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Babak (26982 D(B))
17 Sep 09 UTC
Glenn Beck is a Mormon nutjob - discuss!!
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/beck_skousen/print.html

read this first... Where Beck gets his ideas --- its a serious read.
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hellalt (24 D)
29 Sep 09 UTC
live game crashed. pls help
gameID=13802
Are there any mods online?
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denis (864 D)
26 Sep 09 UTC
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding
WTA
14 D
48 hour phases
join up
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Le_Roi (913 D)
29 Sep 09 UTC
ǝɯɐƃ pǝddıןɟ
C'mon everybody!
32 point buy in PPSC Gunboat!
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airborne (154 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Pre-League Game?
Anyone in the League wants to play a rust breaker game before it starts? I'm open to suggestion as how the game should be setup. I need to moditify my country randomizer :P
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Akroma (967 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
big poopy syndrom
in here, discuss the effective of a high rating on how your enemies approach you
Akroma (967 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
I am currently in an anonymous game with, by the looks of it, a lot of newbies.

because of my own carelessness, word got out that I am Akroma, and soon my ratings and records were spread through to all players. And bam, the next turn every single one of them turns against me, specificaly naming the reason that if they don't eliminate such a good player immediatly, they would stand no chance ever anyway.

((btw, this is a very strange situation, because both italy and germany actually announced their attack to me in their build phase. as such, I had the optimal chance to prepare myself....how strange is that... Not that this will help me, as france, in any way, not with germany england and italy all turning viciously against me))
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Big poopy? I think the tone of this whole from has dropped, Akroma.
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
form=forum*
Akroma (967 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
well, this was the name how this phenomen was first introduced to me with. if I remember correctly, after I betrayed austria as russia in 01 and gained 3 builds at once, which, at least according to austria, should turned me into a big poopy
Centurian (3257 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
HAHAHAHA The term is "tall poppy" akroma. As in those are the ones that cut down.
hellalt (24 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
Well, as soon as I enter a game all participants immediately shit their pants.
And they are right doing so.
Alderian (2425 D(S))
25 Sep 09 UTC
Well, you still have the chance to turn them back by suggesting how they are leaving themselves wide open to Russia, Austria, and Turkey. While of course encouraging Russia, Austria, and Turkey to take advantage of the situation.

As for the declaration of war, well, you did say you were playing with a bunch of newbies.
Alderian (2425 D(S))
25 Sep 09 UTC
Or start a rumor that some of the other players include other specific veteran players. Who knows, it could even be true.
flashman (2274 D(G))
27 Sep 09 UTC
Akroma: this is almost inevitable. I have had the problem a few times in the past and tried to stay in games with higher rated players. Recently though I joined a few games with new players to get some fresh air. I was ganged up on from the first move and, when I tried to discuss this, I was told that the others had to do this because I had more points than them. Not even a very good reason...

I offered to help guide a player through an alliance and he said thanks but the points were more important to him so he had to try to take some of my SCs. It was a 35 point pot PPSC game!

These games have destroyed my stats.
sean (3490 D(B))
27 Sep 09 UTC
im liking these new Anonymous games, i won my first game in ages yesterday in my first one.
that 0r stick to high ghost rating games.
MadMarx (36299 D(G))
27 Sep 09 UTC
Crap, the name of this thread is really cracking me up now, nice Akroma!! It reminds me of my nephew in Spain that's 5 years old, talking about his baby brother's daily deliveries... good stuff... CRAP, I just realized that was a very appropriate way to start this comment, damn I'm slow... but steady, I often figure stuff out eventually...
Ivo_ivanov (7545 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Get used to it. Will only get worse.

It's the same for everyone else, so I guess, the right way to take it is as a new challenge.

Obviously, playing with other people at your level is an alternative.
Centurian (3257 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
You don't even need to play all high level games to avoid it. Only the juvenile new players will completely ignore reason, so just keeping the pot sizes a little bigger goes a long way.
Jacob (2466 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
The big poopy syndrome almost got me in my last game as Russia. My excellent record as Russia has made people wary of me when I play that country :/

Oh well, I won't have a perfect record anymore...
TheGhostmaker (1545 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Tut tut talking about ongoing games Jacob.
chs42 (466 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Do anonymous games.
Jacob (2466 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
tut tut saying tut tut to me ghostie :P
rojo (537 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
I wonder if the same happens in reverse - do experienced (high rating or lots of points) players see a newbie as an easy target?
Jacob (2466 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
@rojo
ummmm...noooooo...never...... :P
Draugnar (0 DX)
28 Sep 09 UTC
I only see them as unpredictable targets. Ask a chess master if he'd rather play someone slightly below his skill level or somebody who is unranked and may do some unconventional moves. He'll chose the slightly lower ranked player any day because he can predict the results.
I'd play someone with slightly less skill because an unranked person is probably a newbie and the game wouldn't be as fun and challenging.
Polar Bear (1038 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
I deliberately try to keep my points around or under 1000 to avoid poopy syndrome.
Jacob (2466 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Ha - maybe you should deliberately bring down you win/loss ratio a bit too, then :P
DJEcc24 (246 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
i know when i first started on this site i would always go after the big guy (always failing hence the 9 D i have) my thought behind it was that they would see me as an easy target so i better try for them first.
Babak (26982 D(B))
28 Sep 09 UTC
DAMN!!! Polar Bear... thats on hell of a record you go there... 85% win/draw is freaking outragous... its almost like my FB record... lol =P

congrats man. (or ma'am dunno for sure)
Alderian (2425 D(S))
28 Sep 09 UTC
In the old version you could theoretically hide points by starting a password protected game for however many points you wanted to hide and then not have anyone join. It would take a lot of work having to redo it every 5 days or whatever the old maximum phase length was.

