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I recently started using Facebook just to reach people I can't contact any other way. It just occurred to me that it makes sense to friend pretty much every suggested person, even random people who added me for unknown reasons, from a PR point of view. I don't know what that does to my privacy if I do start to use it though.. Thoughts?
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-12/donald-trump-said-to-weigh-newt-gingrich-for-vice-presidential-role Let's go with a serial adulterer that got sued for repeated failure to pay alimony.
I was noticing that in the past players from webdip had a league, I was interested in joining this year. I love some good ole Fantasy Football. The leagues on ESPN are back up.
The dictator in Moscow have set up a trolling agency in Saint Petersburg that sole pupose is to do trolling of forums like ours and similar forums all over the Internet. Please read more about it on wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolls_from_Olgino or just Google on "Russian trolling".
Fort McMurray Fire Challenge - 10 cents per diplomacy point challenge
While we may battle and discuss war from the safety of our computers. My thoughts go out to the evacuated residents of Fort McMurray (80 - 90,000) where nature has created its own war zone in a couple of days.
Someone should tell the science minister that you can't censor the internet - McBoatface will live on, now matter what you out on it's 'official' naming document.
Hi all, I hope this is the right space for such a silly question. Forgive me, please, if I'm wrong. I'm not sure about the "Notes" among the messaging options. How does work it? Why and whom should I "Send" a Note?
I know that a lot has changed since Richard Sharp died in the game and that his book is no longer current, (like how Lepantos always get Italy killed now and how France always loses in a war in the Mediterranean, at least in the games I have seen) would anyone mind telling me what is good and not so good now?
Pretty much what the title says. We often consider the "right thing to do" when making a decision, but why do moral arguments matter? Is it due to societal structures, personal interest, definitive moral good? I'm curious about everyone's thoughts on this.
Anyone with any predictions for the election tonight? I've not been paying a huge amount of attention, but locally there's some optimism amongst Tories despite Corbyn insisting he'd lose no seats.
This is the thread for all live games of Mafia, all steam games of Civilization or anything else, Chess games, or anything else you wish to organise. Now in one easy place to reduce forum clutter and to ensure that people only ever have one thread to mute if they don't wish to take part in these games.
Why can't I select nowhere to retreat, or disband a unit when I want?
The rules say I can elect to disband instead of retreating, but there seems no way to sav his choice in the GUI. So when I am faced with disbanding as a result of having nowhere to retreat to, I seem to have no choice but to let the clock run down, which slows down the whole game for me and all the other players.
This a cheating accusation about an ongoing live game in which I plan to degrade a group of people in a way only describable as offensive and then I plan on making multi-accounts to try to flush the cheater out only to later offer everyone fake passports for a cheap cheap price.
I recently muted mafia (go ahead burn me in effigy) as it took up my entire forum page... instead of disappearing to reveal all the more interesting but less active threads I instead see a blank white page or 1 or 2 forum threads followed by a blank white page. Anyone else experience this?
I know that I can come across as a jerk, or a disruptive nuisance. I don't intend to upset anybody. I have quite bad anxiety and I find online interaction much more difficult than face-to-face conversations. Unfortunately it's also the case that some people notice this, and find it a fun game to play on my anxiety and try to provoke me at every turn. The angrier I get, the more those people like it - and everyone else has to suffer a tiresome spectacle that gets in the way of their fun.
Amongst my RL friends, I'm genuinely thought of, I think, as a pretty nice guy. But on here, I come across badly and I get on some people's nerves.
I don't actually want to be anyone's enemy, and I apologise if I come across badly or upset anybody. I will try harder to remain calm and not allow people to wind me up.
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life"
-- Possibly said by Churchill, but who knows these days?
You are indeed a jerk and source of great irritation, and you're somewhat hypocritical as you yourself post a great many of the most deliberately provoking threads on this forum. But God knows it would be a more tedious place without you around. There aren't many outstanding members of the community left.
I like you Jamie. Mainly because you at least try to be intellectually honest, which puts you head and shoulders above most of this crowd of misfits, buggers, fascists and fools, and libtards. I'd like to buy you something nice with your money so you feel better.
I don't bother so much with the forum now, but still play. However, I do remember that you and I have had our run-ins in the past. I guess nearly all of us are deliberately provocative from time to time too - is that what they call being a troll? Anyway I have never had the impression that you were a nasty person. Moreover, I am sure that your core beliefs are sincerely held and rooted in a compassionate approach.
If people on the internet don't hate you, you're doing it wrong, but if people on a Diplomacy website don't hate you, you might as well just give up, really.
I can honestly say I don't know what you're talking about, Jamie, but this seems to be the kind of self-reflection that can't hurt.
You're probably being a little too harsh on yourself, but only because you keep yourself to higher standards than others which is a good thing, especially if you don't do it to be 'superior' but just because that's who you are.
Keep improving and if you fail, don't worry because you were fine before you started improving already.
I don't find that any of your description of you being irritable is anywhere close to the mark. I appreciate your voice, actually, since you tend to stand for the right things.
Second, text communication sucks and tends to piss people off, so don't take other people's reactions in internet forums that seriously. Angry people will get pissed off, because they only have words on a screen to react to so they fill in with their own emotions. Just how it is.
It's a odd thing, steephie, but I still think of you as new. I guess when you arrived I'd been around just long enough to start thinking of myself as something of a regular, and start becoming irritated by new forum voices that never seem to shut up :p.
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Jamie is the poor sod with the thankless task of being jamiet99uk.
@Jamiet99uk? Are you kidding us? You must be. Noone can have a goal/need to be loved by everyone on an Internet forum, can you? If it is really so, my advice to you is to log out and get out there IRL and get some real friends. This place is highly artificial!
I think of *you* as new! In fact, I remember an older Octavious-like name that predated you and the endless confusion it caused me as he started posting less and you started posting more.
Peterlund, I wouldn't say that was my goal, no. I made this thread as an apology, and perhaps an explanation, not in the hope or expectation that it would encourage anyone to like me. It saddens me a little that some people here seem to dislike me, or indeed in some cases derive pleasure from making me sad or angry, but I don't expect that this thread will change the minds of every one of those people. Such is life.
@jamiet99uk. Understand your point. There is a great button "mute" that can be used for the worst people, but easier is just to ignore them. Those guys noone, that matters on this forum, take seriously, and you shouldn't either. I do the latter...
You, of course, fall into the category of the ancient ones, along with the likes of Thucy, D who must not be named, Ghostie, Maniac, Figlesquidge, Jamie et al.
Thinking about it, the window of time between old establishment and irritatingly new players is really quite small.
Jamie: I may passionately disagree with you on some things, but if we bumped in to each other at a bar I'd be willing to bet that we could have a few drinks and share some laughs.
The only universally liked person on webdip is Soc. because he is hands down the smartest guy on the site without anyone coming close. And, hes also quite humble. A true embodiment of what this site "could" be.
I've been around a couple years... Jamiet, I disagree with a lot of what you say, but you sound genuine in it. I don't dislike you, I just find you mildly annoying ;)
Well guys, Trump's days are numbered. Carly will win the womens vote, and defeat Hillary with Cruze at the helm. America is saved, shes gonna do her HP skills on America.
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