[Tuidjy]

Ok, lets be serious here.

First of all, if moving 1500 troops and 100 mages to an undefended border is not
provocation, I do not know what is.

Second, unrest is being stirred in my provinces, and I would be exteremely
surprised if it is Jomon's ninjas doing it. They are too busy assassinating
my priests with variable success.

Third, my only western army was hit with Beconning, and while there is another
Nature nation in the game, I don't see why it would be weakening me.

And fourth, who the Hell cares who started the war... roleplaying is one thing,
and the C'tis Emperor has been a whiny coward the whole game, but it is clear
that Man and C'tis have to fight. As far as I am concerned, since Man broke
the alliance, I have never needed a reason to attack him. I just had a
multitude of reasons not to, no matter how much I wanted it.

Other nations will decide which side (if any) to take based on their
perception of the balance of power, and on the existing alliances. I
think I am significantly weaker than Man, and I did not expect Man to
receive any support, with or without propaganda.

I feel that I need to engage in both diplomacy and propaganda, given
that I am sitting in the middle of the map, bordering everyone (and
Jomon twice ;-) I do not think I have said one single factual lie the
whole time, and if something is subject to interpretation, I would
like to hear Man's.

Any chance this game can be salvaged? Can the AI be given to a player?
Man is the most powerful nation in my estimate, and setting it to AI
will ruin the game. I am sure that C'tis, Mictlan and Pangea (in alpha order)
can work together to defeat it, but if I wanted to stomp AIs, I'd be playing SP.