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orathaic (1009 D(B))
15 Jan 14 UTC
Net neutrality, and what it really means
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25743200

Interesting, court prevents regulation - or at least FCC is not allowed enforce an even playground. What is the politics behind this?
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jan 14 UTC
Devil Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKMUZ4tlJg
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Amon Savag (929 D)
16 Jan 14 UTC
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Wow
My last game was in 2010. Am I too old to play here again?
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hawkeye855 (5 DX)
16 Jan 14 UTC
Assigning Countries
A general question about assigning countries:
So, if me and a group of friends want to agree to pick the countries ourselves, is there a way to do that? I know mods can reassign countries based on previous threads, but is there a way that, if all the players in the game agree, they can be changed without the use of a mod? The game I'd like to have specific countries for is gameID=133754, if that helps at all. Thanks
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
11 Jan 14 UTC
KING OF GUNBOAT - 2
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Triumvir (1193 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
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Something New: School of War Study Group
We had so much player interest in the Winter SoW game that it was suggested we do a Study Group game for those not in the main game. Details inside.
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ScooterBrown (100 D)
15 Jan 14 UTC
Anyone up for a live game around 12:00 pm Eastern?
Trying to find a quick game around lunch time. Anyone interested?
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
16 Jan 14 UTC
Weekend Sitter Needed!
Hey all,
A player needs 3 of his games sat for this weekend, so I'm posting on his behalf. 14hr Full Press, 24hr Full Press, 25hr gunboat. If interested, please PM me.
Thanks!
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semck83 (229 D(B))
15 Jan 14 UTC
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Beauty
Post things -- songs, paintings, photos, poems, mathematical proofs, or anything else -- to which you react, simply, "Dang, that's beautiful."
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President Eden (2750 D)
15 Jan 14 UTC
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Poetry
I don't get it, someone explain it to me
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Honeywillow (0 DX)
15 Jan 14 UTC
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I AM DC35 REINCARNATE
<3
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misfit815 (209 D)
15 Jan 14 UTC
Consequentialism versus Deontology
In the game of Diplomacy, the emphasis is - in my opinion - on one's mastery of Realpolitik. To borrow from Wikipedia, it is "politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral or ethical premises." In other words, making the best of the situation.
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nesdunk14 (635 D)
15 Jan 14 UTC
World Diplomacy!
One more spot! gameID=133445
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krellin (80 DX)
14 Jan 14 UTC
Ban Seat Belts Now!!
It's time to end the madness - the seat belt must go, as it is known to be a risk factor for injury during accidents! BAN Seat Belts NOW!
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533761_3
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1996397
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shield (3929 D)
15 Jan 14 UTC
View: Threads, replies
What triggers these to add new discussions in the profile? I haven't had anything new show up since November.
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y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
14 Jan 14 UTC
A good read
https://medium.com/p/81 D10230282f

Love to hear thoughts from religious and non-religious folk on this. Thoroughly enjoyed reading through this (it's not too long at all).
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LordDavion (265 D)
14 Jan 14 UTC
Looking for someone to pick up England
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=132640
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MrBrightside (0 DX)
10 Jan 14 UTC
TIME Personality Quiz can determine your politics?
http://science.time.com/2014/01/09/can-time-predict-your-politics/

I took it and it was fairly accurate. TIME is reporting a correlation of r=0.604 after 17,000 responses.
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dirge (768 D(B))
13 Jan 14 UTC
Climate Engineering?
dumb idea if you ask me.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140112190807.htm
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Dharmaton (2398 D)
14 Jan 14 UTC
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Made it into the Hall of Fame !
yeah!
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Yonni (136 D(S))
06 Jan 14 UTC
2014 GR Challenge
It's a new year and I'm sure some of you are looking for games. Similarly to what was done regularly in the past and what abg(or someone) organized in December, let's have some GR challenge games. Post here with your WTA FP rank, and anon and turn length preference if you're interested.
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ChrisVis (1167 D)
14 Jan 14 UTC
Somebody contacts you in a gunboat game ... what do you do?
Let's say you are playing in a gunboat game, and somebody sends you a message by email, Skype, or some other out-of-game communication method. The message refers to the gunboat game, and says something like "support me to Timbuktu", or "DMZ Timbuktu?".

