Re: Olympia: Any Alliances out their Recruiting?

From: tandmb@sierra.net (Tony & Marcia Baldacci)

Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <D89Lwx.95p@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) wrote:

> Here are the facts:
>
> 1) Some members of the AOO attacked other players for no reason early
> on in the game.

Well, there _were_ reasons - noble points, glory, grinding insignificant
opponents into dogmeat for the thrill value (grin), etc.

> 3) The IN attacked the Chateau for the same reason as (2), and failed
> miserably (bring more catapults, eh?)

Actually, as was pointed out in the TIMES, we _won_ the battle the first
time it was run. However, some of the AOO players pointed out (and I admit
rightly so) that there were some serious bugs in the combat system which
came to light, so Rich reran the entire turn for everyone. That time we
lost. We did, however, do the Oly players in general a favor by doing so
(regardless of the fact that I chewed on the carpet for about a week
afterwards - chuckle)

> 4) The AOO attacked Oleg, saying as justification that Oleg had helped
> in (2) and (3). Well, I didn't even know about either one in advance,
> but even if I did, the AOO is still a bunch of bandits.

Depends on your point of view...IMHO, they aren't bandits, just a
mutual-defense-of-like-minded-conquest-powergamers organization and "Oly
world domination" conspiracy.

> So, you have your choice. If Oleg dies tomorrow, the AOO is likely to
> come and kill your faction someday, just like they've done to many
> folks who've claimed neutrality. If, on the other hand, the AOO dies
> tomorrow, there's no evidence that Oleg is going to ever come and kill
> you.

Well, I look at it this way. The AOO has messed with a lot of my allies,
quite seriously...however, Oleg has not. (I'd like to think that Oleg
wouldn't kick me in the gonads unless I gave him a reason to.)

--
"We're just a twelve-car pileup on the Information Superhighway..."

References

Olympia: Any Alliances out their Recruiting?
CTSO17@email.mot.com (Mark Common)
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Olympia: Any Alliances out their Recruiting?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia: Any Alliances out their Recruiting?
CTSO17@email.mot.com (Mark Common)
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Olympia: Any Alliances out their Recruiting?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 08 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000