Forum
A place to discuss topics/games with other webDiplomacy players.
Page 1136 of 1419
FirstPreviousNextLast
copan (100 D)
08 Feb 14 UTC
fast match
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=135316

speed match at 5 min starting in 50 min. need 4 more people com-on :D
1 reply
Open
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Feb 14 UTC
Slavery
Posing a question in hopes of a friendly debate ... did the enslavement of Africans on the part of Europe economically benefit Africa?
67 replies
Open
fulhamish (4134 D)
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+3)
Katrina revisited
Barsky, L., Trainor, J., & Torres, M. (2006). Disaster realities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Revisiting the looting myth..................
Freely available at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/cornell-law-review/upload/Sun-final.pdf
32 replies
Open
Chaqa (3971 D(B))
07 Feb 14 UTC
Opinion on an opening
See next post.
12 replies
Open
Chaqa (3971 D(B))
07 Feb 14 UTC
Press the Red Button
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=135266
2 replies
Open
Maniac (189 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
Who would win in a fight between a lion and a shark
Discuss
6 replies
Open
Vallk (904 D)
07 Feb 14 UTC
Game Issue
As said, a bug in a world dip game. See below
2 replies
Open
The Czech (41806 D(S))
07 Feb 14 UTC
Mods, please check your email
Game ID and not were sent to your email. Live game, please respond soon.
7 replies
Open
Mapu (362 D)
17 Aug 13 UTC
(+2)
17/17 Tourney Finally Over!
Now someone needs to calculate the results.
215 replies
Open
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
07 Feb 14 UTC
Tsk Tsk ...... people spying on US diplomats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM#t=89
"Fuck the EU"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26072281
0 replies
Open
Tolstoy (1962 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
Is this cheating? Or just playing the game well?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551566/Seahawks-star-Richard-Sherman-says-cracked-Peyton-Mannings-hand-signal-code-Super-Bowl-able-predict-play.html
semck83 (229 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
Just playing the game well, of course. You can't eavesdrop or bug wires to figure it out, but there's obviously no rule prohibiting you from noticing that the team does particular things after the quarterback does particular things.
Putin33 (111 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
A wise man once asked, "how do sports affect my life"? I'm wondering what happened to him.
krellin (80 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/sports/football/13patriots.html?_r=0

It's against NFL rules to steal opponents signals. If they actively stole the signals with intent, it's probably cheating, by definition, but really it's impossible to make the case. "Hey ,man, we just noticed when he did X, they threw right..."

Sherman is a blithering idiot for admitting this.
Draugnar (0 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
If you can see it, it is fair game.
tendmote (100 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
You can't not see the hand signals. If they wanted them hidden, they should have hidden them.
semck83 (229 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
'A wise man once asked, "how do sports affect my life"? I'm wondering what happened to him.'

He got hit in the chest by a javelin.
krellin (80 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+2)
Putin, give us a break. You pretend to hate sports until it is a sport you are a fan of. Just ONCE let people be happy without pissing in their Wheaties.
Draugnar (0 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+3)
And krellin, it isn't against the rules to steal signals visible to the naked eye, only to use video or electronic surveillance in the process.
semck83 (229 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
From the article you yourself posted, krellin,

"Stealing signals has long been an accepted, if unspoken, part of football. One of the jobs of advance scouts is to watch the game from the press box and write down what signals are being used. Teams regularly station a coach in the press box with binoculars, hoping to read the lips of opponents, which is why offensive play callers shield their mouths when relaying the play on a headset.

"During a Washington Redskins game a few years ago, coaches realized that a quarterback they had cut was standing on the opposing sideline, telling the coach the Redskins’ signals.

"The Patriots’ video, then, would seem to be the technological evolution of long-held gamesmanship. One problem: videotaping is specifically prohibited by the league, and teams were recently reminded of it. "

So, thanks for posting and clearing that up. Now please learn to read your own articles.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+9)
PLEASE DO NOT MAKE CHEATING ACCUSATIONS ON THE FORUM.

EMAIL THE MODS AT NFL.COM!
krellin (80 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
ok - I stand corrected. It seemed a silly rule to me - impossible to enforce.
Putin33 (111 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
I'm only saying this because Tolstoy has said this many times in the past, and now he's made two NFL threads in the span of a couple of days.
Tolstoy (1962 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
"A wise man once asked, "how do sports affect my life"? I'm wondering what happened to him."

