SICK AND TIRED of being threatened with nuclear weapons

[Georgerx7di]

I wholeheartedly support this useless waste of a thread.

I especially like the fact that it's not even funny.

Agreed. This thread is extraordinarily worthless. You have to go out of your way to write something this bad. I've made some pointless posts in the past, but at least the might have been funny or something, this is just Grade A, 100% premium choice garbage.

[saxitoxin]

What the hell does it even mean? A large stack?

Yes, during a fogged game revealing your own stack - sometimes as a faux reveal - to intimidate other players. Sorry if that needed clarification.

[saxitoxin]

Agreed. This thread is extraordinarily worthless. You have to go out of your way to write something this bad. I've made some pointless posts in the past, but at least the might have been funny or something, this is just Grade A, 100% premium choice garbage.

If you're looking for a G-D stand-up routine maybe you can ask Carrot Top and Dane Cook to run a train on you? (Again.)

I'm trying to facilitate a serious and thought-provoking discussion about threatening use of stacks in fogged games. If it's not worth your time to contribute in a cooperative and mature way to this thread perhaps your energy would be better focused on seeking out discussion opportunities that would provide you the types of interaction you feel are worth that investment?

Thanks, Georgerx7di!

[Mr Changsha]

What the hell does it even mean? A large stack?

Yes, during a fogged game revealing your own stack - sometimes as a faux reveal - to intimidate other players. Sorry if that needed clarification.

Yes, it really did.

Oh btw, if you write something as obviously banal as 'A table has four legs' adding the laughing icon doesn't automatically make it 'a funny'. In fact, I think all members should avoid adding a at the end of all attempted jokes. I am of the opinion that the immediately disqualifies the statement from being a joke. It is rather like when someone says 'I've got this really great joke' and laughs during the telling. It makes me want to stab them in the eye with ice pick at the best of times. That's how I view the self-congratulatory If you feel absolutely forced to add an icon a subtle, mildly flirtatious is usually the best way to go.

[saxitoxin]

What the hell does it even mean? A large stack?

Yes, during a fogged game revealing your own stack - sometimes as a faux reveal - to intimidate other players. Sorry if that needed clarification.

Yes, it really did.

Oh btw, if you write something as obviously banal as 'A table has four legs' adding the laughing icon doesn't automatically make it 'a funny'. In fact, I think all members should avoid adding a at the end of all attempted jokes. I am of the opinion that the immediately disqualifies the statement from being a joke. It is rather like when someone says 'I've got this really great joke' and laughs during the telling. It makes me want to stab them in the eye with ice pick at the best of times. That's how I view the self-congratulatory If you feel absolutely forced to add an icon a subtle, mildly flirtatious is usually the best way to go.

Mr. Changsha: I can tell you've been saving this monologue for quite some time, cherishing with foresight the opportunity at which you might one day be able to use it.

Unfortunately, since (1) I've never used the "laughing icon" in any of my posts, and, (2) this thread is a serious thread and not a "joke", pulling out this "trump" card of yours - as frayed and yellow as it may be - is at best premature and, at worst, a little off-kilter.

I hope you will continue to proactively seek-out opportunities to enrich and enhance your self-esteem but, in the future, do so in a non-nuisance, cooperative way that does not distract or otherwise derail the discussions of others.

In the future perhaps a better tact in approaching threads you do not understand or comprehend would be to make the choice not to participate, instead of jumping in full-bore, loudly chest-thumping and swinging about from vines. Don't you agree? I'm sure you do.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[Mr Changsha]

Agreed. This thread is extraordinarily worthless. You have to go out of your way to write something this bad. I've made some pointless posts in the past, but at least the might have been funny or something, this is just Grade A, 100% premium choice garbage.

If you're looking for a G-D stand-up routine maybe you can ask Carrot Top and Dane Cook to run a train on you? (Again.)

I'm trying to facilitate a serious and thought-provoking discussion about threatening use of stacks in fogged games. If it's not worth your time to contribute in a cooperative and mature way to this thread perhaps your energy would be better focused on seeking out discussion opportunities that would provide you the types of interaction you feel are worth that investment? Thank you.

