Baalz' good player pledge

[chrispedersen]

And the people that already violated it?

[Sil]

Signed. Hopefully I have followed this already and will do so in the future.

[RabbitDynamite]

Pledged.

[Baalz]

Heh, you guys have way too much faith in this if you expect me to keep track and police what everyone does. Regardless of what I do the only force this has is whatever people do to police their own behavior after having given their word. The primary purpose is to get (particularly new) players to consider the commitment they're making to everyone else by joining a community game. I've got less than 0 interest in tracking anything remotely like who agreed with what caveat and much less than that of determining and tracking who 'violated' their pledge. The bar is set at hoping most people put at least a minimum effort into supporting games they joined past when they lose personal interest...though I think a pledge with words literally like that would fail to clear that bar.

[zzcat]

Pledged

[Isokron]

Pledged

[Trumanator]

I'd just like to say that as a result of this pledge I have managed to to hold my capital in WaterTotalWar to the point that my besieger has given up trying. Its amazing what you can accomplish when you stick to it!

[Calahan]

Originally Posted by Trumanator

I'd just like to say that as a result of this pledge I have managed to to hold my capital in WaterTotalWar to the point that my besieger has given up trying. Its amazing what you can accomplish when you stick to it!

Good to hear it Trumanator Your conversion to the 'Never turn AI' side is almost complete

Any player who becomes adept at defending fort storms can last out for an incredibly long time in games. And who knows what can happen elsewhere to your besieger if the bulk of his forces are tied up pinning you down inside your fort(s). Capturing the actual province of a well defended fort is just a very minor step towards actually capturing the fort itself.

So the number of players I see quit games just because "my capital is under siege" never ceases to amaze me.

[Squirrelloid]

Trumanator:
Two things are making me decide its not worth it - (1) your ample gem resources have been admirably bent to the task of protecting it. That's an amazing army of summons you've amassed. (2) I can't compete with your battlefield magic. I can match the water stuff, but the astral is eating me alive. (3) Getting attacked by another nation, at which point the armies needed to successfully siege your capitol are just too much of a force commitment at the moment.

That said, if you attack me, I will ground your armies into powder... eventually.

(Why god why did I choose to play a nation with such a crappy endgame? I feel like everything effective I am doing has *nothing* to do with my national strengths at this point).

[secretperson]

I pledge