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Tettleton's Chew (0 DX)
17 Aug 11 UTC
Is Playing Diplomacy a "Right?"
How many teenagers and twenty-somethings fritter away their days playing diplomacy instead of making sure they get an education or aren't a burden on society?
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King Atom (100 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
Fire!
Just that.
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spyman (424 D(G))
17 Aug 11 UTC
Why is America in so much debt?
The size of America's debt is staggering and it is really hard to imagine it ever being paid off and the long term negative consequences are very worrying. How did a country run by smart people allow itself to get into this awful predicament?
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Yellowjacket (835 D(B))
15 Aug 11 UTC
variant idea
Has this been tried before?

So I'm thinking of attempting to design some kind of randomly generated map to stir things up and avoid the same old alliances and same old outcomes. Would the community be interested in something like this? Would the powers that be support it if I was able to develop a good one?
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yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
How to find your "Mute List"
Want to see a list of who you have muted (both in game or globally)? See inside for instructions.
yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
This website makes it easy to mute users both in game and globally throughout the site, but there doesn't seem to be a way to see a list of who you have muted via the basic web interface. Since globally muted players virtually disappear from your view of the website, it may be difficult to unmute people if you don't remember who you muted or how to look up their user profile.

Here is a work-around to discover a list of who you have muted, both in-game or site-wide:

1) On any (or at least nearly any, I think) page of this site, view the HTML source. On some browsers, this is done with right-click followed by something like "View [Page] Source" or its an option in the View or Edit menus.
2) Search for the strings "muteUsers" and "muteCountries" near the bottom of the page source. (Ctrl+F)
3) They should look like this if you have no one muted:
muteUsers = $A([]);
muteCountries = $A([])
4) Otherwise, there will be numbers between the square brackets "[ ]".
5) muteUsers is a list of people that you have muted site-wide. Each number (separated by commas) is their userID. Go to their corresponding profile page to unmute them.
6) muteCountries is a list of games where you have muted players in game. It'll be a list of gameIDs and a number from 1 to 7 indicating which country you muted in that game. View that game to see which country you muted and to unmute.

Some other users have pointed out that you can temporarily disable muting by disabling JavaScript, since muting is merely done with JavaScript deleting the muted posts/messages after the page loads. On some browsers, you can stop JavaScript from running with "Esc" or hitting "Stop Loading" button. You have to time it properly between the site finishing loading and the JavaScript kicking in though, so it's not a perfectly reliable method, but you can refresh and try again.
SacredDigits (102 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
Or you can just press the settings tab at the top.
yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
Hahahaha. Oh my god, I'm an idiot.
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
rofl
abgemacht (1076 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
This thread is the making of a brilliant engineer : )
yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
I'm reminded of the "empty toothpaste box" story... not directly analogous, but similar in the vein of how an engineer looks to solve a problem VS how a normal person would approach it

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/13/a-simple-solution/
yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
hmm... better take a look at the HTML/JS code

versus

hmm... maybe it's an option in the "Settings"
SacredDigits (102 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
LOL. I've done that with things I do professionally, so I totally understand.
hellalt (113 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
OR you can stop being an ass and DONT mute anyone.
It's a completely useless feature after all.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
18 Aug 11 UTC
jesus yebellz you are... something else.


the alternative is of course just not to mute anyone. haha.
spyman (424 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
yebellz I did not realize it was in the settings either. I thought you had to remember whom you had muted and then navigate to their profile. So I thought your solution was a good one. But now we know.
yebellz (729 D(G))
18 Aug 11 UTC
I don't have anyone muted right now and never intended to have anyone muted.

I think that muting has the disadvantage of not seeing forum threads in the appropriate context.

However, when the feature first came out, I played with it a bit on some random people/games to see how it worked. I forgot exactly who I muted so wasn't able to undo all of them. I used my above hack to make sure that my mute settings were clear, since I simply didn't know better.
SacredDigits (102 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
I only have one person muted, and that largely because they've muted me, so responding to stuff they say is an exercise in futility.


