War in the Pacific is the Swedish Primenisters Favorite Strategy Game (He sayed in interwiev anyway)

[wild_Willie2]

When it involves a "Famous" person and WITP, you can expect to get a lot of responses on this forum, heck, even JUST WITP will get 4 pages in no time.....[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Feltan]

ORIGINAL: Whipple

ORIGINAL: wild_Willie2

Why does it always have to be some guy with < 30 posts to his name, or some stakehouse dude that bring up politics on this forum......[:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-]

Because:
1) They haven't been around long enough to understand what this board is about.
2) They think this board is like most others out there where a flame war can be started over something not related to the Pacific War in WW2.
3) They don't have manners.
4) They think we care about their political views.
5) Because attacking a person is oh so easy when it's text based.
6) It's easier than sending out SPAM.
7) They think the ROC's don't apply to them.
8) All of the above.

Please note, this post is not directed at an actual poster and no posters were harmed in the posting of this post to a post concerning what another poster posted.

Whipple

Or, if you actually read the house rules, you'll see that politics isn't even mentioned. I know this because I actually checked before I made a slightly political post a few months ago -- only to be upbraided for doing so by people who thought it was specifically prohibited in the rules. Rather, it seems to be the sense of the forums and moderators that politics is prohibited -- which is fine by me.

Regards,
Feltan

[Terminus]

We don't do politics and religion, full stop, because it's 99,99% certain to spark off acrimony.

[rtrapasso]

There seem to be a couple of different Matrix lists of "Don'ts" on the forum... one of them mentions politics, one doesn't... and neither list is all that easy to locate...

[timtom]

Has anyone seen any independent evidence that this whole thing is even true? For all we know "Japan" could be having a laugh

AFAIK, the article on the Norwegian premier has nothing on WitP. He seems to be into RTS' only.

[pmelheck1]

I looked at the links posted for this and the only games mentioned were Age of Empires III and Red Alert.&nbsp; WITP was not mentioned at all.&nbsp; Someone is having fun I expect.

[Feltan]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

We don't do politics and religion, full stop, because it's 99,99% certain to spark off acrimony.

Fine by me.

All I was saying is that such a rule should be posted and easily found so forum participants can refer to it. Right now, a newb can stray into undesirible postings with only belated chiding from other forum participants or moderators.

Regards,
Feltan

[Japan]

Sorry if we crossed into the Political Field, i didnt realy think about the Potential problem with Politics, Appologys..


Yes, I found that about the Norwegan PM first after looking on Google and in (web) on a few Scandinavien Newspapers, and looking there i did because i saw this thing briefly on TV about the Swedish PM.. so what i found about the Norwegan PM  was just a couninsedence, and Swedish and Norwegan Languages is very simuler so when looking for the brodcast/interwiev about the Swedish one, I found the Articles about the Norwegan One...

So the Link i found from this Newspaper, actualy had nothing to do with the related brief TV interwiev of the Swedish PM, just a couinsedence that i found it when searching (on Swedish) at Goodle.
Havent found any links regarding the TV interview of the Swedish PM (jet) im sorry [&:]   But found the one about the Norwegan PM..

Anyway, i will see if i can faind anything more about when the Program/Interwiev of the Swedish PM goes aigan on TV... if one thing is sure about tv.. things will come aigan and aigan sometimes sevral times..

Regardless, i think it is interesting that Real State Leaders Play Computer Games, Regardless of what War-Based Strategy Games it may be...

[:)]

[TSCofield]

Don't, you didn't do anything wrong.
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As for making fun of the Swedes, I can't imagine anyone making fun of a culture that brought us this:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnGPIMUnus
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[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[daft]

Hey! That's a Finnish video. [:D]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Jonathan Pollard

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Chuckwalla, as I'm swedish, I find it a little moving that you're leaping to our defense. Rest assured, however, that nothing written so far in this thread have managed to offend me. On the contrary - I got those wonderful 'swedish chef' links to cheer me up. Haven't seen those since I was a little kid [:)]

I must also chime in with a couple of the other guys - Having [previously] absolutely no clue that our PM was a gamer, he's managed to move up a couple of notches in my eyes.

(It's just too bad that he's simultaneously in the process of disassembling the swedish defense forces. Sadly, IMHO, it's also mostly due to inept defense politics. [:(])

Grollub is very close to the Russian word for pigeon, which is golub. Does the Prime Minister of Sweden have any connection to Lulea, where Grollub says he's from?

Although I'm not a native Russian speaker, it's possible that Mynok may be a Russian word for a small mine (mina is a regular sized mine).

Also, Naskra rhymes with the Russian word Iskra, which means spark. I looked up naskra in my Russian dictionary and could not find anything, but there's a word "naskok" which means swoop or attack.

JP, I have to disappoint you in your little conspiration theory - I'm not the PM. I thought that my little political comment would've tipped you off? Hmmm ... come to think about it, that could also be seen as a nice little deception ... [:D]

Anyway, my nick 'Grollub' comes from the time I used to play Magic:the Gathering. There was a ugly creature card named 'Grollub' that I used to play, and so got named that by my so called 'friends'. [;)]

[rtrapasso]

Although I'm not a native Russian speaker, it's possible that Mynok may be a Russian word for a small mine (mina is a regular sized mine).

Well, unless the Swedish Prime Minister lives in North Carolina, i don't think he is Mynok! [:D]

A "Mynok"* is a creature from Star Wars V, iirc - lives in caves in asteroids and likes to chew on wiring...
EDIT:
*not sure it is how they spell it in Star Wars literature... but Mynok admitted that is where he got the name from.

And, no, rtrapasso is not a Russian code name either, as far as i know...[:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Maybe it's Marky.

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Feinder]

Speaking of "worst videos ever", this one kinda grows on ya...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04&feature=related

[Gem35]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Although I'm not a native Russian speaker, it's possible that Mynok may be a Russian word for a small mine (mina is a regular sized mine).

Well, unless the Swedish Prime Minister lives in North Carolina, i don't think he is Mynok! [:D]

A "Mynok"* is a creature from Star Wars V, iirc - lives in caves in asteroids and likes to chew on wiring...
EDIT:
*not sure it is how they spell it in Star Wars literature... but Mynok admitted that is where he got the name from.

And, no, rtrapasso is not a Russian code name either, as far as i know...[:D]

Here is Mynok in all his glory...

[witpqs]

Are those the 'Swedish Alps' in the background? [:D]

[String]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

Speaking of "worst videos ever", this one kinda grows on ya...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04&feature=related

TBH you americans have no chance in beating the finnish in silly music video department

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxc6UCHAuCs

[:D][:D][:D]

[crsutton]

Now if only Scarlett Johansson would confess to being a WITP player. I could die a happy man.[;)]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Now if only Scarlett Johansson would confess to being a WITP player. I could die a happy man.[;)]

[Grollub]

... or even better: