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Puddle (428 D)
13 Apr 15 UTC
Climate Change Deniers
I'm sure this has come up before, but just curious.
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April GhostRatings
When do these usually come out?
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
13 Apr 15 UTC
Will You Be My Friend?
All of my games have ended and I'm looking for some friends, new and old, to play a game with. 25-36 hour phases WTA nonanon.
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Balrog (219 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
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Game of Thrones episode leak
Generally, I'm not the kind of a player who post on the forum, let alone start a new thread. (Although I do read almost all). This time I can't contain my excitement . 4 episodes of Game of Thrones season 5 has been leaked online and I am in a dilemma. I would want to watch those ASAP, but legally. At the same time it would be impossible to avoid spoilers for a month. Any insights on this?
Also +1 this if you got the news from here first :p
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
12 Apr 15 UTC
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Team 1768 makes it to the World Championships!
The FIRST (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc) team I mentor did well enough in regionals to make it to the World Championships in St Louis! If interested, see inside for more details about the team as well as a small favor.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
12 Apr 15 UTC
Worst stats ever?
https://puu.sh/hbyJd/758c37fb04.png
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josemurc (32357 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
gunboating
Interested!
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JamesYanik (548 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
Manchester Derby Result
wow. I have a few complaints with Clattenburg, but all the goals seemed legit. I suppose United is back with this 6 game winning streak.
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JamesYanik (548 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
no lies, some regrets EOG
post here for gameID=158557 EOG
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JamesYanik (548 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
Replacement needed live game
Germany 5 SCs high quality position
gameID=158557
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ZS (211 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
Surviving with 1 SC
Longest someone has survived with 1 SC


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Syber (100 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
Can't put orders
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=158076

Im turkey and I cant put orders for this build no matter what. Tried 4 different browsers across mobile and desktop to no avail. I click in save or ready and nothing happens...
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Ges (292 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
EOG good old gunboat-3
Fun game, folks! It was great to have not a single NMR. Peterwiggin and tomekperet in particular, very nice play. Stranger, you did some excellent dancing in the mid-late game.
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Valis webDip Invitational 1 EOGs
gameID=155106

Boy is Valis going to be surprised.
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Oneshot0813 (80 D)
12 Apr 15 UTC
New Modern Diplomacy Game Called " European Conflict-4"
The game is set to start in 2 days, and each phase length is 1 day 12 hours. Here is the link should you be willing to play.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=158549
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
10 Apr 15 UTC
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Message from a redneck
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=490803234401060
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Marlen (20 DX)
11 Apr 15 UTC
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Most Ridiculous BS That TV Audiences Believed
What are some hilariously ridiculous things that television (and newspaper) fans actually believed? Here are some good ones off the top of my head that fit into this summary:
1. CNN says Isis lures western girls with nutella, emojis and kittens
2. Gadafi was giving viagra to his troops for his raping campaign
3. The Iraqi army while at war decided to make stopovers at hospitals to throw babies out of incubators and let them die on the the floor
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What's the worst thing that ever happened to you after you ate Chinese food?
My wife got food poisoned from some "chicken" last night. I wanted to see what other fun experiences you guys have had eating Chinese take out.
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cb6000 (100 D(S))
11 Apr 15 UTC
a question about bulgaria
On my board Bulgaria has an east coast and a south coast. On this site it has a north coast. How did this come to be? Thank you.
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Marlen (20 DX)
10 Apr 15 UTC
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South America Variant
I have no friends. So between my mom and dad and two siblings we play the 5-player South America map. I searched "Diplomacy South America Strategy" and only get Risk results. I am always the first to lose and my parents laugh every time and tell me to make myself useful and do the dishes while they enjoy a game with their real children. Any help?
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Porthmeus (104 D)
11 Apr 15 UTC
Effects of Voting for a draw
What affect does voting for a draw have on the amount bet or value of the pot in a game?
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jmspool (100 D)
11 Apr 15 UTC
Diplomacy mentioned in controversial Buzzfeed gaming post
Yes, you read that right. Buzzfeed somehow made a post about gaming controversial.

