Baalz' good player pledge

[JR77]

I pledge!

[Strabo]

I pledge

[Morpf]

i pledge

[Squirrelloid]

I so pledge, not that I wasn't going to do those things anyway...

[Fantomen]

I pledge

[Aethyr]

I Pledge

[Calahan]

Judging by the large number of players signing up for this Pledge, you'd swear that the vast majority of players fight to the last in every game. When in reality the opposite is closer to the truth for most MP games.

Be interesting to see/hear how MP games play out from now on, and to see if this Pledge does have any of its intended effect of encouraging players to fight past their initial thoughts of "I just lost a few fights, so therefore I'm outta here". Time will tell

[rdonj]

The hardest it will be for me is when I'm subbing for someone else. In my own games I will fight either to the last or global succession, unless I am in the most boring position ever (10-13 provs, surrounded by AIs and the two strongest players, neither of which feels like putting me out of my misery. i.e. Human War ). When I'm subbing, I don't really care about the nation I'm playing. I probably don't even like it. Yet I continue playing because the rest of the game needs me. If only it were more possible to get subs for burnt out subs.

[Calahan]

Originally Posted by rdonj

....When I'm subbing, I don't really care about the nation I'm playing. I probably don't even like it. Yet I continue playing because the rest of the game needs me. If only it were more possible to get subs for burnt out subs.

+ Me

Yep, I've taken on a lot of sub positions mainly because they were needed to keep the game balanced (then again that's the summary of all sub positions). I actually much prefer subbing into positions that are on their last legs, as they take less time than good positions, and in theory shouldn't go on that long either.

I mainly do this to help out where I can, and also because I, probably naively, hope that if I do this for the benefit of the other players in their games, that the players in those games might one day return the favour by offering to sub-in to similar positions in the games I am playing in. A futile dream though I guess, since most players never remember who the subs actually were in their games

[rdonj]

Originally Posted by Calahan

+ Me

Yep, I've taken on a lot of sub positions mainly because they were needed to keep the game balanced (then again that's the summary of all sub positions). I actually much prefer subbing into positions that are on their last legs, as they take less time than good positions, and in theory shouldn't go on that long either.

I mainly do this to help out where I can, and also because I, probably naively, hope that if I do this for the benefit of the other players in their games, that the players in those games might one day return the favour by offering to sub-in to similar positions in the games I am playing in. A futile dream though I guess, since most players never remember who the subs actually were in their games

Yeah, I have this habit of picking up sub positions that are heading towards a slow, torturous death. The one I'm currently subbing for, I apparently was fighting two nations for 12 or so turns and idiotically I offered peace to the human player who was slowly killing me off... so it could be a while before the nation dies. Playing a nation on its way out would be much less frustrating. You're pretty handicapped but there's an end in sight. I'll have to try it sometime.

Well, even if it doesn't work everyone appreciates the guy who subs. It is best when they appreciate it enough to sub for other games though.