[SPOILERS] Team EggHeads: DMOC and TeddyKGB (Now Lurker-Friendly!)

[TeddyKGB]

Just a short msg to Maga_R before we draft the real one.

Hi Maga,

Our warrior just meet a strange creature, it appears to be big black cat with a 'primus' in his hand.

Our team diplo is up to DMOC, I'm sure we send oficial diplo msg soon.
I just wanna say hi and how glad I am that we are neighbours in PB14.

Regards,

Alexey.

- offer NAP till T66?
- ask about their capital location
- send info about India location
- send info about M&M location to CareBears

[Dhalphir]

draft diplo message

Gday Maga,

How are you doing mate? We saw your scout. I think it is pretty insensitive to name him Behemoth, scouts have feelings too. It's just a bit of puppy fat. Poor guy.

For now how about a NAP? We were thinking until turn 66 for now - we're pretty tired and a long one would be appreciated. Running an empire is hard work.

Are you willing to share any information about the lands surrounding your capital? We can exchange similar information about the location of some other civilizations we have encountered as well as the general lay of the land that we have uncovered so far.

Yours truly, dictated but not read,

Lord Dhalphir the Fourteenth of Byzantine, Keeper of the Plainscow and Master of Royal Sports Including That One Where You Go Up and Down and Around and Then Back and Forth A Bit
Lord TeddyKGB the Second of Byzantine, Keeper of the Royal Excel Spreadsheet, and Master of Having A Suspiciously Russian Sounding Name

on behalf of

High Emperor DMOC the First of His Name, King of Byzantine, Lord of All-He-Surveys, Survivor of The Pit Boss Two.

I maybe got a bit carried away but it might be fun to go a bit over the top ridiculous every now and then.

[DMOC]

Excellent news about the contact! I'm not so happy about the scout, but there's not much we can do at this point.

Her'es a revision of the diplomatic message based on Dhalphir's:

Dear Maga_R of Team Margarita:

It looks your your exploring scout -- Behemoth -- just found our borders! We're happy to meet you and hope that this message can start out diplomacy on a positive note. Our team members are dick76, Dhalphir, DMOC, and TeddyKGB, with DMOC and TeddyKGB playing the majority of the turns at the moment and DMOC being the primary diplomat.

Since you approached us from the west, we assume that you're our western neighbor. (Please let us know if that's not the case.) If you're wondering, we've made contact with Yuufo and Bisons of Team CareBears who are our eastern neighbor. Your scout will have to continue going east to find them. You two are our only contacts so far. Out of curiosity, who else have you made contact with, and do you have an idea of their relative locations (if applicable)? Furthermore, do you have any early thoughts on the map? Whlie it's early to say, we believe that all teams started next to a lake, have three food resources in the starting BFC, and have a nearby source of gold. There also appears to be an extensive body of water to our north.

Meanwhile, since we're presumably going to be neighbors, we're hoping to begin the steps of what might form a game-long alliance. At the moment, we're particularly interested in a Non-Aggression Pact so that neither of us has to waste military on a (possible) early war that would no doubt come as good news to the other eight teams. Since it's around turn 25 or 26, we would like to offer a NAP that expires on turn 70. Please let us know in a future email whether this is agreeable.

We're also interested in negotiating an espionage clause: we put enough espionage points on each other to see demographics, but nothing more than that, unless it's truly unavoidable (i.e. no other option to put points on). Finally, we ask in good faith that you do not make aggressive settlements to our borders. We will return the favor, as our early plans involve building cities close to our capital. Once we have both explored the land in greater detal, we can negotiate a fair border agreement.

Yours truly,
DMOC

Team EggHeads

Some thoughts:

-I really hope that they're our western neighbor. This means we've escaped both Sumeria and Rome starting next to us.
-I see no reason to sign a NAP to 66 when we could do it to turn 70. Having a non-round number will only make us look suspicious.
-Do we want to ask more about the map?
-Anything else I missed?


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As far as the turn goes, does the warrior stay fortified where he is? I think he should, as the worker will be roading on that same tile on turns 26 and 27.

