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Would anyone be interested joining an in-progress Modern Diplomacy game? We are currently in 1998, in what was a high-quality game until Egypt suddenly disappeared.
I've come to realize that I don't have the patience for non-live games much. I need a minimum of 2 days/phase to have the free time to conduct diplomacy appropriately well, and that ends up being too long a game for me to maintain interest. However a live game (being no more than a 3-4 hr chunk of time) is pretty manageable. So I wanna play one.
Christmas is around the corner, finals are around the corner and after a year on this site, I have 200 +1s. I think this calls for celebration. How do you feel?
I just became a Godfather and I'm wicked excited! With Christmas and his baptism coming up, I want to start thinking about things to do now and in the future. Obviously, it will largely depend on what the parents want, but I was hoping some people could share their thoughts on being a Godparent. Thanks!
The Greatest People in History Tournament--Nominations
We've done Literature, we've done Music...so, since we're a history-happy lot, why not tackle the (impossible but fun) task of asking "Who was the better general, Alexander or Genghis Khan?" (Though bobgenghiskhan is clearly the answer.) 4 categories: Military/Political Leaders, Artists, Inventors/Scientists, and a "Grab-Bag" category, for all the folks who don't fit in elsewhere. Nominate 1 for each category, and we'll start when we have 64 (or 128, either way.)
Whoops, left out on the Leader suggestions. Suggestions:
Leader: Joan of Arc Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Hatshepsut Nefertiti Queen Victoria Louis XIV Otto von Bismarck Cesare Borgia Peter the Great Giuseppe Garibaldi Cleopatra Dowager Cixi Wu Zhao Cyrus the Great Sun Tzu Gustavus Adolphus Frederick the Great Julius Caesar (I'm a Latin student, how did I miss him?) Henry VIII George Washington
Ah, fuck it, might as well add the most perfect suggestion of all time to both lists >;D
Leader: Joan of Arc Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Hatshepsut Nefertiti Queen Victoria Louis XIV Otto von Bismarck Cesare Borgia Peter the Great Giuseppe Garibaldi Cleopatra Dowager Cixi Wu Zhao Cyrus the Great Sun Tzu Gustavus Adolphus Frederick the Great Julius Caesar Henry VIII George Washington TrPrado
Wild Card: Pythagoras Marie Antoinette Martin Luther King, Jr. George S. Patton Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Steve Jobs Alfred Nobel Oprah Winfrey Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley TrPrado
Queen Victoria and George Washington need to be 2 of the last 5, I think. At least if we're talking about influence. Victoria was in charge of the British Empire for over 60 if it's most powerful years, and Washington played an important part in the creation of what has been one of the most, if not the most. powerful countries over the last 200 or so years.
Very slightly more updated list. Thank God Leibniz was also a philosopher so that the nomination doesn't pose an issue
Leaders: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Gandhi Hannibal Theodore Roosevelt Augustus Caesar Tamerlane Tokugawa Cincinnatus Erwin Rommel Genghis Khan Napoleon Bonaparte Alfred the Great Muhammad Deng Xiaoping Charlemagne Nelson Mandela Alexander the Great Winston Churchill Margaret Thatcher Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Theodora Alaric I Winfield Scott Isabella I Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Malcolm X
Artists: William Shakespeare The Beatles J.R.R. Tolkien Arnold Schoenberg Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso Henry David Thoreau Claude Monet Randall Munroe Lao Tzu Pyotr Tchaikovsky Vergil Lord Byron Fyodor Dostoyevsky Michaelangelo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Raymond Carver Homer Bob Dylan Franz Liszt Johann Sebastian Bach Harriet Beecher Stowe Kanye West Giotto di Bondone Eminem Rivers Cuomo Salvador Dali Raphael Robert A. Heinlein Janis Joplin Sappho George R. R. Martin
Scientists/Inventors: Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Neil deGrasse Tyson Jonas Salk Robert Oppenheimer Nikola Tesla Werner von Braun Mendeleev Archimedes James Joule Aristotle Isaac Newton Carl Bosch Alan Turing Copernicus Marie Curie Avicenna Charles Darwin David Suzuki James Watt Thomas Kuhn Stephen Hawking Sigmund Freud Galileo Galilei Gregor Mendel Johannes Gutenberg Edward Teller Jane Goodall Rosalind Franklin Gotthold Eisenstein Leonardo da Vinci Richard Feynman
Wild Card: Plato Immanuel Kant Rene Descartes Benjamin Franklin Gichin Funakoshi Khalid ibn al-Walid Martin Luther John Locke Jesus Mansa Musa Bill Gates Constantine Olga of Kiev Karl Marx Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Noam Chomsky Richard Dawkins Saul of Tarsus Emma Watson Adam Smith Buddha Billy Waugh Mother Teresa Susan B. Anthony Jan Hus Gottfried Leibniz
Suggestions for remaining lists:
Leader: Joan of Arc Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Hatshepsut Nefertiti Queen Victoria Louis XIV Otto von Bismarck Cesare Borgia Peter the Great Giuseppe Garibaldi Cleopatra Dowager Cixi Wu Zhao Cyrus the Great Sun Tzu Gustavus Adolphus Frederick the Great Julius Caesar Henry VIII George Washington TrPrado
Wild Card: Pythagoras Marie Antoinette Martin Luther King, Jr. George S. Patton Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Steve Jobs Alfred Nobel Oprah Winfrey Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley TrPrado Socrates
But TrPrado had (or will have for those of you bound to this time) the most major impact on the world. How can he not be your top pick? Love you too, goldy.
