Re: Death of I
no, the alliance was not it - i could hold out against a regular alliance. But it turns out, secretly, behind the scenes, the two other major powers were also in collusion.
also, mork, due to your inexperience, you likely give far too much weight to certain of the graphs. the two major determiners of power, outside the early game, are gems and research, of which taken together qm ih and I were all fairly close - so, part of the question is, which of the experienced players were encouraging you to think that?
an alliance which works solely to the benefit of the "secret partner", and where the other major player seems to have undertaken to front the other's interest, forsaking his own... that's throwing the game, w/ the sole purpose I would guess, just to deny me a chance - now, denying me a chance is ok, but working for another's interest is against the spirit of the game (see "throwing", as per above).
Its clearly not worth my time playing such a game. Reminds we of the old "stacked deck" norfleet days...
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