Now you could still do that with a anonymous password protected game, but I suspect the mods would get curious why there were so many such games sitting out there with no one joining if it became common place.
DJEcc24 (246 D)
29 Sep 09 UTC
in another thread big poopy syndrome came up and we named other syndromes as well.
when the bigger pointed people crush the weaklings this is called being dumped on by the big poopy.
when a weaker pointed person smells their defeat this is maple syrup pee syndrome
DJEcc24 (246 D)
29 Sep 09 UTC
*smeels their defeat and civil disorders
Jacob (2466 D)
29 Sep 09 UTC
smeel my defeat baby! err....yeah...


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hellalt (24 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Live Game Now
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13802
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
28 Sep 09 UTC
Mod--Please unstuck this game
gameID=13265

When we all paused a week ago, the game got stuck. We've now all agreed to unpause but can't get the game going again.
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Tantris (2456 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Drawn vs Survived
If you are in a near second place in a points-per-supply-center game, it seems like it is better to lose instead of draw. I guess the only reason to change this, would be the record (draws look better than survived in your profile) and Ghost Ratings?
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BigZombieDude (1188 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
In Game Messages
Not a big problem, but my game messages dont seem to increase. I have been stuck on my current amount for quite some time now....
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tilMletokill (100 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
after school LIVE GAME
Who is with me?
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redcrane (1045 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Live game anyone?
how about today (monday)? let's get a game going.
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LittleSpeck (100 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
leaving a game
how do you leave a game?
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Zman (207 D)
26 Sep 09 UTC
Axis & Allies
Anyone know whether it can be played on line?
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SirLoseALot (441 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Metagaming on 13177?
WebDiplomacy Admin, please check 13177 and any related games for Metagaming. Why would an ally (Maniac) change sides mid game when we have a commanding lead in a % game? Just checking.
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Crashed game
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13710

I wanna hurry up and die lol
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Speaker (100 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Bugs?
I'm experiencing trouble with all my games saying that all my phases are "Now" when they still have time left on them. Is this where I report such bugs?
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gmvera07 (97 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
More crashes
Live games are crashing way too often. Is there any way to stop this are should we just abandon live games altogether. I'd really rather not as I love live games...
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Chopstix (100 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
new 2 site
need pointerssz
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iMurk789 (100 D)
25 Sep 09 UTC
webdiplomacy banned at school :(
i just about cried when it happened. now my 2nd hour is extremely boring.
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tilMletokill (100 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
Cant send email too MODS
So here it goes.........
Check inside for the dets
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Jacob (2466 D)
28 Sep 09 UTC
end of phase weirdness/bug?
I was sitting watching the phase ticked down and when it got to about 4 minutes left it suddenly rolled over to the next phase. Anyone else noticed this?
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mugence (417 D)
26 Sep 09 UTC
To all those who have played with me before...
New game I created for those of you who have played with me before. I invite you to come join me again in this debauchery.
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kleinemark (100 D)
21 Sep 09 UTC
I don't want to play with these [expletive of choice]s; how...
... do I quit a game?
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
An Octopus' Garden? No- My New Aquarium!
I LOVE fish, I'm an avid aquarist, and I just got a 20-30 gal. tank that's double the size of my old one! :D

To boot, I have four new Tetra fish- and they stick together so well that I want to name them after a famous Foursome, or give them four matching names- ideas, folks?
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denis (864 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Hey teacher leave us kids alone!!!
So yet another Pink Floyd themed WTA
5 D
48 hour phases
join up
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WeekEnd_Warrior (100 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Live game 30 points 15 min phase
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=13772
Come on in.
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Carpysmind (1423 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
Breaking Support
Now I want to make sure I have this right, if there are units in Kei, Ruh, and Bur and there are three opposing units in Ber, Mun, and Tyr; If Ber attacks Kei and Mun attacks Bur and Tyr move to Mun regardless of what "support moves" are ordered for Kei, Ruh, and Bur ALL units will remain in their original position, correct?
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gmvera07 (97 D)
27 Sep 09 UTC
New live game
gameID=13767
15 min phases!
Oh baby!
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Babak (26982 D(B))
27 Sep 09 UTC
New Game (Ancient Med): "Third in the Med (English)"
http://game.xbsd.kr/endip/board.php?gameID=505

20pts - WTA - Ancient Med Map - password = 'med'
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