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GOD (1850 D Mod (B))
24 Jun 12 UTC
labdip problem
i cant login in labdiplo since yesterday...
:((
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Jonnikhan (1554 D)
24 Jun 12 UTC
Pirate Game Map Glitch
Hi Oli, gameID=7079 has a missing map again. Could you fix it one more time? The game should be ending this phase/year.
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Rancher (1247 D)
24 Jun 12 UTC
webdip problem?
can't log on
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Wolfman (1230 D)
03 Jun 12 UTC
7 Powers of the World (Team Game Concept)
This would be a team game concept. I would like to see how fun it might be. Along with getting, others input as how to make it even better.
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airborne (970 D)
20 Jun 12 UTC
Europe 1815
Thoughts and comments
http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=672&p=4938#p4938
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BosephJennett (1204 D)
22 Jun 12 UTC
Request for Mods
I submitted something to the Forum this morning and haven't heard back yet. Just want to be sure it didn't slip through the cracks. Thanks!
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adalephat (733 D)
17 Jun 12 UTC
Manipulations Testgame
I'd liek to organize a testgame for the Manipulations Rules (see links inside)
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adalephat (733 D)
16 Jun 12 UTC
Manipulations Game
A set of auxilliary rules which I want to test: see in the discussion.
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butterhead (1272 D)
02 Jun 12 UTC
butterheads classic series concluding:
Well, as some of the games start to come to an end, I figured I'd post results here for those of us(like me and Leif) who were interested in the results of all games. so here we go with the finished games(ordered from person with most centers to least)
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Jonnikhan (1554 D)
19 Jun 12 UTC
No Map! Admin?
Oli, please help! gameID=7079 has a bug - the map isn't loading at all for anyone. Please help!
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King Atom (1186 D)
17 Jun 12 UTC
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GRAMMAR!
To, too, and two. GET IT STRAIGHT, PEOPLE!
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Grand Admiral Thrawn (1207 D)
14 Jun 12 UTC
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Daily +1 Pyramid Thread for vDip!
The rule is simple and laid out by Diplomat33; you must +1 everyone who posts before you. Enjoy!
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javidtl (976 D)
16 Jun 12 UTC
Join this game
We need 2 more players to start this game. It's going to be fun.

http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8677
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gman314 (1016 D)
13 Jun 12 UTC
Maybe I'm playing Gunboats wrong...
But when I start a gunboat, I generally choose a target very quickly. This then becomes either a fantastic success getting me to a draw, or a horrible disaster getting me eliminated. What's a better tactic?
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gman314 (1016 D)
05 Jun 12 UTC
Strategy idea: What could a unit be doing?
An article. See inside.
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butterhead (1272 D)
30 May 12 UTC
Blind Diplomacy- see explanation inside...
And don't try to be like, well where is it, or anything like that, because it is coming in a couple minutes.
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Captainmeme (1400 D Mod (B))
13 Jun 12 UTC
My 1st 1v1 Win!
gameID=8627
Ironic name :D
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GOD (1850 D Mod (B))
12 Jun 12 UTC
JOIN!!!
http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=8572
only two more players needed!
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King Atom (1186 D)
28 May 12 UTC
My Idea for a Crusades Variant
http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=844&start=20

I have some work to do on it, but I would like for some feedback for improvement.
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ezpickins (1714 D)
11 Jun 12 UTC
Sitter on WebDiplomacy Needed
Greetings Gang, I am in one game on webdip, and seeing as it is a gunboat, I was not able to get a pause, if anyone is willing and able to do it, would you please pm me for details
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King Atom (1186 D)
09 Jun 12 UTC
Honor ₧. Open for Business...
Join up and get all the Honor to your hearts' content!

gameID=8588
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TheWorst (1023 D)
08 Jun 12 UTC
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Greek Diplomacy
Anyone up for it?
gameID=8558
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butterhead (1272 D)
30 May 12 UTC
A suggestion for a good read:
This thread is for people to suggest good books that they think others might be interested in... If you think someone else might enjoy it, feel free to post it! I will start off by suggesting The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. I recently read the series and it has become a new favorite of mine. who else?
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I audio book read while walking the track at the health plex or riding a stationary bike. It's a great way to pass 10K/6 miles.
Leif_Syverson (1400 D Mod)
04 Jun 12 UTC
@ fasces.. my wife and I listen while we are getting ready for the day in the morning (introducing her to Ender's Game that way). I also get about 30 mins each way done on my commute to work, and another 50 mins each way commuting to the parking lot and riding the shuttle when I head in to the university.

