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blankflag (0 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
this websites conspiracy
what are the chances that many of the users are actually multis or associated with the people running it for astroturfing purposes?
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
03 Apr 13 UTC
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The same chances of you ever growing a brain cell.

That is zero.
blankflag (0 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
if the people running this website were like intelligence agencies (which you all seem to be fond of) you would do everything dishonest to get where you want to be. so here is some advice from me since nobody here seems to have principles. but im sure sure on the time involved.
1. create a bunch of multis this astroturfs and makes the site look popular
2. this makes have a lot of users and adds content to keep discussion going
3. have your multis cheat together to win many games to look decent
4. have your multis "donate" money so it looks like a lot of people are donating
5. (this is key) have your multis lose to people who really did donate to keep them hopefully happy and maybe keep them donating

if you havent implemented this plan get with the times. we are in a post-911 world here. honesty is for terrorists.
Mapu (362 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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I think the Unabomber manifestos were more cogent and coherent.
Fortress Door (1837 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
I accuse blankflag of being an elite in dicuss. Surely this is all just an attempt to throw us off this trail?
jimgov (219 D(B))
03 Apr 13 UTC
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@blank - WTF? You know, you were kind of funny in a harmless, stupid way. Then you started attacking the mods and the site and...I'm fucking tired of it. If you don't like it here, leave. If you don't leave, then I hope the mods get tired of your ass and ban you.

EVERYTHING IS NOT A CONSPIRACY.
jmo1121109 (3812 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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blankflag (userID=51201), you were warned to contain your "news" to your news thread. You have been silenced for 24 hours.
Fortress Door (1837 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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+ 1
Mapu (362 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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Whenever a userID gets posted it's like your mother calling you by your full name. You'd better pay attention.
Fortress Door (1837 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
Though would this be considered "news"?
dannysparkes (397 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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some people just like to cause a fuss. This is a great site and i am happy to be in it and if idiots like him are silenced so much the better !
Fortress Door (1837 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
So do you think the banner up there has to deal with blankflag?
philcore (317 D(S))
03 Apr 13 UTC
Do silences get extra time added to them like games do? Otherwise blank hasn't really been punished.

Wait, now that I think think about it, the downtime occurred shortly after blank's silencing. Maybe he's not so dumb after all, and he hacked the webdip server to give everyone a silencing!
steephie22 (182 D(S))
03 Apr 13 UTC
Don't post conspiracy accusations on the forum.



That would be nice, no more blankflag...
Jamiet99uk (865 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
@ Fortress Door: Nothing blankbrain posts is newsworthy, unfortunately. That's why jmo desribed his crap as "news", rather than describing it as news.
krellin (80 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
Is this some sort of brilliant sarcastic parody? Or it is just over-the-top dumbassery?
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
03 Apr 13 UTC
It's an unintentionally brilliant sarcastic parody because we all find his ranting hilarious but on his end it's just over-the-top dumbassery.

Hey jmo, when he is unsilenced again, do you mind "accidentally" refreshing the button? It would be nice.
SYnapse (0 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
Hey, free speech man.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
03 Apr 13 UTC
This isn't a democracy.. they can silence this whole site if they want. Blankflag isn't doing what they asked; they can silence him.
The awkward moment when bo is talking as if democracies don't silence people if they want to
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
03 Apr 13 UTC
True that.
I think I must be in the minority that don't really mind blankflag - sure lots of what he says is crazy and must have been conceived by an idiot, but people are annoying, c'est la vie...
FlemGem (1297 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
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I'm surprised blankflag didn't guess the real truth, which is that many players on this site are billionaire banker elites, and our points are actually units of millions of dollars, and those "password protected games" he doesn't get invited to are actually ways for elites to move and launder massive quantities of cash. SC's represent various industries, legal or not, and the negotiations about "support hold" and "convoy" are all secret code messages determining the fates of large shipments of cocaine, rhino horns, arms, and the like. And when jmo "silences" someone, he means it literally - a death squad has been sent to eliminate blankflag. Farewell, blankflag, you will be missed. By your mom.
I cannot believe that blankflag is serious. And I mean that literally. I mean, this seems pretty clearly to me to be a joke. Whether a bad or a good joke is up for debate, but if some veteran user had posted this for the lulz I doubt that it would be treated with the derision that blankflag's getting. Maybe I missed something about this guy, but I don't see why we can't just refrain from feeding the troll and let him carry on his merry way (assuming, of course, he keeps his nonsensical threads to a reasonable minimum- and I don't think consigning him to a single thread is really reasonable, given the outsize number of inane threads other individual users produce on a regular basis).
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
04 Apr 13 UTC
Apparently his charity work is legendary and he is very good with children and animals.
He is an ex-vet so maybe that's not so surprising.
I think if they could remove the shrapnel and stop the dizzy spells it would help him a lot. We should all support the 'Help for Heroes' campaign.
SYnapse (0 DX)
04 Apr 13 UTC
Blankflag is going to reduce the imperialist bases to ash and bring unparalelled total nuclear war upon the aggressors.
steephie22 (182 D(S))
04 Apr 13 UTC
Your Humble Narrator, that's what I thought first with the dice, and a lot of stuff after that, but now I'm pretty sure he's just nuts.


