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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
18 Oct 11 UTC
Mod Policies
So, there has recently been some confusion/criticism about how mods handle cases. Without talking about any specific cases, I'd like to review how we handle different cases and the reasons for it. Hopefully, this can turn into a productive discussion, since this site is community-driven.
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Mack Eye (119 D)
19 Oct 11 UTC
New 10-day phase game
Do you choose evil ways instead of love?...

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=70368
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Cockney (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Gunboat and the
Why the hell can't people press the ready button in gunboat games?????

its not like they are waiting for an answer to a message or anything
its ridiculous. If they want to wait because they cant play in the next phase or something, then they shouldn't have agreed to play in the game in the first place with that phase length
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
16 Oct 11 UTC
Porn from feminist perspective
Here discuss feminism with emphasis on misogyny and the morality of pornography. Give me your views and moral justifications. Thanks.
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fortknox (2059 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Major discussion topic...
"who would get Windsor castle if Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip split up?"
redhouse1938 (429 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
me
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
no, id get it.
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
the brits love me. i brought glory to their country with a solo
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Would it not be logical that it went to the blood heir of the throne? I'm sure there is a prenup in place so that anything Royal Family inherited stays with the Queen anyhow.

The bigger question is, couldhse say "Off with his head!" and Prince Philip's head go rolling around in a basket?
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
@D33 - was that one of your metagames?
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
no, the brits wold hate her if she did. shes an old lady and i doubt she would do that to P philip
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
and no it was not, but it was on vDip, not here
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
@D33 - You should really stop feeding me by bragging about your wins and all that rot. I just can't help myself. I'm like a school of piranna. Wen you dangle a piece of meat in the water, I'm going to take it and anything fleshy within reach with it.
redhouse1938 (429 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Haha yeah several of D33's multis are actually heir to the British throne. Not by birth though, they married royal multis.
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
yeah, but if you were a piranna all id drop you would be feces and other waste
Jamiet99uk (873 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
1. Why do you ask? This is not a major discussion topic, surely?

2. The answer: Neither would. Windsor Castle is owned by the Occupied Royal Palaces Estate on behalf of the British state. Neither the Queen nor Prince Phillip directly owns it.
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
and it would be all you would eat and deserve
redhouse1938 (429 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
@Draugnar and @D33

get a room you two. This trying hard to get is becoming way too gay for this forum.
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
@D33 - Let's get this back on topic. But first, a word form reality. Piranna only eat meat. That said, I was using a simile (hence the word "like"). Go ask your 5th grade english teacher what a simile is. She'll explain it means I'm not acutally a school of pirannna, but that I take the lines you give me and turn them on you more viciously than you ever thought possible. Of course, I don't expect your prepubesxcnet mind to grasp what that means. So pull out the dictionary and email your teacher, then get back to me with what you *think* I actually meant.
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
@red - You know you want to join in with the verbal berating of D33. Come on. Admit it. We *all* want to beat up on him some.
gramilaj (100 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Prepubesxcnet is a startlingly interesting word.
Mafialligator (239 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
It sounds like a website giving sex advice to preteens.
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
'x' is between 's' and 'c' on the keyboard and my fingers got dyslexic with the 'e' and the 'n'. :-)
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
I didn't know that about Windsor Castle. So it's like the White House in a very loose sense.

