It's just mind games that's all. Don't give it a second thought.

I feel there should be some decorum in the sight. If you violate some simple rules, you will be invited to go elsewhere.

Honestly, I would laugh at them for not coming up with something better than wanker....I also don't see how you are personally insulted by people smack talking on the internet.

Ever heard of Chainsaw Diplomacy? where you use insults and other derogatory language in a calculated way to get a desired response?

I agree with S.P.A.O.
Get over it, i get called worse;)

indeed

Just to comment on being called a wanker, I think the word wanker is hilarious. I know it's kinda a big insult in other countries but it sounds so silly to my ear.

It is common to be called paranoid in Diplomacy, and not that much of an insult. As for Wanker and various other slang terms common in the British (or is it Australian) Culture, I find it rather silly and more indicative of the speaker/writer than the target.
There are several people that I know of that use PbEM as an outlet for grotesque spewing of a highly distasteful manner and in one instance it is a designed ploy to dirve someone out of the game or off of his 'game'.
I find it revolting, and have sought to remind people that they should behave as if they are invited over to your mother's house to play a board game with your daughter in the room.
Nevertheless, in the current game culture where people regularly hide behind nicknames/anonymous play ((beat the dead horse here ....)) and feel that the big bad bogey man is behind every internet communication, the deranged behavior of some anti social types is part of the game culture that has been displayed. Then again the current email game culture is not that social.

I initiated the game. ADX is a good player but for some reason got into a P Match with Russia. Not sure why. Wish Russia would drop it. As to rules -- why do you some people want a rule for everything? Is this the Age of Obama or what?

It's a bit too Austin Powers

Wanker....lol

Groovy baby :D


Personally, if I was to call someone something I stick to classy insults, like numbnuts, tapioca brains, and the infamous... moran.

I like "wanker." It is sooooo Cockney cool. Just like "forthwith" is snobby English cool.

By the way, XC, it's MORON, no "A."

Ya maroon!

hahahahaha, curly you would use those insults. lol and you both spelled it wrong. lol the Captain is excused because it was referencing bugs bunny. which absolves everything.

/sarcasm

hmm, maybe we should have a game and only insulting language can be used in messages, nothing nice and nothing you might be able to say in your moms house in front of you daughter! bit hard to pilice but might eb fun for a laugh

police

yeah well of course a jerkface ninny monkeys mother chicken chaser like you would come up with such a stupid and loserish variant like that.

btw wanna ally?

you tard

and that's how the convos would go

oooooooh another good insult is nimrod

nimrod isn't an insult its a name from the bible

Sounds like a fun variant to me, you filthy nimrods.

I'll be on the lookout for this game.

That being said, let me also state what Chainsaw Diplomacy is not. It is not crude. Foul language has no place in any press, including Chainsaw press. It is not insulting -- threatening perhaps -- but not insulting. Name calling will not serve the purpose of getting your message across. It is not venting your spleen. "Chainsaw press may be crafted to appear like an emotional outburst, but it never should be. It is a cool, calculated attempt to acheive by unreasonable statements, threats and demands, that which you were unable to acheive previously through reasonable negotiation."

http://devel.diplom.org/Zine/W1998A/Windsor/Chainsaw.html

Sounds like a fun variant to me, you filthy nimrods - if it was intentional that's a very clever Elgar pun!

My view has always been you can use as much bad language as you want, but I would hope you don't. Diplomacy should allow you to make your own decisions, but I would think most people have enough sense to realise that swearing at someone is rarely the way to an alliance!

Do schizo wankers think someone else is giving them a hand job?

Or maybe they think they are giving someone else one?