The only thorough and complete way to rectify the damage done, is to cauterise the part of my brain which remembers the content of the message. Ouch!
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
11 Jan 14 UTC
Ex-Israeli PM and Strongman Ariel Sharon, 85, Has Died
http://news.yahoo.com/former-israeli-prime-minister-sharon-dies-85-125933133.html Love him or hate him, after David Ben Gurion himself, Sharon's probably done more to define Israel as a PM than anyone else...I know I'd still rather him than that nut Netanyahu...Sharon could be ruthless, but he knew the peace process was necessary, whereas Netanyahu's West Bank dealings are short-sighted and endanger the long-term welfare of Israelis and Palestinians.
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
So Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, and Jeremy Bentham Go Rhino Hunting...
http://news.yahoo.com/black-rhino-hunting-permit-auctioned-350-000-033224692.html While it's admittedly morbid to auction off the right to hunt a living creature...if the rhino really is "male, old, and nonbreeding" and the $350K really does go to benefiting the rest of the black rhino population, and this particular rhino's already proving something of a problem because of his aggressiveness...is humane sentiment more important than practical aid in the way of the $350K?
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
11 Jan 14 UTC
'Half of US Congressional politicians are millionaires'
src:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25691066

my only question is, which half?
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Tolstoy (1962 D)
14 Jan 14 UTC
Do you want to beat a schizophrenic homeless man to death for fun and get away with it?
Become a cop first:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Former-Fullerton-Officers-Manuel-Ramos-Found-by-Jury-in-Kelly-Thomas-Trial-239924741.html
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pangloss (363 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
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"Where Life Has Meaning: Poor, Religious Countries"
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/where-life-has-meaning-poor-religious-countries/282949/

What do you guys think? Aside from The Atlantic's dire need for proofreaders, of course.
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nesdunk14 (635 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
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Stupid ban
My account was banned, now unbanned, but I have lost all website points, and the leading spot in a world game. I would like to be refunded.
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mapleleaf (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Neil Young at Massey Hall tonight.
Be there or be square.
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Lopt (102 D)
11 Jan 14 UTC
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Don't You Hate...
People who insist playing after a game is ruined by NMR's...
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Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
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Split never cancels if he thinks he can use the CD to his advantage. One need only look at his game history to see he is a dick.
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
12 Jan 14 UTC
I think a few people here need a big hug and a cuddle
Tibarius (2767 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
I think i participated in the game, and since there is much (too much?) feedback to it, i will add my 2 cents to it. For me, it is always the best case if all players will play dedicated and from the start of the game. For me this kind of game is most enjoyable and fun. But CDs and NMRs can happen, even to the best players. You can either stop playing or make the best of it. While a game with CDs and NMR is less fun, for me ist better than nothing at all. So usually i play to the end. And if england was played by a more skillfull player Split-Diplomat would not have soloed the game. Behind each Nickname sits a player - be nice and respektfull. Thats the best way to keep the Game alive.
Cheers, Tibarius
@Tibarius well said but you are missing the point here,the feedback is about who didn't and who did vote cancel after NMr's happened.And who voted it immediatly and who voted it when he realized he might lose the game.
fulhamish (4134 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Up until 1903 draw, rather than cancel so the (usually) time waister is exposed/gets a abandoned on their record. After that all is fair in love and war.
Lopt (102 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
I'm not sure how much use it is to defend yourself against SD in English.. or at all really, but if you'd bothered to look at my past games SD you'd see I don't NMR or CD as Italy any more often then any other nation, nor as Austria, which is by far the hardest in GB. In fact I enjoy playing Austria.

