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archaeolept said:
storm, there is no historical analogy for throwing a game: ie. vacating a front, sending national treasuries; all in order to make good the threat to do so. I don't even know where to begin in saying how wrongheaded the claim of historical validation is.
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Sure there are. Countries and rulers went to the great lengths to ensure screwing of their arch-enemy when faced with certain defeats. And usually the only way to get such revenge would be to help the rival or the enemy of your enemy. Just think about it Archae - how else could you possibly get revenge from "beyond the grave"?!?
What more, people do it left in right in dominion, sending gems/items to your enemy's rivals when faced with cerain defeat, as they indicated even here on this thread. Hell, in our game Cohen did it when you have defeated him, by sending all his gems/items to Pangeya. Was I happy about it? No, since Pangeya is my neigbor and one of my rivals. But I think it was up to Cohen what to do with his national treasury. Other players do this often as well, it is a pretty common thing in Dom2.
But we have to separate threatening to send gems/item and threatening to go AI while having one of the largest empires in the world. They are totally different, and I made clear that I agree that the 2nd situation is indeed unethical, especially in the game with rules such as ours.
Just my two cents.