Ychtt can you please just shut up?

Draugnar, you were not banned from WebDip for "forum stuff". You were banned because you admitted responsibility for making attacks which took down the site for several hours.

@ goldfinger
No, actually not joking.
I'm not active on webdip from a while, I don't follow their weird forum. I used to play some live games there and I met him.

He was good enough not to be in need to cheat, that's why I'm surprised to hear that he was actually a chief-multi.
I tend to think that multiaccounting is just for weak players.

No Jamie, I wasn't. They claimed I threatened and called for the death of a mod when I said "terminate him" when anyone in the professional world knows terminate means fire. They can make up all the excuses they want and claim they have proof I tried a DDOS (which is probably *false* and any evidence they have is fabricated). I got banned because I said "terminate 2WL" but it's actually fine. This is the better forum and turning into the better site with all the variants anyhow.

Provably false...

I had a similar respect for sarge. It was a shock to me, too. Maybe that's how he got his stats up. I haven't taken time to really look at his profile.

Anyhow, back to the subject at hand. We have already had 2 people sign up from here. Any others interested?

@ Draugnar: "...claim they have proof I tried a DDOS..."

I have proof that you admitted it.

Nobody cares about any of this, please stop talking about it. It is disrespectful for you be derailing tru ninja's thread like this.

Tru is advertising a competing site here, something forbidden on webdip.

thx jimbozig.

Well you're not a moderator here, so why don't you shut the fuck up about what's allowed and not allowed on the site that you got banned on and remind us every fucking day twice an hour about? Tru ninja's advertisement/recruiting isn't detrimental to play here. Some of us are actually interested in playing Dip here rather than reading your nitwittery. Frankly I welcome the notice of it, and the fact that you've derided it only serves to endorse the event's attractiveness.

I just find the hypocrisy incredulous is all. And Three posts in 12 hours is only about an eight of your hyper exaggerated claim.

That sir, is worth a +1. I'd live to play a game with you sometime.

Truninja please can you not advertise on this site until you have at least played a few games, that's just common courtesy.

5 more for 3 boards. Friday is the final day for sign ups.

Are you allowing unpaid Aspergers morons, like steephie22, to fill-in?

steephie22 (91 )
Sat 03 PM
+1
@Mapu: Not willing to pay $10 rather than unable, big difference.
Price and value. A webdip tournament doesn't have a $10 value to me, no offence. I assure you I'm not poor, and though I'm definitely quite a saver, I would say I'm frugal either. I just distinguish 'good buys' from 'bad buys' even if I can afford the 'bad buys' too. For me with my current crazy schedule, $10 for a webdip tournament is a 'bad buy'. Playing webdip for free is sometimes a bit of a bad habit for me as it is.

@Oct: I'm not objecting, just saying:
The CDs are all from quite a distant past. Furthermore, most of them are not games ruined by me (so they were already ruined by unbalanced CDs for example) or they are games I couldn't continue because of RL stuff. Quite a bit of bad luck is involved in that track record.
Most importantly though, I refer you to my first argument: all the CDs are from a distant past. Since then, I bet people can confirm I've been reliable and I've played some quality games. Only quality games (IMO), actually. That is not to say I'm such a qualified player, that's to say I enjoy myself most when I'm almost certainly going to be defeated because all the other players in the game are way out of my league. I just like the thrill of losing I suppose. Yeah I'm weird. So anyway, that's the poor amount of wins and draws explained as well.

steephie22 (91 )
Sat 04 PM
+1
And to be clear @Tru, I'm still not sure whether I want to be in (even for free) at all. Hence I'm not donating $10 I suppose :-)

For now I suppose you can feel free to contact me if you need another guy Tru, but anyone else can play for me and I'm not sure what my answer would be if you do contact me.

So I'm out for now but you can put me on some 'last resort' list if you like.

Steephie's web hosting business hasn't made any profits as he expected. I might wire him $10 if he's think its too steep.... (get it?)

Seriously though tru ninja this is very rude posting here purely to advertise even though you don't play here. GTFO.

Thus speaketh the guy ignoring the VDip mod post in this thread.

Excuse me? He was talking about Draugnar's webdip case. I'm talking about advertising without playing, and to make it clear I'm not a mod, it's just inconsiderate and stupid.

@ Synapse

There are a huge number of inconsiderate and stupid posts made in the forums of the Diplomacy sites we all know and love, but I hardly think one designed to increase the opportunities we have to enjoy the game qualifies.

Tru ninja's post was not rude, inconsiderate, or stupid. He was inviting players to consider joining his tournament. Who cares if he plays here or not? The reality is that what he is offering is a "real" tournament, as opposed to what we have available here, which are well intentioned experiments that fall apart after you invest a few months in them. This is chiefly because the people hosting the tournaments lose interest in them and allow them to wither on the vine. Furthermore, Synapse, you're a rather dubious character to be speaking to who plays here with 5 of your 18 games abandoned...

Tru ninja posted here offering opportunities to play Diplomacy, which is far more than you have contributed to that end. And in case you're incapable of recognizing it, this thread is known to the VDip moderators, and their only concern about it has been to ask that the inane and incessant WebDip bashing "please" stop. Naturally you ignored that and poured gasoline on the embers of that fire. Well done, nitwit.

There is absolutely nothing rude or stupid about Tru Ninja's behaviou, SYnapse. On the other hand, you are being quite rude... and more than a little stupid.

I also note that SYnapse has provided no evidence of his claim that the tournament is "illegal".

Jamie every time you challenge me on a legal point you are proven wrong. Why can't you accept that I studied law and leave it at that?

Well I for one am interested in a tournament like this. Could you give us some more information TruNinja? For instance - how is the money handled?

"Furthermore, Synapse, you're a rather dubious character to be speaking to who plays here with 5 of your 18 games abandoned..."

While that is a great comment for +1 whoring, I don’t see what my game record has to do with the principle that I don’t advertise here unduly. I actually have a bronze contributor badge for this site, y’know. I’ve contributed to the wiki, made a variant, tested, as well as my games. Meanwhile truninja has made an account purely to advertise on the forum a tournament hosted off-site and potentially illegal.

“And in case you're incapable of recognizing it, this thread is known to the VDip moderators, and their only concern about it has been to ask that the inane and incessant WebDip bashing "please" stop. Naturally you ignored that and poured gasoline on the embers of that fire.”

Please point out where I’m WebDip bashing. I’m merely truninja bashing.

I think it’s an important question to ascertain this isn’t a scam – where is the money pooled?
Any incomes from game play are classed as taxable income and should be declared to the relevant tax authority, unless they are tax-free proceeds from gambling in which case a gambling license is required. Online gambling without a license is inprisonable offense in most countries.

Synapse - please let Tru_Ninja have his say. No need to jump off the deep end.

K, whatevers.