Re: MEPBM...Fiendly Fire

From: kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker)

Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Rick Fletcher  writes:
> Keith G. Parker wrote:
> >
> > Rick Fletcher  writes:
> > > I have a question/complaint for all you MEPBM's out there. I'm in a game
> > > where one of our players has gone rouge. He's influencing hard earned
> > > pop centers from us that we played in blood. The problem is that the
> > > only way to take them back is by influence. He can even influence while
> > > my army sits there. Because of the rules I can never downgrade lower
> > > than neutral so I can't use military to threaten or even attack. It
> > > seems to be a flaw. I know this "shouldn't" happen in any game, allies
> > > turning on allies but it does. The rest of my group is bearing down on
> > > the rouge but that seems little satifaction to a serious oversite. If I
> > > want to roll up to his capital because of his treaterous actions and
> > > raze everything is site, I should have that option. If that reducing to
> > > hated, that should be my decision. Ok, I feel better now. What are your
> > > opinions?
> > >
> > > Rick Fletcher...
> >
> > Why does this (or something like it) always seem to happen.  In
> > my first (and only so far) game, one of my "allies" decided he
> > was going to insult every neutral player in sight, roll over
> > and die militarily, and then just quit the game.  Makes you
> > want to find these morons and beat them senseless with a big
> > stick.  KP
>
> Keith,
>  You seem to have some built up frustrations.(-: I know how you feel.
> What ever happened to a solid good guys versus the bad guys and neutrals
> playing the field? I enjoy a good fight as well as good deployment of
> 'resources' to remove threats, but I do dislike having to watch my own
> back to allies. It's part of the game, I know...but really! I kinda miss
> my 1st game where 9 other friends said "Hey Rick, what to learn a new
> war-game. Here you can be the Fire King in our team." I guess I'll start
> looking to start a grudge game sometime.
>
> Rick Fletcher...

Invite me when you do!!!  KP

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Re: MEPBM...Fiendly Fire
Rick Fletcher <rfletche@dnaent.com>
Tue, 03 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000