Do people still play ice hockey?

Um, surely a family member, spouse, or friend who you believe won't harm you in any way is someone you already trust. That's what trust is, isn't it? Who writes this crap :p

I've always struggled to believe that anyone who genuinely finds a political debate with heated language abhorrent could possibly be any good at diplomacy.

mhsmith0 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:18 pm

Is there a database somewhere of individual games and the detailed data from the games (moves, results, etc). that is available publicly for analysis and the like?

God, I hope not. No good would come of it.

I kind of expected the fabled ban-hammer to look... better.

Anyone else here speculating on cryptocurrency? Define speculating? Are you just betting/wagering or buying for investment. If trading for investment, do you have a strategy? Are you investing small portions of your available wealth in each trade or going 'all-in' and have your entire fortune on th...

Zultar got bored and gave the prizes to some ex mods and the player formerly known as DemonOverlord a week early.

Only joking, of course!

Trump restored America's position as a nation whose words can't be ignored. Obama lost the bulk of Syria to Putin and Assad years ago, and there was little anyone could do to change that. But what Trump did do was increase the supply of heavy weapons to friendly rebel groups that will significantly ...

Talk is cheap, and that's pretty much all Trump ever is. And sometimes he talks. Well, no. Very much no, in fact. Compare and contrast Trump and Obama in the region. Obama makes a big deal of chemical weapons being a red line, but does sod all when Syria crosses it. When Syria used chemical weapons...

Red for admin, green for mod, rust for a non specific level of donation.

President Eden's Mom wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:55 pm

He's such a sweet boy, and when he announced to the world he was a gunboater we weren't surprised. Looking back the signs were always there. Even so, as a parent you can't help but feel a small pang of sadness. He's going to miss out on so much...

President Eden wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:17 pm

Blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Oh, that's fun... You can deliberately misquote someone

President Eden wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:17 pm

So just like full press, without having to talk to the self-important brainlets running around this site?

Like full press without the fun, yes :)

That is a very good question...

Yep. Like Eden says, to succeed in gunboat you learn some basic bog standard openings and connect the dots to some basic bog standard finishing positions, making sure you don't do anything that could be interpreted as initiative in between.

I have a three point gunboat strategy that never fails...

1) During the pre-game period press the "leave game" button.

2) Search for a game of diplomacy

3) Join said game

I'm going to try and not make as many annoying clicky noises with empty drinks cans.

Have the Ashes been on?

I am a Cider Drinker,
I drinks it all of the day,
I am a Cider Drinker,
it soothes all me troubles away,
Ooh arrh, ooh arrh ay. Ooh arrh, ooh arrh ay.

Lardy Cake is the king of baked goods. It's exquisite taste matched only by its honesty. It doesn't pretend to be healthy like carrot cake. It doesn't try to hide its ingredients like treacle tart. It's a cake, and it's made with lard. Sorted.