I guess the first couple of years will be decided on this thread by the time the game starts. :)

Well, it's sounding like a 5 on 2...

Oooh, that starts to sound like one of Draugnar's date with his wife.

My wife and your girlfriend and all 5 of my appendages... Yep, that's about right!

LOL.
And I haven't had a girlfriend in six years.

OK, both wives and my five appendages. (13 if you count each finger and thumb seperately)

I think zultar is implying that he hasn't had a *girl* friend in 5 years.

Ah! So he is into farm animals! Well, I'll pass thanks. You can put lipstick on a cow, but it is still a cow.

LOL, damn guys. This is harsh.
Anyhoo, the game has been filled and has started a few minutes ago.
gameID=72615

Here is the list:
Jacob (Turkey)
Spells of Wheels (Russia)
Draungar (England)
Tom Bombadil (Italy)
President Eden (Austria -haven't seen anyone played Austria as well as he does)
Tru Ninja (France)
goldfinger0303 (Germany)

Please contact your student as soon as possible.
If there are issues, please don't post them here. Send them to me through PM.
Thanks again for doing this folks.

Um, the game is anon... How do we contact our students?

And that link can't be right...its bringing me to an ongoing game where Germany is already screwed

Yeah and it's already 1902.

The link is in the global chatter in that game, though.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=73319

OK, I think I just sent a long enough message to England to make him wish I wasn't his advisor/mentor.

Woohoo! Game start, yeah! And I just got through reading some of the messages on here... you guys are too much. My student's going to win because he's a bigger stud than Mr. 5 Appendages over there, not because of anything I do!

((and if my student, for whatever strange, netherworldly reason, is in fact not a "he," well, you can drop the mental image on my last post and just agree that woman + Diplomacy = auto-win))

Well, if mine apprentice's name is any indication, he is a he and he is rabid and ready to rock and roll. I hope yours is a she, Eden, cause foaming at the mouth is gonna sabvage her and leave her wrecked and begging for more once he reaches Austria.

Wrong game. My bad.
gameID=73319

I accidentally copied the wrong link. My apology.
And please keep the language PG-13. You know who you are.

Absolutely. Heck, I toned down the rhetoric to "savage" even in this thread.

Mine's a rhinoceros strangler. I'm sure whatever 90-pound pipsqueak you have over there is easy bait. ;)

Now who would need to tone the rhetoric down to PG-13 level in this thread?

Well, the students *could* end up coming here, so I would recommend we keep it PG-13 here as well...

That said, I guy who strangles rhinos (which is a euphemism for chocking the chicken I presume?) versus one who is rabid... I put my money on the rabid one in the long run. Even if he dies, the rabies shots are painful as hell for those he bites.

No euphemisms here.

<Jon Gruden voice> This one here is a real-deal rahnoh strangler. Really got a PASSION for fightin' dem leathery beasts. I like this one, fellas, we got ourselves a strangler on a mission.

Nah... He's a unicorn grappler, a rhino strangler, a chicken choker, a charmer of the one-eyed snake...

One of those is not like the others

Although I understand my replacement by a clearly better player as you obviously want the best mentors possible, I will admit that I would have liked a message about this maybe as I've been waiting on a PM for a while and assumed this thread was dead. Oh well, no hard feelings and I'm interested to see how the game turns out.

@Stany, I apologize for not telling you personally. I've been spending most of the time getting my students to sign up and to arrange the tutors.

I understand, that's fine, I'd still like to be a sub if you need me.

Just wanted to check in to make sure that all the mentors have contacted their respective mentees(?).
Let me know if there is someone who is non-responsive.