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gameover (619 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
Extraterrestrial Life?
Who believes in it?

-If so, Where, Who, When?
-If not, Why not?
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Brutorix (100 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
I'm pretty certain that this is meta-gaming...
While looking through the previous games of a player I found this game, http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3197.

If you look at it, all participants in the game besides the winner just happen to have only played that single game. Somehow I'm guessing that this isn't coincidence.
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ednos (529 D(S))
16 Apr 08 UTC
Social Experiment
http://diplomacytroll.smfforfree2.com/

I set up a political/general discussion forum for phpDiplomacy players. It's entirely unofficial; feel free to join. Even pitirre will be allowed to participate. It's split between moderated and unmoderated forums.

If Kestas has a problem with the board, it might just disappear without notice. Beware.
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yellowpajamasson (1019 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
Having trouble logging off
I click on the log off button and it returns me to the same screen where I am still logged in. I don't want everyone to think I have been on here 24 hours a day recently. The problem is probably on my end, so I will just see if it goes away.
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Braveheart (2408 D(S))
15 Apr 08 UTC
Touch Diplomacy....
.... new variant with standard rules but severe restrictions on press unless you're within "touching"distance on another nation.
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Feckless Clod (777 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
1066 and all that....
Before we get too far into this....
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3537
Can Kestas please confirm that there are, in fact, seven participants?
It looks just a little bit suspicious to me....
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sean (3490 D(B))
14 Apr 08 UTC
Forum Rules
what do people think about these ideas for the forum.
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jasperleeabc (100 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
Bug? I lost a whole army!!!
Hi,

I would like to ask if losing an army suddenly in one turn is a known bug. I'm Italy in the game "just a game 5" and my newly built army in Rome suddenly disappeared... Can anyone help?

Game page: http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3429

Thanks.
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Stevelers (3084 D(G))
14 Apr 08 UTC
Game: Final Witness-Low Bet
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3313

This is a draw request on behalf of Germany, Russia, Turkey, and myself(as Austria). France Britain and Italy are controlled by a metagamer. For one, the accounts controlling France and Britain only play in games together, and form strong alliances, and never stab eachother. This in itself is not proof! However, on two separate occasions, those two players were caught with loggin times within ten minutes. What's more is that the metagamer created a new account to take over for Italy, who was in civil disorder! The last time I checked this new profile, It was in two games; the one I am talking about, and a game which was yet to start, and also included the accounts controlling France and Britain in the first game. If it can be proven that these players are metagamers, the rest of the players would like a draw between the remaining players, and if possible, the eliminated player, who controls Germany.
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sean (3490 D(B))
14 Apr 08 UTC
Allied Warfare DRAW request
congrats to the team RUS/AUST/ENG. they left the rest of us in the dust.
could the remaining players please confirm the (technical) draw so we can close the game
thanks.
Germany (or now know as the semi autonomous region city state of kiel) confirms.

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3011&msgCountry=Global
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redbarchetta (0 DX)
15 Apr 08 UTC
thank you
i want to thanks the folks that had supported me and im more surprised that a few think im a good player or at least an interesting one. thank you.

i wish that kestas unbanned me (pitirre) because i really enjoy that nick. i see that political discussions STILL continue ...but im the one that got banned.

anyway, thank u very much and really really really im very grateful for your support.
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canute (0 DX)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Our knowledge of the Universe, stems from the knowledge of ourselves...
Thoughts?
fwancophile (164 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
seems pretty likely.
Noodlebug (1812 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
My immediate thought is "pretentious bollocks..."
Brutorix (100 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
I agree with Noodlebug there, hehe
Chrispminis (916 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
But once you move past your immediate thoughts...

All I can say is that the epistemological turn has left many of our greatest minds in a wobbling uncertain mess, only able to participate in normal life when completely distracted from their problem at hand...
mapleleaf (0 DX)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Yes, Noodlebug. Yes.
ednos (529 D(S))
15 Apr 08 UTC
I suppose the statement is true as soon as you realize it applies solely to your observation of your observation (a von Neumann irreversibility--intriguing) and not the physical reality. One might ask, quis custodiet ipsos custodes? To what depth of recursion can you evaluate the universe in this manner?
fwancophile (164 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
i dunno, has it? seems our greatest minds have been turning out tons of forcefully innovative shit - what's the wobbliness?
ednos (529 D(S))
15 Apr 08 UTC
Perhaps Chrispminis has a different idea of "greatest minds".
kestasjk (95 DMod(P))
16 Apr 08 UTC
I'd say our knowledge of the universe stems from innovative experiments by hard working scientists, like Gravity Probe B [ http://einstein.stanford.edu/ ]

But knowledge of ourselves is useful too :-) the starting statement is a little vague I think
fwancophile (164 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
atheism or a divine cosmos, basically.
gameover (619 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
Who believes in aliens??
Chrispminis (916 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
fwancophile, I'm referring to all the great philosophers who have devoted their lives to this very question, rather than something a little more... "practical" that would produce more material effects, like aeroplanes.

Perhaps I misunderstand the topic... but I thought this was about Descartes and the epistemological turn.

