Re: First Blood - Newbie game - Running
Wow your delusional...
Summary of the actual conversation...
Me: I see that you have just invaded an, admitted neutral, province under my dominion, please do no advance any further into my dominion.
mockingbird: (Ignores Nightfall and moves further in) By the way I expect you to give up the best 2 provinces you've managed to take so far so I can have a full quarter of the map.
Me: How about you just cede the one province I already asked you not to take and we can have a peacefull border. I'll even compensate you.
I honestly don't know whether my offer of compensation was reasonable or not, apparently mockingbird doesn't think so, but gave me no indication what would be reasonable.
mockingbird: No that will leave me disconnected (A blatant lie). Give me one or both of your provinces.
Me: How could that leave you disconnected??? Perhaps you misunderstood my offer. (Giving him the benefit of the doubt.)
mockingbird: Since you won't give me both your best provinces, I'll have to have one if you want a peacefull border. I may be willing to make a swap instead which is nothing but bad for you.
Me: FFS, I've got a crap starting position here, and your income is over double mine, with far more growth coming, please throw me a tiny bone.
mockingbird: Either give me a NAP 3 or I attack you immeadiately.
Note that at this point strategically my best option is to say I agree to the NAP and then break it within the next 2 turns, but I didn't feel comfortable doing that.
Sorry to bother everyone, and I would like to make it clear that I don't think mockingbird has done anything wrong, he hasn't, he is just playing the game.
I understand the point is to try to win, my only real point is that if you're going to play in the newbie game you may want to be just a little less full on with the actual newbies.
I'll get back in my box now...
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