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Gen. Lee (7588 D(B))
09 May 17 UTC
Tournaments
Any more tournaments coming this year?
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
24 Apr 17 UTC
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France's Macron statutorily raped by his high school teacher, quite possibly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron#Personal_life

He was also a member of the Socialist Party. Will the opposition be able to take advantage of these things? Runoff is on May 7th.
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CAPT Brad (40 DX)
07 May 17 UTC
Is Yhere Correlation to Ghost Ratings and 'D' Postition?
In my case there is a virtual tie between my points ranking and my GR.
"D" Position: 267 GR Position:266
And both have been getting lower in number and higher in rank/placement.
Does anyone else have this coincidence?
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
02 May 17 UTC
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Would you insure someone whose house was on fire?
No one would insure someone whose house is on fire, right? They just want to make a quick claim, far in excess of their premium paid. So why should we force insurance companies to accept people with pre-existing conditions?
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slypups (1889 D)
03 May 17 UTC
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Will the Canadians pay for the Canadian Wall?
Trump wants a wall with Mexico, but nothing for Canada. Why not? Doesn't he want to protect that border too? Please explain.
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brainbomb (295 D)
09 May 17 UTC
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Could Dolphins or Whales learn to play diplomacy
I was curious if Whales and Dolphins are capable of playing diplomacy. Either ftf or online. We could devise a helmet using donation money to fund marine biology experiments on these creatures. Study what openings they like; study their convoy choices. What do you think?
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jmo1121109 (3812 D)
27 Apr 17 UTC
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Thread Mutes
If you mute too many threads and then go to the settings page and try and change your password the site will let you, but the wrong password will be saved. So please limit yourself to muting less then 4,346 threads or I will have to delete all of them to fix your account. Cheers.
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venoms (0 DX)
09 May 17 UTC
Buy ID Buy a driver's license,
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JECE (1322 D)
20 Apr 17 UTC
The IRS employs regressive taxation for independent contractors and the self-employed
I paid my taxes in the States the other day like a good citizen. And I'm pissed. Is it actually true that the States has regressive taxation for people categorized as self-employed/independent contractors?
Annual profit $0–$433.12: 0% tax rate
Annual profit $433.13–$128,316: 14.12955% tax rate (including on $433.12)
Annual profit $128,317–: 2.67815% tax rate (including on $128,316) + $14,694
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brainbomb (295 D)
07 May 17 UTC
Let's Play a Game
Below I have a detailed scenario. What will you do?
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AtomicOrangutan (75 D)
07 May 17 UTC
New game Mediterranean live pace!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=197805

Live pace!
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
07 May 17 UTC
Let's Play a Game
Below I have detailed a scenerio. How would you react?
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brainbomb (295 D)
04 May 17 UTC
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My girlfriend snores
Apparently we both snore alot. I am told I sound like a horse sometimes when I sleep. I was wondering if I am part centaur. What should I do to improve my airways so I dont snore? And please dont suggest hooking me up to tubes or some creepy oxygen machine. My ex did that and she was like sleeping next to skeletor
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dancing queen (100 D)
07 May 17 UTC
Interview with David Hood, TD of DixieCon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoyccMctLb0

Memorial day weekend - if you're in striking distance of Chapel Hill NC, come out and play!
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
06 May 17 UTC
Humanz
Okay, so this forum isn't really the first i'd go to for thoughts on music. no offense but you all don't seem that .. cool... but alas i have an inquiry. Has anyone listened to the Gorillaz Album "Humanz" if so thoughts?
Disclaimer: I am a huge Gorillaz fan and love the album.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
04 May 17 UTC
I might not be here much longer
Health complications, see below


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fourofswords (415 D)
03 May 17 UTC
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Can a convoy provide support?
Can a convoy provide support or must it only transport a unit to a location where it can "land safely"?
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
03 May 17 UTC
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Instead of...
Rehashing all the same tired arguements, be it gun control, taxation as theft, or healthcare. Why not learn something about why these conversations never go anywhere?

