Re: Olympia gripes

From: rwallace@tcd.ie (russell wallace)

Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In <Pine.SUN.3.91.951125182210.21411A-100000@rigel.oac.uci.edu> Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@rigel.oac.uci.edu> writes:

>Gentlemen:

>	I am confused by Carl's post.  If the AOO alliance is so powerful
>that all other alliances no longer present a challenge then the obvious
>thing, it seems to me, is for the AOO to split up.  Although this could
>involve trickery & deception (both key parts of this game), it needn't.  If
>the AOO feels that betraying their friends is too cold then just end the
>alliance peacefully.  If you guys feel the game is ruined by the triumph
>of the AOO, then the obvious question becomes, why hang on to the AOO?
>If it's debilitating, then put the dinosaur to sleep.  Yes it's been a
>powerful alliance, yes it's crushed its enemies; now be a man & end it.

>-Mark

If you mean, why don't we start fighting each other, the answer is that
we'd prefer to regard the game as having reached a conclusion than start
fighting our allies.  If you mean, why don't we simply end the military
alliance and fight our enemies individually henceforth, the answer is
that there is no opposition remaining in the game sufficiently strong to
defeat even one of the stronger AOO factions; again, the sensible thing
to do, as far as we can see, is to regard the game as having reached a
conclusion.

--
"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie

References

Re: Olympia gripes
Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@rigel.oac.uci.edu>
Sat, 25 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000