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KingCyrus (1258 D)
16 Aug 14 UTC
Message tab
Oli, how hard would it be to implement a message tab? It seems the only way I can view my PM's is when I get a new PM.... :(
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jengamaster (1053 D)
15 Aug 14 UTC
I have a couple of rules questions regarding variants.
With variants that say they do not allow for a draw, is that the case? Do those formats not have stalemate lines, or how do those games resolve if a stalemate is reached.
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Halt (2077 D)
14 Aug 14 UTC
WWIV Sealanes Game
So, the last time I tried to get one going, we hit around 26-27 players before the time limit killed it. To my knowledge, there are no games ongoing aside from those gunboats.
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KingCyrus (1258 D)
14 Aug 14 UTC
A question about the Lab
So, I wanted to do some testing in the lab. Do I need to make a separate account on lab.vdip? Or does this one work?
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Synapse (814 D)
03 Aug 14 UTC
Middle-East variant
I've started work on a variant of the contemporary Middle-East, but as I'm not an expert at balancing variants, I was wondering if someone can give me some insight into how to make it fair?

http://oi61.tinypic.com/zuf89j.jpg is a draft version.
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EFTBSTHGK1337 (943 D X)
13 Aug 14 UTC
hey I have a question
Where is meepmeep? People on webdip said he was here. Did he like retire from vdip too?
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Meckdar (987 D X)
26 Jul 14 UTC
NO DRAW ALLOWED rule
to those who complain of the players who play just to get a "draw", you can do this way:
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EFTBSTHGK1337 (943 D X)
10 Aug 14 UTC
Oli sir could I have your permission?
I would like to advertise your site on my groups youtube channel and I also wanted to know if I could advertise my youtube on here if that's ok if not I understand sir.
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Synapse (814 D)
10 Aug 14 UTC
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More than 1 way chats
In face to face diplomacy not only can you step outside with a single person, but you can hold multiple conferences between 3,4 even 5 players.
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jimbursch (0 D)
10 Aug 14 UTC
hello webdip developers
I would like to get in touch with other webdip developers. The dev forum is inactive, so I'm hoping to get in touch with other developers here.
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DEFIANT (1311 D)
08 Aug 14 UTC
RE: Obama's Response to ISIS and the Refugees
There are 40,000 - 50,000 minority refugees, a majority of them Christian, fleeing for their lives from ISIS. And what is ISIS doing to these men, women and children. They are beheading the children and women and hanging the men. They are closing in these people.

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EFTBSTHGK1337 (943 D X)
11 Aug 14 UTC
So should I make one of my famous honest topic threads hmm?
Pretty please? :D covered with melted chocolate topped with nuts and banana slices with a cherry on top....man...I want icecream now.
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pjman (661 D)
07 Aug 14 UTC
Opinioniated favorite variants
Hello all! I'm not familiar with all these variants compared to what are on Webdiplomacy. I'm looking to play some games but I'm not sure which ones are really good and which ones are not so much fun. So what's popular variant wise?
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Windir (1570 D)
05 Aug 14 UTC
"Save" and "Ready" buttons aren't working. What's wrong?
I was able to successfully fill in orders for one game of mine, but the save and ready buttons aren't working on another. Here's a link: gameID=19797
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KingCyrus (1258 D)
07 Aug 14 UTC
Multiple Cancelings?
So... I was in a game of Rinacemento that had not yet started. Not enough people joined. So it canceled. And canceled. And canceled. And canceled. I have NINE messages saying it canceled, BUT, I was NOT refunded 9 times! Not to mention, it still shows up in my games... which is annoying.... I WANT MY REFUND!
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jimbursch (0 D)
06 Aug 14 UTC
Perpetual Diplomacy
Is there a variant of Diplomacy that is designed to be a perpetual game? In other words, players are free to come and go as they please, but the motivation is to be the biggest player on the board, not to "win".
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jimbursch (0 D)
06 Aug 14 UTC
Glossary update
I am working on a WebDip glossary here:
http://jimbursch.com/webDiplomacy/glossary.php
Feel free to suggest additions and/or changes..
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jimbursch (0 D)
05 Aug 14 UTC
Glossary of Terms
I'm working of a Glossary for WebDip here:
http://jimbursch.com/webdiplomacy/glossary.php
Help me gather terms and definitions.
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Dr. Recommended (1660 D Mod (B))
27 Jul 14 UTC
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Diplomacy on the Radio
I'm listening to an episode of the radio program "This American Life" about Diplomacy. Featuring the same guy who recently wrote the Diplomacy article on Grantland. Not sure if it's the current episode or a repeat, but I figured I'd mention it here for those interested. Should be available on podcast now or soon.
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jimbursch (0 D)
04 Aug 14 UTC
dev for vdip and/or webdip
Hello

