# Doper Diplomacy - Fall and Winter 2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858 "2002-08-28T01:21:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![ppg\_shg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@ppg\_shg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ppg_shg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/501 "2002-10-21T21:15:36Z")
WD – Jeez, I checked all day Sunday for adjudication but didn’t hear anything. Today, when I got to work, I promptly slacked off and got my retreats in. I only wish I could have done the double retreat into Galacia. It’s where all powers go to die. WL – One center is one center is one center. It really tears me up that you only got one build at my expense this year. I’d write more, but I’m getting too upset just remembering the terrible pain I’ve caused you, so I’m signing off. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/502 "2002-10-21T21:25:06Z")
You’ve got to give the kid major points for the sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/503 "2002-10-21T21:59:11Z")
Think of his posts in a Michael Palin accent and it’s even better. ---
**Author:** ![ppg\_shg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@ppg\_shg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ppg_shg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/504 "2002-10-21T22:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*Yea, I’ll be the team captain. Who else wants in? \*\* I’m sure you’ll find many more qualified people to participate, but if you find yourself actually needing a warm body to fill the last slot, I’ll volunteer. I’ve been called a cold fish, a wet noodle, and a dumb ass, but despite that, I believe I do fulfill both major requirements of being a warm body. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/505 "2002-10-21T23:17:33Z")
Fall 1905 move orders due 5am EDT. Obligatory links: [Cat23 Diplomacy Game Free State 10(W-)40](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip/rtfirefly/) page. [Cat23](http://www.cat23.com/cat23/) and [diplom.org](http://www.diplom.org/) pages. And [the official Dip rules](http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/Diplomacy.PDF), in PDF format. \*\* [/QUOTE] ---
**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 21, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/506 "2002-10-21T23:19:19Z")
What the hell, I’m in for the tourney too. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/507 "2002-10-21T23:21:10Z")
Heh Heh Heh ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/508 "2002-10-21T23:27:31Z")
I’m not up for a tourney just now, but I am up for watching from the sidelines and providing moral support. That is if pointing and jeering can be considered moral support. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/509 "2002-10-21T23:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*ppg\_shg \*\*\* > WL – One center is one center is one center. And 0 centers is where you’ll find yourself soon enough. I should have just ignored your pleas for mercy and finished you last turn, but I didn’t expect you to choose to die just to spite me out of one build. **Shibb** , play with us. **JC** , is there any 'join’ing to CAT23 other than reading the mailing lists? I’ve been doing that ever since 983, but I never really felt like I had ‘joined’ something. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/510 "2002-10-22T00:07:56Z")
Just get the mailing lists and play the games. That’s all. It’s, at best, a loosely organized and fairly libertarian groups of people. There’s about 800 of us now. And that’s enough to make pals and enemies. I know there are guys that I go out of my way to screw over. Often. ---
**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 22, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/511 "2002-10-22T01:16:47Z")
**JC** hold a grudge? Nah…couldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/512 "2002-10-22T12:38:54Z")
I had problems with RealPolitik this morning, so the Fall results will be delayed until this evening. I decided it was better to wait and do it right, than to post a map that had, among other things, an army in a body of water. “We apologise for the inconvenience.” ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/513 "2002-10-22T13:31:12Z")
Was that ‘aquatic army’ anywhere near the Red Sea? With Cat-23, don’t we get a membership card, or t-shirt or anything? Man, what a lame club. I have nothing against joining Cat23, but there usually seem to be 2 SDMB games going on at any given time, and that is about my limit. I like the comeraderie, smack talk and play-by-play commentary from the peanut gallery here. Over there, I might actually have to _meet_ people. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![ppg\_shg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@ppg\_shg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ppg_shg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/514 "2002-10-22T14:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > **And 0 centers is where you’ll find yourself soon enough. I should have just ignored your pleas for mercy and finished you last turn, but I didn’t expect you to choose to die just to spite me out of one build.** What? You stab me in Budapest, and you complain that I did not give you Trieste as well? I apologize for not vacating the map fast enough to accommodate your expansion plans. Just so you know I’m sincere, I’ve written a personal letter of apology to all the other powers apologizing for not letting Turkey expand as quickly as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/515 "2002-10-22T15:45:18Z")
Still waiting for my letter. ---
**Author:** ![ppg\_shg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@ppg\_shg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ppg_shg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/516 "2002-10-22T16:27:44Z")
I said powers. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/517 "2002-10-22T16:41:59Z")
Mighty bold talk from a one-eyed fat man. Fill your hand, you son of a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/518 "2002-10-22T16:43:56Z")
Lawyer fight! Lawyer fight! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/519 "2002-10-22T16:48:40Z")
I gotta meet you guys someday. Too bad were not allowed to pull up lawn chairs and crack open beers anymore. PS Which one of them is Ally McPeel? ---
**Author:** ![ppg\_shg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@ppg\_shg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ppg_shg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/520 "2002-10-22T19:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \* > \*\*Mighty bold talk from a one-eyed fat man. > > Fill your hand, you son of a bitch! \*\* I don’t have to take that from you, and I know, that I don’t want to take you or your luggage to the airport. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858.md?page=27)