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wjessop (100 DX)
24 Nov 15 UTC
URGENT REPLACEMENT NEEDED
Would anyone be willing to take over the Germany in this game: gameID=169332

If so, the mods will let you take it over before the end of the retreats phase. Would be much appreciated.
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Baskineli (100 D(B))
25 Nov 15 UTC
Non-specific game advice
I am in a game between 4 powers. One of the powers (in the middle of the board) has NMRed several times (he did write in the global chat but did not submit moves), and all the remaining powers benefit from it (some more, some less). Should we vote for a draw, or each one should try to go for a solo?
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Constantinople Meteorological University
gameID=169332
Replacement dearly
Needed; Attila under
The weather. Join now!
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When's the cutoff?
On the Ghost Rating website, it says that "The Ghost-Rating list filters out games where the game ends before Autumn 1903."
So, a game ending immediately after builds of '03 would count for GR?
Would a game ending during Diplomacy of Autumn '03 count for GR?
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
23 Nov 15 UTC
Political Poll
The question: Is Ben Carson stupid?

If yes, please answer "yes."
If no, please answer "no."
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LittleItaly (355 D)
01 Nov 15 UTC
Ancient Med: Very Slow Game Cycle (10 Days): 200 pts
Just looking for a relaxed game in SOW style. Missed my chance this season, but I still want to learn the game.
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Vikesrussel (839 D)
24 Nov 15 UTC
Admin Question
Hi.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=169413&msgCountryID=2
2 got banned that's great, Can we do something about Italy as well? Who not been at the game for 10 days (almost).
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
22 Nov 15 UTC
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'War' in Syria?
"The point, of course, is that the West had grown so used to attacking Arab lands - France had become so inured to sending its soldiers and air crews to Africa and the Middle East to shoot and bomb those whom it regarded as its enemies - that only when Muslims began attacking Western capital cities did we suddenly announce that we were "at war"."
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MrcsAurelius (3051 D(B))
18 Nov 15 UTC
Any interest in top 50 GR game? Classic full press WTA.
I'd like to set up a highly ranked GR game. If you're interested, please post below (also if you're not top 50 but top 100 or top 150 ;P or ...)

1. MrcsAurelius
2.
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stlwolffman (114 D)
23 Nov 15 UTC
general question
is there a way to set your preferences on which country you get in a new game
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pangloss (363 D)
19 Nov 15 UTC
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Did Soldiers Really Die for my Freedom?
Last week was Remembrance Day, and aside from the self-righteous pomp and circumstance that usually accompanies the event, I was also subjected to hearing about why I should care about the "sacrifice" of others. Apparently soldiers died for my freedom.
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sangil (983 D)
22 Nov 15 UTC
please cancel game 163772
Please either cancel the game "Official Europe Game IV" (id=163772) or at least eject me from it.
It has been paused since July and annoyingly keeps appearing in my dashboard without any way I can leave, hide or remove it.
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stefanodangello (315 D)
22 Nov 15 UTC
Interest in a good (WTA, FP) modern game?
Seeing people are again interested in organizing good games here(!!!), anyone interested in playing modern? Bets and phase length to be debated and decided.
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Jamiet99uk (758 D)
21 Nov 15 UTC
Rich people worrying about the cost of things most people could never afford
Please offer constructive advice to Adam and Megan.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12000288/We-earn-190k-a-year.-Do-we-need-to-sell-our-flat-to-afford-private-school-fees.html
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brainbomb (290 D)
22 Nov 15 UTC
Ben Carson compares Syrian Refugees to rabid dogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X-yH3U-Avc
Women and children fleeing chemical weapons attacks are now rabid dogs apparently lol.
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pasquaaa (591 D)
22 Nov 15 UTC
Cheating - Russia and Italy were allied before the game even started - this is unfair
Git Gassed is the game they were allied in

Look at the global chat logs they admitted it
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Hamilton Brian (811 D(B))
19 Nov 15 UTC
Any interest in a Mid-Level GR (500-800) Game? Semi-Anon, WTA, FP
Taking the lead from the 50 GR thread, I wanted to set up a game or two for players that I could fit with. Say a 25 D bet, WTA, 24 hour phases?