He's still here. This is less about sports than it is about what people consider "fair" and why.
tendmote (100 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
The ends justify the means.
Celticfox (100 D(B))
05 Feb 14 UTC
I think there's a big difference in video taping by a coach during the game and having defensive players figure it out while playing.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
I don't see how this could possibly constitute cheating. Tolstoy, would you care to explain why you think it might be?
Tolstoy (1962 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
I don't think it's cheating at all, but I saw this story posted elsewhere and the reaction by and large was that it was. I found this surprising and wanted to see if a different conclusion would be drawn elsewhere, hence the post here.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+3)
I fucking love Richard Sherman

The man is a Great American Hero
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+2)
I would buy a Richard Sherman action figure that you can push a button and it says "you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you gonna get" and the figure would be holding a football because obviously he caught an interception
Gunfighter06 (224 D)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Sherman is a douchebag of the first degree, but it's completely fair to read off of opposing hand signals. Football hand signals, even at high levels, are rarely complicated.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Feb 14 UTC
I'm a baseball player, I can't criticize anyone for stealing signs, and I'm pretty sure every team does it, even if it's so subtle the players don't even notice what they are making decisions based upon.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
Why is Richard Sherman a douchebag, he is the face of New Football, whose epoch has been ushered in by the Glorious Seahawks Championship Victory over football's staid anachronistic Old Guard
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
Pretty sure there is a new dynasty, new order, or new way after every championship season in every sport, and then, shockingly, nothing ever really changes. It takes a hell of a lot more than one season to do that.
richard sherman da GOAT
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
It's been building for a while now bo, Seattle's win is just the poster child for it. The culmination
The watershed moment
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
06 Feb 14 UTC
What's been building? That great defenses win championships, that the pass-happy team that sets the record for number of completions in a Super Bowl (34) gets beat by 40+ and only scores 8? That's been the case throughout the history of the NFL. It's nothing new. The only new thing about it is that Seattle did it and they did it with young players that had big coming-out seasons, like Richard Sherman.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Interesting Op-Ed piece on the gender/race discrimination that Sherman has had to endure for daring to express a little bravado. Please read before you (knee jerk) bash the krellster -- It's a good piece.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/more-than-thugsthe-case-richar-2014125134532950282.html
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
Krellin, because I care more about you actually changing than I do about some vendetta I want to say in response to this that if you prefer to save face by simply cleaning up your act with more posts like this and cutting the vitriol, without actually announcing as much or apologizing, go for it. Just please do it consistently so I can back off of you.

About the content of your post: I agree with the article pretty much completely. Patriarchy is constraining and harmful to both genders. If a woman is oppressed because she is never taken seriously in positions of power, a man is typecast as a violent, dangerous force of nature when he's angry.

You will find that for every negative gender stereotype there is in fact an often equally damaging complimentary gender stereotype for the other gender. One is clearly in the dominant role (men), but each is equally harmful and constraining. It is never helpful to forget about men in a discussion of gender. This reminded me of a great lecture by a male feminist ally:

http://www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue.html

I'm just surprised krellin that you chose not to mock the author's use of the term "men of color", though this was perhaps wise, since the utility of the phrase is obvious in the context of an article like the one you linked.

So it should not surprise us the gender and race intersect to cast black men as violent, passionate animals. Just as white women see an intersection of their race and gender creating an idea that they are pure, and fragile. Whereas black women are cast as simply stupid or crass, rather than violently dangerous or innocently incapable.

Intersectionality, for all the flak it has taken, was a huge step forward in understanding the broader phenomenon that is oppression.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
THUCY -- Thank you for, AGAIN, choosing to attack me....you once again demonstrate that all your vitriolic blathering about how bad the forums are is just sheer hypocrisy, as you are *frequently* the exact cause and start of the attacks. What a sad and pathetic little man you are.

And of course you agree with it...you wouldn't want to hold a human accountable for his or her public behavior...because to you, Sherman isn't a human...he is a "man of color" (classfiy, categorize....treat appropriately by flesh tone and gender) -- you are ready to give him an excuse for behaving in public in a manner which you, yourself, would never behave, and for which - let's say a CEO, Mark Zuckerberg - would be publicly vilified and probably run out of his company, just as the new femal CEO of GM would be run out of office before even starting....but, because he is a "man of color" you treat him differently, and hold him to a wholly different standard than you do others.

You bigotry is duly noted.

Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
If the post above is an attack, then I'm a monkey's uncle. Lol. Please do quote the "attacking" sections.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
Also, the whole fucking point is that white men often DO behave as Sherman did and are not the subject of such attention, indeed many astutely noticed that Harbaugh, 49ers coach also in the spotlight on the night of Sherman's boasts, himself a white man, is known for having anger issues and being excitable. And yet for him, there is no outcry.

Of course you would pretend to be willing to have a discussion only as a way to bait and attack me. I will carry on as normal since it's still obvious that even apparent civility from you is but a crass and childish charade.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Ahhhhh....there it is....I dared to disagree with Thucy, and suddenly I'm *only* here to bait and attack....<sigh....rolls eyes...> Thucy, thucy thucy....you predictable little bigot, you.

