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If you can't take a little discourse, the internet is not the place to hang out! Give billions of nerds access to a medium that allows them to sling mud and throw a tantrum without getting punched in the face, and your gonna have millions upon millions of people QQ and angry.

Folks... Body language, spacing between individuals, eye contact or lack of, tone of voice, facing someone squarely... These things have more to do with conveying messages than the actual symbols (words) we use to tell a story or convey ideas.

On the internet we lose 90% of our ability to communicate because it is just written text. Try to think the best of what people are typing to you, because trust me, your going to run into someone eventually on the internet that is trying to get one over on ya!

That definetly did not happen in this thread.

As far as changing the messages, I still think it would be better as a player modded ability that we can toggle on and off.

Alot of people play this game like a database, wanting all the information presented in front of them so they can make their next move, just like chess. These people rule from a general's point of view.

Other people try to get absorbed into the game, they "care" about their prophet or that poor brave commander that fought so bravely all these years and now has several afflictions. These are the people I think suspenseful messaging would appeal too.