1. Hamilton Brian (612GR, 100%RR)
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
07 Nov 15 UTC
Gaming laptops
Some help please! In my search for good gaming laptops around the €1000 mark, I am now looking at these 2:
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/msi-gp60-2qf-1094nl-gaming-laptop/9200000048904923/#product_specifications
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/acer-aspire-nitro-vn7-572g-511v-gaming-laptop/9200000048907779/#product_specifications
Which is best? Are they both not good? What's wrong with them? Thanks!
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
20 Nov 15 UTC
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Discrimination Against White People
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/17/white-americans-long-for-the-1950s-when-they-werent-such-victims-of-reverse-discrimination/

We used to have it so easy. Now we still have it easy, but so do some others, though it's still not as easy for them as it is for us. I don't like it. Let's go back.
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trip (696 D(B))
21 Nov 15 UTC
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Greedy Oceans Discriminate Against Deserts!
They won't share any of their water even though they're already teeming with life.

I DEMAND JUSTICE!!! #fuckoceans #DLM
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BlackJackP74 (263 D)
21 Nov 15 UTC
New World Game....Join Now!
Hello, everyone! I'd like to inform everyone of a World Diplomacy game. As of this moment, it requires 6 more people to make a full game. I'd appreciate it if we could mae a full one...as World games are always fun and chaotic at the same time. Thanks, and have a great day!
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rojimy1123 (597 D)
21 Nov 15 UTC
NHL All-Star Game
So the NHL has announced a 3-on-3 format for the All-Star Game this season. I believe this format devalues defensemen in that, in a 3-on-3 match, both sides will field a center and 2 wingers to increase scoring chances at the cost of solid defensive play. The NHL has a long history of great defensemen, so I don't believe it is fair to devalue them by devaluing their usefulness in the All-Sta Game (ergo, less All-Star appearances for defensemen versus scorers).
Thoughts?
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Hipe99 (100 D)
20 Nov 15 UTC
New Player Game
Hi, I'm doing a game for new players, anyone want to join?
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=170048
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brainbomb (290 D)
20 Nov 15 UTC
Modern Diplomacy favors Turkey

I've looked at most of the active games, including a few i'm in. I noticed that in almost every single one of them on Modern Dip II, Turkey is always winning at the end of the game. Has anyone ever seen Turkey get wiped out?
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brainbomb (290 D)
20 Nov 15 UTC
Who is the sorest loser?
An Italy that doesnt get is way
Or a Russia that gets triple ganged
Share your experiences here
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Crazy Anglican (1067 D)
19 Nov 15 UTC
Droids rights
With the upcoming release of Star Wars 7, a question occurs to me. Are droids in facts slaves and if so is this okay?
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Ogion (3882 D)
19 Nov 15 UTC
turkey needed for gunboat
Well apparently some players in a game entitled to encourage a lack of CDs want to play on with a banned player, so we need a replacement turkey. The position is more decent if you consider the necessary allegiances in place given the position. It'd be a fun challenge to make something of this and far from impossible.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=169256#gamePanel
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brainbomb (290 D)
19 Nov 15 UTC
Anyone interested in taking over a Fantasy Football team?
im LM for a 14 team league on ESPN and the Standings are crazy. We had 2 people both completely fail at managing teams the problem is theyre both playoff contenders as 8 teams advance. Heres the standings.
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y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
03 Nov 15 UTC
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Mafia XIV Game Thread
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Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
wjessop, you have me clearly in your sights as scum, your job is to prove that to everyone else. Comments such as "Top candidates for what?

You can't even call us scum.

That's because you're scum with "the rest of the scum" teammates. "

Don't make an argument, and seem like OMGUS to me. If you think it is an argument, it is a very weak one.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Nah.

Your natural choice of words continually slips you up.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
You still can't call me scum. You're voting me even though I'm your town read.
This came up when Bo challenged you on this as well.

On my phone so keeping this brief:

1. Espi was first scum read by ND.
2. Espi replied that he was honestly trying to "find the rest of the scum".
3. Espi didn't explain his votes or make proper cases in Day 1, apart from a very hedgey reads list.
4. Espi sheeped the ND vote last minute at EOD1.
5. After Night 1, Vecna knew Espi would be busy at a gaming event this weekend, even though Espi hadn't mentioned it in the forum. How did Vecna know if it wasn't sonething they mentioned in Mafia chat? Espi can't explain this.
6. Espi is voting wjessop even though he reads Wjessop as town; saying that it's a good vote because wjessop makes the game difficult for Espi.
7. If you ignore all of the above, remember most importantly that I caught Espi out on his "stupid" "dumb townie" character that he was trying to play in the game -- that is not the real Espi -- and Espi has since admitted that he was putting this act on. This alone is enough to understand that Espi from the outset has been playing duplicitously and in a way that is unhelpful to town. His posts were intentional waffle and wilfully ambiguous and unhelpful.

