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12 May 14 UTC
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My first publication
Might not be much to you, but its a lot to me.
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10372098_10153140092046686_8193868368630207145_n.jpg
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
15 May 14 UTC
Name some 'regular' activities you enjoy doing on a daily basis.
I'm going through a lifestyle change (which is going well, by the way) and although I haven't been particularly bored so far, that's probably because I'm still 'recovering' from my old lifestyle. Since I'm sort of coincidentally 'cutting down' on things I enjoy with this change as well, I need some replacement and at the same time I'd love to hear what webdippers do to enjoy themselves.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
16 May 14 UTC
In Case You're Curious...
These are the fires in California right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYril_YyaQM

Ignore the terrible camera work and the god-awful narration...
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Lando Calrissian (100 D(S))
15 May 14 UTC
Quality Known World 906 Game
Hi all, I am trying to put together a high-quality WTA press game on the above map over on vdip. I want to play against experienced people with a known track record. Please PM me if this is of interest. Thanks.
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
14 May 14 UTC
The games people play......
......24-hour gunboats 111 D buy-in
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SYnapse (0 DX)
14 May 14 UTC
Mental disorder diagnosis thread
Here we ago again
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yebellz (729 D(G))
21 Mar 14 UTC
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2048
Are you playing this game? Anyone hit 2048 yet? I've only gotten to 1024
http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

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WardenDresden (239 D(B))
14 May 14 UTC
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So I starred this thread and I can't unstar it...
I think this is a major problem. There needs to be a way to unstar threads you decide you don't like anymore without muting them.
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SandgooseXXI (113 D)
09 May 14 UTC
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Oh hey, the lights are back on!
The moment you've all been waiting for, my old buddies! :D
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TheMinisterOfWar (553 D)
14 May 14 UTC
Oldest still active UserID?
So now that abge is our webdip superstar, I noticed his UserID is 4946. I think besides kestas, that's the lowest number I've seen. Who can go lower?
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2fleets (100 D)
14 May 14 UTC
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how do playI ? !?!
aho wm am plai>> i se thing and to dao chatack :))) how?
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yebellz (729 D(G))
12 May 14 UTC
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Testing
Just testing some go boards
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
14 May 14 UTC
Russia Makes Cure for Gay
The gayness is over! Woooo!

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/russian-scientists-discover-cure-to-homosexuality/
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Theodosius (232 D(S))
14 May 14 UTC
The Favorite Author Tournament: The Round of Thirty-Three
Round 2, Thirty-three authors, down from the top one hundred.
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
10 Apr 14 UTC
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The Favorite Author Tournament: The Round of 64
So after an, um, interesting first match that became a friendly because 1. Neither Shakespeare nor Vergil should be pitted against top foes in the first round and 2. Stephenie Meyer was an embarrassment and was going to get her butt kicked by Virginia Woolf anyway, we start the Round of 64 in proper here. All the matches will be posted in here, we'll move on every 24 hours, assuming my computer doesn't die (anyone know how to fix "'Documents.library-ms' is no longer working?) Anyway!
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Fishstudios (245 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
McCarthy
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien: 6
McCarthy: 2

And come on, 2WL...Austen's better than the Toledo Mud Hens...

Charlotte Bronte--she's a Mud Hen. :p
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien was a good linguist. McCarthy was an artist
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
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Is, actually. Guy's hanging in there lol
2ndWhiteLine (2606 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
I don't know about that, The Counselor was a pretty shitty movie
Fasces349 (0 DX)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien
ghug (5068 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien: 8
McCarthy: 2

I think the scoring record so far for this is 10 by Vergil in the friendly vs. Shakespeare...I think 8 or 9 is the record so far for the actual tournament so far...doesn't look like McCarthy's winning this one, so I wonder if the re-worker of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf (what, that's what he's most famous for, right?) can top that, the day's young yet...
2ndWhiteLine (2606 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Nobody gives a shit about Jane Austen and Trudi Caravan (who?). Everyone loves Tolkien.
WardenDresden (239 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
I also vote Tolkien.
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
...I again hate to be the person to defend her, since I'm not her biggest fan, but yeah, people do give something of a shit about Austen (never heard of Canavan either.)

And Tolkien...eh...

Again--like his characters and settings and all the work he puts into his books...

When it comes to actually READING his prose, however...

Reading him is like reading Henry James for me--I know it's good, but the style's just not doing it for me, and both authors make their works just FEEL long.

And having a long book and a book that feels long are two different things.
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
So yeah...the tl;dr version--

I like Tolkien, I wish he had a bit of a different style and better pacing.
ghug (5068 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
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2nd, we're kind of stuck with unfortunate first round matchups unless the authors are Obi's. Then they get their first loss cancelled and get to face J.K. Rowling instead.
2ndWhiteLine (2606 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
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Can we just skip ahead to the final?

Shakespeare vs. Tolkien

Shakespeare had a few good plays that were (allegedly) written by him. On the other hand, Tolkien had talking trees.

Tolkien 1
Shakespeare 0
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Stop whining
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
YOU suggested the rematch, ghug, I was fine with the Bard losing.