I'm a php/mysql developer interested in contributing to WebDip and/or vDip.
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yaaks (1157 D)
03 Aug 14 UTC
Ftf Games
I'm trying to organize a ftf game in the Los Angeles area. Anyone interested?
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Oli, thank you for the color-blindness interface.
I have protonapia and this is awesome. That plus labeling the countries speaking global and the interactive map males it so much better and less confusing... Even on the phone (interactive doesn't let me interact but still shows what I ordered using the drop down).
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Fischfix (976 D)
09 Jul 14 UTC
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Admins please Review Chat
http://vdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=19431

Guys, i really enjoy this game but from time to time people are really unpolite in what they say in the chat. i hope some admins will look into this chat and take actions against cursing and inappropriate comments by slavic nations.
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daviidnavidad (920 D)
01 Aug 14 UTC
Noob question
Sorry to be a pain but what is gunboat
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Hirnsaege (1903 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Joining running games to compensate missed turns is not easy ...
... if there are so few games around to join.

I'd like to take over some country and compensate for some missed turns happily – i just can't find any game to join that are ...
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mapleleaf (1155 D X)
31 Jul 14 UTC
Russian northern opening.
I have been known to order the Saint Petersburg fleet to Finland.
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New game: Call Me a Dirty So-n-So: YCHTT edition.
All the usual a-holes are welcome to join. I'll create it after 10 total people sign up. Modern Dip (unless there is an even better variant), WTA, Full Press, phase 24-48 hours, points negotiable, non-anon.
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qznc (1237 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Draft: North Sea Wars Strategy
I wrote a short review-strategy-guide draft on the North Sea Wars variant:
http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/drafts/north_sea_wars_strategy.html

Feedback welcome! :)
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krellin (1031 D)
29 Jul 14 UTC
Testing 1...2...3...
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/07/29/poor-sandra-fluke-cant-afford-to-buy-her-own-birth-control-but-she-can-spend-100k-on-this/

Hmmm...Sandra Fluke said she couldn't afford the $3000/year to buy birth control (Good LORD does that chick like to f***...) but has managed to give her own Congressional campaign $100,000. Uhhhh..yeah. (By the way, birth control is like under $10/month for normal human beings...)
Your dollar figure is off. My wife's hormone therapy is a birth control pill and it costs $70 per month with insurance. The pill is not that cheap.
I should clarify that was 5 years ago. I read the story where it clarified that it was down to $4 a month at many big name pharmacies.
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
may I ask what exactly this is testing? Or it the title in reference to something else?
I think he is walking up to the microphone.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
@TRUTHNotHAndled: Listen old man -- your wife's birth control is your ugly mug, damn it. Quit foolin' around with us. :P

@Fasces....what is it testing? MWaaa ha ha...those that know know what is to be known about what it is that this test is testing. And you know....YOU know my good man, though you may try to feign ignorance...
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
If I do know, which I'm not saying I do, this may be me asking for conformation of my thoughts.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Oh, if that slight whiff of <sniff sniff..> yes, smoke, definitely smoke...was the clear indication that you were thinking thoughts, then by all means <w-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-nk> you can definitely take this as a definitely probably you are along pretty much the right lines...
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
but do you have any idea what lines I am thinking along :P

(I do know, truth be told I read the wrong username when I saw this post at first, I was more asking cause I was thinking "why is their a politics thread on vdip?" then anything, however I realizing that it was you who said this my thoughts turned to more along the lines of "Oh wait, this is krellin, it doesn't have to make sense." :P
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Is this thing on??? <thump thump thump> Hello? Testing 1...2...3...