If you ignore everything else, this last point should be taken exteemely seriously and Espi should be voted out of this game.

It gobsmacks me that anyone could think Espi should stay with us based on all of this.

##vote Espi
Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC

DeathLlama Responses

“>>@Maniac - how are you so sure that Espi is scum that you think mafia will have to bus them! It was PAGE SIX! Considering that you later tell Wjessop something about how he can’t be that confident in his reads around PAGE TWENTY or smth this is kind of scummy.”

<<@DeathLlama8 – I thought at the time that ‘the rest’ comment Espi made was scummy. If he was scum, I’m pretty sure his fellow scum-buddies would think it enough to warrant bussing him. If his wagon didn’t develop they could ease off, if it stayed strong and espi flipped scum they could take town cred.

“>>@Maniac - It’s not like Bo has been proposing this numerous times before, right? Wait...also, you seem to suggest that Bo and Espi are coordinating an attack on lurkers, which is quite silly.”

<<@DeathLlama8 – What I’m suggesting is that scum already know who town are and can sometimes be quite lazy in making case. If scum are in the town’s sight they have to find an alternative candidiate. Lurkers make easy alternate candidates (look how yoyo targeted then in the last game on d1). Bo and Espi need not have coordinated their attack, they could each arrive at the solution indepenantly and that could be reinforced when they saw their teammate doing the same thing.

“>>@Maniac - so you just flipped off Espi around EOD, voted for the counterwagon, and then disappeared? Scummy.”

<<@Deathllama8 – I explained why I had gone cooler on Espi being scum. At that point the only viable lynches were me, espi or ND. Obviously I wasn’t going to vote for myself, so ND became my only option for me to make my vote count. I’m in UK the flip is 11pm. I saw flip, commented and then slept.

“>>@Maniac - Explain why you viewed the “ND sucks” post as a string of “victim blaming” right after EOD after you’d been absent for most of it?”

<<@DeathLlama – ND never committed suicide – we lynched him. We read ND as scum or allowed scum to manipulate the vote – none of that is ND’s fault. Sure he could have claimed earlier, and I’ve said that tactically ND didn’t play great – but I don’t think he was a bad as some were suggesting. Also look at how quickly ND's wagon formed - when exactly should he have COP claimed? When he first became lead candidate? 5 minutes from the end? It's always a tough call. I think he probably got it wrong, but others think his play was terrible - it wasn't.

“>>@Maniac - Wait you think Espi voting for whatever wagons popped up was genuine scum-hunting? The second bit is a valid point though”

<<@DeathLlama8 – I think Espi was being persuaded by others arguments rather than scum-hunting, but the fact he was willing to switch off me when my lynch at the time could’ve saved him is telling.

“>>@Maniac - taking old case + adding basically nothing = weak”

<<@Deathllama8 – I’ve been killed as town before and I scream at the computer for people to re-read what I wrote when I’m alive. I just think ND’s case has some merit, we know ND’s alignment and WJessop had questions to answer and he didn’t address those – he contented himself with attacking the messenger (ND) and not the message.

“>>@Maniac - interesting that you paint this as “town PR” and “mafia” while ignoring that vanilla-townie Guak is absolutely useless. What gives?”

<<@DeathLlama8 – my point,(which I didn’t express very well) was that there is some justification for town PRs to keep a low profile/lurk as guak proved in the last game. Know we know guak doesn’t have a good reason to lurk we should view his lurking as more of a scum read, but as I said, there are probably better candidates d2.


Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC
WJessop - you have some nerve. After telling me that following ND's read on you is scummy, after pointing out that dead townies know no more than alive townies and after attacking ND play you start you case against Espi with ..."1. Espi was first scum read by ND."

As I say, you have some nerve.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
@Maniac: Exactly -- I pointed that out on purpose.

Anyone saying that I should be put to death because ND read me as scum -- well, ND read Espi as scum and he read Espi as scum first. For the people who pray at the altar of ND, perhaps they should consider that when they're self-flagellating.

The main reason I noted it, though, was because that was the interaction that provoked Espi to say that he would help "find the rest of the scum".

