# SDMB Newbie Diplomacy game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873 "2003-01-20T22:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**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:** [March 15, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/461 "2003-03-15T14:45:13Z")
Well your excellence, we pretty much expect it from you. Ignorant Turk. Makes pretty good coffee though. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/462 "2003-03-15T16:20:07Z")
Plus his Turkish delight is, well, delightful. Hey **Tristan** , I have something somewhat unpleasant to confess: I just used to think of you as Tristan or Tsar Tristan or whatever. Then my son caught a cold this week. We ran out of cold medicine, so I made a trip to the chemist. Now I can only think of you as Dristan. Sorry. Maybe I’ll have to come up with _Bored of the Rings_ names for the lot of you. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/463 "2003-03-15T19:26:03Z")
Adjudication is out and the webpage is updated. See GM notes please. [SDMB Newbie Game 1092 “-GRY”](http://users.rcn.com/ben.gabrielson/Diplomacy/1092_GRY/) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/464 "2003-03-15T19:35:39Z")
Sheesh, you should have NMR’ed both of those English orders. Anyone else out there see the French-English juggernaut in play? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/465 "2003-03-15T19:38:27Z")
Also, **Omni** , in your retreat options you should mention the Off the Board (OTB) option for retreats (yeah, I know it was in a recent note). But it _is_ a Newbie game. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/466 "2003-03-16T06:42:07Z")
**Shib** … uh… well. Gee. I suppose it could be worse. Shall we have a candlelight vigil to try to disuade the English from crushing the Germans? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/467 "2003-03-16T16:47:53Z")
Hey, my hats off to them if they can pull it off. **JayLa** has played a brilliant France thus far, and whilst England has been a bit obscure to me (and hasn’t quite gotten into the spirit of posting here), **Hugh Jass** is certainly in a good position as well. These things usually end in a stab by one of the other. The big question is just who is the least trustworthy one. And who first gets into a position to stab. My money’s on the English (to stab first), although I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/468 "2003-03-16T18:22:56Z")
Hi guys, Yeah, I know I haven’t been posting. I haven’t been able to think of anything relevant, witty, or inflammatory to say, to be honest. And to be honest, I can’t think of anything to say right now either. And as for stabbing, that is _so_ 1901. Now leave me alone while I eat my mashed peas. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/469 "2003-03-16T18:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* > Anyone else out there see the French-English juggernaut in play? \*\* you mean the juggernaut i told you about back in spring '03? what did you do to me that fall? i forget… :dubious: git. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/470 "2003-03-16T21:31:56Z")
Yeah, I’ll explain my actions some day. But my publisher said it’s best not to say too much right now, as it my queer the book deal. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/471 "2003-03-16T21:36:57Z")
cool - i’ve already lined up my “other side of the story” interviews with all the big papers. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/472 "2003-03-16T21:39:21Z")
Maybe we can get a deal with 60 Minutes (and the English equivalent, whatever that might be), a la Clinton and Dole. It might be insipid, but as long as we get paid… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/473 "2003-03-16T21:46:53Z")
The English equivalent is probably “Newsnight” but i was thinking more along the lines of _Jerry Springer_ Then **Soup** could be the “unexpected surprise guest” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/474 "2003-03-16T23:17:09Z")
Jerry Springer used to be the mayor of the city where I live. He was also a television anchor (news presenter). He’s now thinking of running for Congress in our state. This would explain a lot about me had I actually been raised here, but locally I am considered a bit of an alien, just as much as Turks in England would be. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/475 "2003-03-17T17:44:37Z")
Ahem, I still have not seen retreats posted or mailed from the Fall. I think we need those to submit Builds (:D) or Disbands (:(). What’s the status, Gladys? ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/476 "2003-03-17T18:44:00Z")
That was a wily move, **Il Supe**. Clearly Phase II of my Master Plan for World Domination is not going to be a walk in the park. Hey **garius** , I’ve always wondered, is “git” pronounced with a hard g like in your name or a soft g like “jit” ? ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/477 "2003-03-17T19:59:00Z")
You mean his name isn’t pronounced jerry-us? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/478 "2003-03-17T21:17:10Z")
**Shibbs** , I’m still waiting on one retreat, I’ve emailed him and once its in you’ll all get a message demanding those builds poste haste. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/479 "2003-03-18T00:15:30Z")
All these anti-France threads on the boards these days make me a little paranoid. I feel like I should go in there an apologize or something. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873/480 "2003-03-18T02:43:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JayLa \* > \*\*All these anti-France threads on the boards these days make me a little paranoid. I feel like I should go in there an apologize or something. \*\* Or you could just surrender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873.md?page=25)