We are ready to begin. Let us start with one set of rules for conduct. There are no rules. I will warn you that you may become paranoid, delusional, and or experience the feeling of power with the elation that comes when you outfox them. Don't worry. This is normal.
So let us shake hands formally. (Shakes hands with each competitor) Go with haste to your corner of the map. ( PS. I hope we all do have maps. If not e mail me at http://www.chankslee.com/ ) Now that we are all in our places; you may act as you see fit.
Moves MUST be submitted no later than Friday at 6pm, Canberra time. (That means 1am Vancouver time on Friday morning)
All movements MUST be correctly written. If you cannot follow the abbreviated convention, then write it out full hand. Example. F(MAO)-Spa (nc) or I move my fleet in the Mid Atlantic Ocean to Spain, North Coast... Oh man gotta go, here comes Jorgen. (cringes) No, no mistakes or you have to answer to him. (starts quickly walking away)
Au Revoir,
Woodrowe Rumsfels
Sunday, 1 April 2007
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Before you just stop reading altogether when you see my name at the top of this entry, just read a little more. I know that the whole reason this blog turned into a Diplomacy game instead of commentary is because I write pages and pages of the same old tripe over and over again and it just drives everybody insane, but I would like to get some peace loving words in here edgewise before all the fighting begins.
I was just thinking this morning about the Nobel Peace Prize and then I turned on my computer and up popped the map of the Diplomacy board. I thought to myself "how can a man such as myself, with so much desire to see the destructive force of the world's military cease, play such a violent game which represents such a senselessly violent period in human history?" Well it came to me that the game of Diplomacy is a testament to the fact that nations that remain peaceful, in the end, win the game.
The object of a nation's existence is not to take over the world, or a continent. The object of a nation's existence is to provide a safe, happy, harmonious, productive place for the citizens that live there. In order to win the game of Diplomacy, one must control 18 of the 34 supply centres. That's one more than half. This leaves 16 supply centres owned by other nations at game's end! Which also means that you could play the whole game without moving a single unit and still have the same pieces left that you had at the time the game started. Translate this to the terms of what this would represent in the "real world" if a leader of a nation in World War One had followed this strategy, it basically means that you have protected your citizens from a war, without getting them involved. THAT is a true victory for a leader. That is indeed why Switzerland was one of the only winners in the real World War One. The losers were all of the people that died.
This is a game representing a horrible period of time when all nations that were participating were led by leaders with no regard for the safety and happiness of their citizens. They were greedy and power hungry. However, we are playing it as a friendly way to have a competition with each other and exercise our abilities at manipulating situations to our advantage. Nobody is dying because of a decision we make when playing this game, whereas the leaders of the nations of World War One would give an order to send thousands of their troops to horrible deaths without any reservation.
War is not an alternative. It is not worth anybody's support. Any nation that comes to the point where it must fight a war is clearly lacking in intelligence.
I hope you are my neighbour then mister psam. You can use all your intelligence as my military takes over your nation and turns your people into slaves of my every whim.
Bench
I concur bench. Psam, could you be a good meek and humble leader, someone who would never hurt anyone, and allow us to occupy all of your supply centers. You may have all the rest of the land but because i am such a good leader in my country and i want the best for my people, i want to show them that you can help me and you are such a good guy. Oh we also need your people as our servants, but there is no need for bloodshed. Don't resist. Thank you for your help. You are a wonderful leader.
The first two losers have spoken. It shall be tragic watching you get obliterated.
Psam that dosen't sound very nice. You make it sound like you are going to fight back.
Bench
Well as I was stating earlier, this is just a game, so of course I'm willing to spar. I was simply making commentary on the fact that there are several nations in the world today which are at war, which is a clear indication that they have an inferior level of intelligence to what we should expect in this day and age from the human race. The fact that we can pretend on a board game to be of the same kind of primitive mentality is a credit to our imaginations. Good luck to you bench.
National anthems are made to be mocked. They are just as much a brainwashing tool as flags. Keep your government in line by showing them that you believe their existence is as much harmful as beneficial. If people all over the world did that, there would be a lot less wars.
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