OMG OMG OMG. I COULD HAVE PLANTED ON THAT PLAINS HILL DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT
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Damnit.
All I wanted was a nice little war. Me and Gillette vs the big bad team Wolfgang. Unforetunately, bullshit prevails. C'est La vie. Nevertheless, I will still try to make something of this war. If referee bullshit and resets abound, Im just gonna fucking walk away. Just drop the mike and walk offstage. OTHERWISE ... maybe I can survive until Gillette can rejoin the war, assuming he will do so. I doubt this will occur. What I think will occur is that Plako and Pirates will eventually eat me, but BARRING ANY BULLSHIT I can at least kick in a few teeth before I go down.
I know it wasn't the nicest thing to simply cut off communications with Plako ... but I didn't really feel like doing the 'diplomatic thing' ... I mean hell. We had an agreement that I INHERITED!!!! I did not ask for that particular peace. But there it was.
Then I heard it was 5 turns longer ... so fine. So I wait until the NaP is over and I declare right? Well apparantly WRONG!!!! Of course I dowd and moved my units before reading the email, but still ..... and the GALL of it all!!!!! Plako only sent that e-mail an HOUR before I played my turn. Which means he was JUST TRYING TO BUY TIME before his armies could defend the border between me and he. He wanted to win the damn war without losing ANY TEETH!!!! Well I hate that fucking smug attitude, tbh. He could have told me this Made up Fake-as-Shit clause at ANY FUCKING TIME. But guess what ... he tells me at the perfect time for his perfect little armies. Well, we aren't playing tea-party here ladies, we are playing fucking WAR. So if you don't let me know about a certain clause, real or fake, until the last fucking minute? Then guess what ladies, its as if it never happened. Its why all deals should be explicitly stated in as clear a language as possible, in written form, clearly presented to all parties, especially if its a BIG FUCKING DEAL. Plako did NONE of this. All he did was send a little (fake?) quote about some stupid first strike thing. Of course he did so only AFTER he played his turn (or so it would seem), anyways it was but a mere hour before I played mine (or even less, I don't quite remember). --------------- At least, thats what I think happened ... I mean it said 5 pm, and I was reading his email sometime after 6 pm, after playing the majority of my turn (including troop movements) .... but its just so damn fucking peachy. I WILL NOT!! Sign a peace treaty. I WILL NOT!!! sign a cease fire. Either I continue the war as is or, if forced to, I will simply quit. My anger towards the sheer LEVEL OF BULLSHIT will not allow me to continue a game with even an OUNCE MORE of such cowpatty. --------------- So there is my summary. I either fight to the death as current circumstances exist ... or I let someone else wither and die with this civ. I am *of course* dissapointed by GIllette's withdrawal from the war, but I'm not too surprised. Did my e-mail even send? I hope it did, but hard to say. Maybe I archived the e-mail before he could read it. I-phones are damned confusing. I'm not really mad at Gillette for withdrawing, just dissapointed with the current theatre of war, and perhaps the general 'tone' of the wars thus far. I had dreams of splitting the red lands between white and blue. Dreams that perhaps will not come true. The power of Drafts is greater than the power of knights, this is true. Perhaps if I bothered to learn to play BTS, I might use this lesson in a future venue. For now however, I think I am quite content with my place in FFH, but perhaps a proper team of BTS I may eventually partake. If such were to occur, and on this my opinion will not change, the most important agreements should be kept closely arranged. E-mail is best, PMs work too. But ambiguous, out of context quotes from out of the blue? Nevermore.
Its not really a matter of whether or not I believe Plako ... which I'm about 50/50 or maybe 40/60 leaning no ... but its more the way that the information was presented, at the last minute, with no way for me to verify it earlier.
Its like he had all this BULLSHIT info stored away, smiling, just waiting to let me know when it best suited him. Well, as I have said before, information presented not before, but *at* the time of action is null and void precisely BECAUSE it is now the time of action and no longer the time for negotiations. --------- I really have great distaste for how Plako handled this, but only so far as this particular incident goes. I hold no ill will towards him as a player. Just, as a player, I've seen this bullshit before, and before I capitulated, and for what? To bow down before bullshit and get fucked up the bunghole? I think no longer. My actions have been straightfoward and clear. Perhaps my words less so. I doubt the Pirates will now sign the t180 NaP ... ah well. Did they perhaps not get that e-mail as well? If indeed this is an example of my own DAMN I-PHONE fucking me over .... then this is truly truly a sad set of circumstances. All I have ever said is along the lines of ''To Gillete: lets kill Plako, To Everyone else: I'm farting around, To Plako: Hey!  you seem nice and all ^_^, I mean you are right next to me and top score but what the hell, lets be friends and hand you the game on a silver platter  "So yes, perhaps I used a small modicum of deception when it came to my 'shooting the shit' dialogue ... but when it came to action I never waivered in my honesty. Cause I actually like to see shit get done. I am quite dissapointed that Gillette and I could not have become more organized. Partly it was because of my lack of BTS experience (to know when I would be ready for war), and partly it was my many absences causing a break down in communication. Not really sure how much more or less often the diplomacy has been with the other nations ... but diplomacy with me has pretty much dropped to a cricket chirp. And it was so active during the earlier years ..... Anyways, just off the cuff talking should have no relevance. It is in the positioning of units, in the making of deals, in the scores of the players ... The things to be taken the most seriously are the writing and presentation of deals. Beyond that, shooting the shit is exactly that ... shit. Only deals truly matter in diplomacy ... or at least that's my current position. Maybe its a bit too cagey of a position to hold. Either way ... I just want to play my little war, screw the rest of the damn game, I just want my fight. To be denied that, well ... I can have fun elsewhere.
Naps aren't enforced - wether or not this agreement is true, you can still invade.
I don't think this is grounds for you to need a replacement, but you're welcome to do what you want.
Erebus in the Balance - a FFH Modmod based around balancing and polishing FFH for streamlined competitive play.
I see.
Well, I do not think my actions 'broke a NaP' but it seems Plako is hinting that I broke some obscure clause that he didn't even bring up until the hour of the dawn. I will be fine continuing as things currently are.
Well. For whatever reason I'm having a good day. So hooray! I have successfullly managed my anger!!!
Anyways, for the moment I feel somewhat confident with repelling whatever Plako might seek to send my way ... but its always possible that he is simply convinced that he can just defend against me until a victory (which is quite possible). I would still like to capture a few cities, if a multi-front war arises ... but if not, I'd like to at least keep him on his toes. If nothing else this game will help me re-learn BTS ^_^
grr ... like 8 berserkers used against me. Did Gillete relaly have to gift Zak his entire army? ..... lame >_<
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