Priceless. So if someone criticises you they are being uncooperative and immature? I read your thread yesterday and was simply unable to work out if you were attempting to be serious, funny, irreverent or just plain 'wacky'. I had no idea what your point was at all. On the most basic of levels, if your reader is unable to even understand the point of what you write then your post should be considered garbage.

However, your standard of writing compared to a lot of the recent contributors to GD is actually a breath of fresh air. There are a few I am convinced must be using English as a second language, though they maintain they in fact aren't. You can spell! You know what a comma is! If you can just get your head out of your arse and realise your thread was a complete failure and move on, then I predict a fine future for you in CC Land...

[Mr Changsha]

What the hell does it even mean? A large stack?

Yes, during a fogged game revealing your own stack - sometimes as a faux reveal - to intimidate other players. Sorry if that needed clarification.

Yes, it really did.

Oh btw, if you write something as obviously banal as 'A table has four legs' adding the laughing icon doesn't automatically make it 'a funny'. In fact, I think all members should avoid adding a at the end of all attempted jokes. I am of the opinion that the immediately disqualifies the statement from being a joke. It is rather like when someone says 'I've got this really great joke' and laughs during the telling. It makes me want to stab them in the eye with ice pick at the best of times. That's how I view the self-congratulatory If you feel absolutely forced to add an icon a subtle, mildly flirtatious is usually the best way to go.

Mr. Changsha: I can tell you've been saving this monologue for quite some time, cherishing with foresight the opportunity at which you might one day be able to use it.

Unfortunately, since (1) I've never used the "laughing icon" in any of my posts, and, (2) this thread is a serious thread and not a "joke", pulling out this "trump" card of yours - as frayed and yellow as it may be - is at best premature and, at worst, a little off-kilter.

I hope you will continue to proactively seek-out opportunities to enrich and enhance your self-esteem but, in the future, do so in a non-nuisance, cooperative way that does not distract or otherwise derail the discussions of others.

In the future perhaps a better tact in approaching threads you do not understand or comprehend would be to make the choice not to participate, instead of jumping in full-bore, loudly chest-thumping and swinging about from vines. Don't you agree? I'm sure you do.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Ok this maybe does need a rather self-deprecating at myself. The first line was aimed at you, the rest was referring to targetman and kylegraves. Yes, I am well aware you weren't using emoticons but I was simply too lazy to double quote and all that jazz.

[saxitoxin]

Agreed. This thread is extraordinarily worthless. You have to go out of your way to write something this bad. I've made some pointless posts in the past, but at least the might have been funny or something, this is just Grade A, 100% premium choice garbage.

If you're looking for a G-D stand-up routine maybe you can ask Carrot Top and Dane Cook to run a train on you? (Again.)

I'm trying to facilitate a serious and thought-provoking discussion about threatening use of stacks in fogged games. If it's not worth your time to contribute in a cooperative and mature way to this thread perhaps your energy would be better focused on seeking out discussion opportunities that would provide you the types of interaction you feel are worth that investment? Thank you.

Priceless. So if someone criticises you they are being uncooperative and immature? I read your thread yesterday and was simply unable to work out if you were attempting to be serious, funny, irreverent or just plain 'wacky'. I had no idea what your point was at all. On the most basic of levels, if your reader is unable to even understand the point of what you write then your post should be considered garbage.

However, your standard of writing compared to a lot of the recent contributors to GD is actually a breath of fresh air. There are a few I am convinced must be using English as a second language, though they maintain they in fact aren't. You can spell! You know what a comma is! If you can just get your head out of your arse and realise your thread was a complete failure and move on, then I predict a fine future for you in CC Land...

Mr. Changsha - I didn't have time to read your whole speech but if you'd like to bullet-point it I'll give it the once over.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[Mr Changsha]

Agreed. This thread is extraordinarily worthless. You have to go out of your way to write something this bad. I've made some pointless posts in the past, but at least the might have been funny or something, this is just Grade A, 100% premium choice garbage.

