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Okay, sounds good QM. Let's make discussing military forces (anyones) off limits, and giving battle screenshots is also off-limits.

But, if you want to say "Hey, I think Ermor is researching to Tartarians, we should gang up on him."

Wait, is that okay?

See, I don't think that is okay, either.

Maybe just as long as all military plans are off limits, including yours. Like, is saying "Just thought you might want to know, Ermor is probably researching like crazy. I think he wants Tartarians, he'll probably get them in 5-10 turns." that okay? Thing is... if the person you are talking to knows you are attacking them currently, then that is almost an attempt at military coordination, imo.

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Maybe more just like rumors from around the world?

"I hear Pythium and Abysia are at war...and its a stalemate" or something may be ok. That is a pretty neutral statement but at the same time could be used by either side kinda thing.

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This. is. awesome!

I have to play this game. I would like to take MA Ermor, Neutral Faction.

And I will suspend my meta-gaming policies (for those that have any clue what I am talking about) for this game as well. ; )

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Rumors are cool! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Just no mention of your personal forces. You shouldn't say "I am at war with Ermor." Although you can give a screenshot of the map where Ermor is seiging your capital.

Neutral factions are going like hotcakes!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Maybe we should allow 3 Neutrals? It's just that I am actually worried about Evil. They should be an unstoppable hoard in the beginning. 8 v 7 is actually not that bad of odds, especially if 3 of the 7 are super-factions with bonuses in the beginning like Iron Mines.

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Maybe adding more neutrals and making them rumor mills? Like it tends to be going? Maybe giving them a little less gold (like 1000?) Just an idea. If you had 3 of them instead of 2 that may make it more balanced for both sides? So even if people cannot communicate they can get hints and rumors from the neutral players, so they would have value of traders historically. Passing along some hint of how the world is going? And maybe all players could use vague AAR's in the thread to make it interesting? Just some ideas.

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But who would such tartarian scare tactics work on? If it's an evil race with them, evil races would probably not be too worried, while good races are probably already committed to fighting them. And vica versa if a good race had tartarians. And if the other neutral race had them... well as you say, them winning would be very difficult, it would be rather obvious if the game was going that way. The same argument pretty much applies to any military strength or weakness a neutral race could tip people off too. The only way I can really see a neutral race getting in trouble is mentioning plans to attack a specific player or province, which should be easy to avoid.

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Sounds good, QM. We will leave it at that. It is prohibited to say "I am attacking province #14. You attack #22."

Let's leave battle screenshots as illegal, since that will just increase the Neutral's ability to be rumor-mills. They won't have to actually back up what they're saying with fact. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I would play, any side, if yo play PBEM

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You want PBEM? I'd really rather just set up a server. PBEMs are such pains for the host.

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I agree CU! It would be really fun to have them just make up misinformation too. SO both sides will have to try to keep good relations with the Neutrals, especially the evil.

On this note I will make the dive into the evil end as being the first, I shall be MA Abyssia!