Leaders: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Gandhi Hannibal Theodore Roosevelt Augustus Caesar Tamerlane Tokugawa Cincinnatus Erwin Rommel Genghis Khan Napoleon Bonaparte Alfred the Great Muhammad Deng Xiaoping Charlemagne Nelson Mandela Alexander the Great Winston Churchill Margaret Thatcher Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Theodora Alaric I Winfield Scott Isabella I Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Malcolm X Joan of Arc
Artists: William Shakespeare The Beatles J.R.R. Tolkien Arnold Schoenberg Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso Henry David Thoreau Claude Monet Randall Munroe Lao Tzu Pyotr Tchaikovsky Vergil Lord Byron Fyodor Dostoyevsky Michaelangelo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Raymond Carver Homer Bob Dylan Franz Liszt Johann Sebastian Bach Harriet Beecher Stowe Kanye West Giotto di Bondone Eminem Rivers Cuomo Salvador Dali Raphael Robert A. Heinlein Janis Joplin Sappho George R. R. Martin
Scientists/Inventors: Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Neil deGrasse Tyson Jonas Salk Robert Oppenheimer Nikola Tesla Werner von Braun Mendeleev Archimedes James Joule Aristotle Isaac Newton Carl Bosch Alan Turing Copernicus Marie Curie Avicenna Charles Darwin David Suzuki James Watt Thomas Kuhn Stephen Hawking Sigmund Freud Galileo Galilei Gregor Mendel Johannes Gutenberg Edward Teller Jane Goodall Rosalind Franklin Gotthold Eisenstein Leonardo da Vinci Richard Feynman
Wild Card: Plato Immanuel Kant Rene Descartes Benjamin Franklin Gichin Funakoshi Khalid ibn al-Walid Martin Luther John Locke Jesus Mansa Musa Bill Gates Constantine Olga of Kiev Karl Marx Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Noam Chomsky Richard Dawkins Saul of Tarsus Emma Watson Frederick Rogers Adam Smith Buddha Billy Waugh Mother Teresa Susan B. Anthony Jan Hus Gottfried Leibniz Alfred Nobel
Suggestions for remaining lists:
Leader: Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Hatshepsut Nefertiti Queen Victoria Louis XIV Otto von Bismarck Cesare Borgia Peter the Great Giuseppe Garibaldi Cleopatra Dowager Cixi Wu Zhao Cyrus the Great Sun Tzu Gustavus Adolphus Frederick the Great Julius Caesar Henry VIII George Washington TrPrado
Wild Card: Pythagoras Marie Antoinette Martin Luther King, Jr. George S. Patton Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Steve Jobs Oprah Winfrey Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley TrPrado Socrates
It's the question that I've posed earlier: is it a question of the best, or of the most influential?
We all can (hopefully) agree that Adolf Hitler was a terrible person, but his actions had a major influence on world history. Andrew Carnegie was a great philanthropist, but he didn't start any World Wars. He should still probably go on the list, though.
Most influential on historical events is just not a good question. You list all of the genocidal, warmongering assholes the world has ever seen, and then you rank them.
If we're including scientists and artists, this is clearly a question of best person, or maybe of greatest positive influence.