If you're looking for a G-D stand-up routine maybe you can ask Carrot Top and Dane Cook to run a train on you? (Again.)

I'm trying to facilitate a serious and thought-provoking discussion about threatening use of stacks in fogged games. If it's not worth your time to contribute in a cooperative and mature way to this thread perhaps your energy would be better focused on seeking out discussion opportunities that would provide you the types of interaction you feel are worth that investment? Thank you.

Priceless. So if someone criticises you they are being uncooperative and immature? I read your thread yesterday and was simply unable to work out if you were attempting to be serious, funny, irreverent or just plain 'wacky'. I had no idea what your point was at all. On the most basic of levels, if your reader is unable to even understand the point of what you write then your post should be considered garbage.

However, your standard of writing compared to a lot of the recent contributors to GD is actually a breath of fresh air. There are a few I am convinced must be using English as a second language, though they maintain they in fact aren't. You can spell! You know what a comma is! If you can just get your head out of your arse and realise your thread was a complete failure and move on, then I predict a fine future for you in CC Land...

Mr. Changsha - I didn't have time to read your whole speech but if you'd like to bullet-point it I'll give it the once over.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

You can't handle 100 words??? I miss flamewars. The retards used to just get sucked into it.

[saxitoxin]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[Mr Changsha]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Oh no, you don't get away so easily....

I am confused by your desire to return to a 'tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion' on...when, in fact, not one poster has actually engaged you on that topic. So who were you discussing it with? Yourself?

I see you went for the old 'I'm far too busy to read that essay' (100 words) as a way of avoiding a challenge last time. Very weak of course but not entirely unexpected.

So maybe you could tell me who you were discussing stacking in fogged games with?

[saxitoxin]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Oh no, you don't get away so easily....

I am confused by your desire to return to a 'tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion' on...when, in fact, not one poster has actually engaged you on that topic. So who were you discussing it with? Yourself?

I see you went for the old 'I'm far too busy to read that essay' (100 words) as a way of avoiding a challenge last time. Very weak of course but not entirely unexpected.

So maybe you could tell me who you were discussing stacking in fogged games with?

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel confused.

I hope you find continued personal satisfaction in your passionate and extremely frequent participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[Fruitcake]

I want to know what a nuclear weapon is in relation to cc?

[Mr Changsha]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Oh no, you don't get away so easily....

I am confused by your desire to return to a 'tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion' on...when, in fact, not one poster has actually engaged you on that topic. So who were you discussing it with? Yourself?

I see you went for the old 'I'm far too busy to read that essay' (100 words) as a way of avoiding a challenge last time. Very weak of course but not entirely unexpected.

So maybe you could tell me who you were discussing stacking in fogged games with?

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel confused.

I hope you find continued personal satisfaction in your passionate and extremely frequent participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

You do realise that you are just writing meaningless crap at this point?

[saxitoxin]

I want to know what a nuclear weapon is in relation to cc?

Fruitcake - advance appreciation for your proactive participation in this thread.

"Nuclear weapon" is popular nomenclature to refer to revealing one's own troop quantities during a fogged game by - truthfully or otherwise - indicating large stacks of troops held in reserve and using them to extort concessions from other players. The controversy in this tactic is not in the use of psychology to gain competitive advantage but in the revelation of troop quantities or positions in contravention to the spirit of a fogged game.

Thanks, Fruitcake!

[saxitoxin]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Oh no, you don't get away so easily....

I am confused by your desire to return to a 'tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion' on...when, in fact, not one poster has actually engaged you on that topic. So who were you discussing it with? Yourself?

I see you went for the old 'I'm far too busy to read that essay' (100 words) as a way of avoiding a challenge last time. Very weak of course but not entirely unexpected.

So maybe you could tell me who you were discussing stacking in fogged games with?

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel confused.

I hope you find continued personal satisfaction in your passionate and extremely frequent participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

You do realise that you are just writing meaningless crap at this point?