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King Atom (100 D)
17 Aug 11 UTC
Going Out With A Bang!
Like I said before, I'm leaving soon, so I'd like to have one last forum in which to annoy the hell out of you all. Simply put, I'm inviting all my friends to come and bitch before me. (friends meaning those of you on my lists)
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Hugo_Stiglitz (100 D)
18 Aug 11 UTC
CALLING ALL FORUM FIREBRANDS
@TC, CM, Krellin, First Apple.....or anybody else who argues in the threads
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yebellz (729 D(G))
17 Aug 11 UTC
Flag of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire?
Is anyone here knowledgeable on Austrian-Hungarian history? What would be the appropriate flag to represent the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in the context of the historical period related to the game of Diplomacy?
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Yonni (136 D(S))
17 Aug 11 UTC
Life without parole for an ounce of coke and 3 joints
Just wondering what the community's reaction to a sentence like this would be?
http://www.alternet.org/rights/152038/how_3_joints_and_an_ounce_of_coke_got_an_oklahoma_grandfather_life_without_parole_/?page=1
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ninjaruler (101 D)
17 Aug 11 UTC
No Message-Global Message
HEY! So I am in gameID=64922 its no messaging whatsoever but I have a global message to look at, I assume it is something about a multi getting kicked but I can't read it to get the little message at the top to go away, so how do I get it to go away?
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Draugnar (0 DX)
12 Aug 11 UTC
Abgemacht is an asshat fucktard.
He is the worst mod fucking damaging the community by insisting on bumping a post to the top that insults graphically and abusively another player in the opening message. Let's see how the fucktard likes this post staying at the top!
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
16 Aug 11 UTC
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich: NYT op-ed by Warren Buffett
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html?_r=4&ref=opinion
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fortknox (2059 D)
16 Aug 11 UTC
Mod Email, unpausing, etc...
I had to get a cervical epidural (that'd be in the neck) yesterday that put me out of order for a bit, so I'm behind in the mod email list, but I'll get to it later today. Thanks for your patience.
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FirstApple (100 D(B))
17 Aug 11 UTC
Why is the colonial variant disabled?
I noticed that there are four other variants that are on the server yet are disabled. What is the purpose of this? Wouldn't more variants mean more gameplay for the members here? I know I'm new here so if there was a good reason before I left, I'm interested in hearing about it.
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King Atom (100 D)
16 Aug 11 UTC
Sort of a Goodbye
School will be starting soon, so I'll have trouble keeping up with all of my games. I will definitely be taking a break, so you might not see me again until December. By then, I'm sure I'll have several new people to argue with in the forums and quite a few of you will have forgotten about me. But that's great! Wouldn't it be nice to have some worshippers on WebDiplomacy? That way I'd win every game!
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Draugnar (0 DX)
16 Aug 11 UTC
I need cheering up... :-(
I'm sitting here unable to focus on work and contemplating why I even bother sometimes...
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Conservative Man (100 D)
09 Aug 11 UTC
Am I being naive here?
I never understand why people would ever want to have one-night stands/casual hookups. If you're attracted to someone enough to fuck them, why wouldn't you want to date them? I mean, I'm sure sex is fun, but wouldn't a relationship+sex be even more fun?
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Tru Ninja (1016 D(S))
09 Aug 11 UTC
Recruiting for a new game
101-200 D | WTA | 1.5 - 2 day phases | anon / non anon | classic
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
17 Aug 11 UTC
Portland, OR
Had some time to explore Portland, OR today. It was really nice. Clean, not congested, I never had to wait to cross the street. Overall, a much "happier" city than Boston. Oh, and a cute chick was dancing around flashing people, so no complaints there.
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pjmansfield99 (100 D)
17 Aug 11 UTC
The Troll Hunter
Just saw a trailer for this film at the cinema and made me chuckle - so appropriate!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/ Pj
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Draugnar (0 DX)
16 Aug 11 UTC
This time on Philosophy Weekly...
Is hellalt dipshit #1? Or is he dipshit #2? And is he full of #2?

:-)
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
09 Aug 11 UTC
England's Riots
Does anyone oever there--or over here, for that matter--know what's going on, ie, why these folks are rioting?

All I get in searching for it are notifications about England's...cricket team...? And a friendly? Is that it, is this all one big "soccer riot," so to speak, or has Yahoo's serach engine failed once again, and there are real, important reasons behind all this?
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King Atom (100 D)
16 Aug 11 UTC
Word Association Thread
I literally joined the day the last one ended, so I would like to start another. For those of you who don't know, just write a word and then you write the first word that comes to your head.
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Sydney City (0 DX)
16 Aug 11 UTC
Unpause game PLEASE
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=64619#gamePanel
This has Been emailed to mods- but no reply
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King Atom (100 D)
16 Aug 11 UTC
Raise Your Hand if You Don't Know Me!
I'm pretty sure that very few of you would raise your hand, but I'd just like to clarify: Nobody here actually knows me.
SO QUIT ACTING LIKE YOU DO!
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Conservative Man (100 D)
16 Aug 11 UTC
School started today......
This year is gonna be really fucking hard. But it's worth it.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
09 Aug 11 UTC
why i trust the american media...
see inside.
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Cockney (0 DX)
16 Aug 11 UTC
new live for soonish
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Cockney (0 DX)
16 Aug 11 UTC
new live game-
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Lando Calrissian (100 D(S))
16 Aug 11 UTC
Weirdos
Why are there so many of them on the Forums here? I'm not really around the internet much, is this what it is like everywhere?
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