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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
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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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jmo1121109 (3812 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
@abge, stop playing with the reverse silence, Kestas said it isn't ready for release yet.
Jamiet99uk (808 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
@ Abgemacht, since you are watching, could you confirm what Draugnar is saying about changes to the forum rules which you have apparently authorised?
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
12 Jan 14 UTC
@Jamiet

Since I'm aware of what is happening in this thread and yet have taken no action, I think it's fair to say no one has breached any rules.
Jamiet99uk (808 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
I dunno, you might have taken action *really quietly* or warned Draugnar using invisible text only viewable by squeezing lemon juice onto the computer screen, or suchlike.
Skittles (1014 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
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Back a ways, a year or 18 months ago, Split had the reputation of taking advantage of CDs to solo. Not that he did it every time, but he did it often. I have personally seen it, and it wasn't uncommon for people to post about it in the forums. I have not played a game with him since I've been back (I didn't know he still played, to be honest), so I couldn't say how often he still does it.

That being said, he is a very good player. I respect his skill, but I don't always respect the way he plays the game.
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
So it's ok to call SplitPersonality...er...Diplomat a paranoid schizophrenic?
Skittles (1014 D)
12 Jan 14 UTC
On a lighter note, I think the whole "SplitDiplomat barely speaks English" rumor has solidly been debunked in this thread.
Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Jan 14 UTC
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Yeah, his English is much worse than we thought.
Like someone asks you to respect it. I don't respect your play either but I don't advertise it.
Every one of you who are bitching about this has taken advantage of a CD in about 20% of your games at least.Because it happens all the time. Or you are saying all the CD-ers play for me.How come I'm allways (from your saying) in the right place close to CD-ers?
But you are bitching only when you lose.
And I don't bitch about it ever,that's the difference between me and you.
So long pedophile psychopath!
Draugnar (0 DX)
13 Jan 14 UTC
"Every one of you who are bitching about this has taken advantage of a CD in about 20% of your games at least"

Nope. Not in 20% of my games nor in 2% of my games. The only CDs in games I generally play are quitters with one SC left, and those are fewer than 20% of my games because *I* play with honorable players (even if some of them are assholes) and nearly all my games are private games.

So now you can sit back and contemplate just how big a fucking liar you are.
You can say you have landed on the moon too psycho,it would be equaly believable.
Skittles (1014 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
I don't mind if you respect my play or not. This was a thread about you, so I decided to post my experiences. I am not bitching.

You aren't always in the right place at the right time. I assume you are around nations who are in CD approximately the same amount of time as anyone. The difference is that the majority of people will draw when that happens. That's how you take advantage of it more than other people.
I understand,you probably have all the evidence in your book.Or you just joined the herd?
This thread is about an accusation based on the lies by the two scumbags that I didn't vote cancel in a ruined game.And the only true is that only me and Austria have immediatly voted it after first spring NMR.All the others had nothing.France voted draw in the spring '02 and then left the game when saw England and Germany didn't want it but joined against him.Only after when they realized what would happen they both voted draw/cancel.And then I pulled off my cancel vote.
So you all rather join those two lying scumbags without asking what has happened no matter if they are lying or not.Because it's about me,isn't it?
And nobody ask that scumbag who fakes CD why he does that?
What that says about all of you but that you are pathetic? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
*..the only truth... * ,sorry about that.
Draugnar (0 DX)
13 Jan 14 UTC
"And nobody ask that scumbag who fakes CD"

Was that some kind of borderline cheating accusation? The player already said he was rebooting his router. I'd take him at his word before I took you at yours.
Lopt (102 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
No, that was someone else, he says I faked CD, and apparently it's not a cheating accusation, borderline though ;).

And anybody who cared to look into my history would know the accusation is preposterous.
Draugnar (0 DX)
13 Jan 14 UTC
Either way, I doubt *anyone* faked a CD. It's to damned risky.
Lopt (102 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
Yea that too. But apparently I am known for doing so... xd
Lopt (102 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
I think almost no game with CD has been canceled, unless it was Press and I specifically asked for it in the global chat.. and even then
Draugnar (0 DX)
13 Jan 14 UTC
LOL!
President Eden (2750 D)
13 Jan 14 UTC
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So I remembered it a little wrong, SD didn't have a "massive" advantage from the Italian CD in this game. He still profited from it and was a serious threat to win, but despite Turkey sniping me in the back I stomped him and won.

Hilariously, all the people who are whining about us not complaining about the CDers instead of SD should probably stop -- he *himself* quit once I turned the tide. So he doesn't have a leg to stand on there. inb4peoplebitchthatitookthewinthatwouldhavebeenmineanyway

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Lando Calrissian (100 D(S))
13 Jan 14 UTC
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Congrats on the victory, PE. Apart from showing you know your way around the gunboat I am not sure what else you are saying. You beat him in that game, but I am not sure you were the underdog you are still making yourself out to be.

But anyway, this thread is still retarded. Split, I wouldn't waste your time with it. As you know, the people who matter for the most part have a high opinion of you. It seems like there is too much jealousy here, people just want to slander you for no reason.

There is a whole boatload of grey area when it comes to CDs in live games. I tend to follow the 2wl protocol of cancel until i feel like i've wasted enough time on a ruined game. Then I just play through.

A tip for those of you who love complaining. Read the board every. A CD should NOT be in favour of anyone, its open information it is your fault if you don't adjust. If buddy beside you is the idiot who can't stop fighting you and adjust, get pissed at him. If he's dumb enough to do that, he's probably also dumb enough to have not recognized the earlier CD and thus not voted draw.

Complaining on the forum like most in this thread is just pathetic. Grow up and deal with your problems.
well, SD called me a liar and a prick for not posting the link, so I proved I'm not at least the former of those... but if you read the thread you'd have followed that, and you have, so I'm not sure why you're calling this out?
Sorry, I didn't realize. I called you out because you were the post immediately above mine. I have no issue with you.
lol, np, we cool

stay #based
also i don't have gb prowess

i'm second tier behind you guys
Al Swearengen (0 DX)
13 Jan 14 UTC
@op

Not really. I find sanctimonious purists to be far more perturbing. Dealing with low quality players is, in my opinion, part of street ball. If you can't handle street ball, perhaps league play is for you?

Cheers!
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
13 Jan 14 UTC
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"SD called me a liar and a prick"

PE is getting called both a liar and a prick, that seems so unfair because he has proved he's not a liar ......

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