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
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sammitchgamgee (100 D)
04 May 17 UTC
Give me a rundown of webdip history!
It's been so long since I was here, and I want to know without spending hours reading the forum what's happened over the past few years. Gimme a history lesson!
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 May 17 UTC
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Would you ensure someones house gets set on fire?
No one would ensure someones house gets set on fire, right? They just want to make a pile of twigs, far in excess of their premium run of the mill "what looks like an accident electrical fire. So why should we force people to be lawful. Grab your torches, cans of gas and lets go reenact Shermans march on Atlanta.
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Easykill (424 D)
04 May 17 UTC
no chat box in game
In one of my games the chat box has disappeared mid game and all is see is the "mark messages unread" button. any idea how to return this? My other games still have the chat box and it is only the one specific game where it has disappeared for me. It was there previously
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
03 May 17 UTC
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Official Grayest Movie Thread
Let's vote on what movie is the grayest, but I decide in the end.
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r.e._stern (130 D)
04 May 17 UTC
Rhyming Diplomacy
Advertising for gameID=197491 - based on gameID=195048
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
If the American South had not seceded from the Union
If the South had not seceded, would Lincoln have had any legal basis for attacking it? (Note: Lincoln used Commander-in-Chief power to put down any insurrection as legal basis for the Emancipation Proclamation). How would negotiations have turned out?
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
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PM for PW
gameID=197264
36 hour phases
100 point buy in 60% RR
AnonFull press
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Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
Civil disorder after 1 NMR?
Just an idea - I think countries should go into immediate civil disorder on 1 NMR so a new person can take over right away and keep the game going. The current system of a CD after 2 NMRs means a country + game can be ruined before a new player takes over.
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Puddle (428 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Multi? Screwing Around? Really Bad Players? WTF
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SuperMario0727 (204 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Best Ally for Germany?
If Germany could only have one ally, which Great Power would be the best to pair with? Assume that only the tactical and strategic factors affect the choice of partnership. In other words, you do not choose allies on the basis of character.
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dargorygel (2684 DMod(G))
01 May 17 UTC
Anonymous Games
Sometimes... usually because I end up revealing who I am... I wonder what the point of anonymous games is. When we've played with someone, there are usually tells. When we have NOT played with someone, why do we need anonymity.
And sometimes I think that when I play anonymous games I might as well say who I am in globals. Stupid ellipsis and dumb proper grammar.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
01 May 17 UTC
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There is a point to them. Some people are better at concealing their identity than you are.
dargorygel (2684 DMod(G))
01 May 17 UTC
Yet another lacking in my skill set. :-)
I also can't juggle.
Unstupid (696 D)
01 May 17 UTC
I tend to do better in anon games- I don't know why.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
Dargoryel- pick a personality before the game. And play the personality. What I'll do is pick:
-Noob (act like I don't know what I'm doing)
-Expert (act like I know everything about the game)

Then pick a personality:
-Asshole (be an asshole)
-why can't we be friends (super nice and agreeable)
-chilled out (nothing seems to bother you, every mistake is just a new opportunity)
-paranoid (always talk about the possibility of being stabbed or other conspiracies)
-joker (just make tons of corny jokes all the time)

Finally pick a manner of speaking.
For this just pick like 3 things you will make sure you do in every message. I.e ellipses, capitalize all territory names, use emojis.

