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kaner406 (356 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
I thought it would be nice if,,,
for those optimists out there.
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xpedior (707 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
Maddening
The tactic of not finalizing moves in a live game becauase you are not happy with the way the game is going is amazingly childish.
Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jan 11 UTC
It's also their perogative. If you don't like the phase length, don't signup for the game.
ODaly (236 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
Maybe since they're in a bad spot, they want to use as much time as possible for diploming up some sympathy?
Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jan 11 UTC
And what is the phase length? 5, 10, 15 minutes? BFD!
If the phase length is 10 or 15 minutes I undestand your frustration. However, if it's only five I agree with ODaly that they're just using the time.
I know that in live games, i'll input tentative orders so i don't NMR, and then try and diplome myself a better position if i am not doing well. And if you are doing really well, it can take a while to input all your orders, and you are usually going to be doing some talking after that too.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
27 Jan 11 UTC
You know what else is maddening?

People who agree to a phase length and then bitch in the forum when players take the agreed upon time to actually play the game.
warsprite (152 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
Yes abgemacht that's amazingly childish.
Draugnar (0 DX)
27 Jan 11 UTC
abgemacht +1
figlesquidge (2131 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
That said, the actual (word for word) meaning of this post is correct.
If they are just doing it because they're pissed off then of course that's really childish
Rancher (1652 D(S))
27 Jan 11 UTC
oh for the days when the defeated would just crawl in their holes sheepishly and not get pissed off
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
27 Jan 11 UTC
Yeah, but who can tell.

I diplome until my last piece is gone. If people don't think I'm important enough to respond to, then they can just wait for the phase to change over.
xpedior (707 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
It was gunboat. No diplomacy. It was on retreats - when no choices available. Or builds when a destroy was called for. It was childish. But I shall go back to biting my tounge.
SacredDigits (102 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
It does vex me when there's a greyflagged retreat with "blowing up" the only option...or it did until I was in the predicament where I had a retreat that could only blow up, but wanted more of a sense of the board before I chose my next phase moves.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
27 Jan 11 UTC
Yeah, well in that case, it's pretty childish. However, these sorts of rants should really be left to the LPTPW thread.
StevenC. (1047 D(B))
27 Jan 11 UTC
It seems that a few people seem to think that this is a complaint forum to gather sympathy from the rest of us.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
27 Jan 11 UTC
Steven+1

Contrary to popular belief the webdip forum is not a replacement for twitter.
iMurk789 (100 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
Abgemacht and steven +1.

please keep your bitching about the phase lengths YOU SIGNED UP FOR off the forums. it doesnt matter if theyre doing it to be childish, being impatient about something you agreed to is just as bad, and its getting very annoying and repetitive seeing people complain about it.
alamothe (3367 D(B))
27 Jan 11 UTC
Maybe it's childish, but is it effective?
iMurk789 (100 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
only because there are people who are so impatient that they let it anger them
figlesquidge (2131 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
Which, as Alamothe points out, is a possible way to manipulate their mind
centurion1 (1478 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
its only annoying to me in gunboats.....
ulytau (541 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
In a hopeless gunboat game it is indeed childish, bit if it happens in mid to end-game in a regular 5 min/phase, you should be happy that you have some extra time to think farther ahead and engage in more talks. Ideally, others will be annoyed instead of you and playing against people on tilt has its merits.
centurion1 (1478 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
there are no talks in a gunboat game!
ulytau (541 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
That's why I put the word 'regular' in the following sentence, to distinguish the case where you can talk from a case when you can't.
centurion1 (1478 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
i was specifically referring to gunboats my apologies
ulytau (541 D)
28 Jan 11 UTC
No problem, I'm a bit too old to be offended by a random post OTI so apology accepted :)


