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ghug (5068 D(B))
04 May 16 UTC
Replacements needed for two Modern games
A player has had to leave the site due to a medical emergency and he has two positions that need replacing. The games are early and the positions are decent.

gameID=177532 and gameID=177868
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 May 16 UTC
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[Suggestion] Everyones a winner.
I'd like there to be a double elimination tournament on webdip using an everyones a winner variant. All victory conditions at the beginning of the game are anyone who gains a supply center wins.
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
04 May 16 UTC
Mafia XIX Game Thread
Please hold.
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brainbomb (295 D)
03 May 16 UTC
Bronies
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C-Rad (768 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Brexit or Brit-Stick
I am currently unsure to whether to vote Brexit or Brit-Stick what are your views?
Octavious (2732 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Brit-Stick? Is that a thing?
peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
You should stay in, so I can continue to have meaningful discussions with you here from Sweden. :)
Lord Bolton (384 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Other than Obama and his cronies, the word from America from those who pay attention is: get the heck out of there before Brussels drags you under and Berlin runs what used to be Britain.
peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
He sounded like a Trump/Putin supporter. :/
Octavious (2732 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
I dread to think of what Europe would look like if it wasn't for the calm leadership provided by Britain. If we leave we will create a monster, and living next to such an organization would be a disaster.
peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
@octavious. That was a very apocalyptic statement. I am confident that we will do just fine also without your "calm leadership" but I would miss you I have to confess as the good friends you are from northern Europe.
Buachaille (100 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
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I think the easiest way of resolving whether Brexit is a good idea is to examine the character and politics of those advocating it and whether you'd trust anything else they say.
steephie22 (182 D(S))
30 Apr 16 UTC
Comparing to those advocating against it, of course?
Buachaille (100 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Of course. However it is easier to see what the results of a vote to remain will be, given it essentially means an extension of the status quo. A vote to exit requires more imagination hence my emphasis on looking at who's advocating it. :)
Droid (192 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
You can vote to leave the EU and start to prepare the refugee camps at Folkeston as I don't think we want to keep the border control for entering fortress Britain in Calais, despite the money the UK is willing to pay to build a wall around the tunnel.

As Britain has never really been fully integrated into Europe, prefering to keep the pound and stay out of the Euro ( not necessarily a bad choice), then a vote to leave is only really going to effect England and Scotland ( the latter will want to leave the UK and stay in Europe, or rejoin). Probably should start work on repairing Hadrian's wall!

As referendums in Britain are not legally binding and Parliament can ignore a vote to leave, such a vote is only likely to result in a general election.

If you are perhaps less selfishly inclined you would vote to stay in Europe so that British people living and working in Europe and similarly foreigners from Europe living and working in the UK could continue their lives without the concern as to their situation after the referendum and the UK would continue to exist with Scotland a part of it.

I believe the two big issues for people wanting to leave (ignoring the Brittania rules the waves flag waving patriotism) are immigration and the health service. Leaving Europe will not change anything regarding immigration unless you see a reciprocal ban on living and working in Britain and Europe as a feasible step. Equally, the strain on the health service needs to be addressed by spending more money, afterall, if you have 10 million European (probably I exagerating here) living and working and paying taxes in the UK then there is more money coming in to fund the health service and all other social benefits and if that is not happening it's the fault of the government!
Putin33 (111 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
The UK is about as relevant to the EU as Liechtenstein so who really cares?
Buachaille (100 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
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Those who're going to vote? The person who started the thread?
steephie22 (182 D(S))
30 Apr 16 UTC
That statement is false. We're also talking about someone who is apparently British, so the more important issue is how relevant the EU is for the UK, assuming he wants to vote for what's best for him or the nation ad opposed to the world.
Putin33 (111 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Sure it makes for a bit of drama. But I don't think in or out will make a bit of a difference. The UK will continue to hate Europe while telling Europe what to do, Europe will continue to ignore them when they're not trying to appease them.
peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
The best thing for the UK is to stay in. The best thing for the EU is that the UK stays in. So I think we all can agree on this issue. :)
MajorMitchell (1605 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
In the satirical comedy "Yes Minister" the character Sir Humphrey, the senior public servant "explained" why the UK should be in the EU given "English" foreign policy for several centuries is to keep the other nations of Europe divided, is that it's easier to mess up the EU from the inside, as a member than from the outside
peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
Haha! And yes that is most probably very true too! :)
Putin33 (111 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
So you admit the UK screws thing up for the EU but want them in anyway?

peterlund (1310 D(G))
30 Apr 16 UTC
Yes we are family! It is sibling love and that is why we love to argue with each other. :)
Lord Bolton (384 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Exactly what benefit does the UK get from the EU? I've heard all the bad stuff, but other than flooding England's shores with third world refugees and Trojan Horses from Syria, what does the EU offer that the UK wouldn't have without it?
leon1122 (190 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
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Leave the EU. The only thing it gets from the EU is refugees.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
01 May 16 UTC
"Refugees", otherwise known as "people".