This is the post: http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/monopoly-sucks
You'll see that Diplomacy gets high marks.
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yassem (2533 D)
08 Apr 15 UTC
Just next killing of a black man by white cop
And though all the arguments have already been spoken I am just honestly amazed that we don't a thread about it yet.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
11 Apr 15 UTC
Putin wrong again of course
http://i.imgur.com/87Pcu6V.gifv
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yassem (2533 D)
06 Apr 15 UTC
Rolling stones
Am I wrong here?
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JamesYanik (548 D)
11 Apr 15 UTC
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy vs Prequels
time to see which ones of you I hate
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Mapu (362 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
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Important Webdip Survey
I'm doing a non-sanctioned survey of how many people visit the site over a weekend. Please +1 this post so I can get an accurate count. I will then share my findings with the site admins to make improvements. Thanks!
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
10 Apr 15 UTC
EOG for 7 pls
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VashtaNeurotic (2394 D)
21 Mar 15 UTC
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MAFIA VII: Let’s Have JJ Abrams Direct It (The Winter of Websteros)
See inside for details.
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
06 Apr 15 UTC
Mandatory Voting: Dicsuss
Is mandatory voting, as seen in Australia, good for a democratic society or counter-intuitive to the base beliefs of democracy? Discuss.
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thorfi (1023 D)
08 Apr 15 UTC
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Gunfighter06: No write in. But we are free to turn in a ballot that says nothing. Also in many of our State elections we have Optional Preferential Voting for the Upper House, so we can number candidates in order of our preference until we get to some candidates we think are Ll equally bad. Our Next Federal election is likely to use that also (currently it requires full preferential).

But standing for election in either the Upper or Lower House is not actually difficult - you do not need to even have a political party to stand. So there's no need for write in - anyone who actually wants to be elected can get themselves on the ballot.
Octavious (2802 D)
08 Apr 15 UTC
Out of interest, when was the last time someone was actually elected via the write in box?
Gunfighter06 (224 D)
08 Apr 15 UTC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-in_candidate

Actually, write-in candidates have won election to national office on numerous occasions in the United States. It's rare, but it does happen. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) won as write-in as recently as 2010. Rep. Dave Lobesack (D-IA) also won his party's nomination as write-in candidate in 2006. Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) won as a write-in candidate back in 1954.

I support the write-in option as a valuable auxiliary tool in the toolbox of democracy.
Tolstoy (1962 D)
08 Apr 15 UTC
A few years back (5-10) someone got into the runoff for a San Francisco city council election as a write-in. Also, a pedophile judge in Orange County (California) was replaced by a write-in candidate during the same time frame. It's not a common occurrence, but it used to happen before write-ins were banned here in California. I'm sure it happens elsewhere as well.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
09 Apr 15 UTC
To add fuel to the conversation: Are youth (16-25) more or less educated about politics than they were in the early 90's? Why?
thorfi (1023 D)
09 Apr 15 UTC
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I would guess more - at least in Australia The Greens party (environmentalist, people focused) is picking up a lot of the youth via social media and direct grassroots campaigns, which were awfully hard to run in the '90s. Even our two majors are doing quite a lot via social media to get their political messages out.

There is a lot of ignorance/ don't care too - but that's been like that forever. :-)
Puddle (428 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
@CommanderByron NPR recently did some stories on that and found that . . . it's about the same as it's always been. 18-30 (The age range they looked at) had less overall knowledge than older groups, but had significantly more knowledge on specific issues such as minimum wage laws, climate change, LGBT rights, etc.
steephie22 (182 D(S))
10 Apr 15 UTC
Here's a statement to discuss:
Environmentalism benefits more than any other political alignment from social media.
Octavious (2802 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
Environmentalism is a political alignment?
Puddle (428 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
It is in the U.S.
Octavious (2802 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
Is it aligned in any particular direction?

In the UK we have the Green Party, but they are really the Socialist Party with a gimmick rather than a party of environmentalists. Environmentalists tend to be found in all parties but without much in the way of influence.
Jeff Kuta (2066 D)
10 Apr 15 UTC
Not sure what Puddle means at all.

Left leaning political parties usually have some kind of environmentally conscious party plank. I've been a California Green for about 15 years myself. Older Greens have leftist tendencies, but younger Greens are more about microcommunities and bottom up lifestyle changes. That's a great trend which I hope continues.
MonsterDiplomat (80 DX)
10 Apr 15 UTC
"Socialist Party with a gimmick rather than a party of environmentalists" Well that is a very novel description! And not at all acurate Octavious. Whilst some of the Greens policies can be called socialist many of them cannot. As for the suggestion that they are not a party of environmentalists, I would love to hear your justification for such a claim.


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