Haven't been banished, silenced or shat upon yet.

INtriguing...
chavismo (964 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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Wow, I never thought I'd live to see the day when webdip comes to vdip . . .
Krellin, this is a higher class of server, even if the low class webDip mods hang out here too. Behave dude.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
We have no idea what you are talking about. But, if there is some sort of Imperialist Expansionism going it on, I would most definitely blame it on Obama.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
How am I misbehaving?
Halt (2077 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't that site Synapse set up exactly so we don't need to have stuff like this in Vdip?
chavismo (964 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
don't mess with krellin, dude.
Raro (1449 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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In case you haven't noticed, we like to talk about diplomacy here.
Without reading it, I can tell this is some dumb ass crap. Krellin, save your time.
Probably our forum needs a division by Elo rating so we don't have mountain trolls running lose?
fasces349 (1007 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Krellin is harmless and hardly a troll.

If he posts more than a handful of threads, I'll probably end up muting him.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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@RARO: "In case you haven't noticed, we like to talk about diplomacy here.
Without reading it, I can tell this is some dumb ass crap"

Dumb ass crap. Ahhhhh....such sophisticated language from the intellectualyl superior crowd....<typical>

And who is "we"? Am I not part of "we" now? I don't see any indication next to your name to suggest that you are anything but another member, same as I. Have you been granted special status to speak on behalf of the owners?

Raro - if you woule like to put your intellect on display, put together a game -- but as I see it, this floundering site doesn't have a great deal of gaming activity, OR forum activitiy....so what you are protecting is....well, I'm just not sure.

Also I'm not sure where the notion comes from that people can not play high-level games, have discussions about gaming AND other topics. It's quite peculiar...it's suggest perhaps a weak mind, if you are unable to ignore that which you do not want to partake in.

Anyway - I've thrown the glove down..put together a game, send invites to me and....

1. RARO
2. KRELLIN
3.
4.
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krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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@LUKAS -- and before you mouth off again, my friend, might I point out Your participation is the now-100%-troll thread “winning”, which by my geneal observations adds no valuable discussion to gaming, or anything else for that matter. Ahhhhh…hypocrisy reigns supreme everywhere.…
y2kjbk (1512 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Seriously, krellin can turn any post into troll bait. Anything other than ignoring him will ruin the forum.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
y2k - Actually, I just put up a challenge for a game - if the critics wish to take me up on it
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
yourself included, naturally. But seriously, if they wish no "useless"/"troll" threads, then they should probably cease and desist with the "winning" thread, should they not?

Apparently I don't understand the nuances of the superior intellect in deciding with drivel is appropriate, and which is not...

Anyway...please add your name to a numbered position.
Raro (1449 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
great! you got my point Krellin, and redirected your efforts toward a diplomacy game.

"Also I'm not sure where the notion comes from that people can not play high-level games, have discussions about gaming AND other topics."

You can talk about other things, Krellin, it's just going to get old very very fast if you post a new thread or two everyday right here on the public forum so you can argue, bicker, poke fun, and basically act like a 13 year old with a couple of your old forum pals. No one is saying you can't talk about other topics, just please don't hog the forum.

p.s. Who ever claimed vdip was a more sophisticated crowd? Smarter, maybe, but not more sophisticated. In the words of my father before me: I'm just a hillbilly, but I learned how to play the game.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Raro - go away. What post every other night have I created? Good lord - get your panties unbunched.

It grows tiresome when the *self-righteous* bitch and complain about other people and are, in reality, exactly the same trolls they claim to despise.

So man the fuck up and put your name on the list, or shut up.

You are, clearly, exactly what you claim to despise.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
As for the 13 year old here...that would be you, in this case.
Raro (1449 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
yawn
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
By the way - given the pathetically low number of games around here available to join, this site is probably in *dire need* of an active forum to bring users to the site, so that people can actively recruit for games.

