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Dr, I don't think there is anything wrong with diplomacy. I just feel that it has such a huge impact on multiplayer games what is the point of a tournament? The winners would be the ones who negotiated the best alliances.

And as players started winning games and gaining "points", it might become difficult for them to play multiplayer dominions because people might not make alliances with them that they would have otherwise, because of tournament standings.

I just feel a ranking system might have adverse effects on future MP games. It's all fine and good to say that when your playing a game of Dominions, you treat the pretender different than the player, but more than likely, players will be judged by their rankings and standings, and in game decisions may be affected by that.