So in theory even if you had a 24-hour phase game you could play it like a 5-minute game?

in theory

yes, if everyone agreed

Ok thanks, to celebrate that fact I feel another Tournament coming on.......just need a name

Before we had proper live games players used to agree to ready in five minutes. Didn't always go as planned, alas, as players would CD.

I suppose once they have 'Left' as in CD'ed the 5-minute Ready-Up thing works again but not until you have had 2 x 24-hour phases waiting for them to CD.
I just can't imagine the world without 5-minute Diplo games, it must have been tough in those days, like working down pit or scurvy

spyman you're a gold donator but you have only played 30 games in 4 years, who are you spying for because you're obviously not on this forum for the Diplomacy? Tell me now or I'll have to call in Columbo and there'll be a lot more questions as you well know

gameID=17552 - interesting !!

Spyman may only have 30 games, but it's quality, not quantity, that counts, fucktard ...er... Nigee. ;-)

STEP RIGHT UP TO SANDGOOSE'S NUMBER CRUNCHER! WHERE WE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND CRUSH YOUR DREAMS!

Nigee
Combined losses of 216 games lost/resigned out of 340. This means you lose about 64% of the time..

Spyman
Combined losses of about 11 games out of 30. This means he loses bout 37% of the time.

Now, im no master of ratios, but you're not exactly the brightest domino on the block....

and in case you wanted to look it up for me and start bashing Muahhh....I have a combined lost of 16 games out of 50. I lose about 32% of the time...and I don't resign... ;)

Just to defend spyman here...and piggy on Draug, don't be stupid, as his input should be just as, if not, MORE valid than yours. :D
Though, upon a second read, I am sure you were just trying to tell a joke, that being said, sorry :P

55/146 (38%) lost here. Comparable to spyman adn close enough to SG to make Nigee look like a Nemo's dad amongst the sharks. You better hope we are followers of the "Fish are friends, not food" school, Nigee. :-)

I think you kinda missed the point completely but that's cool, the clue was in the words I wrote, it wasn't supposed to be a test of your intelligence.
The point I was making was that Spyman has been around for a very long time but is a gold donator having only played 30 games, I wasn't passing reference on his quality of play, his game stats, etc, etc. He has also been very helpful about subjects concerning the running of the website, like a benevolent dictator. Could Spyman be an alias for the man himself? That was kinda what I was alluding to, obviously not very well :-)

Ah! And no, Kestas has his own account. Spyman just chose to donate enough to get the gold donator coin.

There's a saying in comedy. If you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke. :-)