For someone who doesn't give a damn about micro, this has still been absolutely fascinating game thanks to the diplomacy and the psychology it's revealed. I mean, just with the lurkers you have the adulation/hatred of Sullla, the squabbling over lurker etiquette,. Then you have Sulla's rather brittle temperament, his astoundingly disingenuous diplo (doesn't he know !'s are a mark of insincerity?), and persecution complex. And how about Speaker? Seems to be the perfect teammate -- a beta personality with some obvious tactical skill, demonstrating some real sangfroid even from the bottom of a dogpile.
As others have said, Sulla's single-player mentality is what got him in this position. Strangely enough for a history-minded fellow, he seems to underestimate the kinds of things which motivate people in a situation like this. He cries foul at the metagaming, talks about "honorable" play, which of course he would, considering the hitherto above-board play saw his team in the catbird seat.
Dramatically speaking, this will be a really exciting game if Speaker can rally the troops and keep India in the game... then we'll have a serious revenge plot to track.
I'm rooting for kathlete, who deserves a ton of credit for playing a tight game and also keeping in mind the very thing Sulla wants no part of: realpolitik. Major points for orchestrating the coalition.
Hopefully Sulla will take his lumps and get past his betrayal -- it'd be a shame if he doesn't participate in further games of this nature. And should Sulla come across this post after it's said and done: think about us lurkers. You might have hated the game at some points, but we've been loving every minute.
As others have said, Sulla's single-player mentality is what got him in this position. Strangely enough for a history-minded fellow, he seems to underestimate the kinds of things which motivate people in a situation like this. He cries foul at the metagaming, talks about "honorable" play, which of course he would, considering the hitherto above-board play saw his team in the catbird seat.
Dramatically speaking, this will be a really exciting game if Speaker can rally the troops and keep India in the game... then we'll have a serious revenge plot to track.
I'm rooting for kathlete, who deserves a ton of credit for playing a tight game and also keeping in mind the very thing Sulla wants no part of: realpolitik. Major points for orchestrating the coalition.
Hopefully Sulla will take his lumps and get past his betrayal -- it'd be a shame if he doesn't participate in further games of this nature. And should Sulla come across this post after it's said and done: think about us lurkers. You might have hated the game at some points, but we've been loving every minute.