I've often wondered just how far a President is allowed to go with redecorating the White House. Could he knock out a wall and put a poker room off the oval office?
Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
i would assume so but it may hurt his popularity.
Draugnar (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Never assume anything, D33. You just make an ass of, well, you.
Mafialligator (239 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Nope. The President can't change the White House in any way. Or at least, has no independent discretion on the matter. The PM of Canada however can redecorate 24 Sussex Drive how ever much he wants, but it's expensive, and the expenses have to come out of pocket and the house is in shambles. Oddly Stonoway, the residence of the leader of the opposition is much much nicer and is kept in repair by the government. I'm not sure what the rules are on 10 Downing Street, but I do know the door to the house can never be opened from the outside. The door locks every time you close it, and it cannot be unlocked from the outside. I also know that the last person to own the house before it was purchased by the King of for the use of the PM was called Mr. Chicken.
Jamiet99uk (873 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Isn't Prepubesxcnet a small village in Rhode Island?
Mujus (1495 D(B))
19 Oct 11 UTC
That's tough then if the last person in at 10 Downing forgets and pops out for a bite then eh? And have you all noticed that the White House was pink one day this month?? Literally, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Check it out: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/03/8129372-white-house-goes-pink-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month
Mafialligator (239 D)
19 Oct 11 UTC
Yeah no there's always someone employed at 10 Downing Street whose job it is to be inside to let people in. They've thought ahead you see.
is that where my tax is going? for somebody to check the door? Now i'm angry! Occupy Downing St protests!
Sargmacher (0 DX)
19 Oct 11 UTC
""who would get Windsor castle if Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip split up?"

"Would it not be logical that it went to the blood heir of the throne? I'm sure there is a prenup in place so that anything Royal Family inherited stays with the Queen anyhow."


Windsor Castle, like all royal palaces that belong to the Crown Estate, belong to the state itself and are not private property. That means that members of the royal household cannot sell or profit from the palaces and that their ownership and management is carried out on their behalf by the state. (For further information, see http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/historic_environment/4170.aspx)

The Royal Family do not inherit the royal palaces, it is bestowed on them by the state. The Queen, in reality, has no hold or control over the property. Prince Philip married into the Royal Family and therefore would certainly not have any claim in this way either.

Balmoral Castle, on the other hand, is a private property that was bought by Queen Victoria and is therefore not part of the Crown Estate. It has been passed down successively between the royal generations, Queen Elizabeth inheriting it when her father, King George VI, died.
Mafialligator (239 D)
19 Oct 11 UTC
@ Marti the Bruce, actually it's a rather inexpensive but highly effective security measure. The only real cost of it is the negligible one time cost of installing a door that can only be opened from within, (a few thousand pounds) and the cost of keeping a security person within the building at all times, to open the door, which, lets face it, is an expense they'd make anyway. It's not as though you can just leave 10 Downing Street unguarded even if everyone's out. You can't allow a place like that to be broken into.
lmao...leave it unguarded, could you just imagine it?
Leif_Syverson (271 D)
19 Oct 11 UTC
Stratagos would get it, as part of a law suit against the mods for failing to give him a pony..


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Draugnar (0 DX)
17 Oct 11 UTC
So Mr. V was actually Diplomat33.
More inside.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
17 Oct 11 UTC
copyright violations?
So hasbro owns the rights to this game?
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
16 Oct 11 UTC
Animal Rights
Here discuss animal rights. Specifically with reference to animal testing and vegetarianism. Give me your views, and your moral justifications. Thanks.
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SacredDigits (102 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
I guess I successfully predicted the future in the October ghost ratings topic
As of Friday, I was in four games. In the last 24 hours (well, 30 technically, but it's close) I received the following message three times: "You were defeated, and lost your bet; better luck next time!" Bye bye, highest GR spot for me to date. I've never been so soundly defeated so often in so short a time.
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jpgredsox (104 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
The United States Shouldn't Have Entered WW2
The United States intervention in World War Two cost 418,000 American lives. And, really, what did the United States gain from it? Hitler was gone and Nazi Germany was destroyed, but much of Eastern Europe running from East Germany to Russia was under the (de jure or de facto) rule of Stalin and the Soviet Union. U.S. intervention fostered the spread of communism by destroying its primary opponent, fascism, thus setting up the Cold War for the next fifty years.
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jpgredsox (104 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
The Octopus
I have always been intrigued by this opening (sev-->black sea,
warsaw-->galicia, moscow-->st pete's, st pete's-->gulf of bothnia) but have never really had the balls to try it out. Does anyone prefer this opening/has anyone won by this opening? Any general thoughts on its merits/detriments are welcomed.
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vontresc (128 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Maps
Hi I used to use the email dip judges, and am rather new to the Webdip site. I really like the setup, but I'm not a huge fan of how the maps are drawn. is it possible to generate a "results" map without the arrows for a more uncluttered look?
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redhouse1938 (429 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Hoe is het in Nederland?
Hoe is het in Nederland dan? Ik ben alweer een poosje weg daar. Hoe is het weer bij jullie? Zijn jullie ook dat gezeur van die Wilders zat of is ie nog erg populair bij sommigen? Ben benieuwd.
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Cachimbo (1181 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Regarding Diplomat33's case; an open letter.
I'm having a hard time with the idea that he might be allowed to continue playing on this site.
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thinker269 (100 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Question from new guy
Public messaging only: does that mean what I think-that we can only communicate on "Global"?