I can't have it on while working hybrid systems theory equations for my thesis though.. that's way too much multitasking for me..
RUFFHAUS 8 (2490 D)
04 Jun 12 UTC
Theon Greyjoy did not sack Winterfell. He seized it. Keep reading to learn who sacked it...
fasces349 (1007 D)
04 Jun 12 UTC
I watched the series, so can't :P
RUFFHAUS 8 (2490 D)
05 Jun 12 UTC
Theon and his 20 men scales the wall and captured Winterfell. His plan was to have his sister send 500 men from Deepwood Motte to hold it, but she refused him, and he was too proud and angry to leave. In case it's not quite clear yet, Theon is a very tragic character caught hopelessly in the middle of the Greyjoys and the Starks, ultimately failing both houses.

The answer to your question isn't really that complex, although the HBO series does a poor job of explaining what's going on with Winterfell (mainly because they felt the need to insert 20 minutes of graphic homosexual sex into the episode while drastically slashing and altering the story). Had they spend a few more seconds and a few extra sentences of dialogue, it would all make a lot more sense.

As Kaner has alluded to, recall whom Robb Stark ordered to go liberate Winterfell. Once again it's difficult to do this because they spend no time developing Roose Bolton's character so they can show love scenes with Renly and Loras and Robb and his wife (who's character they completely F'd up). Anyway, Bolton volunteer's his bastard son for the task, and since the spend no time on Bolton, it stands to reason that they ignored his bastard son completely too. It also helps explain why you're asking WTF happened to Winterfell....

Frankly it's almost mindboggling to see George Martin cooperating with these assclowns at HBO. The first season was pretty damn good, but the second season has been absolute joke. Then again maybe there is a method to Martin's madness... I suspect that he loves the disconnect between books and series, because it creates controvesy, and thus interest in selling more of his books.

Bottom line: If you want to understand what's going on, read the books. If you just want to be entertained and can suffer through HBO's social engineering, watch the series.

fasces349 (1007 D)
05 Jun 12 UTC
I am mid-way through the first book. I am actually surprised how much HBO cut out of the first book, and from I here they cut out a lot more in the second.
LakersFan (1373 D)
05 Jun 12 UTC
This series is incredible. I have read all 5 books, and you are right Fasces, they cut out way too much. Each season would have to been 25+ episodes if they really wanted to keep all the elaborate detail and intricate plot-lines intact.

There are plenty of scenes that would just be very difficult to film, like Catelyn's ascent into the Eyrie in book 1.
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
05 Jun 12 UTC
My wife hasn't read the books yet, and is constantly asking me questions about what is actually going on in HBO's series.

So +1 RUFFHAUS :
''Bottom line: If you want to understand what's going on, read the books. If you just want to be entertained and can suffer through HBO's social engineering, watch the series.""
drwiggles (1582 D)
06 Jun 12 UTC
I've read the books and just finished the first season of the series, but I've heard mostly good things about the second season, except that as Ruffhaus pointed, there are far too many characters introduce.

I was disappointed that they haven't shown the "Blackfish" at all, and of course Bolton, who I had forgotten about. Are there any other interesting characters that are missing? Cause I know I'm going to forget. The crazy part is that every book introduces tons of characters.

As for Bolton's Bastard son; he's an interesting character, but I found a lot of his and Theon's chapters unnecessary, for their minimal purpose in the plot, and for other obvious reasons (both my opinion of course).

