# Doper Diplomacy - Winter-Spring 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052 "2003-02-05T21:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/81 "2003-02-10T15:38:23Z")
And I have the verbal grace and tact of Britain’s Prince Phillip, allied to the sheer intellectual might of Dan Quayle - a forbidding combination, as I’m sure you’ll agree… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/82 "2003-02-10T15:44:15Z")
If you can wrap that together with the physical grace of Gerald Ford you might get somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/83 "2003-02-10T16:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > **Austria: Wikkit _500:1_** Can I put ten bucks on myself? It’d be nice to not have to work over the summer. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/84 "2003-02-10T18:11:12Z")
Sadly, he pays in ‘Shibb’ dollars. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/85 "2003-02-10T18:23:55Z")
J’regret, c’est vrai! ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/86 "2003-02-10T18:32:03Z")
Leave the egrets out of it. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/87 "2003-02-10T18:54:31Z")
First, okay, so I’m Italy. Where’s WL’s freaking cat? Here kitty, kitty. Here kitty, kitty. WL what was your physical address again? I need to send a thank you note. No, really, I’m serious. I love animals. Second, Abe Babe, that’s BS. I know your letter was all about me. “Insert country here” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/88 "2003-02-10T19:20:45Z")
I’ve already been anal about this twice, so I might as well post it here. If you’re planning to use a different address than the one provided in the initial GM e-mail, please post that here, as you. I’m a bit wary of people acting like they’re someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/89 "2003-02-10T20:37:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wikkit \* > \*\*I’ve already been anal about this twice, so I might as well post it here. > > If you’re planning to use a different address than the one provided in the initial GM e-mail, please post that here, as you. I’m a bit wary of people acting like they’re someone else. \*\* A concern in public games, but if it happens here it would be a first for doper games. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/90 "2003-02-10T21:23:08Z")
Like **Dave** said. Impersonating other players will not be tolerated, and I’d be shocked if anything that uncouth were attempted by any Dopers. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Jonathan Chance \*\*\* > Look, everyone! Abe’s the favorite! Well, he did buck the odds in not getting assigned Italy… Speaking of which, **ppg\_shg** , hey, them’s the breaks when you don’t speak Greek. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/91 "2003-02-10T21:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ppg\_shg \* > \*\*First, okay, so I’m Italy. Where’s WL’s freaking cat? Here kitty, kitty. Here kitty, kitty. WL what was your physical address again? I need to send a thank you note. No, really, I’m serious. I love animals. > > Second, Abe Babe, that’s BS. I know your letter was all about me. “Insert country here” indeed. \*\* Why is it whenever the topic of ‘inserting’ something comes up,you always think they’re talking about you? Also, it’s possible some people might get an email from ‘AbeBabe60091’ It’s from me. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/92 "2003-02-10T23:23:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > **Like Dave said. Impersonating other players will not be tolerated, and I’d be shocked if anything that uncouth were attempted by any Dopers.** Okie dokie. I’ll quit making people authenticate. So are we doing white press only, then? I can aready see that it would be easy to get addicted to this game. It’s like chess, but simpler and more complex. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/93 "2003-02-10T23:42:14Z")
Impersonating another player would pretty much be the end of your SDMB Diplomacy career. If you want to send press through me, it’s fine. Usually press consists of a letter sent out to all the other countries (and me) or some taunt posted here. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/94 "2003-02-11T00:05:35Z")
And the end of your Cat23 career as well. Punishment is swift…on the Cat. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/95 "2003-02-11T00:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*And the end of your Cat23 career as well. > > Punishment is swift…on the Cat. \*\* Jesus, Nate, you sound like the old con breaking in the scared newbie at the state pen. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/96 "2003-02-11T00:34:09Z")
Yeah, white press only. Full transparency. You can write emails from yourself to player _x_, you can post on the boards under your name. You can also write to me as the GM with press that will be attributed to yourself and yourself only, to be included with the next adjudication and/or on the web page. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/97 "2003-02-11T01:24:37Z")
White Lightning, check for an email from me. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/98 "2003-02-11T01:36:13Z")
Me 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:** [February 11, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/99 "2003-02-11T01:49:48Z")
Yeah, me three. We’ll eat you up we love you so. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052/100 "2003-02-11T02:39:34Z")
Ah, jeepers. This _would_ have to happen in my first game. Alright, everyone, look for an email from me as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-diplomacy-winter-spring-2003/153052.md?page=6)