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vfb said:
You mean, you wouldn't do something like this?

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...ev=#Post587784

Give it a try, it's fun.

Well yeah, that seems like a fun flavor element. And it's helpful that you point out when you are OOC. Flavor elements are perfectly fine with me. Though I'm not sure I could conduct diplomacy or a trade as an unreliable and insane Starspawn.

[lch]

Oh, one of those threads again. Since lots of posts with lots of words have been made and some of those words are quite difficult, I chose to ignore them all and will just write a little bit myself. You may opt to do the same about my post.

Human players may chose to end/ignore/violate NAPs whenever they see it fit. If they think that a NAP isn't doing them any good, they will not honor them. That's what makes them better than the AI and I'd be pretty pissed if it wasn't the case but if they'd stick to them because of some honor system. But humans may even make errors. You better get used to that...

[lch]

P.S.: Maybe it would be better to have people signed up for a game without explicitly stating what nation they get. They'd only know their own nation and that's it, everything else would stay anonymous and under the radar. Do you think a setup like this would lead to heavy backstabbing? We could try it out, I would host a game like this, provided there's interest.

[gowb]

They did that in that Rand game, I believe. Stands for random.

[Tichy]

I'm assuming ground rules for such a game have to include not telling people who you are, and restricting diplomacy to the in-game message system.

[lch]

Ah, I see, Rand already did this. But that was a no-diplomacy game as well. I'd allow diplomacy, but disallow disclosing which player played which nation. Probably keep the player list a secret even after the game, unlike Pashadawg did it with Rand. People could post on the game thread, but only by sending a PM to me so that I post it under their name. Signup would be via PM, too, so that you have no idea who the other players are. Mmmhh...

[gowb]

That would be a pretty awkward system, I think. Maybe allow only in-game communication by closing the thread after it starts? Maybe set up a neutral admin in case anyone needs an extension.