(To the rest of the forum - This is what we, in the business, refer to as "handling" of a disruptive personality. Eventually the personality terminates the disrupting activity and moves on when their exhortations for attention produce only platitudes in reply. I frequently use this on "problem patients" [I prefer the term 'eventually cooperative patients'] in my group sessions who are assigned on an "involuntary" basis and create disruptions for the rest of the group. When 'handling' doesn't work sometimes I'll need to have the nurse give the eventually cooperative patient a 'prickly pete' of delvinal-sodium but I prefer to not go that route too often.)

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel disappointed with the evolution of our dialog.

I hope you continue to enjoy your vibrant and electric participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[Fruitcake]

I want to know what a nuclear weapon is in relation to cc?

Fruitcake - advance appreciation for your proactive participation in this thread.

"Nuclear weapon" is popular nomenclature to refer to revealing one's own troop quantities during a fogged game by - truthfully or otherwise - indicating large stacks of troops held in reserve and using them to extort concessions from other players. The controversy in this tactic is not in the use of psychology to gain competitive advantage but in the revelation of troop quantities or positions in contravention to the spirit of a fogged game.

Thanks, Fruitcake!

Well you learn something every day.

Aren't these stacks?

[saxitoxin]

I want to know what a nuclear weapon is in relation to cc?

Fruitcake - advance appreciation for your proactive participation in this thread.

"Nuclear weapon" is popular nomenclature to refer to revealing one's own troop quantities during a fogged game by - truthfully or otherwise - indicating large stacks of troops held in reserve and using them to extort concessions from other players. The controversy in this tactic is not in the use of psychology to gain competitive advantage but in the revelation of troop quantities or positions in contravention to the spirit of a fogged game.

Thanks, Fruitcake!

Well you learn something every day.

Aren't these stacks?

They're like stacks but when done in a fogged game have the effect of intimidation without verification of status, much like Israel's rumored nuclear weapons stockpile, ergo the genesis of the name.

Now, nuclear weapons in relation to CC are, of course, not as controversial as pancake fiestas or armenian clown parades, but I still have an ethical issue with them.

Do others think they're okay? What are the group's thoughts and opinions?

Interested in getting some thoughts and feedback here, whether you agree or disagree. Thanks, gang!

[angola]

What the hell does it even mean? A large stack?

Yes, during a fogged game revealing your own stack - sometimes as a faux reveal - to intimidate other players. Sorry if that needed clarification.

Just shut up and play Risk like everyone else. - Dancing Mustard

[Mr Changsha]

I'm sorry you've made the choice to feel that way, Mr. Changsha.

As a professional in this field, I feel safe in counseling you that you would find greater personal satisfaction if you simply choose not to participate in threads that disinterest you instead of participating but loudly announcing your disinterest every few moments.

I know many of us appreciate the self-appointed discussion ombudsman in the forums but perhaps there are other threads that could better benefit from your spirit of volunteerism?

I'd like to now return to a tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion of public stacking in fogged games and move away from this derailed line-of-thought.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Oh no, you don't get away so easily....

I am confused by your desire to return to a 'tempered, mature, rational and polite discussion' on...when, in fact, not one poster has actually engaged you on that topic. So who were you discussing it with? Yourself?

I see you went for the old 'I'm far too busy to read that essay' (100 words) as a way of avoiding a challenge last time. Very weak of course but not entirely unexpected.

So maybe you could tell me who you were discussing stacking in fogged games with?

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel confused.

I hope you find continued personal satisfaction in your passionate and extremely frequent participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

You do realise that you are just writing meaningless crap at this point?

(To the rest of the forum - This is what we, in the business, refer to as "handling" of a disruptive personality. Eventually the personality terminates the disrupting activity and moves on when their exhortations for attention produce only platitudes in reply. I frequently use this on "problem patients" [I prefer the term 'eventually cooperative patients'] in my group sessions who are assigned on an "involuntary" basis and create disruptions for the rest of the group. When 'handling' doesn't work sometimes I'll need to have the nurse give the eventually cooperative patient a 'prickly pete' of delvinal-sodium but I prefer to not go that route too often.)

Mr. Changsha - I'm sorry you feel disappointed with the evolution of our dialog.

I hope you continue to enjoy your vibrant and electric participation in these forums.

