# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/701 "2002-11-24T05:35:33Z")
Baby website: http://vashon\_shannon.tripod.com/bright/ For all your baby picture needs. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/702 "2002-11-24T05:46:04Z")
Wait, can someone explain how this thread can to page 15? I thought 10 was the maximum? Was there an upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/703 "2002-11-24T08:08:28Z")
No, we’re flying below the radar. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/704 "2002-11-24T12:33:57Z")
Yeah, it’s not an technological limit. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/705 "2002-11-24T13:08:44Z")
How can that ‘704’ in the ‘replies’ column on the front page of MPSIMS possibly fly under the mods’ radar screen? I started seeing more threads with 500+ posts after the last vBulletin upgrade. (The same ‘upgrade’ that did away with automatic quote-within-quote.) I’m suspecting that the upgrade somehow made long threads more tolerable to the server, but that’s just a guess on my part. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/706 "2002-11-24T20:25:21Z")
Shh!!! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/707 "2002-11-25T23:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \* > \*\*I don’t know when I’ve been so happy to have to remove a peice. \*\* What’s that? Pg. 16? Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/708 "2002-11-25T23:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lemur866 \* > \*\*Baby website: > > http://vashon\_shannon.tripod.com/bright/ > > For all your baby picture needs. \*\* Very cute baby! Cool t-shirt, too. Although you’ll probably have to post a link somewhere more prominently if you want more than the 5-10 die-hards who are still reading this far in to see it. We seem to have even lost **Go Alien** somewhere along the line. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/709 "2002-11-28T00:02:00Z")
Hello. Hello? Is this thing on? Sorry, just testing to make sure it’s still working. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/710 "2002-11-28T00:16:59Z")
Sorry guys, I had to request a delay today because my original set of orders was crap. Unfortunately it turns out that my final set of orders was crap too so I’ve wasted all of your time for nothing. I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/711 "2002-11-28T00:49:20Z")
**Weirddave** also sent a note that he has all the orders now and will adjudicate later. He’s a bit under the weather. Dave, I hope you’ll wait until the Nyquil wears off before you adjudicate. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/712 "2003-01-01T13:50:52Z")
So, is Dip 1046 still going? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/713 "2003-01-01T14:43:27Z")
Yep. And it’s down to grinding. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/714 "2003-01-01T17:30:12Z")
[Here](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/Walcher/Diplomacy.html) ya go, RTF, the Dip 1046 homepage. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/715 "2003-01-02T15:31:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Yep. And it’s down to grinding. \*\* You used to love swapping Scandanavian countries with Russia. Sweden for Norway, Norway for Sweden. It’s so lovely this time of year who can decide. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/716 "2003-01-02T20:43:30Z")
By the by, since it’s been bumped again anyway, this thread was among the most popular from 2002 (by posts, of course, not views). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/717 "2003-01-02T20:47:57Z")
Do I know a trend or what? ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/718 "2003-01-03T06:14:09Z")
Yeah, and I said to not bump it. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/719 "2003-01-03T06:16:44Z")
Wait, that sounds a bit meaner than I was intending. Honestly, I was proud to have had a role, if a minor and bitchy one, in one of the largest threads of the whole year. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858/720 "2003-01-03T10:40:42Z")
So, I’ve been reading my instruction book at home, and I’m eager to give this a try, but I have a few questions… 1- How do you guys keep track? Do you set up boards in your homes and play that way? 2- How does communication work? Do you e-mail each other? IM somehow? Whats the deal? 3- If I have a grasp of the rules, how likely am I going to be able to play? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-fall-and-winter-2002/125858.md?page=37)