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We can also mention that we are already sending WPC quite a few missionaries to help solve their happiness problems. I know that we benefit economically, but they aren't free either.
I was also going to make one other suggestion: how do you think WPC would feel when we cut them off from our gems 10 turns later? Probably not too happy. If we were going to send them gems, they probably expected it to be more or less permanent, and we simply are not going to do that.
I think we have enough material here for a polite refusal message.
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Oh, I really like the comment about not signalling that we are working together. That's perfect  . Anyways, my thing is I want the gems to be available. What if CivFr completes Great Library next turn and suddenly doesn't have use for their marble and we could pull a gems/marble trade? Stuff like that should be considered. Anyways, how about this:
Draft to WPC Wrote:Tatu,
I've been getting screenshots of diplo window messages from your team over the last couple days. In the future, would you mind passing those onto our official email as well? Only reason I ask is that I know diplo window chat can be flaky sometimes, and we don't want to miss an important message from you guys.
On the gems front, we're going to hang onto the gems for now. We don't need health, and we'll have our own source of furs hooked up pretty soon, so we're going to hang onto it for now in case something opens up elsewhere. If we can find another way to make a deal we would of course consider it, but for now we will have to decline. Our concern right now is trying not to making it too obvious that we are working together. The German team for example has tried to recruit us to help against your team. We've declined and claimed neutrality, but if we're suddenly gifting you resources it will be extremely obvious to them that we're working together. It would be much better if we could spring a nasty surprise on them! We gifted the missionaries because that kind of aid easily goes undetected, but I hope you can understand our hesitancy to publicly show our alliance prior to the war.
By any chance, do you have any marble near your borders that you could settle? That's one particular resource we'd really like to get our hands on, so if you have some near your borders we would happily trade for that.
Thanks,
scooter - Team RB
Input welcome, some form of this really needs to be sent out today.
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(March 20th, 2013, 09:24)scooter Wrote: In the future, would you mind passing those onto our official email as well?
My impression is that Sullla would prefer "instead" to "as well" here.
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(March 20th, 2013, 09:24)scooter Wrote: Our concern right now is trying not to making it too obvious that we are working together.
Minor typo. It should read "trying not to make it too obvious."
Otherwise, looks good.
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Real message we just got from CivFr:
CivFr Wrote:Greetings from antipodes,
We are glad to meet you. But we have no interest at short time to have trade route with new nations.
Hope to keep good relationship towards our nations,
Best regards,
Mayans
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 That one made me chuckle too. I'm guessing there won't be much in the way of cooperation with them. Funny way to say it though.
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Aw.. so no divying up CivPlayers between the two of us?
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Sent to WPC:
RB Wrote:Tatu,
I've been getting screenshots of diplo window messages from your team over the last couple days. In the future, would you mind passing those onto our official email as well? Only reason I ask is that I know diplo window chat can be flaky sometimes, and we don't want to miss an important message from you guys.
On the gems front, we're going to hang onto the gems for now. We don't need health, and we'll have our own source of furs hooked up pretty soon, so we're going to hang onto it for now in case something opens up elsewhere. If we can find another way to make a deal we would of course consider it, but for now we will have to decline. Our concern right now is trying not to make it too obvious that we are working together. The German team for example has tried to recruit us to help against your team. We've declined and claimed neutrality, but if we're suddenly gifting you resources it will be extremely obvious to them that we're working together. It would be much better if we could spring a nasty surprise on them! We gifted the missionaries because that kind of aid easily goes undetected, but I hope you can understand our hesitancy to publicly show our alliance prior to the war.
By any chance, do you have any marble near your borders that you could settle? That's one particular resource we'd really like to get our hands on, so if you have some near your borders we would happily trade for that.
Thanks,
scooter - Team RB
March 20th, 2013, 17:34
(This post was last modified: March 20th, 2013, 17:34 by nabaxo.)
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(March 20th, 2013, 16:07)SleepingMoogle Wrote: Aw.. so no divying up CivPlayers between the two of us?
More for us then!
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So there's marble just inside German borders in the area between the Germans and WPC. Can we try to negotiate with them and get them to connect it, and we give them gems or something in exchange?
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