thing, let alone uniting them and pitting them against each other and using the turmoil as a cover for his rise to power. Genghis definitely stands for me- he was damn ruthless, and yet could show compassion, such as when he graced Khwareizman before he was insulted by them..

He united the mongolian tribes, which did and still place family honour and tradition above all else- and then used them to fight against their own brothers. I don't know how he did it but he ended with the largest land empire the world has ever seen, even dwarfing the USSR.

Go Genghis!!!

Of course Metternich, Talleyrand and Machiavelli satnd among the greats, and I'm not discounting them one bit, I personally thing that The iron chancellor (bismarck) was cool- even though i feel that his whole alliance system was in the end a failure. Genghis though is on a different level. He had all the skills- ruthlessness, and the steel nerves to exterminate entire races; diplomacy and military genius. Brilliant
anlari (8640 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
I know it is historical people only, but I'm currently reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, and it looks like the Mule and Second Foundationers would have been very well at diplomacy
aoe3rules (949 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
hmm, i think i'll vote Machiavelli.
fwancophile (164 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
the whole post-ww2 US-backed international system is way more impressive than any other military, political, economic system ever, and by far. no offense culturally or otherwise, but thats the fact.
figlesquidge (2131 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
I think we should create a shortlist and have a vote on it...
(I would do this, but its not my thread & i don't have time!)
anlari (8640 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
I'm voting Machiavelli as well..

Also surprised that no one mentioned Stalin. Yes, he has been stabbed, but he turned it around well. Ended up allying with Germany when they were winning, and then UK when UK was winning. Gained from both. I think he also performed well in the negotiations with Roosevelt and Churchill at the end of the war.
anlari (8640 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince Machiavelli's book. I guess it could be considered the diplomacy user guide.
Noodlebug (1812 D)
28 Nov 07 UTC
We've got a shortlist, the 10 most mentioned candidates. I've made a new thread for the voting!

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El_Perro_Artero (707 D)
23 Nov 07 UTC
Can we help fix this?
"There is a problem with the phpDiplomacy.net database server which is causing slowness and internal server errors." -Kesdas (I think)

This site is currently being hosted by DreamHost Web Hosting.
Maybe it is time to switch to a new host?

Is there anything that we can do to help?
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Chairman Mao (340 D)
27 Nov 07 UTC
7 days soon gone
Well, for my games, the 7 days extension is almost to an end, with the games just a maximum of 2 days away..........yet i think there might be those who have forgotted the deadline and cannot make their moves in time....so if you know any of them, call them back, its back on business
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