[Dhalphir]

that isnt a revision of what i wrote

you didnt even give me a title.

what kind of dictatorship are you running here

[TeddyKGB]

T70 ok as well. I just suggested T65 included NAP. I dont want our both NAPs ends at the same turn.
M&M is one of two teams who most suited for early Chariot Rush. But their 1st tech wasnt AH. Anyway, NAP is a good thing for us.

I did exchange some PM with Maga in the past, nothing about PB14 ofc.
I can keep PM exchange with her, just add some diplo in it.

I agree with your msg, DMOC.
Should we send short msg to CareBears about our contact as well?

EDIT: if you want roleplay diplo with M&M, you can use some 'Master and Margarita' references from the book.

EDIT2: Test



Also, there is 10% chance bear do not attack.

[DMOC]

that isnt a revision of what i wrote

you didnt even give me a title.

what kind of dictatorship are you running here

Well, technically I quoted your post and then revised what was in the message. I'll add everyone's names after the end, e.g.

Yours truly,
DMOC, TeddyKGB, and Lord Dhalphir?

T70 ok as well. I just suggested T65 included NAP. I dont want our both NAPs ends at the same turn.
M&M is one of two teams who most suited for early Chariot Rush. But their 1st tech wasnt AH. Anyway, NAP is a good thing for us.

I did exchange some PM with Maga in the past, nothing about PB14 ofc.
I can keep PM exchange with her, just add some diplo in it.

I agree with your msg, DMOC.
Should we send short msg to CareBears about our contact as well?

EDIT: if you want roleplay diplo with M&M, you can use some 'Master and Margarita' references from the book.

EDIT2: Test



Also, there is 10% chance bear do not attack.

Yeah, we definitely don't want our NAPs ending at the same time.

Let's send a message to Care Bears soon (but first let's get a NAP set with M&M ... I'm paranoid).

Anyway, let's hope the scout survives.

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If I add in Dhalphir's title, are we good to go with this message?

[Dhalphir]

i would prefer to be the master of royal games Including That One Where You Go Up and Down and Around and Then Back and Forth A Bit

[Dhalphir]

[Dhalphir]

should we be calling dick76 our team mate still? Is he even reading? I don't remember, did he say he'd be absent foor a while at the start?

[DMOC]

For now, let's include dick76.

I just sent this message:

Dear Maga_R of Team Margarita:

It looks your your exploring scout -- Behemoth -- just found our borders! We're happy to meet you and hope that this message can start out diplomacy on a positive note. Our team members are dick76, Dhalphir, DMOC, and TeddyKGB, with DMOC and TeddyKGB playing the majority of the turns at the moment and DMOC being the primary diplomat.

Since you approached us from the west, we assume that you're our western neighbor. (Please let us know if that's not the case.) If you're wondering, we've made contact with Yuufo and Bisons of Team CareBears who are our eastern neighbor. Your scout will have to continue going east to find them. You two are our only contacts so far. Out of curiosity, who else have you made contact with, and do you have an idea of their relative locations (if applicable)? Furthermore, do you have any early thoughts on the map? Whlie it's early to say, we believe that all teams started next to a lake, have three food resources in the starting BFC, and have a nearby source of gold. There also appears to be an extensive body of water to our north.

Meanwhile, since we're presumably going to be neighbors, we're hoping to begin the steps of what might form a game-long alliance. At the moment, we're particularly interested in a Non-Aggression Pact so that neither of us has to waste military on a (possible) early war that would no doubt come as good news to the other eight teams. Since it's around turn 25 or 26, we would like to offer a NAP that expires on turn 70. Please let us know in a future email whether this is agreeable.

We're also interested in negotiating an espionage clause: we put enough espionage points on each other to see demographics, but nothing more than that, unless it's truly unavoidable (i.e. no other option to put points on). Finally, we ask in good faith that you do not make aggressive settlements to our borders. We will return the favor, as our early plans involve building cities close to our capital. Once we have both explored the land in greater detal, we can negotiate a fair border agreement.

Yours truly,
DMOC

Team EggHeads
dick76, DMOC, TeddyKGB, and Dhalphir (aka the the master of royal games Including That One Where You Go Up and Down and Around and Then Back and Forth A Bit)