Commodore Wrote:I've sent Nakor and Scooter Gunpowder, hopefully to gain Paper and Education in return once I clear Literature.
Wow, Krill is going to love this!
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[PLAYERS STAY OUT!] Lurker Thread - PB5 Starts A Day Late & Dollar Short
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This is why Krill doesn't think he can win the game.
Unless he can think of a way to turn his food/land advantage into an economic advantage. Sure, he can spam out a million units from all his cities, but that just puts him deeper into an economic hole. Therefore, Krill is going to simply disrupt the games of his rivals (which pisses them off further, setting up a vicious spiral )
Quote:I've sent Nakor and Scooter Gunpowder, hopefully to gain Paper and Education in return once I clear Literature. Does he really give away a tech like GP just in the hopes that they will give him something back? Seems not very likely imo - I certainly wouldn't give him Education just because he gave me GP. Serdoa Wrote:Does he really give away a tech like GP just in the hopes that they will give him something back? Seems not very likely imo - I certainly wouldn't give him Education just because he gave me GP. Yes, the only way I could imagine doing that is if I thought I was going to have a very long non-zero sum relationship with the other player. And in Commodore's case, it seems like his days of being a competitive tech player are numbered.
This post-Paper tech trading and brokering world is going to collapse into a pool of chaos just because one or two people in the game don't think about the overall picture before agreeing to deals. Sort of like OB in a regular game but far, far more significant. PBEM 20 did not really test this because the limited number of players significantly lowered the chance of one or two people ruining the entire game [system] (in the game theory sense).
That's also why Krill will win the game. Because in the end, production is what will matter. And I see absolutely no evidence that he doesn't think he can win, or even that he will win.
Civilization IV: 21 (Bismarck of Mali), 29 (Mao Zedong of Babylon), 38 (Isabella of China), 45 (Victoria of Sumeria), PB12 (Darius of Sumeria), 56 (Hammurabi of Sumeria), PB16 (Bismarck of Mali), 78 (Augustus of Byzantium), PB56 (Willem of China)
Hearthstone: ArenaDrafts Profile No longer playing Hearthstone. 
Suspect #1: The guy sitting on more money than anyone else.
If this were diplo enabled, you could probably launder it via a friend
NobleHelium Wrote:This post-Paper tech trading and brokering world is going to collapse into a pool of chaos just because one or two people in the game don't think about the overall picture before agreeing to deals. Eh, that is the optimal strategy when TT is on. The setting just sucks, it's not the players' fault. |
