Global War (upgraded to 3.20)

quantum_mechani · #1 July 27th, 2008, 03:22 AM

I think CU is in a very tough spot. AIing Pythium would be conceding the game for Good I believe. I did think the AIing of the monkey nations was a tad trigger happy, but it's not exactly easy to find subs.

I don't have a issue with CU playing all of good if he really has too, but I hope it does not come to that.

DonCorazon · #2 July 27th, 2008, 03:43 AM

I see rathar's point, it wouldn't be fun to have to fight against one person playing 2 (or 3) nations - that is a whole different level of coordination. At the same time, Good will be destroyed (even faster) if Pyth goes AI.

Given Good is likely on the road to ruin anyway, and as a two-bit player on the side of Good, I don't care what we do. It goes to the issue of how important it is in a team game to make sure you have players who will stick it out or find subs if they have to leave.

So if rathar objects and we cannot find a sub, I'd lean towards turning Pyth AI after returning all magic items - I suspect it just accelerates the inevitable.

Rathar · #3 July 27th, 2008, 05:58 AM

I think it's interesting that you goodies think you are on the ropes as I only see two evils left really but perspective can be funny! And I agree with CU in a tough spot but..

CUnknown · #4 July 27th, 2008, 02:01 PM

The thing is DonCorazon ... what the heck are we going to do with all those items... I don't have any thugs besides sleepers, myself. Even if they were returned, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

As far as Lanka goes, he shouldn't have been turned AI, I agree. We tried to find him a sub, but it didn't work. I don't see that we had much of a choice to turn him AI.

Rathar - the evils are on the ropes, too.. except for Abysia, who pretty much counts as his own team at this point.

We can turn Pythium AI if you guys want, but Arco will follow. I'm not sure what DC would do at that point. I will probably stick around, what the heck. But, I'd just be staying to kill you, Rathar, haha.

At this point, can we just let Arco and Pythium stale and hope to find subs? I will force host when they are they only 2 left.

DonCorazon · #5 July 27th, 2008, 02:14 PM

CU, I agree the items won't do much good, though it would be nice to get some for my raiders who haven't gotten anything this whole game except one lousy flame brand. Heh.
But we're dead anyway if Pyth goes from friend to foe.

As for my plans, I have been staying on out of a sense of duty - but TNN has gotten so far behind since we had to abandon all our research to help the Goods survive.

Why is Arco leaving, btw? I had to endure thousands of his emails early on in this game

Now I have to pay off his loans while he moves on? TNN should just rebel and attack Good anyway out of spite.

CUnknown · #6 July 27th, 2008, 02:29 PM

He's leaving for two reasons:

1) Dominions is affecting his performance in school (heh).
2) His nation has been beaten down and he's losing morale.

Yeah ... about the loan ... if we lost Arco and Pythium, Good would default on its loan, I'm sorry to our benefactor.

DonCorazon · #7 July 27th, 2008, 02:45 PM

Nice, reason #2 is a classic:
TNN has been sacrificing its own development/fun by giving up its gems, its research, and its gold to help TC, Pyth and Arcos and they have all quit or (in TC's case) been killed. Now they bail and leave backward TNN to play out the remainder of its miserable existence? Its like they ate the desert up front and left TNN to eat the spinach.

Unbelievable, this is about the 10th time during this game I have told myself never to sign up for a "team" game.