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

Ah, the wonders of the internet. I wonder what I should pretend to be today? I know, I'll be an astronaut! That'll be fun! I'll float around the 'space station' (technical term for those not 'in the business'), I'll contact aliens from the planet Zog, I'll play chess with the obligatory Russian, I'll eat food that looks like pop tarts out of silver packets, I'll shit in a bag, I'll masturbate and then try and catch my splooge. It'll be great!

If you want to be a psychiatrist today then by god I'll be an astronaut and in a battle of 'Top Trumps Pretend Jobs' I win. Everyone knows being an imaginary astronaut gets you WAY more respect than being an imaginary psychiatrist. You may try and sex it up with the needles and restraints but we all know it is all dusty old books, crazy people and the faint smell of wee.

Oh and Fc, he does indeed mean 'stacks'.

[docchaos]

So, this is the attempt to a serious reply to the original post:
First off, I don't like fogged games, they're more like a lottery than like risk and in one of the few fogged games I played, I've been called a cheater for revealing someones position to the rest of the players (alas, as far as I know the player complaining about me didn't do so on the forums, that would've been just hilarious).
That said, I don't see your problem. When someone tells you their stacks or anything else you can't see, you can choose to believe them or not and act accordingly. In a fogged game, the game chat is a completely new level of tactics, you should learn to use it to your advantage instead of complaining that others do.

Anyway you said:

Frequently I'm in a game and close to winning and another player will say they have atomics and if I don't stop advancing they'll use them on me. Naturally I'll stop, but then they invariably come back and hit me in the junk and I end up losing

Frankly, that makes no sense at all. If you end up being beaten, you weren't close to winning at all. If you believed you were close to winning, you'd have no reason to stop just because someone threatens you.

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This is the attempt to a serious reply to the whole thread...

Muahahaha, forget serious, it's totally hilarious! You guys are an awesome entertainment, please keep up the good work. saxitoxin, I have to agree with Changsha on some points: It took me one and a half pages to realise, that you're actually serious and not trying to be funny.

[saxitoxin]

That said, I don't see your problem. When someone tells you their stacks or anything else you can't see, you can choose to believe them or not and act accordingly. In a fogged game, the game chat is a completely new level of tactics, you should learn to use it to your advantage instead of complaining that others do.

Interesting perspective!

What do other people think?

[Timminz]

I too like to make up terminology, and call it "popular nomenclature". And when people have no idea what I'm talking about, I like to pretend it's because of some flaw they have.

Hey everyone, look at the cute little kitten-troll.

Enjoy the rest of the thread, all.

[saxitoxin]

Ah, the wonders of the internet. I wonder what I should pretend to be today? I know, I'll be an astronaut! That'll be fun! I'll float around the 'space station' (technical term for those not 'in the business'), I'll contact aliens from the planet Zog, I'll play chess with the obligatory Russian, I'll eat food that looks like pop tarts out of silver packets, I'll shit in a bag, I'll masturbate and then try and catch my splooge. It'll be great!

If you want to be a psychiatrist today then by god I'll be an astronaut and in a battle of 'Top Trumps Pretend Jobs' I win. Everyone knows being an imaginary astronaut gets you WAY more respect than being an imaginary psychiatrist. You may try and sex it up with the needles and restraints but we all know it is all dusty old books, crazy people and the faint smell of wee.

Oh and Fc, he does indeed mean 'stacks'.

Mr. Changsha - I'm glad you feel empowered to continue participating in this thread. The community appreciates your contribution!

Thanks, Mr. Changsha!

[saxitoxin]

I too like to make up terminology, and call it "popular nomenclature". And when people have no idea what I'm talking about, I like to pretend it's because of some flaw they have.

Hey everyone, look at the cute little kitten-troll.

Enjoy the rest of the thread, all.

Timminz - I'm sorry you made the choice not to participate in this thread in a more constructive and cooperative manner.

Often we find more personal satisfaction choosing not to participate in threads that disinterest us, as opposed to participating but loudly proclaiming our disinterest every few moments. Don't you agree? I'm sure you do.

Thanks, Timminz!