# SDMB Diplomacy - Here we go again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833 "2002-03-12T13:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Clarissa\_xx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/81 "2002-03-25T20:19:45Z")
The problem, my dear Byzantium, is that the one true God is on my side while yours is some non-existant Heathen religion!!! So there!!! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Clarissa\_xx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/82 "2002-03-25T20:30:03Z")
The problem, my dear Byzantium, is that the one true God is on my side while yours is some non-existant Heathen religion!!! So there!!! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Clarissa\_xx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/83 "2002-03-25T20:39:06Z")
The problem, my dear Byzantium, is that the one true God is on my side while yours is some non-existant Heathen religion!!! So there!!! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Clarissa\_xx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/84 "2002-03-25T21:00:15Z")
The fact that it triple posted is a sign!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/85 "2002-03-26T01:19:55Z")
Duke: You expect me to **triple-cross** your wife? Andrews: You donā€™t do triple-crosses? Duke: No, no, I do, but itā€™s a billing nightmare! ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/86 "2002-03-26T04:41:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Clarissa\_xx \* > \*\*The fact that it triple posted is a sign!!! \*\* Itā€™s a sign alright (that was a full 20 minutes in the making,) but I donā€™t think it means what you think it means. Abe: no hard feelings. Since my options are limited in-game, Iā€™ll have to taunt you via press from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/87 "2002-03-26T04:56:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\*Itā€™s a sign alright (that was a full 20 minutes in the making,) \*\* Should have gone with the full quote- ā€œItā€™s a sign alright. Going out of businessā€ -Janine Melnitz Never mess with the classics. ---
**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 26, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/88 "2002-03-26T12:32:48Z")
Just to complicate matters my work mail server is flaking out again. Iā€™m short two sets of orders for 936. England and Germany, hello! Not their fault. But send copies to ā€˜publisher atsign gameindustrydotcomā€™ And Iā€™ll adjudicate. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/89 "2002-03-26T14:19:10Z")
Crapā€¦I sent my orders last night to both of your usual addresses, and the first address bounced but I thought the second address had worked. Guess notā€¦anyway, Iā€™ve resent my orders, let me know if thereā€™s a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/90 "2002-03-26T18:42:41Z")
Ghostbusters is now a classic? Oh well, perhapsā€¦ but I didnā€™t recall that quote until it was mentioned. In addition, my fondness for Annie Potts ended right about the time she started flogging herbal remedies. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/91 "2002-03-26T19:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\*Abe: no hard feelings. Since my options are limited in-game, Iā€™ll have to taunt you via press from now on. \*\* _Your_ options are limited??? Iā€™m surrounded on four sides by units from three different empires. Four, if you count Eire. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/92 "2002-03-26T19:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe Babe \* > Four, if you count Eire. Why does everyone keep assuming Iā€™m involved in everything that happens? Sheesh. Iā€™m merely an uninvolved party whoā€™s sitting in the north Atlantic. Not like Iā€™m orchestrating the destruction of player after playerā€¦ ---
**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:** [March 26, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/93 "2002-03-26T21:25:09Z")
Hey, maybe I will be able to outlast Sicily, and possibly Ukraine. And hopefully Eire, Spain, Poland, Hungary and Israel. Byzantium . . . uhhhhhh, there was one? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/94 "2002-03-27T03:19:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Why does everyone keep assuming Iā€™m involved in everything that happens? Sheesh. Iā€™m merely an uninvolved party whoā€™s sitting in the north Atlantic. Not like Iā€™m orchestrating the destruction of player after playerā€¦ \*\* Only a supreme wanker occupies a supply center only to leave it in the spring. All hail lno, supreme Wanker. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/95 "2002-03-27T03:50:36Z")
Why would you call someone a supreme wanker for that? If the unit is needed elsewhere, move it. ā€¦unless Iā€™m being whooshedā€¦ By the way, if you capture a space, then move off of it in the spring, can you build a hotel there? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 27, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/96 "2002-03-27T13:29:02Z")
[Fall 1901 in Dip 983 has been adjudicated](http://www.wooleysark.com/dip) This is an ugly one. As a GMā€¦I really shouldnā€™t interject myself into the game with editorial commentsā€¦ But what the hellā€¦ **Abe Babe,** youā€™re going to hell for that one. Straight to hell. Sound off people! There should be some screaming now! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/97 "2002-03-27T14:02:33Z")
**JC** , I have a special handbasket picked out for the trip. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/98 "2002-03-27T14:04:05Z")
**Abe Babe** , you officially get a ā€œSneaky Bastardā€ award for that one. That was positively beautiful. Of course, the ā€œSneaky Bastardā€ award may come in the form of a six-way crush-the-early-leader dogpile. But heck, that was still beatiful. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/99 "2002-03-27T14:05:54Z")
ā€œbeautifulā€, not ā€œbeatifulā€, of course. Although some of the other players _do_ want to beat on you, Iā€™ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833/100 "2002-03-27T14:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steelerphan \* > \*\*Why would you call someone a supreme wanker for that? If the unit is needed elsewhere, move it. > > ā€¦unless Iā€™m being whooshedā€¦ > > By the way, if you capture a space, then move off of it in the spring, can you build a hotel there? > > šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Iā€™m not sure if you were whooshed or if I confused you by mistakenly saying ā€˜springā€™ when I meant ā€˜fallā€™. I was referring to the occupation of Brittany only to gift it back to Spain before the winter. I _knew_ that would happen and tried to sneak in, but got my army dislodged _sob_ This game is going craptacularly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-diplomacy-here-we-go-again/97833.md?page=6)