Diplomacy

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by SelfishGene:
Besides all that socializing to get into some inner circle rubs me the wrong way and turns it all into some metagame.

Well, there's a line between what you call as a "metagame", and a desire to be seen as reliable. If you regularly make agreements in poor faith, then people will be less inclined to make agreements with you in the future, given that they do not expect you to actually keep them. I, personally, favor more open-ended agreements, and prefer not to be overtly duplicitous: I won't outright claim to be your ally, and then backstab you shortly afterwards, and any peace agreement I make invariably includes the provision for "the final showdown", to occur when there's nobody else to kill: This is a clearly understood arrangement.

That, and I find backstabbing to be less fun than tapping somebody on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn around, and then stabbing him in the face.

[ July 03, 2004, 06:33: Message edited by: Norfleet ]