No, any man that acts like Sherman is judged accordingly. Harbaugh - the asshole coachof the 49'ers....is judged an asshole by any because he acts like an asshole. Thank you for that *wonderful* example of white assholism that many are aware of.

And for all those that dont judge Harbaugh, there are the Thucy's that also don't judge Sherman.

But....ironic, isn't it....here's Thucy:
* Harbaugh...he's white and he's an asshole and needs to be judged.
* Sherman...he's black is unfairly judged for being an asshole when he's not.

You have recently heaped praise on Sherman -- clearly you have no problem with his behavior....and yet you want (white) Harbaugh judged harshly for his.

Clear case of racial preference by the old Thucster..

Again...you are playing your selective judgement game based upon the race of the person involved.

Your bigotry is clearly on display again.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
**Question to others: "...apparent civility from you is but a crass and childish charade..."

Am I displaying a crass, childish charade? I provided a link with no comment, and am now trying to have a discussion about it...Thucy uses it as (yet another) launch-pad for attack. Dear god, people...if you believe in prayer, get down on your knees for this boy.
Draugnar (0 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Actually, krellin, Thucy didn't attack you in that very respectful and insightful post. He actually didn't even pass judgment one way or the other on Sherman. He merely made an observation of how society tends to pass judgment in the four quadrants of sex and race intersection.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
"Krellin, because I care more about you actually changing than I do about some vendetta I want to say in response to this that if you prefer to save face by simply cleaning up your act with more posts like this and cutting the vitriol, without actually announcing as much or apologizing, go for it. "

Oh...you mean that was Thucy being nice.....got it...

"I'm just surprised krellin that you chose not to mock the author's use of the term "men of color" And this delightful attack by Thucy - implying that I would mock this commonly used phrase....


Sadly, Darug, I think you have become so accustomed to Thucy rapid-dog routine that you fail to see his Attacks for what they are.

YES – Thucy had good points that he made….and he entertwined them with his typical attack-dog bullshit. King of the Hypocrites, that one…
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Maybe that big lovable lump of a Thucy can now go to teh GM CEO Pay thread and give us his opinion on that topic - since I would think the CEO / Worker pay gap vs. Female Pay is an issue he truly would be concerned about.

I invite you to that thread again, Thucy, if you are ready to behave and play nice.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
Lmao you're such an insufferable blowhard, dude.

Practically ever solitary line of your posts are misunderstandings, vulgarities, or lies. Get a grip.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
thucy -- ignoring the post, attack attack attack.

Par for the course. He's been caught in another act of bigotry, so he will cover it up with his typical attack routine.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Thucy:

FACT - In recent days, we have seen you openly singing the praises of Sherman.

You have made no negative comments about his behavior or anything - you love's you some Sherman, and you want the action figure -- this what you have said. Clearly his bad behavior doesn't bother you.

You now reference Harbaugh, a white guy, and a known hard-ass --- whom many people in sports media have called out as a hard-ass, by the way --- and you complain because he is not fairly judged for acting like an asshole.

Black man: Get a pass, gets high praise from Thucy for being a beligerent prick
White man: Thucy demands that he be judged harshly.

It is clear that Thucy has a different standard of behavior -- his expectations for how an individual is to act in public is based, first, on skin color in Thucy's World.
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/897446-how-long-before-people-figure-out-jim-harbaugh-is-the-biggest-jerk-in-the-nfl
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Feb 14 UTC
I'll tell you why I have no problem loving him. He's actually a nice dude. And even if his rant was a touch impolite, it's a game. He didn't shove anyone, he got amped after effectively ensuring his team would win the national championship, almost single-handedly. I bring up Harbaugh only to showcase the difference in national reaction, not to say that Harbaugh's behavior is particularly problematic either. But I happen to be a Seahawks fan so unless Harbaugh is raping kids or dogfighting, it's not really a big deal if he's a red-faced coach.

It's not as if he's you, using the n-word glibly to get a reaction out of people who actually take the issues of race, sexuality, gender, and so on seriously.
krellin (80 DX)
07 Feb 14 UTC
Thucy - you bring up Harbaugh as a *supposed* example of a bad actor (who is no different that Sherman) who doesn't take abuse in the public eye. Get the fuck out of here, seriously. Why don't you just google Harbaugh and tell me what sort of op-eds you find.

You are, again, just so blatantly and ridiculously wrong it isn't funny.

krellin (80 DX)
07 Feb 14 UTC
Thucy, I have used the word "nigger" in the past to make a point in a discussion...and to make a point that the empowerment of that word comes exactly by people like you quivering in fear and saying "n-word" and hope noone saw.

The word is used *widely* in all sorts of public displays (music artists), it is used by Madonna, it is used between white and black athletes on the field of play and in the locker room, it is used by kids walking down the street, and on playgrounds. It is used both as a casual, friendly greeting; and it is used as a vulgarity and harshest insult.

