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KingGuru (105 D)
24 Jul 14 UTC
Diplomacy World Championships Story on This American Life
Heard something about it on my local NPR station. Check local times, but I don't find anything about it on the TAL web site. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Thought all y'all should know.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
26 Jul 14 UTC
Signal Boost
http://www.cflas.org/was-lionfish-research-hijacked-by-12-year-old-from-palm-beach-florida/

Came across this earlier today, thought it might interest some of you.
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Maniac (189 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
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Maniac's first ruling
Here is my ruling regards the silencing of Krellin
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SYnapse (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
I quit
and won't return until Draugnar -and Blankflag- are reinstated.
I have an anonymous game ongoing and leave it to the mods to replace my position in that game.
Sayonara
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Jul 14 UTC
CNN Reporting Russia Firing Artillery into Ukraine
This in addition to a buildup of Russian forces less than five miles from the border.

Good job escalating the conflict there, Vladimir Putin!
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
27 Jul 14 UTC
Could someone tell me what happened in the Draugnar-case in chronological order?
I'm clearly missing stuff and I don't want to go through every thread.

It's not like he never contributed, but the gold medal he had has been stripped away from him..
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Maniac (189 D(B))
27 Jul 14 UTC
Yes, Yes Yes
I've just bought a Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 jump-jet from the UK govt who is strapped for cash. Bargain.
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THELEGION (0 DX)
27 Jul 14 UTC
rockstar maybe making a new Red Dead Game
Everybody wants a new red dead game ever since Red Dead Redemption and UnDead nightmare I have proof that they maybe working on it right as we speak its just they haven't openly stated it
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THELEGION (0 DX)
25 Jul 14 UTC
who would win
10,000 knights vs 10,000 samurais who will win *weapon hint one of them has a game changer this led to the destruction of both.
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
27 Jul 14 UTC
Someone broke the dropdown javascript
For order-entering, someone broke the dropdowns.
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THELEGION (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
a question about the rules admins and mods please answer
My friend has 2 brother who want to play this game. They live in the same house so they would all have the same IP address and I know your not suppose to know a person outside the game but they can't help it. But would that technically be violating the rules or not.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
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Is it me, or has the forim.moderation swung too far the other way?
Just saying when a lighthearted thread about the correlation between lawn care and politics gets locked, it's gone too far. I think my forum time will be wrapping up soon cause this is gonna kill all discussion.
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
23 Jul 14 UTC
Let's rename Detroit
Okay, so we know detroit is in a bad spot. No one wants to visit "Detroit" so let's rename it. What could we call it to attract more visitors and help Detroit out of this.
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Maniac (189 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
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Maniac's BIG announcement part one of several
I've bought the rights to diplomacy. See inside.
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
07 Jul 14 UTC
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Gunboat GR Challenge!
So, I hear there's this thing called gunboat that some people like. Please use this link to get your GR: http://tinyurl.com/l95mavg
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
26 Jul 14 UTC
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Need a New Turkey
gameID=144888

So, Draug was banned in the game I created to celebrate retiring...
Reasonable position and the game has just begun. Please PM me if you're interested in playing.
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semck83 (229 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
Boyhood
Did anybody else see this film? I was really looking forward to it, but I was actually very disappointed once I saw it. I thought the first hour (~1/3) was great, and then it just fell apart.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
I called it folks. The "admin" isad with his power and not conaulting others.
Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL! Terminate 2WL!
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Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
Twonthreads on two separate topics...
Yet a mod who isn't supposed to forum.moderate locks the one about the silenced user because he doesn't like the user claiming it was spam. This is a third thread about yet another abuse of power. I bet it gets locked too.

Stop abusing your powers!
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Draugnar (0 DX)
26 Jul 14 UTC
BRING BACKNKRELLIN. BRING BACK KRELLIN. BRIMG BACK KRELLIN...
This may get me silenced but this was a bullshit silencing and I'm not the only person feels so.
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thomas dullan (422 D)
26 Jul 14 UTC
Jolly Roger
The first ever female Captain of a Royal Naval frigate has been suspended amid allegations of her having had an affair with a member of her crew. A sacking offence?
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SYnapse (0 DX)
25 Jul 14 UTC
If you could take one piece of current technology back in time
Where you would go and what would you take?
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KingJohnII (1575 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
come join the fun
just started a new game of Modern Dip, non anonymous! Come and join the fun, 36 hr turns. 145042 is the game id.
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Tolstoy (1962 D)
23 Jul 14 UTC
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Israel rejects ANOTHER 10-Year Truce
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/report-israel-conditions.html
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dirge (768 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
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lawns and political alignment
Seeing krellin's lawn on google street view made me wonder, is there a correlation between use of dandelion herbicidal chemicals and political rightwingedness?