Every time Espi is provoked he comes out with stuff that slips or indicates his scum position.
Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC
@Wjessop - re: your point 5 - Vecna knowing where Espi was. If Espi/Vecna can't answer that then that point is compelling. As it implicates both of them equally and I alreasy have vecna as scum I'd be happier voting Vecna - how does that sound to you?
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
@Maniac: I'm really disappointed that you won't budge from your stubborn vote on me -- I asked you to consider my points when I took the time to respond to your criticism; it seems that you haven't considered them at all.

You're blindly stuck to thinking me scum -- and so it appears to be a personal bias you have against me, for which I have no idea why

I'd like you to be open-minded if you can.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
@Maniac: I agree that it certainly implicates both of them -- indeed, Vecna has checked in to the game since I've twice queried this, and Vecna has not responded.
I've put Vecna in my scum reads previously -- but I would dissuade you from wasting your vote on him tonight: why? because we have just under 4 hours left and a Vecna lynch is not happening. There are clearly 4 candidates: Maniac, wjessop, Jeff Kuta, and Espi. It's more than likely that 1 of them is scum, possibly 2, and that the remaining are town. i.e., 1 scum/3 town, or 2 scum/2 town. I've done what I can in this game to find scum; not to waste time saving my own ass; if you keep ignoring that and help the scum team vote on me, that will disappointing; I imagine your gut is telling you Espi.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
##sleepwalkingtoruin.
Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC
@wjessop - I'm happy to vote vecna if neither he or Espi have replied to your point #5

## vote vecna
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
08 Nov 15 UTC
Day 2 Official Vote Count #3

wjessop (2): Jeff Kuta, Espi
Maniac (2): bo_sox48, Vecna
Espi (2): wjessop, Yoyoyozo
Jeff Kuta (1): DeathLlama8
Vecna (1): Maniac

Not voted: guak

Currently NO ONE is set to be lynched! 2 hours 28 minutes remain.
Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC
@wjessop - if your point is compelling it is more compelling against vecna than it is against Espi. Vecna could have received knowledge of espi's whereabouts third hand ( ie from another scum member that Espi had told). If vecna flips scum and Espi hasn't told anyone else where he was it is compelling against Espi - if Espi says he told x of his plans then x becomes a candidate as well.

Based on info you have provided vecna is the logical vote.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
A No Lynch would be terrible. Come on guys.
guak (3381 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Alright I'm here. Sorry I have been MIA. Anyone care to give me a quick summary while I catch up?
guak (3381 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Stupid double posting. Sorry ##VOTE Espi. Wjessop's argument looks spot on for me. I will post more soon
Maniac (184 D(B))
08 Nov 15 UTC
i'm still convinced vecna is the better lynch, but ## vote Espi as I may not be on again. I'm about to drive home and that can take 1hr if traffic bad
y2kjbk (4846 D(G))
08 Nov 15 UTC
Day 2 Official Vote Count #4

Espi (4): wjessop, Yoyoyozo, guak, Maniac
wjessop (2): Jeff Kuta, Espi
Maniac (2): bo_sox48, Vecna
Jeff Kuta (1): DeathLlama8

Currently ESPI is set to be lynched! 35 minutes remain.
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
I am back now, trying to catch up. Packing up after the session though so. This just became a lot more difficult than I thought it might.

What was the thing about knowing where I was?
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Page 28 I said "Well it is late and I should probably head to bed. BTW guys I will be busy this weekend, and I don't know if I will be around much for EOD D2. Saturday I will be gone just after 7pm and on sunday I won't be free until about 7 pm, I should be able to pull a few minutes away though, my group usually ends just a bit early so I might catch the last 20 or so minutes of whatever is going on. My apologies, I didn't look at a calendar to realize this until now. Sunday will be D2 EOD right? "

Page 29 and 3 hours later Vecna says this"Just as espi I will be at the amsterdam tournament this weekend btw. My responses will be very limited, starting exactly 24 hours from now, and lasting roughly 36-40 hours.

Answering some of the questions directed at me in a bit, just woke up and heading for work/class "

So how does that mean anything?
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Wjessop just made a point up without even trying to do any research which I was able to find very quickly. Maniac jumped up to that point as well and guak just said the entire argument made sense without fact checking. Now I have 4 people (note 3 mafia) who are going after me, and only wjessop has really made a credible reason to be doing so, yoyo jumped onto the vote after wjessop and guak and maniac just randomly join the vote near EOD.

