Niccolò Machiavelli's Thread

[darrelljs]

They don't have a right to free information and they know it.

Yup. I think we should propose a trade. They are currently assuming we are east, which is correct. I'd like to offer to tell them our general direction if they tell us the location of the first civ they find that we haven't found.

Darrell

[plako]

I vote for just telling them to gain some good will points that is most valuable thing we can gain from this. That info is not worth much and they saying it indicates they pretty much know it already.

[plako]

Apparently there is easy exploit to check the positioning of other nations cities (just look ISDG threads). I suggest we don't use the exploit. However concerning this diplo it means that other teams potentially could use it so I think just verifying Gillette's assumption is best.

[pling]

Apparently there is easy exploit to check the positioning of other nations cities (just look ISDG threads). I suggest we don't use the exploit. However concerning this diplo it means that other teams potentially could use it so I think just verifying Gillette's assumption is best.

Yeah, I agree.

[darrelljs]

Draft reply:

Be sure to let regoarrarr know how disappointed we are in him. You've given us a great idea for the next challenge. Place your capital at the center of a Cartesian coordinate plane. What is the coordinates of our capital?

Darrell

[darrelljs]

Reply sent.

Darrell

[darrelljs]

Hello again!

I would first like to apologize for taking so long to return your message-Sadly, I can't even pretend it was someone else's fault, as I misinterpeted a few things and let our gmail account go unchecked. While this reflects poorly on me, please understand it is not Team Gillette's official policy ot let our valued customers' and partners' emails go unanswered!

Now for your challenge, we believe your capital to be at appproximately (14,-1), if our capital is at (0,0). Our challenge, somewhat uncreatively, is "If you place your capital at the center of a cartesean plane, where do you think our capital is?" It would be interesting to see if our guesses align.

Merovech Team Gillette

P.S. I posted a notice for regoarrarr letting him know of your dissapointment, but I am not sure if he has read it, since he never posts anything!!!

[pling]

Not a bad guess on their part - I think our true answer to their question is (-15,-2).

[darrelljs]

We need to answer in such a way that they know that we know that we are giving them free info and to ask about who they met.

Darrell

[zakalwe]

Also, we should say that we want a NAP as soon as we've settled all the land between us.

(We are straight talkers, right?)