Is this gamey?

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by DavidG:

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Gamey – Seems that way but is it a “ bad gamey”
The net results are:
1) It keeps what may be a personal friend in the game
2) Allows an extra research que for the alliance

What are the other results?

You forgot the BIG one. All those extra resources from the trade deals.

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Except that the only one getting any benefit from those trade deals is the player being gifted the planet. Their economy is so small that their trade partners won't even notice if they are gone. And while the income from trade will allow the refugee player to remain in the game, it won't really allow them to be a factor in the game. So on balance I think it's really a non issue.

The only tangible benefit worth mentioning really is the extra research queue. And that I believe is not that significant. By the time this shell game is likely to be attempted the game will ahve reached the point where an empire doing research soley with research points recieved in trade is going to slow the alliance down as much as help it.

The only time I would call it gamey is if the game has some sort of specific victory conditions having to do with that player being eliminated, like the Survivor tournament or the Paranoia game. Other then that it's really not a issue for me.

So the player is still alive in the game, they aren't a factor in the game anymore. Move on to bigger fish.

Geoschmo