WilliamLP Wrote:From Athlete's point of view, I think his motivation at this point is definitely not spite, but just wanting to get out of the game without having it prolonged playing a bunch of meaningless turns with just scattered island cities. To that end, maybe gifting cities to slaze is the _most_ benign option towards Spullla? He could have gifted them to Nakor too, and I don't think that would be any better!
A "spirit" of fighting to the last man is one thing if you're playing a single player epic over a day, but maybe another if the game takes a daily investment over nearly a year?
While I understand that sentiment, I don't think that Spullla were more than 2-3 turns from capturing the cities, and consequently I don't think it would have been a massive time drain for Athlete to play a couple more days. Combined with the fact that Athlete has never exactly had a close relationship with Slaze, and I can understand why Spullla are so infuriated.
Personally, I think it would have saved a massive amount of trouble and frustration if Athlete had simply allowed the island cities to be captured, or gifted them to Spullla.