Change up these 3 on a game to game basis. No one can even get a read on who you are. As an example I just soloed against hauta as turkey. Hauta was convinced I was a noob. I did that on purpose.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
Example: you can be an asshole noob who uses emojis and starts every message with sup and ends each message with an exclamation point. At first this seems strange but consider that strong players will be more inclined to work with you because you are less of a threat than another experienced player. You'll seem weaker. The asshole part establishes your personality assholes like working with assholes, so by being one you guarantee atleast one ally.
Hauta (1618 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
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confirmed. I guess that makes me the noob. ;(
when I play anon, I just assume that everyone is too self-absorbed to notice who I might be, let alone analyze my graham'r.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
Notice: hauta played amazing and I benefitted from a lax italy. Just wanted to use the example since it's fresh in my mind and actually is an example of changing your press working to an advantage.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
01 May 17 UTC
you guys are all whack!
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
02 May 17 UTC
Hey. Brad. I hope you lose your job to any one of a woman, Mexican, muslim, or Jew. Only because I know that would be the one thing that would hurt you most. Is feeling less than one of those groups. You fascist pig.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
02 May 17 UTC
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i am retired. furthermore, in my professional life i was a great promoter of women helping several to higher positions of responsibility. i have jewish heritage as well as hispanic and native american. much of my family includes those of mexican heritage some spanning from before it was mexico. byron, you have no idea of whom you are talking about. you know not my background or circumstances. and why you chose this thread to spew your hateful vile is beyond me. all that you accuse me of you probably have caused yourself. so you can just tuck your head back in your ass and administer a brain enema
Mercy (2124 D)
02 May 17 UTC
"When we have NOT played with someone, why do we need anonymity."
Because looking up past games can reveal a lot about a player.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
whoa - where`d that all come from gentlemen
ishirkmywork (1401 D)
02 May 17 UTC
Sounds like brad had binders full of women back in the day.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
@ Mercy - players often don't want you to see their background - that's why they choose anonymous games
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
02 May 17 UTC
(to answer where that came from- I just like poking Brad to make him angry) @ Brad- I don't believe you. You are probably just some European dude in a cottage in Wisconsin eating cheese. To top it off you are probably 12.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
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when is this site going to start ID'ing people to keep it to adults only? ;-)
Durga (3609 D)
02 May 17 UTC
I don't really support this kind of personal attacking, but can we brainstorm ideas to stop brad from spamming about how we're all whack in every thread?
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
CB vs CB -- i am guessing there is some animosity from history between you two.

Commodore - keep it civil man - i have to keep you out of trouble (sing eye of the tiger here)

Brad - you're a good player who actually talked to me in a game when your rep is to not talk - don't let the commodore provoke you

@DO - brainstorming ideas? give Brad some other word choices? suggest other activities for Brad to do in his 'retirement' other than diplomacy
Mercy (2124 D)
02 May 17 UTC
@Bladerunners - That's what I said; my first sentence was a quote from the opening post.
slypups (1889 D)
02 May 17 UTC
I think I'm going to make it my mission to figure out CommanderByron's "tell" in anonymous games despite all his switch ups - sounds like a serious challenge.
Condescension (10 D)
02 May 17 UTC
@Brad

You voted for a sexual predator in the 2016 federal election. You are sexist.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
@Mercy - sorry, misread your post. thought you were asking a question rather than giving a response

@ Slypups - Commander byron's tell is to bring up Captain Brad in a conversation ... response will give him away ;-)
Ogion (3817 D)
02 May 17 UTC
I play anon because there enough idiots like Brad who won't talk to some people and anon cuts way down on the meta gaming
Deeply_Dippy (458 D)
02 May 17 UTC
I prefer Anon because then I play the game rather than the reputation.

Not that I've played enough here to have burnt any bridges with anyone but to mitigate the risk of my judgement being swayed by stuff I might read on here!
Capt. Brad..... Either put me down for your retirement money or Diplomacy Points. I will gladly take either or.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
02 May 17 UTC
You can lip lock a vacuum and turn on the switch
No thanks. I will leave that to the cleaning service that you pay with your retirement money. jk lol.

Capt. Brad. Why do you hate me so much?
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
02 May 17 UTC
@CT , CAPT Brad can't read that well so he hates anyone who's name begins with Commander. It's the only part of my name he can pronounce.
slypups (1889 D)
03 May 17 UTC
@Bladerunners - I just started a new anon game where CommanderByron is supposed to be one of the players, so I'll have to try that while fishing to see if I could pick him out of the crowd. Funny thing is CB will know who I am pretty quickly for all the snooping I'll be doing, which may put him further on his guard with me, so extra challenging!
slypups (1889 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Ah - the fun of a game within a game. Wonder if I get to declare victory when I am "Defeated", yet have figured out who CB is among the other 6 players.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
03 May 17 UTC
slypups - we need to get into a game again sometime although maybe we are in one right now -- what's your tell again?


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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
If we built it
trumps wall
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