http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/somali-farmers-benefit-from-al-shabab-reforms-201431053038814400.html

Has some strong players should be fun http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=137638

There's concern for the North Korean leader today as election results become known. Despite his best efforts to establish himself with the people, the percentage of the vote won by Kim in his district was on a par with the poorest performing candidates across the nation. Those election results in full below:

this variant of 10 players has the highest necessary SC points to win ratio 34:24 (58 "cities" in all) - that's a lot, please discuss.

So one of my female friends informed me 10 minutes ago that today is international Womens Rights day, or some shit like that, and it sprang a short debate about various women's right issues. Can someone please explain to me the merits of believing in rape culture, cause it just sounds like pure bullshit to me.

http://gizmodo.com/over-120-science-journal-papers-pulled-for-being-total-1534110496

Here's an article you can use against me in the future :) Enjoy.

Please enable a notice at the top when a message is posted in a finished game. GB games end and people post but you need to dig and look back to see if someone posted.

Who wins?

I was just in a game, where it was canceled because the mods said someone might be cheating. While I understand why the game was stopped,but why was it canceled, and not allowed to find someone to replace the cheater?

There are plenty of open CD positions. For the next two weeks if you post here, or pm me for gunboats, you will get reimbursed if you take over a position that does not have the most supply centers on the board.

http://news.yahoo.com/top-lawmaker-russia-welcome-crimea-152337948.html Let's keep this one specific, given that we already have a main thread for the Crisis in Ukraine: 1. Your thoughts on Crimea's stated intention to secede and Russia's warm response, 2. SHOULD Crimea secede, 3. WILL it happen and 4. SHOULD Crimea be considered "Russia," as these demonstrators seem to think?

For he is a dickless wonder.

I've always hated how most professors don't let you look at a midterm or exam after righting it. I'm always convinced that its because they're lazy fucks who want to keep the exam the same every year and don't do it to prevent us from being able to sell said exams to our underclassmen. Below is the list of reasons why I strongly think profs should give students their marked midterms and exams back

Good game all, except our host who bailed in 1904A when a draw of Austria didn't turn his way (gameID=135791). Guess he wasn't "addicted" enough...

Oh wait, now it's 4.

Admit you're a moron who can't read a diplomacy results map, asshole!

I think it an added dimension to the on-line game and like the extra dynamics and strategy it affords. Particularly in GB where there is no collusion. Earn your place in the draw or punish a grabber by throwing a solo... all part of the game.

Does anybody else play this gem? I discovered it a week ago and want to test my skills.

http://www.illwinter.com/dom3/

Game-related lesson, that is. While I'm not big on the forum, I do like reading the game-related threads from time to time. The "Letting your ally win" discussion spurred the above question for me. My answer below.

Let us organise a vote game where you may vote on the moves of any country you wish. You can even vote for dumb moves for the country you do not like !

http://news.yahoo.com/daughter-okla-governor-defends-headdress-photo-183205269.html
Insensitive bitch. And while we are at it, I wish those damned Indians would stop wearing those European fashions. Back to your loin cloths, savages!!!

I know this is rather uninformed, but what exactly is a "Gunboat" game...

I just thought about the idea of playing a game where the first year is full press through the 1901 builds, and the game turns to gunboat after the fact. It would essentially be a gunboat game that can have crazier openings and break the mold of having very similar 1901 years from game to game. Anyone interested in trying this out?

Our Game: http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=135643
Was paused to allow a user to switch out, but we can't unpause it on account of 1 afk user. Can we get this unpaused?

Lets all take a second to welcome another milestone user, peterv, userID=60000. I hope he sticks around longer than userID=50000 :)

I recently played two PPSC games (a normal world gameID=132877,and a modern gunboat gameID=132764), in both of which a player decided not to attack the leader, resulting the leader to solo and the other coming in second. Do you think letting your ally win is ever acceptable?

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-being-a-cynical-asshole-1537302138

Good lord, there IS a cure for me. Nahhhhh....this is *complete* bullshit...

..... is just Dave Mustaine out of Megadeth, without his wig.

Proof here: http://9gag.com/gag/6545738/vladimir-putin-and-dave-mustaine

What do you want with regards to Eastern-Western Relations? With Putin's intervention in the Crimea and the Ukraine crisis on the whole? Syria, where you and I differ again? Israel/Palestine, where you and I differ again (which I find interesting given that I want them to have their own state and have criticized the Israeli encroachment into the West Bank, but I digress.) If you could have EXACTLY what you wanted in each scenario, snap your fingers and it's done--what would you WANT?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/living/nj-teen-sues-parents-for-college-education/

How much do you want to bet that little chickie-poo is a Libtard. An "I'm Entitled To It Because I Was Born" Liberal bitch? You know...a product of living 6 of her 18 years under a President that told her every day that she deserves to be given everything...