You are amongst those that *first* look at the color of a man's skin, and *then* you determine if he said a vulgarity, or if you are supposed to sheepishly look the other way and pretend you didn't hear the word.

You are the racist, my friend - constantly applying a different standard of behavior to each individual first and foremost based upon their skin color.

Frankly, it's repugnant in the extreme.


44 replies
ILN (100 D)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Why do some people just hate humanity?
http://imageshack.com/a/img547/2318/718a.jpg

6 replies
Open
krellin (80 DX)
04 Feb 14 UTC
GM Closes CEO/Worker Pay Gap By 50%
http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/02/03/white-house-missteps-on-gm-pay-gap/
Feminists outraged at GM's sensitivity to the growing social concern over excessive CEO pay.
<sigh...> Can't please em all, huh? She could have flipped 'em the bird and said no and taken their "insulting offer" to the press and a good lawyer.
134 replies
Open
krellin (80 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Ghost/Bloodless Babies and Other Headlines
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ghost-white-baby-born-blood/story?id=22364559 "BORN WITHOUT BLOOD" says the ABC News headline...
And you all criticize me for my "headline" writing in the forums. And you criticize me when I say the mainstream press is ridiculous...
Please share your favorite misleading headlines for fun and *inspiration*
15 replies
Open
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
04 Feb 14 UTC
(+2)
Coca-Cola
I bet they are panicking right now. They lost the trailer park market. It's a real shame that the far-right has to bash them for promoting diversity instead of respecting them for their abhorrent labor practices and terrible environmental record.
112 replies
Open
KingCyrus (511 D)
06 Feb 14 UTC
New person needs help
I just joined my first game, (online, I have played many times before on a board) and my game doesn't seem to be doing anything.. I am asked to vote on either 1. draw, 2. cancel, or 3. pause. I don't know what this means... Any help please?
8 replies
Open
krellin (80 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
The Danger of Dance Monkeys #humor
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/report-mystery-monkey-spotted-in-tampa-neighborhood/-/1637132/24283440/-/pvum9y/-/index.html

This is why we have to keep you dance monkeys constrained.
"...neighbors say they want it captured safely and moved elsewhere." Those are my kind of neighbors.
5 replies
Open
goldfinger0303 (3157 DMod)
06 Feb 14 UTC
(+2)
Hey guys I found a picture of obiwan
http://i.imgur.com/s4d7BX2.jpg
2 replies
Open
RawBeeG (0 DX)
06 Feb 14 UTC
Gunboat for People new to gunboat starting in 2 hours
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=135150
1 reply
Open
shield (3929 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
FTF Dip Tournament - TempleCon (RI)
Anyone going? It's this weekend.
5 replies
Open
steephie22 (182 D(S))
05 Feb 14 UTC
I'm reading a French book and I can't quite figure out this sentence:
"Il fait quelques pas en arrière, hésite puis revient le corps."

I know what most of the words mean but I can't figure out the meaning of the sentence.
Anyone able and willing to translate that sentence for me?
15 replies
Open
swampy11 (0 DX)
05 Feb 14 UTC
How to set up a private game?
Could you please walk me through how to set up a private game that is password protected for all members?
Thanks in advance.
`swamp
14 replies
Open
Celticfox (100 D(B))
04 Feb 14 UTC
Friendly Neighborhood GB game
I'm interested in getting a gunboat game together. Anyone interested?
17 replies
Open
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
03 Feb 14 UTC
(+9)
Hey, Krellin
Go away.
284 replies
Open
tendmote (100 D(B))
04 Feb 14 UTC
How do people choose their politics and economics?
Do people choose their political and economic allegiances based on logic and reason?
Or do they have an innate sense of what actions they’d prefer to do or have done, and choose the political and economic philosophies that say these actions are the steps that need to be taken to solve society’s problems?
61 replies
Open
ERAUfan97 (549 D)
04 Feb 14 UTC
(+1)
Anyone going to watch
the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham tonight?
25 replies
Open
Ogion (3817 D)
05 Feb 14 UTC
Disbanding units in CD Country
How is it determined which units a country in CD disbands when it is short on SCs? I don't seem to be able to figure out the rule.
7 replies
Open
President Eden (2750 D)
03 Feb 14 UTC
(+3)
why isnt there a wight history month
why do the blacks and the asians and the gays gets a history months but not the wights?? wights were people too
43 replies
Open
Alderian (2425 D(S))
03 Feb 14 UTC
(+2)
Ghost Ratings updated
http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/theghost-ratingslist
http://tournaments.webdiplomacy.net/theghost-ratingslist/ghost-ratings-by-category
15 replies
Open
ILN (100 D)
03 Feb 14 UTC
LoL
Anyone play? :D
22 replies
Open
Page 1136 of 1419
FirstPreviousNextLast
Back to top