Communication ethics in PBW

Suicide Junkie · #1 August 8th, 2002, 04:07 PM

I agree that you shouldn't communicate until you've met in-game, but i think most of the players here are referring to after an in-game meeting.

Gryphin · #2 August 8th, 2002, 04:54 PM

Yes, what SJ said.

Growltigga · #3 August 8th, 2002, 05:00 PM

SJ, you may be right but my evaluation of the thread (interstate phone calls etc) is that such discussions are held outside the fora of the game itself ie I call Mac or email him separately to make an alliance to swap 4 battlecruisers for his phaser technology and a treaty to bushwack Gryppho..

I have no problem with treaties, alliances, pacts and galactic machtpolitik, just that they need to be carried out via the mechanism of the game diplomacy engine.. not by independant media

Gryphin · #4 August 8th, 2002, 06:56 PM

What is the limit in the Diplomatic screen?
255 characters?
Tigga,
Your job exisit because that little space would not be enough to make an understandable sentance.
It is not reallistic to think that if you can send 255 characters across space, that you could easily send 255,000 of them.

tesco samoa · #5 August 8th, 2002, 07:06 PM

email is fine...

That way you can get many communications done in one turn... as apposed to just one

Mephisto · #6 August 8th, 2002, 08:09 PM

There is no limits on the # of characters IIRC. I have sent really big Messages without an error in the past.

Suicide Junkie · #7 August 8th, 2002, 08:58 PM

SE4 v1.41 fixed the political Messages so you could scroll down and read an unlimited-length message.