Re: Continuing anger from game to game

From: strategy@kom.auc.dk (Michael O. Akinde)

Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <3oatdp$fbs@protocol.protocol.com>, chrisk@yogi.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Chris Kessel) writes:
> In article <799282325snz@sandj.demon.co.uk>, simon@sandj.demon.co.uk (Simon Reed) writes:
> |> What discussions have occurred about players carrying greivences from one
> |> game to another in Galaxy or any other games?  I ask since this may be
> |> about to happen to me.  I am in two Galaxy games and role-playing both
> |> positions as *very* different characters this feels not right.
> |>
> |> What do you think?
>
> Well, depends.  I an honest guy and I don't play mind games or lie to
> win in PBM games, well, in all games really.  I like to pit wits against
> wits.  I'll bluff, fake, try to set up allies to nail him when he's
> not expecting it, but all in good fun.  I try to be on good relations
> even with those I'm attacking.  Hell, in one game my worst enemy was
> one of my best friends in the game and we didn't even know each other
> before the game.
>
> However...there are some true assholes out there who will sacrifice
> anything and anyone to win a stupid game.  People who play that way
> without regard to the fact that there are other *people* in the game
> who build friendships and trust like in any other group activity.  Those
> people I do not forgive...
>
> The jerks I remember and I do my level best to slam their reputation in
> every game I play with them there after.  My motto is you may win one
> game by being a jerk, but I'll make sure your reputation precedes you
> in game there after and you'll be lucky to even survive.
>
> On the flip side, those who have shown themselves to be good, trustworthy
> people I'll promote as someone worth allying with...even if it's not
> to my advantage.
>
> Some, and this has been said to me before, might say, "Relax, it's
> just a game."   And my response is that is exactly my point.  The core
> of a multi-player game is the people and sometimes the friends you make.
>
> Winning a simple game is never worth treating people in a shabby fashion.

I agree totally with the above. I won`t carry a grudge against you, if you
defeat me by outsmarting me, etc. I can even accept a backstabbing if, by doing
so, you secure yourself as a winner, or at least stood a very good chance of
doing so. But if you`re the type who consistently makes empty promises and lie
in one game, you can be sure that I won`t trust you in the next.

Regards,

Michael.
--
Veni, Vidi, Vici - Caesar.
Strategy@kom.auc.dk
WWW: http://www-i8.auc.dk/~strategy/

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Re: Continuing anger from game to game
chrisk@yogi.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Chris Kessel)
Thu, 04 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000