(And let's be honest, Shakes is gonna lose to J.K. on popularity anyway, lol...sad but true.)

Why suggest this alternative if you were going to whine about it?
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Besides, my favorite poet, T.S. Eliot, already lost.
Socrates Dissatisfied (1727 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
i'm going to vote for j.k. as a protest vote - j.k. is awful though :P seriously, it did really annoy me, especially seeing some of the candidates who have gone through, but living in western society as long as we all have, we should have realised democracy has flaws :P in the end of the day, if shakespeare lost to virgil, even if he goes on it is likely he will lose at another point. Likewise, given Virgil beat shakespeare i think it is likely he will progress quite far
ghug (5068 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Because I like to fuck with you, and because my suggestion didn't involve forcing Vergil to undergo the first round again. Shakespeare/Vergil is the only case where a first round matchup was wrong. This one would be fine if better authors had been selected initially.

Anyway, I'll be voting for Rowling, but something is seriously wrong with us if she wins.

Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
Lets lynch ghug
kaner406 (356 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
McCarthy
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
23 Apr 14 UTC
Tolkien: 8
McCarthy: 3

And I'm predicting a Shakespeare loss to J.K...

But at least he'll have the distinction of being the only author to lose TWICE in this tournament, lol.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
23 Apr 14 UTC
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Mccarthy
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
*Sigh* You already voted, Thucy...

This isn't Putinist Russia and I'm not Putin33, so no vote fixing OR long justifications for the atrocities of Big Bad Vlad. :p
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
So, good to see McCarthy got some votes, at least, but yep...what I expected...

A mass outpouring of love for Tolkien and he wins, 8-3.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
24 Apr 14 UTC
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McCarthy
obiwanobiwan (248 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Today...no idea...

Iain Banks vs. Bill Bryson...?
2ndWhiteLine (2606 D(B))
24 Apr 14 UTC
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McCarthy
mendax (321 D)
24 Apr 14 UTC
Banks, but it's pretty close for me.

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mdrltc (1818 D(G))
09 May 14 UTC
In which we compete for best new puns...........
I'll never strike my colors, said the tanner. I'd rather dye!
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Mapu (362 D)
08 May 14 UTC
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Who are the craziest people on webdip?
Let's compile a list of players who are angry, crazy, or otherwise far-reaching in their psychopathology. This will serve as a helpful reference for newer members.
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Al Swearengen (0 DX)
13 May 14 UTC
Hiring Kissinger
a.p. below

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Lhikevikk (124 D)
13 May 14 UTC
Fleet at Poland retreat to Ukraine?
gameID=138998

Okay, how on earth did Quebec's fleet at Poland manage to retreat to Ukraine despite not sharing a coastal border? Is this a bug or an obscure quirk of the World map? The variant homepage says nothing about any Pol-Ukr canal.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
10 May 14 UTC
...
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/roy_moores_twisted_hisotry_isl.html

............
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
10 May 14 UTC
The most racist forum member.......
.......this might be interesting, OUT the racist scumbags !!
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dirge (768 D(B))
10 May 14 UTC
reliability
So, does moves received versus not received have any impact on the reliability percentage? It does not appear to.
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SYnapse (0 DX)
12 May 14 UTC
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Things I would do for a +1
I'd threaten to leave the site, then come back 2 hours later and say this is the final warning for the mods
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cardag (100 D)
12 May 14 UTC
Boots N Pants N Boots N Pants: No in-game messaging
Can someone Check this game. It seems that there are players working together. When they shouldn't.
Thanks.
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
12 May 14 UTC
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As With Crimea, So Too with Eastern Ukraine...
http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-declare-victory-east-ukraine-vote-self-rule-012033097.html "Organizers in the main region holding the makeshift vote on Sunday said nearly 90 percent had voted in favor." Yes...because when I think "legitimate democratic proceedings," the first thing *I* think of is a "makeshift vote"...and nearly 90% in favor, on such a divisive issue? You couldn't get 90% of people to agree what color the sky is! Will the West act NOW? (No. But let's chat, shall we?)
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rs2excelsior (600 D)
11 May 14 UTC
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Ancient Med in Latin?
So, inspired by the currently-running "Languages" game, I thought it would be fun to do an Ancient Med game in Latin.
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
12 May 14 UTC
Boko Haram Declares War on Abraham Lincoln
...Seems the lack of western education has in fact not hurt them one bit.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/boko-haram-video_n_5273563.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
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Pete U (293 D)
11 May 14 UTC
Time for a holiday
I'm taking a break from webDip. I will return at some point I'm sure

Have fun
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SYnapse (0 DX)
11 May 14 UTC
The quiet train to depression-ville
So I've been watching liveleak videos featuring violence and death and then went onto Omegle to talk about it and kept getting "16m u?" and now I'm depressed. Sam Cooke tells me it's been a long time coming but a change is gonna come? I am skeptical.
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thibaud1 (176 D)
11 May 14 UTC
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Statistics
I've been thinking of modifications to the ghostrating system, is there anywhere with a vast amount of diplomacy game data I can mine to test out the modifications? It doen't need to be from this site but I would prefer if it had data on individual turns and not just win/lose/draw/survive.
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