mostly_harmless Wrote:I am following theBroker - LiPing discussion closely.
Since I experienced a similar situation, what do other lurkers think about Brokers claim that the land between the two civs is natural his?
Just interested.
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IMO it is complete rubbish - in this game where alliances are probably going to be less crucial to development, you own the land that your unit-producers can control, as opposed to nice equally-sized rectangles. If you can negotiate to get this land without having to build the units, great, but the "natural" way is you own the land you can protect.
Broker and plako have realized they are in trouble, and are correctly trying to get as much as they can from LiPing, (even if they have to stretch the truth about the value of such a deal to LP) but their current line, "we want a long-term NAP while you have aggressive praets AND a city right next to your capital" is frankly ridiculous.
Now, what happens if they realize LiPing isn't bluffing about accepting a coinflip seems more interesting - they won't be able to play this warrior-rush brinkmanship (their only tool so far) any more.
If they offer a land concession in return for NAP, that would seem like a more reasonable offer - but it is one that is hard for Korea to accept based on their natural pride.