Aussie Group Re-Runs 4

[finbar]

It was about 30 minutes. Roughly 5 minutes to the hour - I think it was 11pm - till about 25 past the hour.

[DrSpike]

I wonder if Deity can spell hyperbole.

[deity]

30 mins, one hour, same difference at 1650BC!

The point remains, regarless of the hyperbolism ...

[deity]

Remember, this was Horses turn where he held up play for 30 mins at 1650BC and was NOT moving any units. He was simply negotiating borders! You do NOT EVER slow down the game play like this. It is a most selfish act.

I quite often have to move units NOT knowing the outcome of negotiations that are under way... it's part of the dynamics of an evolving situation. In fact I use this to enhance the negotiations. Horse does not realise how close he came to war in that first session...

[finbar]

Originally posted by deity
Horse does not realise how close he came to war in that first session...

A Deity warrior blitzkrieg? Horse would've been trembling in his hooves.

[deity]

Well, I had many more units than him and chariot and archer and phalanxes on the border. He only had Horses I think.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by deity
Remember, this was Horses turn where he held up play for 30 mins at 1650BC and was NOT moving any units. He was simply negotiating borders!

No, that's not true I had units to move but couldn't do so until the outcome of the negotiations was known.

Horse does not realise how close he came to war in that first session...

That would have been a laugh.

[deity]

Horse has had not much more than one unit per city all game...

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by deity
Remember, this was Horses turn where he held up play for 30 mins at 1650BC and was NOT moving any units. He was simply negotiating borders! You do NOT EVER slow down the game play like this. It is a most selfish act.

No I had units to move subject to the outcome of the negotiation. That was the problem. I was also negotiating with 2 people at once. Highly unusual.

Horse does not realise how close he came to war in that first session...

That would have been a laugh - you had like 3 cities and a couple of NON units and I had something.

I thought the outcome was fair. So its saved a lot time in the long run.

[deity]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
No, that's not true I had units to move but couldn't do so until the outcome of the negotiations was known.

Yes Horsie, we all know you had two units to move two squares in 30 mins..... I've never played anyone else who has held up play for half an hour before moving units pending the outcome of negotiations.

Horsie - you are a joke

A very nice one. Dinner will be interesting this year...

[Makeo]

Deity, your wrong.
Its completely justified to hold play until a border dispute is worked out. The result of the border dispute weighs on which direction you would move your units.

[deity]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
That would have been a laugh - you had like 3 cities and a couple of NON units and I had something.

You had a couple of horses miles from home. LOL!

Cities/Units in 1650BC

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Makeo
Deity, your wrong.
Its completely justified to hold play until a border dispute is worked out. The result of the border dispute weighs on which direction you would move your units.

Thank you makeo

And all that KC shows is what normally takes 5 minutes with a rational player takes 5 times longer when you're trying to get some sense out of a shrieking parrot.

[deity]

Originally posted by Makeo
Deity, your wrong.
Its completely justified to hold play until a border dispute is worked out. The result of the border dispute weighs on which direction you would move your units.

So you think it's OK to hold up play for 30 mins while negotiations occurr?

You never did that. You always negotiated within seconds!

This is not even a diplo game...

[deity]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Thank you makeo

And all that KC shows is what normally takes 5 minutes with a rational player takes 5 times longer when you're trying to get some sense out of a shrieking parrot.

I suggested a grid reference and you agreed 20 minutes later...

You seemed to be talking to Trev most of the time.

I spent the whole 30 mins whinging about you, not negotiating...