Which is not my attept to justify any particular behavior -- but I check into this site periodically, look at the available games, shrug and leave.

I'm familiar with many of the mods attitudes taht the forum is an optional bonus plan...and frankly, it's wrong thinking (imo). Believe it or not, lots of diplomacy players are rather intelligent, and like to engage in a little discussion on the side while they wait for turns to process - it creates momentum on a site, creates a community, etc....and from that comes games.

Perhaps I'm not aware of what the purpose of this site is....maybe it isn't intended to be a very active gaming community?

Regardless - I trust, Roco, that you will be visiting the other non-game threads and requesting they stop trolling...<not holding breath>
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
"just please don't hog the forum."

ONE thread, moron. If you have concerns, I suggest you actually address them with the people you have concerns with. i.e take your misplaced anger somewhere else.
mendax (1260 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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Well, if this stuff is going to start appearing over here I guess I'll be leaving once the series I'm in has finished, given that I came here originally to escape the grot that was posted over on webdip.
Tomahaha (1170 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
agreed
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
30 Jul 14 UTC
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This forum is ok as it is.
It's not forbidden to post some discussions every now and than, but as most of the newcomers may have realized the vDip crowd is really different than the webdip crowd. Most of the regulars here are not interested in political discussions (that's why your thread do not gather much attention) and quite a lot of the regulars here have no clue about American politics too.

Also we are not used to name-calling here on the forums.
Strider (1604 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
@Krellin the games list often works best if you start one, not just talk about it...

Anyway - I've thrown the glove down..put together a game, send invites to me and....
1. RARO
2. KRELLIN
3. Strider
4....
Anon (?? D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=20147
Anon (?? D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=20148
Anon (?? D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=20149
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
Oli - I apologize if I have stepped out of line. Instead of the "regular" members here leaping to attack, calling me a troll, saying "dumb ass crap" or whatever - they could have *politely* replied to me. They could have even politely PM'ed me.

I apologize for stepping out of line if I did. It might be wise to inform the self-appointed protectors of the forum that behaving poorly while trying to tell someone else not to behave poorly is....uh....contradictory...

Anyway - thank you for you words.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
re: Anon games - you may notice I have a thread going to recruit some players for a game...i.e. with names. I like to know who I am playing, and find anon games are fraught with danger.....

Some whomever created those games, you are welcome to join in the games that I will create once we have a group of players.

If you prefer a series, all the better - but I wont' play anon. And - games are games, forum is forum - so if you are afraid that any exchanged words here may impact a game, theyu won.t
Raro (1449 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
oh geez Krellin. You can't make me believe that you didn't make this thread to purposefully fly in the face of the great many vdippers (including Oli) that stated this forum isn't really the place for superfluous political crap. I mean, come on... Sandra Fluke? You did that on purpose and got what you were fishing for.
Tomahaha (1170 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
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The thread topic is not forbidden and you did not "step out of line" it's simply posted in a "trolling manner" and it is correct, political discussions are few and it would seem, most like it that way.
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
"the great many vdippers (including Oli) that stated this forum isn't really the place for superfluous political crap. " WHO and WHERE were all these great statements I have never read? Seriously, child, cool your jets. Tomahaha has PM'ed me with some thoughts, and Oli himself, very politely, addressed the concern.

Now run along and play....YOU, my friend, are a *pure troll* at this point.

That is all...
krellin (1031 D)
30 Jul 14 UTC
As to the specifics of the link -- I, in fact, find it to be a very interesting subject - the cries of birth control poverty from a woman of obvious means, and how easily the Democrat party was duped into using this obvious fraud as their poster child. But...if such things are not to be discussed, then they shant be.


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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
28 Jul 14 UTC
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New default Pot-Type WTA....
As the subject suggests.
To gather a bit more feedback about this issue I changed the default from PPSC to WTA and made a big announcement about this on the gamecreation-page.
This will last for the next few month and we will see if the games get better, worse, or if nobody cares.
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