... From: "Timothy M. Richardson" <natlfop@...> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: wdc-l World Wide Diplomacy Face to Face Events: June 2002 ...
Just looking for general opinions and anactodatal instances of players who are stabbed in one game, responding in like in another game in which you are both...
Speaking for myself, I do not cross game in a vengeful sort of way. I won't go after someone in game "A" due to a stab by the same player in game "B". BUT I...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 13, 2002 10:18 pm
1751
Andrew, It would be hard to get people to open up to ADMITTING to crossgaming even though I would expect Packrat is right in his assumption that it happens all...
PS: I think Packrat is one of the most honest people(within himself as well) in this game today, speaking from an emotional standpoint that is.;^) Quite...
Actually, there was one game where Mr. Watson WAS coming after me and he admitted it was due to my play in earlier games. I believe it was just before we...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 15, 2002 3:18 pm
1754
PS, Dave and I have both changed our respective styles since that time. That is why I play as I do now. Thanks for the compliment Dave. ... From: packrat...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 15, 2002 3:20 pm
1755
Well, everyone changes with time...be it Diplomacy or Life. Halisp. Christ, these 'young-uns' wouldn't know how to play a Diplomacy game without all their...
... and ... get him!" ... not ... Actually I wasn't even making an inference about 'type' of action. Perhaps the person who attacks you in another game because...
I guess the larger problem I have with the game as a whole is the whole entire notion that you HAVE to stab someone whenever you play. Now there are *plenty*...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 15, 2002 6:14 pm
1758
Packrat, Ah, semantics! The subtleties of letter writing, the policies of politics, saying a thing without truly saying it. Now I think I understand what you...
I am a lawyer, and have been on the receiving end of a non-stab by Scott, and strange as it may seem, it felt like a stab at the time. :^))) He may split...
First: I don't stab allies. Or, at least I haven't yet. Would I? Perhaps. But NOT likely. I did pull out of an alliance in a game, but I warned the player...
This whole discussion strikes as just part of the meta-game of Diplomacy, which we all play so well around here. Use whatever words you want, but you can't win...
Bob Olivere
oly11@...
Jun 17, 2002 1:12 pm
1762
I think that the lesson is that you should never consider yourself an ally of Scott's unless it has been signed in blood (and make sure that it isn't yours he...
Martin Gilbey
mg@...
Jun 17, 2002 4:44 pm
1763
I think what Packrats getting at is you don't HAVe to be deceitful, you don't HAVE to stab to win...a game of Diplomacy. I think everyones 'hip' to this...
It is nowhere near as painful as you make it sound. The alliance part is actually quite easy. The tricky part is getting the non-allies to cooperate....
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 17, 2002 8:41 pm
1765
So OK, I'll bite... Citing your example. What WOULD have made Daryl an ally and thereby least susceptible to a stab? What could HE have said? What could HE...
All that would have started it was to ask about forming an alliance. Then we would have exchanged one or two emails and that would have been that. I'd have...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 19, 2002 12:22 am
1767
... Because in Diplomacy, unlike in WWII, only one power can ultimately win outright under the rules. What would England, the U.S. and Russia have gained from...
... It is a possibility, but unfortunately people go for it far too soon and too often, and without putting in much effort. ... Anathema! Anathema! Anathema!...
... -Adam Kuehn Probably stepping in heresy? Apostacy is more like it. All the righteous among us are virtually pointing at you making the harsh heeeee (short...
Bob Olivere
oly11@...
Jun 19, 2002 1:29 am
1770
And you are in PTKS? Whatever happened to "draws suck and you suck for proposing one?" Starting out looking for a draw is like being with a hot horny naked...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 19, 2002 2:29 am
1771
As a comedian once said ... When you're young and have a choice between sleep and sex, you take the sex every time. But when you're old and have a choice...
Yes, people looking for draws is getting *quite* old! ... From: William Highfield <magicfan@...> To: <CAT23-Gchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 18,...
packrat
packrat@...
Jun 19, 2002 3:03 am
1773
Hey! I resemble that remark. Oly, having sex and dreaming of draws...
Bob Olivere
oly11@...
Jun 19, 2002 3:45 am
1774
... If its 'old' and you prefer sleep(read 'draw')...than don't bother playing... just go to sleep, and leave the game to the passionate. DEW...
... Don't get me wrong - I believe in very active play, and I never begin the game looking for a draw. I'm just saying that sometimes it isn't terrible to...
See! It ALWAYS happens. A poor misunderstood monster, living in a castle in the backwater of nowhere and sure enough, Ray and his goons come calling for a...
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