# Idiots. I'm surrounded by \*idiots\*. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255 "2001-11-08T19:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/81 "2002-03-28T01:58:40Z")
Now that the search engine’s working, I just _had_ to bump this thread. If ya know why, ya know why. If ya don’t, no big deal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/82 "2002-03-28T05:16:15Z")
I must try this sometime. Methinks a trip to the hobby store downtown is in order. ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/83 "2002-03-28T15:47:19Z")
Email sent. I have never played this game before either, but put me in the category of “newbie who informs all the veterans that he will be handing their asses back to them piece by piece”. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/84 "2002-03-29T00:25:28Z")
**John Corrado** , nice rant. I particularly liked your use of buttholes as punctuation, though I think they would have more impact if you made them brown. Thus:\* Oh, those are asterisks? Never mind… ---
**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:** [March 29, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/85 "2002-03-29T23:56:27Z")
Good bump, **RTFirefly**. Now that I know what this is all about, I’ll have to go back and take a look at all the Dip threads that have gone before. When are we getting our own forum? And incidentally, is anyone planning on getting another game started up any time soon? In this thread last year, some people talked about running games, anyone interested in doing that? What? Addicted? …Me?? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/86 "2002-03-30T01:49:27Z")
…so I should mention that there’s an active thread in MPSIMS dedicated to current SDMB Dip games, recruitment of replacements for dropouts from those games, and recruitment of players for new games when they begin. Persons interested in playing Dip against other Dopers, or kibitzing the ongoing games, should go to [that thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103487&pagenumber=3). ---
**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:** [March 30, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/87 "2002-03-30T11:05:39Z")
I’ll get you for this, **RT**. For everyone’s knowledge (and my own peace of mind): I am **not** currently soliciting players for any games of Diplomacy. This is an old thread. While I appreciate the interest shown in the game if I’d started enough games to match the demand I’ve seen since this thread got bumped I would have to quit my job and so nothing except GM Dip games. Which would be fine if each player is willing to toss in 5 grand, I guess. But for some reason I doubt that’s going to happen. Again, in short: there are no Dip games currently forming that I am going to run. Perhaps some others will. Just the thread RT linked up there. Or, if you really want to get into a game I suggest you [go here](http://www.cat23.com). Thank you. -Jonathan “My email’s on fire” Chance ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255/88 "2002-04-12T12:55:49Z")
…and if you’d be interested, go to [this thread](http://65.201.198.9:80/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108989) for further details. **Please check post dates before responding to posts in this thread** and other Dip threads, to make sure you’re responding to a current Dip player recruitment effort, rather than one that transpired months ago. And, just to keep this as a valid Pit thread, don’t you just hate it when players in Dip games repeatedly miss move deadlines without letting the GM know in advance that there’s a problem? It genuinely sucks for all concerned, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-im-surrounded-by-idiots/92255.md?page=4)