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spyman (424 D(G))
27 Jan 11 UTC
The official complaints thread
If have some thing to complain about post here. This is also the sympathy thread. So if you wish to sympathize, post here too.
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AncientMemories (635 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
Questions
Couldn't find another thread for this, so i made one. This is here to ask questions mostly.
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Rommeltastic (1126 D(B))
26 Jan 11 UTC
World War One Set Alliances
I know it didn't work before, but I want to try it again.
Each team has to play until they're the only ones left, and Italy decides who to join starting in Spring 1902. Other than that, I think it's pretty simple. Anyone interested?
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malo (913 D)
27 Jan 11 UTC
New games...
http://www.vdiplomacy.com/
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
27 Jan 11 UTC
LAST PERSON TO POST WINS!!!!!!!
The title is self-explanatory.
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idealist (680 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
we should make a diplomacy iphone app
what do you think?
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
26 Jan 11 UTC
Amazing moment in Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtTUsqra-MU
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jmeyersd (4240 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
i hate the world
just heard fox's reaction to the state of the union address. the analyst just came out against education. my god.
also noticed how the first comment he had was on the applause.
other thoughts?
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magnificent (0 DX)
25 Jan 11 UTC
Please Help!!!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=48079 come pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
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pyeargin (100 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
Face to Face Play this weekend at OwlCon in Houston
Hey guys...a quick message from Conrad Woodring, the North American Diplomacy Federation President, to those interested in some face to face play in the Houston area this weekend at OwlCon.
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Wolf89 (215 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
What do you think about Italy?
I do not mean "What do you think about Italy as Dip power?", but i DO mean "What do you think about Italy in real life?"
I am really curious about what our reputation along the world is, and more specifically if we are gone to the bottom or even below with Berlusconi as Prime Minister (i will never say he is MY prime minister - and i doubt he deserves uppercase initials)
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The Czech (40398 D(S))
26 Jan 11 UTC
WTA Gunboat-79
Good luck to all.
Nice to have you in the game. Esp. you Barn
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zscheck (2531 D)
26 Jan 11 UTC
I'm Back!
Come play a game with me
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=48136
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The Czech (40398 D(S))
26 Jan 11 UTC
Live Gunboat
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centurion1 (1478 D)
25 Jan 11 UTC
help
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=48102#gamePanel

someone take england it would be greatly appreciated so the german actually has someone to fight....
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The Czech (40398 D(S))
26 Jan 11 UTC
Live gunboat 101 buy in
gameID=48115
starts in 20.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
24 Jan 11 UTC
Howard Zinn - American hero?
I just watched "You can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" [2004] - and i heard for the first time of Howard Zinn. I was rather impressed, but i wonder what anyone else thinks of him.
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
22 Jan 11 UTC
Minecraft Server
I have a MC server. If you'd like to join PM me.
Rules are simple: Don't be a dick.
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Invictus (240 D)
25 Jan 11 UTC
For you pro-leaks fanboys
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/24/nastyleaks?page=full

"Far from a triumph for transparency, the Palestine Papers are a victory for the enemies of peace in the Middle East -- but only if Palestinian leaders embrace Al Jazeera's narrative."
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magnificent (0 DX)
24 Jan 11 UTC
Please Help!!!
I attended the game and the start time 7 players came to a joint-stock arrived, but why not start
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magnificent (0 DX)
25 Jan 11 UTC
Please Help!!!
1 person needs to http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=48066
Please come
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Octavious (2701 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
Wassailing, anyone???
Just over a week ago I was at the annual Wassail in the village of Kilmersdon. Its a fun little event with much cider drinking, singing, and the firing of shotguns to scare the evil spirits out of the trees. But, much to my surprise, outside of the local area I've not met a single person who has gone Wassailing.

Does anyone else out there still do it? Anyone at all???
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
Packers/Steelers Super Bowl: Thoughts? (And CUTLER...!)
Two pretty fun games to watch--unless it was your team losing--as the Packers beat da Bears and the Steelers survived a near-miracle comeback by the Jets to win their conferences, and so Super Bowl XLV will feature two of the most storied teams ever, the Steelers and the Packers! What do yoiu folks think? (And as for CUTLER...oh...oh my...)
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Gobba (2209 D(G))
24 Jan 11 UTC
Protocol Question- "what does voting Draw/Cancel/Pause mean?"
I know what they each individually mean, but in a couple of games I have seen players vote all three at the same time. Is there something special about voting for all three, some suggestion being sent, etc?
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The_Real_LT (317 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
Ballaeres - Ancient Med.
My first time playing Ancient Med. I wasn't familiar with the board and when I selected to move my army in Sargentum to Ballaeres (with a fleet in the Berber Sea) it did not give me the option of convoy through , as per usual even with even the most simplest of convoys. I had to go and order the convoy with my ship. Then the non-conyoyed move to Ballaeres was supported via convoy. I'll never make this mistake again but I feel that maybe this should be remedied for all newcomers.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
24 Jan 11 UTC
League update?
So are we getting any closer to getting underway? Inquiring minds want to know.
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centurion1 (1478 D)
24 Jan 11 UTC
everybody.
please dont not ready your gunboat orders unless you need to.
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GOD (389 D)
20 Jan 11 UTC
Germanspeaking-Game
Is there any german on this Website ?

I would like to play an Anc.Med.-Game where I can speak german.
Would be much easier for me...
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