# Diplomacy - Dominatrix **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727 "2003-07-02T05:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/261 "2003-08-05T22:40:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Good to know at least Italian slang is spreading throughout Europe šŸ˜ƒ I like the way you picked Italy, yet your location says MUC (Iā€™m assuming Munich?). If this is so, how could you live with yourself? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/262 "2003-08-05T22:47:45Z")
We southern Germans are rather Italian by heart ā€¦ just a quick hop over the Alps. Plus, now that my armies are being rapidly diminished, I can always blame it on lax Italian work ethics šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/263 "2003-08-06T00:56:44Z")
I would rather blame it on the hypernationalistic blondes who invade the Italian beaches every summer. What? ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/264 "2003-08-06T01:01:09Z")
Yes, put the blame on the Swedes. Those darn northern tourists. What? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/265 "2003-08-06T02:02:06Z")
Well, kids. Still no word from our missing party. Iā€™m going to shoot off another message here shortly, and Iā€™ll probably give the offending player until tomorrow morning at the very latest. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/266 "2003-08-06T02:46:43Z")
Should the Swedes be ā€œtaught a lesson?ā€ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/267 "2003-08-06T20:12:19Z")
FYI, the turn has been adjudicated and our Russian players was NMRed. I had hoped to avoid this, but I havenā€™t heard a word from him. The results have been mailed. Note to the Russian Tsar, email me ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/268 "2003-08-07T14:38:51Z")
Ooh! Ooh! Let me play, Iā€™d like to be two Russias at once. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/269 "2003-08-07T21:56:13Z")
**Wikkit** , if I donā€™t get some feedback soon, i may just have to take you up on that. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/270 "2003-08-07T22:07:30Z")
And if I do badly, I still win, since I predicted the imminent death of Russia an page 5. ---
**Author:** ![Jonmarzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jonmarzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonmarzie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/271 "2003-08-07T22:46:47Z")
I would offer to take over the Russian position, but that would be unfair to Turkey. I know his secrets. I know his master plan. Actually, I could sell the Turkish state secrets to the highest bidder. :dubious: I take cash in advance. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/272 "2003-08-08T00:00:07Z")
What about a money order? ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/273 "2003-08-08T00:22:27Z")
First you give him the fifties, then the twenties, then tens, fives, twos, onesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/274 "2003-08-08T11:43:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*FYI, the turn has been adjudicated and our Russian players was NMRed. I had hoped to avoid this, but I havenā€™t heard a word from him. The results have been mailed. > > Note to the Russian Tsar, email me ASAP. \*\* Well, he is in a bad position, which is when most NMRs occur. Note to other players: this is incredibly bad form, and will not get you invited into a lot of other games. If you things go bad, remember that itā€™s part of the game. Be a _mensch_ and play until completio. **Omni** : Iā€™ve got a couple of other players filed away who wanted to be in a game, in case you need to find a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/275 "2003-08-08T19:20:47Z")
What are you talking about, **Shibb**? Heā€™s almost conquered Germany! Oh, and please donā€™t let **Jonmarzie** be Russia. The state secret thing is true. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/276 "2003-08-08T20:45:12Z")
Iā€™m sure itā€™s all part of the Master Plan[sup]TM[/sup] šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/277 "2003-08-08T22:44:08Z")
Well, I still havenā€™t heard a peep from Russia and if I donā€™t hear anything by sunday, Iā€™m going to put the game on hold. No sense in NMRing a nation two turns in a row if heā€™s just going to be replaced anyways. Players, has Russia been communicating with anyone in the past couple turns? Before I remove him from that game I want to be clear that heā€™s truly a dead stick. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/278 "2003-08-08T22:46:30Z")
Nothing to me. I sent a few emails a while back during the game and never received any sort of acknowledgment. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/279 "2003-08-08T23:28:54Z")
He hasnā€™t been communicating with me either - and he used to send mails all the timeā€¦I was actually wondering what had happened. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/280 "2003-08-09T02:17:13Z")
Not with me, either. Though that isnā€™t surprising. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727.md?page=15)