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14 Mar 12 UTC

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The Wisdom of the Ancients

At prompting from semck, I went digging through the forum archives.

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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i don't want to work

so i haven't much enjoyed working. so maybe i'll go back to school. but i don't feel like paying anything for it. also i don't feel like contacting people for application references. isn't there some place, like the philippines or something where i can go to school for like $2 a year or something. without providing references?

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Need Three More

36 hour turns, descent bet, should hopefully be a good game. If we could get three more to jump in, that would be awesome: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=82651

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14 Mar 12 UTC

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World Diplomacy IX Strategy

Does anyone here know of any good sites for country-by-country strategies for the World Diplomacy variant? A quick Google search yielded nothing, but I find myself getting crushed by larger empires mid-game almost every time I play, and I'd like to know how to fix this.

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President Eden (2750

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE AFGHANS.

THEY EAT BARBARIANS ALIVE DOWN THERE. DON'T FUCK WITH ME

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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Still haven't really stabbed...

So after a few weeks on this site I posted a forum thread about reliability issues after stabbing, possibly even carrying on outside the game. Months later, I still haven't really stabbed anyone, except in situations where I had already been stabbed myself.

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11 Mar 12 UTC

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Are the people of The United States barbarians?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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joining games

I would really like to play games with more talented players than the usual bet15 noobs. I don´t want to seem arrogant, but I want to test my personal skills. I played lots of gunboat games to train my technique, and now I am thinking of joining a game bet 100 with anonymous players. How do I know those aren´t cheaters in there. Maybe I am paranoid, but this specific size of bet seems quite suspicious to me. Can anybody help me how to find adequate games?

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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WebDip Fantasy Baseball League

Hey guys, in the fall we ran a pretty successful (except for two no-shows at the end) fantasy football league, so why not try it again for baseball? League will be on Yahoo (if someone recommends something different like ESPN, we're welcome) and size will be how many people we can gather.

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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GR poll

Geo, any update?

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Proposed Rule Change

In order to cut out the ambiguity that presently seems to exist about official action in unofficial variants, I suggest the following rule change (while still protesting any pretended recognition of such a policy under the present rules):

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Rankings

Why do some people have rankings and some not?

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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failed stat question?

the bolshoi manner was interviewing for a new groom of the stool and the applicant claimed to have some kind of mathematical aptitude. i gave him this problem just to mess with him and he seemed to not give me much of an answer. is he qualified? for some reason this position seems to have a high attrition rate.

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President Eden (2750

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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ATTENTION ECONOMICS PEOPLE

In a previous thread of obi's I said that I wished I could go back and switch my major to economics. I looked today and lo and behold, I still have time, so I'm doing it. What are some generally useful areas of study?

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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New Player Here

Looking to play my first game. Let me know!

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interpreter (100

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Got Skillz 2: Anon playing in the ancMed

Come join Got Skillz 2: http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=83087 Anon players, Ancient Med map, only 25 to play.

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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Final Game 2

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=76725
This game was unfortunately cancelled, so no one will be able to see what happened in it (is this a flaw in the system?).
I thought I'd make this thread anyway in case people wanted to know who was who, or give a EoG for as far as the game got. I think it was good before the extended pause...

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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My Game!

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=83089#gamePanel

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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Psycho Sense tingling?

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Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

2nd date with a girl tonight.

My place. Cheap but decent unpretentious wine, I cooked Indian (it was freaking delicious)

Rolling around on the couch. The topic of blowjobs comes up. She says she does what she wants. I say you can try, but you'll learn real quick what no sounds like from a guy. She says what do you mean by that? I say when I let a girl do that on the second date, it's because I don't intend to call her again - if I think I might like somebody she has to wait until I'm sure she likes me too.

I get up to use the restroom.

When I come out, she's got her coat and shoes on, and storms out saying I just "basically called her a slut."

Was I insensitive here? Or is she batshit insane and I'm better off rid of her?

My instincts say the latter, but I'm almost always insensitive, so I thought I'd ask our rational/reasonable webdip community about it. I feel bad about this, but the more I think about it, the more I'm angry and sure she's nuts.

Opinions?

NikeFlash (140 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

I cannot believe you called my sister a slut! Asshole.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

You're better off rid of her because she's clearly and emotional, highly-strung, sensitive, and over-dramatic person. As you readily admit, you are almost always an insensitive...person...so it's clearly not a good mix.

If she storms off just from one sentence like that, she's clearly unstable - imagine what could happen next time. You're cooking dinner together on the 8th date and tell her you want the onions chopped finer - she turns round and says if you want them chopped finer chop them yourself and throws the knife at you.

On the 10th date you're driving to the theater, she's driving, and you tell her that she's driving a bit fast. So she stops the car on the freeway and says if you can do a better job you should do it.

zultar (4180 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

" I say you can try, but you'll learn real quick what no sounds like from a guy."
I don't understand what you meant by this.
And if you genuinely told her that you didn't want to do it because you are more interested in a longer relationship with her and she left, then she's kinda nuts.

zultar (4180 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

@Sarg, you must have different standards than most of us. I would probably leave the girl after the 8th date since she threw the knife at me. :)

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Yes, I'm patient and try and see the best in people, zultar.

More fool me.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Anyway, if she was going to end it on the second date she might as well have given you the blowjob.

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

lol yeah I should have just let her I guess.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

If anything, a blowjob might have got her to loosen up a bit.

