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		| The Panther said: My opinion is to pretty much ignore anything Graeme Dice says, as his advice is typically quite poor.
 
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 Well, since I've yet to see any useful advice from you, I'll simply return the favour.
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		| You can see from many of his past Posts that he is frequently in the minority on lots of issues. Also, he loves to flame people unnecessarily. 
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 You really like to whinge, don't you.  I flame people who deserve it, and right now, you deserve it.
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		| ANY pre-game alliances should be announced before the game starts so that the other players can decide whether or not to play that way and form their own counter-alliances. Anything else is highly unethical. 
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 Go cry me a river.  If there are no house rules about pre-game diplomacy, then anything goes.  If you want to play a different type of game, then start your own and make the players anonymous.
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		| A possible solution to the pre-game alliance problem is for the developers to come up with a team concept in addition to the standard FFA scenario. I doubt this will happen anytime soon, though. 
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 That's right, since it isn't actually a problem.