I've actually been wondering if they would end up keeping to the main storyline of the books or diverge at some point like Full Metal Alchemist did, and The Walking Dead sometimes does.
drwiggles (1582 D)
06 Jun 12 UTC
Full Metal Alchemist and The Walking Dead are also two amazing manga/graphic novels that have become tv shows.
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
06 Jun 12 UTC
The start of the Walking Dead was very accurate to the graphic novels, but season 2 just pissed me off how badly it started to misrepresent the original storyline, imho. But again:
''Bottom line: If you want to understand what's going on, read the books. If you just want to be entertained... watch the series.""
fasces349 (1007 D)
06 Jun 12 UTC
if you want a good manga, Elphen Leid was one of the best things I have read.

Theres a lot of gore and nudity, but if you can get past that its got a good emotional (For the reader) story.
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
06 Jun 12 UTC
Never heard of it, but I will now look it up. I thoroughly recommend both Preacher and Transmetropolitan as good examples in the genre though.
taylor4 (936 D)
07 Jun 12 UTC
Compton Mackenzie. SEVERAL BOOKS:
Water on the Brain [ WfBuckley jr wrote this was all that the OSS had when it was formed, in the way of a manual. C.M. was in Brit HumInt in Crete and Greece & his nonfiction was banned for Official Secrets. WotBrain - a comic novel - was his rejoinder. ]
APRIL FOOLS [ anticlerical novel by C.M. ]
MACKENZIE's biography - Eight volumes; C.M. takes Elgar the composer to a classical music concert and the box office ninnie doesn't recognize the man or the name.
There are others, a Britcom spinoff utilized his comic novel about Scottish nationalism and Highlands aristocracy
drwiggles (1582 D)
08 Jun 12 UTC
Elfen Lied is what I have for the spelling of it, but yeah, crazy anime, haven't read the book. Most of all I love the theme song. Lilium
taylor4 (936 D)
08 Jun 12 UTC
The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith. (WHY Great Britain sent its best cavalry under the guns and into the arms of the Russians. Mass slaughter history)
fasces349 (1007 D)
08 Jun 12 UTC
I can't spell, so yes, it is Elfen Lied.

The manga is way better then anime its also 3 times as long (in terms of story line). If you like manga's/comic books I highly recomend it.
taylor4 (936 D)
10 Jun 12 UTC
Smallbone Deceased
After the Fine Weather.
Both by Michael Gilbert. British mystery written by the solicitor, Michael Gilbert, not the "Michael Gilbert" of the USA or such.
taylor4 (936 D)
10 Jun 12 UTC
The Brit. Michael Gilbert was captured by the Germans in WWII and wrote a non-fiction book on the German camp, with escape tries, etc.
He wrote the fictional mysteries on the commuter train to central London.
taylor4 (936 D)
10 Jun 12 UTC
Stendahl. The Red and the Black.
Arthur Koestler. Darkness at Noon [President Bill Clinton said he felt like one of the characters after his impeachment by the Tom DeLay & Newt Gingrich-led House of Representatives.]

Fernand Braudel. Mediterranean. A magisterial geographic, economic and social history.


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~ Diplomat ~ (1036 D X)
10 Jun 12 UTC
I am back Guys!
Thanks for waiting for me! And Thanks to Facses369 for continued support!
I will be regular from now on!
Thanks again
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sqrg (1186 D)
29 May 12 UTC
The North Sea Wars Feedback and Comment Thread
I'm very interested in your comments.
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canaduh (1293 D)
06 Jun 12 UTC
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Page forward and back buttons on the forum threads.
Does anyone else get frustrated with reading through a whole page of fascinating discussion, only to have to go all the way back to the top to see the next rivetting installment? It must be possible to put the forward + back + first and last page links at the end of the thread as well.
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Scordatura (1396 D)
09 Jun 12 UTC
American Conflict Issue
I don't have the option to move my fleet in South Caribbean to South-West Atlantic. gameID=8465

Oli, could you please fix this?
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cypeg (2619 D)
09 Jun 12 UTC
Repeat moves button
There are times when in a big variant I want to press a button that will issue my previous moves b) if that button could also be set as a repeat it would remove the problem of nmr when i.e. im away abroad or whatever and cant access the net for 2-3 days.
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Firehawk (1231 D)
09 Jun 12 UTC
Bringing Balance to Youngstown
Having looked through the statistics and a couple games as well as playing the map myself I have come to the conclusion that this game is one of the most balanced out there. However there is one nation that will probably never win... France.
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