Gillette Diplomacy Thread: Dossiers, Scheming, and Puppet Strings

[Cheater Hater]

Really? You say you're declaring right after we nearly finalize the peace negotiations? When you accept peace I think we need to say something to Tasnuke--I just don't know if it's "declare now while all of Trolls' troops are over here" or "wait until after Trolls switch into peace-time civics".

[Cheater Hater]

After seeing the combination of our score decrease and none of us being on all day, I rushed to the save to find out what happened--we have peace just as planned

When I logged in I saw the fur deal and open borders; I accepted both. And yes, Tasnuke has declared on Trolls

[Old Harry]

And he just sent this:

Hey, I thought I said that 'yes' I would be going to war with him the next turn xD



c'est la vie.



What did you get for your peace with Plako?

To which we could answer:

You said you might go to war two turns after we sent the message and after we'd agreed peace.

Why wouldn't you tell us when you'd be attacking?

[Old Harry]

Just sent this, I think it's a shining paragon of restraint:

Hi Tasunke

On the 3rd (turn 143) we asked when you thought you'd attack and got no reply

On the 10th (turn 146) we asked again saying that we'd probably only able to keep fighting if you came in next turn.

We didn't hear from you and two days later negotiated peace with Trolls. Then before we offered it in game you said you'd "probably" attack t148. If you'd said you'd definitely attack we'd have thought about reneging on the deal, but I'm afraid I didn't have that much faith.

If you had given us an idea about when you'd attack or an assurance that you would (more than "probably") we would have given up the city that Trolls were poised to take for the greater good. C'est la vie - good luck in the war - I'll try and gift back the 290 gold as soon as possible for you to use against them. Don't hesitate in the attack as they'll have a bunch of maces heading north towards you now...

[Old Harry]

Pirates say:

Since you no longer warring with the Trolls, we would like our Wine back.

So I replied

Hi,

Its cancellable in three turns - feel free to cancel it if I forget to. Thanks, it was a great help, but ultimately Trolls were too strong. We're just hoping they did themselves enough damage with the drafting and whipping to give the rest of us a chance...

Old Harry

This makes me want to attack them. Is that bad?

[Cheater Hater]

Yeah, it certainly isn't the best position you could be taking as the lowest civ on the totem pole--however, that would distract us from the islands plan.

[Old Harry]

Tas says:

Hey, so the war isn't going 'excellent' per se, but I don't think its going horrible, at least not 'yet'

What is the nature of the peace between Plako and yourself?

I can keep this war up, hopefully in time for you to rejoin, if (hopefully) you could. He is only able to draft macemen at the time, but he is slowly building up pikemen. I lost my first army of knights, but I'm building up more troops to use for defense, or hopefully even offense.

I think I could last at least 10 turns ... but hmm. Well, just let me know what you think.

I don't know a way to be honest and keep him keen to be at war with Trolls, but I also don't know if Trolls will sign peace, even if they want to. How about replying:

Hi Tas,

Yeah that's how it started out for us... I can see about 10 maces on their way to your border at the moment, followed by a few zerks that were the Troll price for peace.

We've signed a long NAP with Trolls so I'm afraid we won't be able to jump back into the war.

Good Luck
Gillette

[Cheater Hater]

Is it bad that I want TEAM dead just so we have a better turn pace again?

[Old Harry]

I mean

[Old Harry]

And Trolls don't want us mucking about in their territory...

Gillette,

We would like to cancel our right of passage deal, in the event that we actually have one. Let's keep our units out of each other's territories from now on.

Regards,
The Tropical Trolls