Personally, I worship the scientific method. =)
fwancophile (164 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
the scientific method is excellent at understanding the components of the universe. it is less effective at understanding the orchestration - in fact it is ontologically incompatible with discovering its much sought after theory of everything. i don't think this has lead to an uncertain mess - in fact i think this is the only way that ethics and politics are possible. deference toward this explanatory limit of science, far from confusing the question, is what allows continuity with the archaic roots of the human tradition - defined, for example, as platonic or aristotelian thought. as just an opening wager of what the "epistemological turn" has preserved of an ancient legacy. not to mention all the cool shit people have done since then!
canute (0 DX)
16 Apr 08 UTC
I was referring to the FACT that our knowledge of the Universe, is limited to what WE know.
For example, should we discover that the power of the MIND allows us to say, move objects, or levitate, etc etc... then in fact our knowledge of the Universe is likewise shifted.
OR if we discover that life forms do NOT need be carbon based, then in that case, again... OUR knowledge of the Universe is changed again...
Pretty tangible concept really
sean (3490 D(B))
16 Apr 08 UTC
so what you are saying is that our "knowledge" is in ..what ...some way...kinda connected to..... the word....."know"?
ednos (529 D(S))
16 Apr 08 UTC
Whether or not your particular experience of the universe accurately describes the physical reality depends on how well you can compensate for parallax error in your observations. However, knowing the flaws in your observations requires some form of observation. Measuring a system from the inside, essentially, is the problem all those smart people have with quantum mechanics. As soon as you measure something, its state changes. Take that same concept and turn it into a philosophy of sentience, and you've read this entire paragraph.


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Crazen Markay (113 D)
16 Apr 08 UTC
Crazen Markay
May Crazen Be Madness That Markay Maynayseed From Unto Time Immemorial
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Wombat (722 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Double BUG
Dear Kestas, there have been two consecutive bugs in my games:

1) in " hidden team variant", I put in an order for MAO to Brest, but it moved me to North Africa.

2) In "the fall of Gondolin", I attempted to convoy an army from Ankara to Rumania- there was no resistance or anything, but the arrows on the screen show me moving to sevastopol and then bouncing with an imaginary unit.

I would appreciate it greatly if you could look into this. Thanks Kestas.
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Tetra0 (1448 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Small pot game DMZ
Just made a new game called DMZ. Only 35 to buy in, and you get to play with yours truly! It'll be a blast.
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ednos (529 D(S))
15 Apr 08 UTC
History Books (Napoleon)
I'm looking for some good reading on Napoleon's military campaigns. I guess I could browse Wikipedia until my eyes fall out, but I'd rather read something well-written and on solid paper. Any recommendations?
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dangermouse (5551 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Draw request
The 4 remaining powers in Catch 18 have come to a stalemate and request a draw. Game ID 3336.
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Farcus189 (505 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
All Or Nothing 2
All Or Nothing has just ended and was a big success. Anyone wanting to try a Winner Takes All game, or is ready to participate in another should take a look at it. It's only 6 points so JOIN NOW!!!
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redbarchetta (0 DX)
15 Apr 08 UTC
New game; the secret
join in
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alamothe (3367 D(B))
15 Apr 08 UTC
why pitirre got banned
i heard that pitirre got banned because CIA asked kestas to do so. apparently he brought to the public some evidence about US experimenting on puerto rico citizens, and CIA was not pleased
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Wombat (722 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Where's Keeper gone?
Just wondering where Keeper0018 is... he hasn't been finalising and stuff for his games for some time now
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canute (0 DX)
10 Apr 08 UTC
Life on other Worlds!
What is the general consensus? And if there is, must it be carbon based? I vote, that there IS life out there, and that it need not necessarily be a carbon based life form
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redbarchetta (0 DX)
14 Apr 08 UTC
new games
"The new one" and "The 2nd one", choose one or play both.
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figlesquidge (2131 D)
14 Apr 08 UTC
Wanted: Chrispmini's & Abab
The final of the tournment is about to start, and what would it be if you weren't there, especially Abab who won both his games!
If anyone can get their attention to the game that would be great
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pitirre (0 DX)
11 Apr 08 UTC
responding to my anti-USA goverment views.
I dont have anything agaisnt the US citizens but i sure have a problem with thier goverment. Not only of their illegal interventions in another countries which has ended in millions of lifes wasted ... but im from Puerto Rico and from more 100 years the US goverment has kept us in a colonial status and if that is not enough the US goverment has killed, experimented, persecution, abuse and torture many of puerto ricans in the island... sometimes for political reasons and sometimes because they just can.

I think many US citizens SHOULD participate more and be more educated on how their goverment behave... because if you dont care how irresponsible they act on your country that is your problem BUT the reality is that your goverment loves to intervene in other countries affairs,many dies and many times is for the most selfish reasons... and then you have the face to question why many countries on the world dislike your goverment and why bad things happen to you from time to time.
be more responsible because sadly the world suffers from your lack of political interest.
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Tucobenedicto (100 D)
11 Apr 08 UTC
What the hell?
Seriously guys, what is going on? I feel like this forum has devolved into an orgy of anti-Americanism. Criticize my country all you want, I'm not going to argue with your right to, but this has become ridiculous.

I feel like I'm being belittled for defending my country. It's sad really.
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fwancophile (164 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
austrian replacement needed
piterre has been banned, yes, and an austrian player is needed for a competitive game here. you start out with like 10 SCs:

http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3167#orders
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Pandora (100 D)
13 Apr 08 UTC
Military History
at this point even I'm annoyed with all the anti-US threads, so you know it's bad.

So I thought I would get a dialouge going about military history
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Noodlebug (1812 D)
14 Apr 08 UTC
Global Warming
Is it for real? Is it a catastrophe? Or is it just another standard periodic warming of the Earth as happens every few hundred thousand years?

Can we do anything about it? Is there any point? Are all our individual efforts just tokenism? Is there really any prospect of the whole world (including China, India, Brazil) reducing emissions by the levels required to make a difference?
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Tetra0 (1448 D)
15 Apr 08 UTC
Kestas: Please end game All Or Nothing
The surviving players of game All Or Nothing would like to concede to Austria. They will post to confirm this.
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