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HavocInside (100 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
New fast pased game!
I am wanting to sit down and play a good game. I was wanting it to be 10-20 min for each turn. Bet only 5. It would be zero but it seems that is not allowed. I require 6 additional players. If you would like to play reply to this thread and spread the word. Once I have the needed players I will post the link to the game. Enjoy, looking forward to a game and have a good day.
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Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
The beat on D33 thread.
Have fun with it. It doesn't bother me at all. Just don't sink to profanities.
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Ayreon (3398 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Irregular etiquette... cheating
In game Supper's ready France and Austria has a strange comportament:
Austria has 18 SC plus other 2 SC to conquer to France and win instead he does not finish the game leaving the SCs to France while France announces that he wants more England's SCs before Austria win...
It's not regular do I ask the intervent of moderators...
Thanks
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kestasjk (64 DMod(P))
17 Oct 11 UTC
Male / female pay equality
I just read an article on the BBC, basically someone got sacked for saying women in New Zealand get paid 12% less, but it's because they need more leave (in particular he hinted at women's menstrual cycle as causing regular sick leave in some women)..
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stratagos (3269 D(S))
18 Oct 11 UTC
A word on trolls
If you see someone post something so ignorant, so enraging, so *wrong* that you just *have* to respond - the odds are they don't believe it and are just trying to get a reaction. Mute is your friend
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Balaran (0 DX)
17 Oct 11 UTC
cheating!
when someone is playing 2 countries in a game or chatting to another player to co-ordinate moves in GUNBOAT, Is there anything that can be done to ban them. Ive checked there records and they have played together alot and the cheating is clear.
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Fasces349 (0 DX)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Corruption in Texas
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/10/why_even_bother_consulting_the.php
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Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
16 Oct 11 UTC
Teen Diplomacy Tournament member list.
the list is below.
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jpgredsox (104 D)
12 Oct 11 UTC
Young-Earth Creationism
I learned today that, according to polls, a solid 40-50% of Americans believe in Young-Earth creationism, the view that God directly made the Earth and humans (no evolution!) about 6,000-10,000 years ago. Yay for American intelligence!
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Invictus (240 D)
18 Oct 11 UTC
Another Disgraceful Act by Chavez
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-venezuela-opposition-idUSTRE79G65T20111017

What else can you expect?
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Tolstoy (1962 D)
14 Oct 11 UTC
Is the New World Order unraveling?
I am interested in the opinion of the community:
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan189.html
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Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
18 Oct 11 UTC
Russia is my favorite nation to play.
And likely many of yours as well. Let those who smile at a successful triumph by the Tsar gather and show their support of the russian nation gather here in this forum.
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Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
17 Oct 11 UTC
Meat eating vs vegetarianism
Im doing a research project on eating meat, so i thought id poll the forum and see what it thinks.
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Diplomat33 (243 D(B))
17 Oct 11 UTC
My multi
Well, ill apologize to the community. I wasn't trying to gain points, just fool around in the forums. I hope the community will realize that. I will take what the mods decide to do with me. And i hope i am not shunned (thank goodness you are all not draugnar, j/k drag) Think about my situation here.
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Emperor Napoleon (100 D)
17 Oct 11 UTC
Worried about cheating...
I am very concerned that two players in a game I just joined are cheating, however I don't know how to take care of them. I see from another thread here that we can't post cheating accusations on the forum, so... what do I do?
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