You talk about them as if they are rats or locusts. They're fucking people. Your lack of humanity makes me sick.
leon1122 (190 D)
01 May 16 UTC
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Of course they're people. They're people who don't benefit Europe in any way. Why do you think Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries refuse to accept them?
Buachaille (100 D)
01 May 16 UTC
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A valid, well informed and brilliantly articulated point as always Leon. The amount of research you must have done to inform your opinion with even a passport to assist you, stuns me. You are a credit to your country and enhance it's reputation globally.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
01 May 16 UTC
@ Leon: Where should they go?
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
01 May 16 UTC
I like it that leon is completely open in admitting the fact that his only measure of a human being's worth is how much use he can personally get out of them. Humans, take note: if you don't directly provide a useful service to leon, you don't deserve to be alive.

Leon, you don't benefit me in any way. Justify your right to exist?
Buachaille (100 D)
01 May 16 UTC
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It's obvious to me Leon is a liberal troll seeking to tarnish people's perception of libertarianism through the caricaturing of it's value set into an ugly version of the same.
TooCoolSunday (634 D)
02 May 16 UTC
I'm voting out. I am a republican, I voted to be in the Single Market. I think nations states are a relic of the 19th and 20th centuries. The EU being a stage in the eventual removal of all borders.

However we are are being screwed. Governments primary purpose ought to be protecting people from corporate bullies. As the EU is currently constituted and for the foreseeable it is not the case. Corporations have too much control, and not just TTIP.
There is a good chance that Brexit would produce a end to this EU. Allowing a new more socialist to take it's place.
brainbomb (295 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Well I am thrilled to get to try this brisket. its been slow simmering in herbs and spices for ages now. mmmm bresxit
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
02 May 16 UTC
@ TooCoolSunday: As a socialist who is voting "remain", I wish I shared your optimism. I understand why you are voting "out" but I fear the outcome.
peterlund (1310 D(G))
02 May 16 UTC
@bb Also I wanna test the magic mushrooms you and TooCoolSunday are trying out.
TooCoolSunday (634 D)
02 May 16 UTC
@ Jamiet - Don't believe the fear mongers. Out of the EU is not out of Europe. There are large movements in the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Germany that think the EU needs fundamental change. Voting to stay in will mean those changes will not come.

@ peterlund it's not the season for psilocybin otherwise I would happily point you in the right direction.
Octavious (2732 D)
02 May 16 UTC
The trouble with change is that it is very nonspecific.
Octavious (2732 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Well, bugger me... Leicester have done it!
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
02 May 16 UTC
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For the benefit of those not following English sport - Octavious does not mean that the city of Leicester has left the European Union.

Leicester City FC have won the Premier League - the top league in English football - for the first time in their history. They were considerable underdogs who some bookmakers had at 5,000 / 1 odds at the start of the season. Congratulations to them indeed.
leon1122 (190 D)
02 May 16 UTC
"A valid, well informed and brilliantly articulated point as always Leon. The amount of research you must have done to inform your opinion with even a passport to assist you, stuns me. You are a credit to your country and enhance it's reputation globally."

I agree, Buachille.

"Where should they go?"

Back the way they came. Why can't they go to Saudi Arabia or Jordan or Turkey? Why must they come to Europe? Stop kidding yourself, they aren't refugees. They're economic migrants and opportunists at that.

"I like it that leon is completely open in admitting the fact that his only measure of a human being's worth is how much use he can personally get out of them. Humans, take note: if you don't directly provide a useful service to leon, you don't deserve to be alive.

Leon, you don't benefit me in any way. Justify your right to exist?"

If they live in my house, then they have to benefit me. If they live in Britain, then they have to benefit Britain. The logic is obvious, but it confounds the minds of unthinking liberal sheep.

And they do have the right to exist but not in Europe, especially not as "refugees". If they were really refugees, they would leave Syria and be safe and not risk their lives once more to go to Europe.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
02 May 16 UTC
@ leon: "Why can't they go to Saudi Arabia or Jordan or Turkey?"

2,700,000 of them *are* in Turkey.
There are 619,000 of them in Jordan.
There are over 1,000,000 in Lebanon.

220,000 have gone to Iraq. Iraq, of all places - but at least it's less dangerous than Syria!


"If they live in my house, then they have to benefit me. If they live in Britain, then they have to benefit Britain. The logic is obvious."

Please explain, in as much detail as you like, how you, Leon, personally provide benefit to your country. I would like to know how you value your enormous personal contribution to making your nation a better place.
steephie22 (182 D(S))
03 May 16 UTC
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I must also conclude that leon believes that anyone relying on government support should be deported from Britain.