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josunice (3702 D(S))
04 Apr 13 UTC
A Call for Blind Diplomacy Voting (only see your own votes)
Diplomacy should be carried out through your moves, and if press is allowed, through your press, but not through voting signals. Some conspiracy theorists believe their are hidden meanings in unusual votes -- in my experience it is b/c of us cell phone players with fat fingers... Gunboat should not have this communication tool, and in press you can reveal or lie about your votes all you like...
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mcbigski (4183 D)
04 Apr 13 UTC
New game, need to replace England for spring 01 banned multi
Talcum Powder reloaded. Game 114136
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kestasjk (95 DMod(P))
03 Apr 13 UTC
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3/4/2013 downtime explanation thread
Apologies for the downtime, an explanation & details are in this thread.
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Tasnica (3366 D)
11 Mar 13 UTC
EoG: Around the World Gunboat Tournament, Game 8
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sirKristof (15 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
why the pause?
Why did the game pause? I never voted, I dont think everyone has noticed as they have all readied up, but not voted unpause :(

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=113973#gamePanel
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dubmdell (556 D)
13 Mar 13 UTC
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An actual philosophy variant
Choose a philosophical school of thought. If the philosopher fundamentally changed during his writing career, you must also choose which text(s) you will be following. Then, you must hold to that philosophy in all discussions and movements. Why not PP, 5 D, 50hr phases, WTA, orders must be announced. If someone can demonstrate how a proposed action goes against your philosophy, you may not take that action and must do something else. Critiques?
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Draugnar (0 DX)
03 Apr 13 UTC
The April Fools banner ads are still partially there...
They image tag is still there and clickable, but the images themselves are displaying as broken. I think something got left turned on accidentally.
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Yellowjacket (835 D(B))
02 Apr 13 UTC
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A request for advice
From your old pal, YJ
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Yellowjacket (835 D(B))
28 Mar 13 UTC
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Hey krellin
A final "Man Up:" This post is of grave importance to the health and happiness of the entire forum. I suggest everybody read it.
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ReBrock (189 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
please unpause
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Maniac (189 D(B))
02 Apr 13 UTC
The Cupertino Effect
Seen this so many times on here, glad it has an actual name. Am I the last one to know?
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zultar (4180 DMod(P))
03 Apr 13 UTC
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Unintended side effect: Resetting +1 on threads/posts
I just noticed that all +1s for threads/posts have been reset. Thankfully, our personal likes/liked remained, and hopefully, the +1 still works.
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Hooverhurdle (0 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
Pause
Why is one of my games paused and the others aren't? I would like to see the other games unpaused so they can get moving again if you can. thanks.
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jmo1121109 (3812 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Send All Upause reqests to [email protected]
Do NOT make a new thread for every game, the unpause feature has been fixed so you can vote unpause on your own as well.
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Captain Canuck (178 D)
03 Apr 13 UTC
Unpause this game as well please.
gameID=112046#game

Thanks.
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Unpause
Can you unpause a game please
gameID=112307
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kestasjk (95 DMod(P))
02 Apr 13 UTC
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Server upgrade
Thanks for everyone's patience during the server upgrade, for some reason it took them three hours, so it took much longer than I expected. I've added time to all games, if anyone spots anything out of place let me know.
On the bright side once this has settled down the server should have more capacity..
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Unpause
I need a game unpaused:
gameID=112307
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NoPantsJim (100 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
How does one leave a game?
I have no intentions of leaving any games I'm in, but I invited a friend to join the site and he joined a bunch of games, then decided he just didn't understand the game. Rather than stick around and ruin things for everyone, I've convinced him to just leave but I don't see that option anywhere. Help?
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lkruijsw (100 D)
31 Mar 13 UTC
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New Zine Diplom.org
There is a new issue: http://diplom.org/Zine/

You are always invited to come with own submissions.
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lukebohannon20 (100 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Crashed Game
can crashed games be restarted?
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Unpause
Can you unpause marchev47?
gameID=112298
Thanks in advance!
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Why does anyone play live gunboat games?
Don't get me wrong, they're fun enjoyable things to do, even though I'm not too good in them myself, but, NMRs and CDs are rampant, and you get opportunistic wankers that refuse to draw/cancel even though everyone else has their draw/cancel votes up and game ettiqute demands that they do so, so I ask, why does anyone play them?
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Fortress Door (1837 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Repeat Messages?
Did the new updates come with a feature for preventing posting the same messages you already did? I posted the link to the email the mods about unpausing games, but I ended up having to add something to the beginning of the post, to get around a message that told me to make repeat messages.
Doesn't matter that much, but it seems like it could be annoying at times
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zultar (4180 DMod(P))
02 Apr 13 UTC
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The Multi's of Kestas
All Hail Kestas.

http://imgur.com/Jz0jhnO
This is definitely one of the highlights for me as a player and a mod. :)
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FlemGem (1297 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Napoleon or Wellington
Who was the better general? Discuss.......
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murraysheroes (526 D(B))
01 Apr 13 UTC
Can someone explain the draw of the Gunboat?
To me, the entire thrill of this game is in the formation of alliances and the negotiations between players. With that being said, I absolutely don't understand the draw of the Gunboat games--it takes out the best part. If I'm looking for pure strategy, I'll take games like Axis and Allies (despite the "luck factor" or even chess). What am I missing about Gunboat games?
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ReBrock (189 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Unpause game
Please unpause the following games:
gameID=113248
and
gameID=113072
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dyager_nh (619 D)
02 Apr 13 UTC
Need Games Unpaused
When an Admin gets a chance, there are two games I am involved in which need to be unpaused
114126
113429
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