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

I doubt it. When crazy gets its hooks in, it doesn't let go.

Sex is the easiest way crazy gets its hooks in, in my experience (hence making them wait).

NikeFlash (140 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Yeah, crazies like to bite too.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Do you date a lot of crazy people?

NikeFlash (140 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

You don't?

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Well, only until I discover they are crazy :P

But yes, I think I draw them or something.

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

I'm just gonna finish this bottle of wine and wish I could have a cigarette :P

Life is tough but haha its funny too and I'm perfectly capable of laughing at the situation.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

I don't date crazy people, I'm just in a relationship with one.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Laughing alone with a bottle of wine in a room lit by candles.

Now you sound crazy, Yellowjacket.

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

haha sorry to hear that man. It'll be a wild ride!

NikeFlash (140 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Your right hand?

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

lol Sarg. Yeah, no candles but the rest is pretty true :P

I have the comforting embrace of the internets to calm me down though :P

I guess I'm gonna find something worthwhile on Redtube and remind myself that if I were a more foolish man I could be having the real thing.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

I'm fascinated by the way NikeFlash's 'right hand' comment appears to have pre-empted the comment about Redtube.

NikeFlash (140 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

It's fate!

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

The truth will out.

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

As, I guess, will other things too.

Draugnar (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Well, you could word it differently. Say things like "I respect you too much and would like to take things slower as I think we have potential."

Sargmacher (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Haha, yes exactly. 'I only have blowjobs on the second date with sluts. You, on the other hand, you I feel like saving up' doesn't give off good vibes about your sexual history.

Also, the way you said that you "let" girls give you blowjobs may have come across as some kind of authority complex. Girls only give you blowjobs when and if you "let" them.

Yellowjacket (835 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Ahh thats good advice actually from both of you.

Draug yes I agree and of course that is a much better way to say the same thing. Maybe someday I'll learn.

As far as authority goes, Sarg, you may be on to something there. You see I was a little stricken by the way she said she, "does what she wants," which I felt (combined with some other comments she had made that led me to believe this woman is VERY used to getting her way) was a bit too aggressive, and I felt that my response was entirely justified, because YES I DO get a say in whether or not it happens.

Could I have worded it better? Absolutely. I should have made it clear that I didn't think less of her if she was offering. The word "slut" never crossed my mind.

Was her response justified? Well, I think no, and the more I think about it the more strongly I think no.

SacredDigits (102 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

It reminds me of the whole "I wouldn't want to join a club that would want me as a member" thing. Something about a girl being that focused on "I'll give you a bj if I god damn want to give you a bj!" kind of screams of a sort of desperation you're better off without.

dD_ShockTrooper (1199 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

Seriously, don't say non-pretentious wine or people will think you're serving goon. (Not sure if goon exists in other countries than Australia though...)

Draugnar (0 )
12 Mar 12 UTC

If it came from a box, just say "cheap as fermented grape juice" cause it ain't wine.

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10 Mar 12 UTC

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The Find and Kill Diplomat Game

Looking for 6 people to play a 5 point anonymous public press game. The whole point of the game is to find and crush me. Once I am killed I will tell everyone still alive so they can draw. Beware though, this is anon and I WILL try and fool everyone. And take pleasure if I succeed. Sign up!

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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PAGING DOGFORT, DOGFORT COME IN

RED LOBSTER TO DOGFORT, DO YOU COPY? OVER.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/088/322/lobster-dog-030110-main.jpg?1318992465

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09 Mar 12 UTC

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Languages

I love languages and linguistics, so I'm starting a thread about it in the hope that at least one thread here won't derail into a trollfest of shit-flinging. What languages do you speak or want to learn? What languages do you find interesting or beautiful? Are there any autodidacts here, sitting at home with Mandarin flashcards?

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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Abortion

With the new abortion laws being discussed, what kind of limitations do we think should be enforced? Should it be, for example, legitimate to use abortion for reasons of IQ or gender? Discuss.

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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I Need Some Critiquing...

I know that none of you like me very much.
I also know that people who hate you are typically the best editors.
And so, I have a poem for you all to read....and I would like some constructive feedback, if such a thing exists on this site:

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Couldn't Figure This Math Problem Out, Hard As I Tried, Am I A Fool?

Likely.

But I just have to know what the answer to this Stats question is from my test...the other 11 problems I went through fine, and then THIS problem I puzzled over for 45 minutes solid, until everyone had long left over half an hour ago, and I just had to punt (I TOLD YOU...I'm just atrocious at math!) :)

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Need subs ASAP

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=82449#gamePanel

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13 Mar 12 UTC

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Gunboat wta 5 min

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/profile.php?userID=9735

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12 Mar 12 UTC

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Replacement needed- GREAT position

as france....
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=81291&msgCountryID=7

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obiwanobiwan (248

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10 Mar 12 UTC

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So...Who ELSE Is/Plans On Becoming A Soulless, Craven, Cruel Follower of...

...Political Science?
I'll be trying to double-major in English and PoliSci when I transfer this fall, and was just curious what those who are currently PoliSci majors--and even better, maybe those with PoliSci careers--think? (And a bonus question: Without cheating, from WHICH literary work do we get the infamous phrase "Kill all the lawyers?" I'd give a hint as to the author, but...do I NEED to, when *I* am making the reference?) ;)

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thought i already posted this but i guess not....WORLDDIP

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=82920
15 point bet, 3 days per phase, public press with anon players i wanna see how interesting this gets

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