Well, I don't imagine anyone will be on so I die today. Good luck town, I hope you find scum and win.
wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Espi, I asked you about this yesterday and you said you didn't know why Vecna knew, that you "couldn't explain it".
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
08 Nov 15 UTC
@Espi ... you followed me without explanation onto Maniac

@ALL ... YOYO BUSSED MANIAC AND SAID HE WAS STICKING THERE AND THEN MOVED TO ESPI SHORTLY AFTER TO SAVE HIS PARTNER IN MYLO. LYNCH MANIAC THEN YOYO
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
08 Nov 15 UTC
Or Yoyo now, I don't particularly care.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
08 Nov 15 UTC
Never mind, Espi slipped. ##VOTE ESPI, we have all three.

"Well, I don't imagine anyone will be on so I die today. Good luck town, I hope you find scum and win."

If he dies and flips town, the game is over. He slipped in saying that he can die and that we can still find scum down the road, but if he's town, he can't die.
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
@bo which day are you talking about?

D1 I scum read Maniac on page 17 after posting a case on him.

"P5- Maniac first shows up and votes for me, no other contribution given aside from admonishing ghug for calling attention to my 'scum slip' and saying I am now a bus target. Ghug and bo both ask him questions about this, he responds saying he would bus me if he was Mafia and with this curious statement "@Bo you're suggesting Espi is scum and I'm his scum buddy using my only post to coach the remaining scum buddy to bus him? It's possible I suppose, but unlikely mafia Maniac would be that bad. I wouldn't be disappointed if scum did bus Espi (assuming Espi is scum). Even though it makes analysising d1 vote harder. Better to have dead scum with no lead, than kill a townie."
Note that we have had 5 pages of material and about 8 hours of gameplay by the time he comes in, he mentions none of that. He also pulls an Espi with the quote above and says a lot without really saying a lot, in my mind anyway, feel free to disagree.

P6- Tells Vecna how finding out your Mafia team works, talks with bo about Town and Mafia strategies combining, says I am a bus target again. Talks about how fake-claiming doesn't work.

P8- Answers a p6 question from me, sorta.

P13- ghug makes a case on Maniac (So far wjessop and ghug have voiced suspicions of Maniac)

P15- ND says he will read into Maniac once Maniac posts more or as he puts it 'as more data is collected and assessed.'

P16- Comes in once more talking with bo. Quotes a few people without saying much about the quotes, makes some short responses as he is likely reading the thread and responding to it (Why doesn't he respond to it in a bigger post instead of making several small posts?) and posts a read on bo and I.

So far that is it, that is all he has done which is nothing in my mind. He is lurking, he hasn't given any excuse for why he might not be away, he has only gone over 2 people while ignoring just about everything else that is going on. I don't like it, I think he chose an easy lynch target (me) and sat on it.

%%VOTE Maniac

Also I do have a note, the last part of my response to Maniac, "I don't vote until I have someone that I think is worth voting for, right now it seems you missed all of that when making your extensive case on me and that seems odd in my mind." was incorrect. I read Jeff's post thinking it was Maniac so I do apologize for that."
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
I am town, tonight it becomes 4-3 and you have to kill scum tomorrow to win. How is that slipping?

If only Jeff and I think wjessop should go I will go with my original vote on ##vote Maniac
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
WTF are you guys playing at? I have cases against me which have been sheeped for the dumbest shit. We can do this guys, we need 1 scum dead today and then we need to find the other 2 scum and vote them each night. Kill Maniac and we can win.

wjessop (100 DX)
08 Nov 15 UTC
You've admitted to putting on a persona in this game, Espi...

...why should I believe anything you day?
Espi (338 D)
08 Nov 15 UTC
Espi (5): wjessop, Yoyoyozo, guak, Maniac, bo_sox48
Maniac (2): Vecna, Espi
wjessop (1): Jeff Kuta
Jeff Kuta (1): DeathLlama8

I have 5 on me, this is scum getting me killed so that they have a higher chance to win.

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KingCyrus (511 D)
18 Nov 15 UTC
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New Forum Etiquette Rules
From now on, all members of the forum shall be placed under scrutiny while debating. We shall rely on citizens of the forum making sound judgment calls. The necessary tools to perform these duties are here:

http://tinyurl.com/ou4p4t5
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