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23 Oct 13 UTC

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Was life better under Labour or Tories?

To be honest I find it difficult to decide between life under Blair or life under Cameron. I have been more prosperous under Cameron but that's due to my own career, and I do remember Blair's regime being a bit intrusive, but maybe that's just false memory.

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Portrait of a CEO

Found this profile in LinkedIN and wanted to share - there are *so* many of you that operate under this delusion that CEO's sit on their asses sucking down caviar and drinking campaign while figuring out ways to stick it to the little guy. If you've ever known one, or know the child of a CEO, you know a guy that is never home, always on the go. THIS guy in this profile is invovled in about 20 different companies...helping other people make it int he world. Yeah...what a bastard!

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23 Oct 13 UTC

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What does...

Parameter 'fromTerrID' set to invalid value '4'

Mean? To the best of my knowledge I am setting a proper order.

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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VARIANTS

You guys ever play the variants on vdip? What do you think are the best ones?

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20 Oct 13 UTC

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Capture Your Capital

I once saw someone refer to a modern map game whereby everyone was given a target on the other side of the map that they had to get to and hold. Does anyone know how this was set up (e.g. which did each country have to aim for?) and would anyone be interested in trying to set a game of it up?

SunRa (1049 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Not the same but basic idea to have something els to aim for have been played a lot in Sweden.
I remember 1993! We had a training camp (before EDC in was it birmingham)in a cottage in the countryside outside Uppsala. There roleplayingdiplomacy was invented
Idea was to simulate weird playingstyles we could encounter, so all picked a note from a hat and that became their "thing" exampel, you love fleets! If you get builds you always build as many fleets as possible! If you disband fleets first!

You think a draw is better than a win, and you want everyone in it, extream balance of power!

You pick one ally 01 and stay with him whatever happens, even if facing a solo.

Love convoys! Use them when ever you can, offer other to convoy them all the time, and take a offer from someone else all the time.

And so on...

Sorry for derailing.... Just had a walk down memorylane...

(If you wanna play roleplaydiplomacy send me a message, ill gladly "gm" it.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Sounds interesting. I'm more than happy to try anything new if you can get people involved.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

I'm very interested in playing what Battalion says, but I don't have any concrete answers. Also, what were the winning conditions? Own both capitals and you win? How do you implement winning, if that makes sense? Since the game only ends when the right amount of SCs is reached... Or are you suggesting playing by email? I'm in either way.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

SunRa's idea just sounds like a headache to me though. I won't be in that.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

implementing winning was the question that I was most looking for answers for. I know it's been played on WebDip before, so I was hoping someone would have a good idea. At the very worst you could just end it as a draw or everyone else resigns/leaves the game. Neither seem ideal though.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Or 'give' the required SCs to the winner.

I'm guessing it has been played by email though, but that requires a game moderator willing to send a map to everyone each turn and that kind of stuff.

Also you might be better served on vdiplomacy.net.
Less competition but it's pretty much made for variants, so that's where you'll find a lot of variant-lovers.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Perhaps the best way that SunRa's idea could be used is to decide alliances for countries from the start with the end-goal being a draw between you and your allies.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

That's called team diplomacy.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Fair enough. Never seen it or played it, so I wouldn't know.

Hot Fuzz (159 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

I'll love to join such a game. Count me in

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

So far we have:

1) Me
2) SunRa?
3) Steephie22
4) Hot Fuzz

I like your idea about SCs at the end-game Steephie.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Also WTA naturally.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Right? Anyone disagrees with that?

Hot Fuzz (159 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

What will be the winning conditions?

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Winning conditions - you capture your designated 'capital' (which is on the other side of the map to your starting position) and hold it in Autumn/Fall. At this point all other nations give up SCs so that the winner wins (if that makes sense). In the case of a draw, play continues until only one person holds their capital in Autumn (other players are allowed to capture theirs in the mean time). Thoughts? Anyone else want to join?

