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T's all good fun.  But I don't think "noob" is for new players, that's just "player" as far as I know.  I think "noob" is given to people who deserve that title through noobish actions.  Like most things I say, this is just my guess.

Just a quick reply to your reply...,

1. IS has it's roots in JTJ..,

Actually I'm not sure what JTJ is, I'll have to look it up later.  It looks like some kind of emoji.  If it was "TJT" it could be a crying elephant.

2. Sadaam's and his loyalists were Ba'athists, an Arab nationalist party.  One of the founders of Ba'athism, a Christian named Michel Alfaq was a strong supporter of secular government.  He stated that a Ba'athist state would replace religion with a state "based on a foundation, Arab nationalism, and a moral; freedom."  He also said that the Ba'ath Party "is with religious faith, but is not a religious party, nor should it be one."

Very true, they were Bathists.  Assad is a Bathist too, isn't he?  Perhaps I'm wrong there.  There were a few prominent Christians in the Bath Party, including the well-spoken, bespectacled former prime minister - I forget his name.

During the time of Saddam there was a very strong central government that had a secular ideology that focused on Arab nationalism and tolerated minority groups and religions so long as they didn't try to rise up or rock the boat.  The nationalism and cult of personality was strong enough to suppress, and give an alternative to, religious fundamentalism; remember too that Iraq was once the bulwark standing strong against Iranian fundamentalism.   

In 2003 three things happened: the cult of personality lost its authority, the military was disbanded, and the leadership and bureaucracy were debaathenised.   

However, there was an ancient authority that could replace Saddam's regime, one that already had a cult of personality in Mohammad and a strong bureaucracy in the church, all it needed was a military.  And there were now 200,000* idle soldiers looking for a purpose.

*Like most other internet statistics I made this number up.

This is all very muddled.  I was trying to write quickly but I lost my way somewhere above.  The point I was trying to make is this: even though Baathist ideology is secular and non-religious, for the average Iraqi it doesn't matter whether they're following Baathism or Islam, Saddam or Mohammad.  They are following something that gives them purpose and a degree of power.

Hi Nippon1. Welcome to the forum.

A ping of 120 is normal for Japan.
Does your ping suddenly become 500?
If your ping suddenly becomes 500 then you have a problem.
Please close all applications on your computer when you play the game.
Perhaps that will help.

Perhaps there is a rule that you didn't understand.
When you don't understand English it is easy to miss a warning.
If you have questions about the rules you can ask us.

Japanese is difficult for Google translate.
Please write short and simple sentence.
Simple sentences are easier to translate.

Please keep trying.
Come back and tell us about your situation。

頑張って下さい！！

"B2 on the way."

B2 bomber?

“Nope. We created you. We installed a social and economic system that alienates and disenfranchises you, and that’s why you did this. We’re sorry.”

I like the dramatic understatement of that apology.

It's a very sad ending to the Blackadder franchise.  I find it moving each time I watch it.

It's all over now. 
All the tension. 
All the hard work.
All the heart. 
Six weeks of top class rugby,
Has reached its conclusion. 
It was the best Rugby World Cup ever. 
Well played everyone.

Three hours to go until the grand final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.  It will be a titanic clash between the rugby world's number one team; a team that has only lost three games in the past four years, and the last team to beat them.  Anzac brothers will once more fight on a European field, but this time as adversaries.

How do you clear your buddy list?
Is there a command like, "clearallbuddies" or something like that?

I'm not actually saying you made a mistake Blackadder.  I just thought it would be easier to understand if it's said that way.  No offense intended!

I think he's Chinese Pit. 
He likely doesn't understand Japanese.

Don't look at it!

Argentina is a great team that most people have not paid a lot of attention to in this World Cup.  They were in the same pool as New Zealand so everyone expected them to come second, as they did.  As a result, no one really paid a lot of attention to them; they slipped under the radar.  However, they pushed New Zealand hard in the first game and it took the All Blacks 60 minutes to take the lead from them.  They are not a second string team by any means.  They are true contenders for this Grand Final.

That being said, New Zealand all the way.  We have to.

Wooooo, slow down or you're gonna blow my mind!

Woooo, wait a minute.

There's a sequel to Roller Coaster Tycoon now?!

So long Battlefield, hello Roller Coaster Tycoon 2!!