Influence on history is biased to older nominees which is a problem with it, we cannot as of yet give a lot of these people credit. The title is also 'greatest' which is not the same as most influential.
It's not about positive or negative influence, it's just about influence. I said that a few pages back. Scientists and Artists will have a positive impact, as ghug said. However, I'd say that's more because advances in science and the arts symbolize progress. Whether we like it or not, there are some real asshats that have a big role in history. As obi said on the first: "I would argue this time importance should be a solid #1 and personal taste #2." On that note, there are people on the suggestion list that REALLY need to be added to the nominations, and I'm surprised some haven't been nominated.
Leaders: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Gandhi Hannibal Theodore Roosevelt Augustus Caesar Tamerlane Tokugawa Cincinnatus Erwin Rommel Genghis Khan Napoleon Bonaparte Alfred the Great Muhammad Deng Xiaoping Charlemagne Nelson Mandela Alexander the Great Winston Churchill Margaret Thatcher Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Theodora Alaric I Winfield Scott Isabella I Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Malcolm X Joan of Arc Otto von Bismarck
Artists: William Shakespeare The Beatles J.R.R. Tolkien Arnold Schoenberg Vincent Van Gogh Pablo Picasso Henry David Thoreau Claude Monet Randall Munroe Lao Tzu Pyotr Tchaikovsky Vergil Lord Byron Fyodor Dostoyevsky Michaelangelo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Raymond Carver Homer Bob Dylan Franz Liszt Johann Sebastian Bach Harriet Beecher Stowe Kanye West Giotto di Bondone Eminem Rivers Cuomo Salvador Dali Raphael Robert A. Heinlein Janis Joplin Sappho George R. R. Martin
Scientists/Inventors: Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Neil deGrasse Tyson Jonas Salk Robert Oppenheimer Nikola Tesla Werner von Braun Mendeleev Archimedes James Joule Aristotle Isaac Newton Carl Bosch Alan Turing Copernicus Marie Curie Avicenna Charles Darwin David Suzuki James Watt Thomas Kuhn Stephen Hawking Sigmund Freud Galileo Galilei Gregor Mendel Johannes Gutenberg Edward Teller Jane Goodall Rosalind Franklin Gotthold Eisenstein Leonardo da Vinci Richard Feynman
Wild Card: Plato Immanuel Kant Rene Descartes Benjamin Franklin Gichin Funakoshi Khalid ibn al-Walid Martin Luther John Locke Jesus Mansa Musa Bill Gates Constantine Olga of Kiev Karl Marx Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Noam Chomsky Richard Dawkins Saul of Tarsus Emma Watson Frederick Rogers Adam Smith Buddha Billy Waugh Mother Teresa Susan B. Anthony Jan Hus Gottfried Leibniz Alfred Nobel Martin Luther King, Jr. (honestly, about damn time)
Suggestions for remaining lists:
Leader: Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Hatshepsut Nefertiti Queen Victoria Louis XIV Cesare Borgia Peter the Great Giuseppe Garibaldi Cleopatra Dowager Cixi Wu Zhao Cyrus the Great Sun Tzu Gustavus Adolphus Frederick the Great Julius Caesar Henry VIII George Washington TrPrado
Wild Card: Pythagoras Marie Antoinette George S. Patton Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Steve Jobs Oprah Winfrey Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley TrPrado Socrates
I think Thurgood Marshall would be a better pick. While Malcolm x was an excellent civil rights activist, his actions didn't directly influence history the way that thurgood marshall and MLK jr's did.
So I'm relatively new to this game (played 5 and won 1 of them). What's a good win percentage as a rookie player? Trying to figure out if I suck or if I'm any good.
So I'm new, and just finding my way here. But I've been playing Diplomacy for almost 40 years (anyone else here?)! the interesting thing about the greatest game ever invented by a mailman, is that the main object isn't really stabbing someone, but learning to work together. and being trustworthy. Unfortunately, that's not a version this site espouses! Too bad, but i find the site enjoyable anyway.
Inspired by the "Not Classic Diplomacy" and "Good win percentages" threads, there is a 10 ante WTA game that we just need 4 more people for. Ideally for people who want to try to step up a level. gameID=151870
Enjoying your PS4s? lol but now to the main issue: North Korea vs Japan, if and more likely when it happens what betting do we have here? I have it 3:1 for Japan
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