Gunboat diplomacy is a methodology by which you declare your intentions by your actions.

The boardgame Diplomacy even has a variant called "Gunboat" because you don't have a "talking" diplomacy phase, you just move, and let your actions speak for what you'd say if you were "chatting" about an ...

No

Right on.

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If you have the right scripts installed, or if you recalculate each "deal" of the cards, or if you are playing on a hardcopy, this is not the case.

I would have to use the form, with all its attached links and such. Not gonna happen.

oh dear, the angst, the despair. Having to conform, fall into line like another sheep on the conveyor belt. Yes, I see your point.

Mods shouldn't be able to be ignored, they're there for a reason.

Yvgni ...

You may have noticed that each country has a color.

If you take the total number of countries that your *opponents* have, sort them into their respective colors, and calculate what percentage of blue,green,red that each has -- then if you multiply each one of those percents by the percent of blues ...

Lots of websites have perfectly reasonable restrictions on names you can pick. Just because we have people here with the emotional and intellectural maturity of 9-13 year olds is no reason to allow naming conventions which offend against the general public.

It would be nice think that the people ...

Actually you don't need to install anything on a normal pc.

Just hit teh PrintScreen button.

Go and click: Start, Accessories, Paint.
this opens the paint program.

hit Control-V (or paste)

Do file, save as, and save the file as a .jpg file.

Now you have a .jpg of your screenshot that you ...

Either people here have the driest sense of humor I've ever encountered, or there is a disconnection from recognizing sarcasm and bitter irony in certain posts.

This is all so clear, was so clear from day 1. I honestly don't understand why there should be the slightest doubt that he is a blatant (and poor) cheater who should be busted forthwith.

And that's without having access to the administration of this site, which should be able to support this ...

Wow, it does, does it?

Sorry, pardon the sarcasm. One of the biggest problems is herein, but I haven't seen the thread on it yet:

# Ratings cannot be altered once the game is archived, but they can still be withdrawn.


So far, since I've left ratings for people mostly on the "3 is average ...

For detlef, with humor:

In Heaven:
The cooks are French,
The policemen are English,
The mechanics are German,
The lovers are Italian,
The bankers are Swiss.

In Hell:
The cooks are English,
The policemen are German,
The mechanics are French,
The lovers are Swiss,
The bankers are Italian.

****
One ...

Owenshoot'ah was conjectured to burp:
(let's see how many get that.. that is a pop culture reference that is going to break down among generations.. ha..),

My, I haven't had a "****" in years, though I had a Prosecco recently that made me exclaim "Hey so this is what they did with all the ...

Detlef spawned these words in an explosion of spores:

The bad news is that this new system is basically useless for all the reasons people have given. For many of the same reasons that people handed out positive feedback for nothing more than not being an ass, they're going to give out 5s for the ...

Detlef inscribed with a fury of energy:

Seriously? This is what we've come to? I'm not a programmer, but I'm just going to guess that having the numbers spin on the screen doesn't actually help in this matter.

But ...BUT.... Don't you see? It goes to E-lev-en.

The points to be awarded is calculated as (loser's score / winner's score) * 20, up to a maximum of 100 points from each opponent.

--From the Instructions.

The more opponents you play in a game (that you win) the more points you get, since you get them from each opponent.

You seem to play 95 ...

Soloman was rumored to pen:
I am not being graded on spelling, proper grammar or punctuation so really in the end who cares if you understand what is being conveyed

Actually, whether you realize it or not, you are constantly being graded on your spelling, grammer, and punctuation. In real life ...

Thanks for doing the research and finding these correlations. I feel much better now about my having posting in the other thread.

He does claim to be the *devil's* advocate, so I think we can extend a consideration to his enthusiasm, and anyone who can do a good Igor impression is surely worth indulging periodically.


(the above is only the opinion of the writer and is therefore not valid in the continental united states ...

Accused:

⋅  KIDPAT
⋅  HEYDAY


The accused are suspected of:

[X]Being Multis
[X]Having a secret alliance


Game number(s):

⋅  2514013
⋅  2442239
⋅  2295132
⋅  1942957


Comments:
Etc. By examining the 25 games played ...

Any form of collusion between opponents must be announced beforehand in the game chat, in English or in a language all players understand. Secret alliances can be hard to prove, but if you suspect one you should leave the players in question negative feedback. If the players have a history of ...

Prior to 1977, the term StormTrooper in the USA and some other countries was a term of "shock and awe" still.

Post 1977, it became a fairly derisive term and someone you laugh at. I'll always admire George Lucas (and also Steven Spielberg) for the ways in which they have denigrated icons of WWII ...

Rule 2: NO Secret Diplomacy

Any and every form of diplomatic talk between players should be open and posted in game chat in a language that all players in game understand. This includes (but is not limited to) Alliances, attack coordinations, truces etc.

I just started here, and already this ...

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a Dog"

-woof-woof.

(the above is only the opinion of the writer and is therefore not valid in the continental united states unless accompanied by a notarized document in triplicate which absolves the writer from any responsibility whatsoever, not void where ...