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

I think taking a set amount of capitals if there are just some SCs designated capital, or take 2/3 capitals specific to your country, one of which in it and 2 more in hard-to-reach corners...

bo_sox48 (5202 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Why don't you do this on a site with this variant?

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Batallion's idea allows you to sort of immigrate towards your designated capital instead of just making your empire bigger, not sure what would be better though.

I have a new and IMO better idea:

We could just set one capital in each power's home territory, so London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Constantinople, Rome and I'm not sure what the capital of Austria would be.

And then you can only build units when you have a capital, and you win with 4 capitals, or just 18 SCs as usual.

Come to think of it, it would be more fun if we take it a step further: you can only build at capitals!

That would make capitals crucial for everyone, and more would be better always, while SCs are still relevant for builds. We may need to do that over mail though since you can't build in foreign SCs on this site, while that is the best part IMO.

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

bo_sox: what site has it?

bo_sox48 (5202 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

No idea. You could do it by email too.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

bo_sox: I can't find a site with it, and although we could play by email, we could also play it here, perhaps more easily.

Steephie22: the impression I had gained from the game that I previously mentioned was that you had one capital at the opposite side of the board which you had to capture and hold. This means that all countries are trying to get to the other side and getting in each other's way. Alternatively you could try the longer way around. You don't need to hold your home centres (although you obviously can), but could instead gain them and lose them as you go.

I'm happy to play whatever variant is most popular.

Battalion (177 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

Bump

steephie22 (182 )
20 Oct 13 UTC

I'm happy with anything too, and I know what you meant, but I think my thing would be better. If you disagree and others want your idea's fine.

JECE (1248 )
22 Oct 13 UTC

Battalion: Take a look here:
http://www.variantbank.org/

Battalion (177 )
22 Oct 13 UTC

Anyone who has been interested, read this post: As was suggested by someone else (can't find who with a quick skim, but thanks!), I have gone onto vDip (variantDip) to gauge interest over there. It seems much more suited to the idea (it even has a 'concede' button). May I suggest that anyone who wants to play signs up to vDip (http://vdiplomacy.net/) and gets involved with the forum thread there (http://vdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=48207). Get involved!

JECE: Thanks for your help too!

steephie22 (182 )
23 Oct 13 UTC

You're welcome :)

Battalion (177 )
23 Oct 13 UTC

Thanks, Steephie. Everyone else, we only need 2 more players on vDip - act now!

Mujus (1495 )
23 Oct 13 UTC

I think you might be talking about the Left Shift variant--I played it a couple of times back in the old days on AOL Diplomacy (pbem). It's fun--you have to fight or negotiate your way back to your home centers before you can build, so it's very, very important to protect both your centers and your units, because a disband can't be replaced until you've held a center long enough to build on it.

steephie22 (182 )
23 Oct 13 UTC

Pretty sure that's not what he means but that's a fun variant too.

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23 Oct 13 UTC

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Does anyone work in Wall Street?

I started a stock market simulator and am really getting into it. I'd like to learn a lot more to be able to trade some of my own funds once I'm more comfortable. Any recommended reading for someone looking to learn more about investing, chart reading, etc.? There is so much out there I can't tell what is garbage being sold and what is good.

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17 Oct 13 UTC

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October Ghost Ratings

Any word on when?

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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New member

Hi I am a new member as the title suggests I have played a few f2f games and some on another site is there anything that's different about this site?

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22 Oct 13 UTC
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Bods out of control (NSFW)

Post pics of great bods here.

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22 Oct 13 UTC
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Moms out of control

This is the kind of threat dirty old draugnar wants right?

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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trolls out of control

I get wanting to get approval on the humour of troll threads... Don't get me wrong. But... (see inside)

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21 Oct 13 UTC

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What to play next?

have just finished a Civ V marathon, and fear I will be disappointed by anything that follows. Any recommendations?

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22 Oct 13 UTC
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yj let's make porn

the other thread got locked before i could say it

let's do this studmuffin <3

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21 Oct 13 UTC

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Facebook Policy: Nudity is bad, violent murder is fine

Can anyone see the logic in Facebook's latest policy decision?

