# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Jonmarzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jonmarzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonmarzie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/341 "2003-09-17T06:21:24Z")
Are we in the midst of the Winter of '04 right now? Are we awaiting spring orders? Will I ever be able to contact players other than Turkey? Will the GM step in and recognise my candidacy? Will I ask many more questions? Who knows? What does this “Submit Reply” mean? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/342 "2003-09-17T10:46:01Z")
Very sorry folks. I had asked **Soup\_du\_jour** to have **Jonmarzie** email me if he was interested in picking up for the French leader and was patiently waiting by my Outlook. I’m still on this infernal AOL dial-up crap account and accessing the boards is a royal pain which I simply haven’t had the time or patience for. I’ll get together a email for everyone to restate the status of teh game and get a new deadline out to everyone. Once again, please forgive my silence. [sub]God willing, I’ll be a new man come the end of next week when I have DSL.[/sub] ---
**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:** [September 17, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/343 "2003-09-17T20:47:02Z")
I’ll email to you the map, Jonmarzie. Right now, we just finished Summer retreats, and are awaiting Fall orders, in the year 1905. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/344 "2003-09-20T00:20:07Z")
Nothing ever goes right, does it? Three important notices: 1. If you haven’t read your email, be aware that my RCN account has been diabled, and I’m reachable only through the hotmail account that was forwarded to you all. 2. My computer died a horrible death last night and all my files are currently unavailbale to me, along with my copy of RealPolitik. I’m going to be trying to either fix it or replace it this weekend, but I’ll be somewhat out of touch over the next couple days. 3. I’m missing a few sets of orders still, they may have been mailed to my RCN account, but whatever the case I don’t have them. If you sent them to the other account please resend them to the hotmail one. 4. As a result of all of the above, I’m going to hold off on adjudicating until sunday night. Feel free to consider it a delay if you’d like and feel free to continute using the weekend to dip. However, as soon as I get reestablished with a computer system, I’ll adjudicate as soon as I can. This means that if I don’t receive revised orders, I’m going to adjudicate with what I have gotten most recently. I will not adjudicate before noon sunday, so you have until then to get orders in. I’ll accept orders until I begin adjudicating. If there are any of you who have not sent in orders, consider this your warning that I will be NMRing any missing orders when I adjudicate on sunday. Thanks, hopefully I’ll be out of computer hell sometime soon. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/345 "2003-09-20T00:31:08Z")
_bump_ Anxiously awaiting the results. What effect will **Jonmarzie** have on France’s neighbors? Will Britain go south, east, or north? Will Germany misorder another build? Stay tuned. I know I am. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/346 "2003-09-30T11:07:30Z")
Adjudication is out. We had an NMR in both the Fall and Winter phases by two different players this past stretch. A map has been forwarded to you, and later this week I hope to have a new computer built and be able to more thoroughly keep everyone abrest of this game. At the very least I’ll focus on getting the map online, followed by the website. Perhaps it will even occur before Turkey manages to solo. The next deadline is Thusday at 4PM. Players, check your emails, send your provisionals and get dipping. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/347 "2003-10-02T06:57:44Z")
Only have provisionals from a couple of you. Be warned that the next turn is a mere 14 hours away, and will be adjudicated right then. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/348 "2003-10-03T18:40:03Z")
::raises eyebrow:: I haven’t gotten an email. Should I have? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/349 "2003-10-03T20:55:36Z")
Nope, I was just distracted and had to work last night, so I didn’t get a chance to adjudicate until this morning. You’re copasetic, or at least you will be until Turkey finishes his steamrolling. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/350 "2003-10-03T21:21:00Z")
Y’all had better start duking it out for second place! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/351 "2003-10-03T21:42:32Z")
Um, there is no second place in a solo. Everyone gets a giant ZERO. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/352 "2003-10-03T21:43:44Z")
Fair enough! ::eyes Turkey:: ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/353 "2003-10-03T21:51:37Z")
I knew that, **Omni**. I was trying for the distraction. You had to go and tell everyone, didn’t you? 😉 ---
**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:** [October 4, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/354 "2003-10-04T01:07:45Z")
It only seemed fair in a newbie game. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/355 "2003-10-04T01:29:11Z")
Yeah, it is fair. But still. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/356 "2003-10-04T02:01:37Z")
Well, as long as I get a GIANT zero then I’m happy. None of that puny little zero stuff for me, no siree bob. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/357 "2003-10-07T11:04:48Z")
Your’s will be a giant novelty sized one kinda like the checks they give out for sweepstakes and golf tournament winners. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/358 "2003-10-07T12:25:14Z")
No, I won’t have it, **Mastema** deserves to win simply for being the most amusing poster in this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/359 "2003-10-07T16:46:43Z")
Well, I gained the love of the people. At least I will go down as a benevolent ruler. Perhaps you could petition the Sultan to spare my last resource center and let me live out my days as Tsar of St. Petersburg. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727/360 "2003-10-07T22:22:39Z")
FYI - We’re missing three sets of orders. I’ll be adjudicating when I get home from work in about 12 hours no matter what. Get your shit together folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-dominatrix/185727.md?page=19)