Re: What to do about a real newbie...

From: dpierce@eri.erinet.com (Daniel Pierce)

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Looking over this problem and reading the other responses I've come to a
few conclusions.

1)  If your game is Nuke'em till they glow then skip the agony and take
them out now and use their capital as another power base.

2)  If in the long run it takes a team to make it to the end phases then
buddy up and help him grow.  He's close enough to protect a flank letting
you operate more effienctly in the other directions. Maybe he can produce
something you can't. Trade?  Better to have an ally close then across a
continent.

3)  How do generally play? Xenophobic or Federation? Stick to your past
patterns of play.

4)  Maybe he's taking you for a ride.  When I play I always come across
as a newbie, the victim, the get-a-load-of-this kind of player.  But I
don't play to win, I play to make your position worthless.  I don't play
"the game" as everybody else is.  If the game is sweeping movements, I go
straight up the front.  If it is expected to only do fast hit and runs
I'll camp on your door step and pound all week.  I always do the unexpected.
Maybe your newbie has more up his sleave then his elbow.  You will never
know by gutting him.

5)  And where is honor in all this?  What are your standards as to
honorable conduct?  National pride? Role-playing ethics? Can you shoot
your neighbor's dog just because it was standing there while you had your
gun out for target practice?

Hopefully the newbie is reading all this and getting the general idea.

Take my advice, PLEASE! (an old joke).   Nothing is gained by a quick
knock-out.  He won't learn anything.  You won't learn anything.  Since
your glory is won by being the last to fall and not in shooting your
neighbor's dog then wait until the time is right - say when his back is
turned and he needs your alliance in a tight spot.
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References

What to do about a real newbie...
"Robert E. Bolin" <draugnar@iglou.com>
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: What to do about a real newbie...
dave806459@aol.com (Dave806459)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000