Invisible Swarm 2 - in limbo

[Jurri]

Glad someone's enjoying it Me, I'm pretty shocked at arch's violent reaction.

arch: Would you say your attacking Pythium was honorable? He had all of, what, 4 provinces to his name at the time while you had ~20... And Pangaea had already grabbed pieces of him at that time, too, so technically you were dogpiling him, too

The way I see it, you have something like 5 or more times as large an army as me that's probably at least on par if not better quality-wise (from what my scouts tell me). You have more provinces than I do, so more income as well. I probably have more research and gem income, but not by that much. With these estimates, would you say that you and me having a war with no outside interference would be fair? Hey, if you think so, then by all means let's do it. If your idea of fun does not include nefarious plots to overthrow the player that's clearly in the lead, there's no need to play it out that way. It's certainly a valid viewpoint that leveling the playing field via diplomacy is not honorable; indeed, I myself enjoy the most such games that have no diplomacy at all.

Wish I had known that you're so averse to diplomatic shenanigans before inciting R'lyeh and Marignon to attack you, though Uh, that doesn't mean that my estimation is that all three would need to attack, quite the contrary in fact: my plan was to get them to fight you so that I wouldn't need to face the mass of skeletons. I did promise R'lyeh and Marignon that I'd join the fray if you are too strong for them, so when R'lyeh said that it seems that you are, I had to take action to secure myself the freedom to keep my word. We agreed that we'd assess the situation in 3 turns (when the NAP runs out) and if it still looks like you're too strong for them I'd attack; if not, then I wouldn't, since I don't like unfair wars. You can of course choose to believe otherwise.

Hmmm, given your tone in the above posts, I'm not sure if there's anything to be done to salvage your enjoyment of the game? Please do tell if there is: I can take back my canceling the NAP, or Marignon and R'lyeh can stay out of it while we fight it out if they'll agree to it, I can get someone to take over for my nation (since there's a personally hostile tone coming over in the aforementioned posts; one that I'm not enjoying frankly) or whatever. It's just a game, played to have fun, so there's really no reason not to form the experience into one that's enjoyable to all, by any means available.