Furthermore, this was already established, but leon is an ass who knows no compassion.
peterlund (1310 D(G))
03 May 16 UTC
The facts are that a Brexit may make the immigration "problem" even worse for the UK. So if that is supposed to be the reason, you better stay in the EU.
TooCoolSunday (634 D)
03 May 16 UTC
immigration is not the problem. Democratic accountability is the problem.


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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
03 May 16 UTC
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Mafia XX Sign-up Thread
Mafia XIX has ended very quickly, so let's all sign up for Mafia XX, being GMed by our very own, loveable neighbourhood Brainbomb!
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
03 Apr 16 UTC
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Mafia XIX Sign Up Thread
It's a bit early but I want to put this out ahead of time because M19 will be a bit different.
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
01 May 16 UTC
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Mafia XIX Game Thread
Please do not post until the game has begun.
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principians (881 D)
03 May 16 UTC
Leicesteeeeeeeeerrrr!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just thought they well deserved a thread
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trip (696 D(B))
28 Apr 16 UTC
How about that Labour Party?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36160135
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leon1122 (190 D)
03 May 16 UTC
Affirmative Action
See below.
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KingCyrus (511 D)
27 Apr 16 UTC
Another Tuesday
So Trump and Clinton win big. What now?
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
19 Apr 16 UTC
ADVERTISE NON-LIVE GAMES HERE
Our former thread has been locked due to inactivity. Please post all advertisements for non-live games in this thread please include:
Link, Map Type, Press Type, Phase length, Buy-In, Scoring system and any additional rules.
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DeathLlama8 (514 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Two-Day Public Press Classic Interest?
more in next post
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A_Tin_Can (2234 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Enjoy to live game
I guess the live game thread got locked? Come play with me! gameID=178374
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vexlord (231 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Question
can someone tell me what "Rulebook press" is? I did not see a explanation in the Help page
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Ogion (3817 D)
02 May 16 UTC
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DipVets gunboat: why cancel?
As Italy, I was the last cancel vote but when everyone else voted I did too. So why did you all want to cancel? It was a pretty interesting game.
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brainbomb (295 D)
24 Apr 16 UTC
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Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 1 (Spoilers!)
Okay, mute this thread if you hate spoilers! Post your reactions to S6 E1 here, what did you like? Does the events of this episode ruin your hopes for the series?
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brainbomb (295 D)
30 Apr 16 UTC
Are people born Gay
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/john-kasich-california-gay/index.html
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c0dyz (100 D)
02 May 16 UTC
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Examples of a good lepanto?
Baddaboom
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Jnsnmnhn (100 D)
02 May 16 UTC
Rules question
What does Rules Press mean?
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Hannibal76 (100 D(B))
01 May 16 UTC
SAVE US!!
ENGLAND'S ABOUT TO MISS HIS TURN AND IT'S STILL FALL 1901! THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED THE LAST GAME AND WE MADE A NEW ONE TO KEEP THE BALANCE!! SAVE US MODS PLEASE!!
gameID=178119
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 16 UTC
pulp fiction
watching pulp fiction for the first time in my adult like more than halfway through and i am understanding why its so iconic
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brainbomb (295 D)
28 Apr 16 UTC
A broke female college student
http://theodysseyonline.com/susquehanna/broke-college-students-unpopular-opinion/431063
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
27 Apr 16 UTC
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Twinkies
Someone just gave me a "Twinkie", the celebrated American processed "cake" product.

It was disgusting. Horrible, sickly, artificial, processed crap. I'd hardly justify calling it a "cake" at all. Why do Americans like these vile things?
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
29 Apr 16 UTC
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Autism and labels
Why labels can be damaging, an autist's persoective: http://ollibean.com/problems-functioning-labels/
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brainbomb (295 D)
29 Mar 16 UTC
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CIV 5 1v1v1 Ladder Tournament
Webdip players interested?
Lets get a list of people who would be interested in playing civ 5 (3 person free for alls) We can setup brackets and ideally if we can get 12 people from webdip actually have a mini tournament.
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brainbomb (295 D)
29 Apr 16 UTC
Mercury is in Retrograde
That is why everyones angry and nothing is going right today.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/04/29/people-are-freaking-about-mercury-in-retrograde-this-is-whats-really-going-on/#
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c0dyz (100 D)
28 Apr 16 UTC
How does this make you feel?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect
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Hannibal76 (100 D(B))
27 Apr 16 UTC
GoT Variant?
I recently started watching Game of Thrones, and as you can imagine it reminded me of this wretched game quite a bit. Has anyone thought of making a variant based on Westeros? Does one already exist?
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