Furthermore, if there is such a correlation, could the cause of said phenomenon be resultant from the corrosive effect of stated chemicals on human neural systems?
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Al Swearengen (0 DX)
25 Jul 14 UTC
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Date Movie Needed
What's the most car-chase and explosion -packed film in theaters now?
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trip (696 D(B))
26 Jul 14 UTC
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This place needs to lighten up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrUge8AQSg
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rojimy1123 (597 D)
25 Jul 14 UTC
Summon the Golgathim EoG thread
gameID=142820
End of game posting thread. Take it as a learning opportunity.
rojimy1123 (597 D)
25 Jul 14 UTC
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OK, so here's how it went for me, and what I was trying to do:
S01-I was really trying for the Juggernaut, but I think I had Italy and Austria both convinced I was allied with them. Really I was sowing dissent between them so Russia and I could wipe them out. Austria didn't go for Serbia, so I was guaranteed 2 builds. Still not sure how I worked that out exactly, may have been blind luck, but I'm not arguing. In the west, I started talking to England about a possible 2-way split if things fell right for both of us. Mainly I was trying to foment anxiety among all of them so that no alliances formed immediately. Besides...as Turkey, the last thing you want is a strong France. England poses much less of a threat than France or Germany, especially where a Juggernaut is concerned.
S02-The intent was always to crush Austria. Russia allowed me the Black Sea, so Juggy should have been apparent. Unfortunately, Austria got a rogue unit behind Russia's line that presented a problem. At this point, I started persuading Italy to join in the fight against Italy in case Russia couldn't hold up his end of the alliance.
A02-Russia was totally boogered by this point. Juggy couldn't roll, so I had to rethink my options. I worked to keep the 3 western powers at odds with each other since an alliance of any kind forming in the west spelled doom for the east while the future was still in the air. Question: where in the blue hell is that Italian army going?
03-What looks like a stab on Russia is indeed a stab. He asked me to move into Ukraine to help fend off Austria. Knowing this was a fruitless venture, I parlayed with Austria to gain his support and went ahead with the Russian stab. I also figured Germany was anti-Russian considering the opening standoff in Sweden. Time to cut losses and grab centers while the getting was good. Besides...Austria at this point would love to get back in the game in lieu of getting wiped out in the next year.
04-Decisions, decisions. Ally with Italy to eliminate Austria and go for the win? Or ally with Austria to eliminate Italy and head for a likely draw (I knew going after Italy would leave my entire center exposed while my fleets headed west, so I was unlikely to have another opportunity to truly try for the solo). With the west still a mess and Italy refusing to say more than 3-4 words to me in any messages, I gambled that the pro-Austria play was the best decision and headed for the boot.
05-To solidify the alliance, I willingly gave up 2 centers. Austria would need them to hold the northern line and help me put pressure on Italy. I'm still unguarded, so if Austria was going to stab now would be the time. I was on pins and needles this entire year (and 06) expecting an Austrian stab while I was otherwise preoccupied and distinctly fleet-heavy.
06-A breakthrough in the Italian defense (finally!). France and Germany are, in my mind, now convinced that they're next and begin to wheel east. Too little too late I think. This gave England the breathing room he needed (and had been clamoring for) to finally mount an offensive and press his Naval advantage. Talks begin for a 3-way draw.
07 to 09-Pretty much academic at this point. The 3-way draw had been accepted during build phase, so all we had to do was roll west and hold the seas around Britain to be successful.
10-A little hairy here. Austria thought I was going to stab for a solo win because I asked him to take Tuscany. I have a touch of OCD and that little sliver of green left on the board was irking me. In any event, we had some skirmishes (and I managed to take Marseilles, for which I duly apologized) but came out clear on the other side of what was otherwise a successful marriage.

All in all one of the most entertaining games I've been part of. Lots of intrigue, clever play from all sides, and well-timed stabs. I also managed to shake off some of my bad habits from other games and learn a thing or two about negotiating skill (especially how important it is for a corner power with little room to expand).


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SantaClausowitz (360 D)
20 Jul 14 UTC
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The Great Filter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

In short the great filter theory suggests that we have not encountered intelligent life yet because there is a "great filter" that prevents planetary life from reaching advanced intelligence necessary for galactic expansion.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
25 Jul 14 UTC
Is a single mod or admkn over 30?
Is the site management ageist? Do they really represent the membership of the site.
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