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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Carmaggedon

Open Worlds game. 2 day move time. Open communication. Come have fun. http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=127910

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18 Oct 13 UTC

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The JSF

Could someone explain the concept and justification of the JSF for me? I've kinda always viewed the whole program as the epitome of military waste, because (as far as I know, please enlighten me) is seems like the Pentagon is replacing perfectly effective planes (the A-10, F22, F18), all specifically suited to their niche with ultra-expensive planes that do the jobs of all models stated above, only at a more generalized and mediocre level.

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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invite me to DeNA wolrdDip game

I wanna play in the DeNA game.

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Looking for some Good Old Fashioned Erotica

Hi guys, I've been really bored of the internet lately, so I figured I'd create a thread for all of our favorite pornography. Feel free to post your favorite videos and sites, and don't hold back--if you like really interesting stuff, let us know. I hope that we can create a great pornographic community on Webdiplomacy.net, and maybe even make some of our own!

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A Salute to SplitDiplomat and TheCzech

Let's salute SplitDiplomat and TheCzech - these players don't just get into politely arranged, uptight, evenly matched Ghost Ranking games. They get in there and embrace the chaos against anyone and everyone, risking freak loss at the hands of any old noob and damage to their GR. Respect!

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30 Sep 13 UTC

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New anon 36-hour WTA gunboat for reliable players

Any interest in a new anon 36-hour WTA gunboat (or two)? Looking for reasonable buy-in, reasonable skill level and extremely reliable players (few/no resigns).

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22 Oct 13 UTC

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join the live gunboat game now.

Fast Europe-138

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Tea partiers above average at science

For a fun, completely statistically insignificant, easy-to-misinterpret, and unprocessed statistical datum, see this post by a Yale Law professor on his surprise at finding that being in the tea party correlates positively with scientific knowledge. Should be good for some fun discussion.

http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2013/10/15/some-data-on-education-religiosity-ideology-and-science-comp.html?lastPage=true

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20 Oct 13 UTC

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A Salute to Sbyvl and TC

Let's salute Sbyvl and Tettleton's Chew - these players don't just get into politely arranged, uptight, evenly matched forum debates. They get in there and embrace the chaos against anyone and everyone, risking freak loss at the hands of any old noob and damage to their discriminatory half-brains. Respect!

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21 Oct 13 UTC

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This makes the USA look good

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-upholding-ban-of-aboriginal-groups-at-oilsands-hearing-1.2127523

If you pay any attention to the way indigenous groups are treated, you'll know this really doesn't come as a huge surprise.

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Who to silence next

How about the next person to post one of these threads which is knocking actual diplomacy related threads (yes we actually have a few of these) off the front page.

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20 Oct 13 UTC

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Is using the word 'fuck' a problem to anyone?

Does anyone give a **** about it? What does it express? I usually use it in a funny way if I use it, around people who don't mind... But who does mind?

Discuss :P

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NFL Pick 'em: Week 7--Peyton's Homecoming, Rex's Boasting, and Monday's Debacle

We kick off Week 7 of the season tonight with a contest Obi hates--Seahawks and Cardinals, Hate vs. Hate. The unbeaten Broncos travel to Indy as Peyton "comes home" to take on his former team, the Colts. Rex Ryan has his swagger (and mouth) back and says he thinks Jets/Pats this week can be like the Jets won against the Pats...years ago...and Giants/Vikes in a MNF disaster of scheduling. So, that and more, Week 7--PICK 'EM!

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20 Oct 13 UTC

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To those in the WebDip Fantasy League

I hate Yahoo with a passion now. That is all.

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21 Oct 13 UTC

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World Series 2013

Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Who win's game 1 @Boston?

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21 Oct 13 UTC
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What to spam next?

Have just finished making a troll thread on webdiplomacy, I feel that I will be disappointed by anything that follows, Any recommendations.

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