Your excuse for finishing the game was pure BS and you know it. But more importantly you knew you were being a bitch, because before anyone could have said anything you defended your actions by falsely accusing me.

You rather put shame on a, slacking, but otherwise honest to god player then own-up to your own flawed principles of winning games with advantageous CD's in them.
"Split never cancels if he thinks he can use the CD to his advantage. One need only look at his game history to see he is a dick. "
Look at this wellknown psychopath who can see from the game history if someone voted for a cancel or didn't! Wellcome back psycho!
You are also famous after your wisedom Lopt.So your words means so much here.
Next time CD again in the game that you create and tell stories publicly how you didn't do it intentionaly.
Lopt (102 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
SD: "Look at this wellknown psychopath who can see from the game history if someone voted for a cancel or didn't!", "Nothing new about this Lopt guy,he's well known in doing such things." You're hypocrisy knows no boundaries SplitPersonality.

Why would I've done it intentionally you idiot? I am the one single person on this site putting the most Live games up and I know by experience how many fail due to not enough interest or CD's.. Why on god's earth would I ruin a game on purpose that could possibly have been successful?

I've played many times as Italy and Austria, you are either really retarded (something which we might not exclude) or just fiendishly deaf to anything that could possible counteract something in your own little made-up universe..
Lopt (102 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
And learn to use fuckin sarcasm.
I don't know why would you've done it intentionaly,never claimed I knew it. Why would you do it?
Lopt (102 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
If you don't know why then why presume so in the first place?
I said I don't know your reasoning for doing what you did,you'll need to ask some expert in that area to examinte you.
But I know you were there the whole time except that three minutes you were logged off.
Besides you were also claiming you've been there the whole time and saw I never voted cancel.
Lopt (102 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
I was online the whole time, that's true. I also said I did not REMEMBER you vote, and if you did it could only have been for 1 turn or so.

But me being online does not equal to your accusation.
You made the thread about me not canceling the game where you don't remember if I was canceling it or not and for how many turns. And where you have been able to vote,to advertise live games but not to make moves.
Well,isn't that just asewome?
*awesome*,sorry about that.
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
I'm a psychopath now? Ad hominem - the sign of true federation. Also, I believe accusations like that are against forum rules. Want a nice silencing, cocksucker?
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
True desperation -fucking autocorrect.
VirtualBob (224 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Thought that was 'autocorrupt'
Jamiet99uk (808 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
It's against the rules to call Draunar a psycho?

When was this rule introduced?
Jamiet99uk (808 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
* Draugnar
VirtualBob (224 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
"When was this rule introduced?"

10:15pm GMT
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Accusations of criminal or societal malfeasance. Introduced when Abgemacht was made the ombudsman for the forum.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
12 Jan 14 UTC
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
We once had accusations of pedophilia being tossed about and they are no longer allowed. Pedophilia is a mental disorder. Psychopathy is a mental disorder. No stretch at all to equate them together and say if one is a silenceable offense, then both are.
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Were you trying to say something abge? I am quite serious when I say your last post appears blank on my phone.
jmo1121109 (3812 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
Come on everyone. This is a game. Is it really worth sitting here for days ripping each other apart arguing about a timeline that even I can't prove with admin tools? The game ended up pissing people off, it happens sometimes. Can we please try and let this go, and just move on to some actual games?

We're trying to get some new features in place that will help prevent these kind of issues, but until then these kind of crappy situations are going to happen from time to time. I apologize we haven't been able to prevent them sooner, but we will do our best get some updates in place to help.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
12 Jan 14 UTC
I'm just letting everyone know that I'm watching.
Chaqa (3971 D(B))
12 Jan 14 UTC
I think everyone is venting, that's all. A lot of us have had negative experiences with players (not just Split) taking advantage of CD to win and it's good to burn it off in an argument sometimes.

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