Here's a possible message to Asterix:
Quote:Asterix,
I understand why you think we may have "backstabbed" them, but please consider our perspective.
-You were asking for a Turn 250 NAP in exchange for this agreement. In effect, this was handing you full security for the rest of the game (assuming you did the same thing with SutOxy) to pursue a cultural victory.
-Rome still would not communicate with us. Teddy and I both consider open communication an adamant requirement to working together, even if it's just a one-line message here and there. It's still perplexing to us why Rome refuses to communicate with us, or even another Polish team in the DT team, since we would have been happy to give concessions to Rome to help out their position. While we trust deals that we sign directly to you that involve what you do, there is no knowing what happens if Rome decides to ignore you and instead aim our way.
Also, we're still working together with the "Big Coalition" as you refer to it, so in no way is our relation with those other teams damaged.
It seems like you're still pointing out our past "committment to war against India." Please, this was a long time ago and it seems like you're still trying to use ancient stuff against us. I tried to explain in a long message to you earlier that we had suggested the idea at some point, but in no way did we ever make it a firm plan. It was only in the vaguest of the vague plans, and again, with Rome we had to turn our defenses south. I hope you'll be able to read in our lurker thread (I can redirect you to the appropriate parts later) that the NAP signing with India was just a simple oversight on our part (that, in retrospect, we won't do again because of how much you appear to be affected), just a way for us to slightly increase our chances of performing well in this game. In no way did we think of the NAP as a direct attack against you. Neither Teddy nor I have hostile intentions.
There's more that I want to say, but it's tiring for me to write these long messages so perhaps I'll be able to get them done at a later point.
Sincerely,
DMOC
Team EggHeads