PB57 Lurker Thread

[Amicalola]

I feel like I jinxed something

[Mjmd]

OH hoping Pin doesn't leave war.

Pin immediately leaves war.

Some good reporting happening right now.

[Lazteuq]

I think Cornflakes' 1-turn Liberalism idea sounds great. If it works, maybe he can trick OH into thinking there's no rush for Liberalism.
They all want Nationalism, but for different reasons (Taj, Drafts, Cuirs). I think only TBS has mentioned Taj so far...

I get the feeling that people don't expect much more value out of medieval units alone, since I haven't seen any conquest plans other than finishing Gavagai. That feels a little strange, since it's only Turn 119. (Advanced start, but still!)

[Mjmd]

This game is super spicy and everyone wants a piece of Cornflakes and is trying to figure out how to do it without getting backstabbed.

No one else has expressed interest in stopping the game besides the 1 team. Is that something that should be broached? I would think at least 1 more person would need to say something.

[civac2]

I'm not sure how to go about it. "Some players are a bit tired of the game" is likely not what they want or they could have just said so publicly. Maybe, ask the other players how they feel about the game? Still pretty transparent.

[Mjmd]

OH smelled blood in the water and sent a stack of 40 cuirassiers through TBS’s territory, and landed 10 Oromo + 8 cuirs by galley. I do not understand this attack. Even with an artist bulb surely any gains would be too isolated to hold against the other two.

I agree with Cornflakes.

[Zed-F]

OH probably thinks he is out of the running anyway now that his GAs are done and he doesn’t have anything to fuel his economy such as Pindi’s monk economy.

[Amicalola]

Interesting how Pindicator thinks that OH is in the (slight) lead currently. I wonder if that's the week's events, or a matter of perspective. It's sad that Cornflakes commando strategy didn't work out - would have been great fun to see it happen, especially with him being the underdog for so long.

[Mjmd]

I feel like Pins right. Whomevers is on the bad end of the 2v1 is really going to set this game up for end game.

[Mjmd]

I was having an IN DEPTH conversation with open borders with Vanrober after PB56. At the time (around T102-105) I made the following observation to Vanrober.

I just looked through PB57. Literally the only open borders are with Cornflakes for everyone. Cornflakes is neither a leader people want to slow down, nor is he currently food. People want his help in their wars, but don't want to invade him. No one has commented on this as far as i can tell, but that is how I read it.

Any thoughts?

Edit: also want to say I did enjoy all the reporting done this game.