Jon Miller's Team Intelligence

[nbarclay]

Has anyone thought to ask them whether they have any policies to ensure some continuity to their foreign relations as the active player changes?

[notyoueither]

That is a good question/suggestion nbarclay.

[alva]

Originally posted by Meshelic
Man, the first eliminated team is going to be sore for sure. It's too bad, but that's life...or at least that's Civilization for ya.

You do realise, this could happen to use too, don't you

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by alva848


You do realise, this could happen to use too, don't you

Yes I do. We must prevail. Hopefully we get a good start in some grasslands or plains, and aren't near too many tundra or desert tiles. It's interesting. We have a great team, really great team. But you never know, we may be attacked early on, or in a moment when we are vulnerable. Hopefully this will never happen, but we cannot rule it out.

I realize we may be either first, or second, or third, or the worst, last. ....the odds are 1 in 6, just on the number of teams. Those odds are changed immediately once the game is begun.

I'm confident, but realistic. We may not make it, but I know for sure that if we have the opportunity to do so, we will succeed wherever we go. Or at least die trying. And that's a nobility that possibly alot of teams may not have the chance to show. If we lose then we will certainly take as many with us as we can.

[ManicStarSeed]

Originally posted by nbarclay
Has anyone thought to ask them whether they have any policies to ensure some continuity to their foreign relations as the active player changes?

As ambassador, I have thought of it. Continuity is a real concern of mine. I decided to give them a few turns before I asked them and pressed the issue.

As of now I assume that Jon Miller would be my first contact.

I will follow up in the next few days..

Mss

[DeepO]

Actually Mss, flash is playing AFAIK. Maybe you should contact him as well. I'm not sure this team is going to be easy to be an ambassador to, so I wish you good luck!

DeepO

[ManicStarSeed]

Thanks...

I've got a sinking, "Herding Cats" feeling...

Mss

[alva]

Go for Eli, he's currently playing as much as Flash is
(damn, the 'Flash' always take me back to the army
where we had to look for cover in case the bomb was dropped *sigh*

sergeant:"flash!!"
50 w*nkers: running against each other, avoiding puddles at all costs , looking for a soft spot to lie down )

[notyoueither]

Hi Mesh and MSS.

Just wondering if anything has come about after I forwarded that note to Mesh.

[Meshelic]

Not yet. You read it, right?

They just basically want directions to our civ, in the name of trade and exchange.

I still recommend isolationist policies, although we should expand as planned. Hopefully we can have a few cities by the time we make contact.....

[notyoueither]

I guess I was enquiring about whether we were on freindly terms and such. I didn't see the ambassadors posting so... *poke*.

And I agree entirely, isolation is best for now.

[zeit]

Hmm...
This isolation policy is starting to cost us, in human relation credit, i don't know if it makes that policy a wrong thing, but shouldn't we soften it a bit?
The way i see it, exchanging general info like quadrant on the minimap is not such a big deal, and might win us some credit in their eyes. Remember, this game is between people, we have to take the human element into consideration. As it seems now, we might be alone, or perhaps with one team only, shouldn't we at least try to find who is next to us?

I think this isolation should be broken, if only with a limited information trade.

[Shiber]

You know what? I think you're right.
Moreover, we should be more specific than just which quadrant.

[alva]

I know i said differently at first, but for now , we first have to find out, how our lands looks. (IE island or not)

btw: Zeit, as a ambassador, you can make it look as if you agree with GOW, and say you are powerless, that it's not your 'fault'.
Tell them that YOU share their view, just that GS as a whole does not...

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by zeit
Hmm...
This isolation policy is starting to cost us, in human relation credit, i don't know if it makes that policy a wrong thing, but shouldn't we soften it a bit?
The way i see it, exchanging general info like quadrant on the minimap is not such a big deal, and might win us some credit in their eyes. Remember, this game is between people, we have to take the human element into consideration. As it seems now, we might be alone, or perhaps with one team only, shouldn't we at least try to find who is next to us?

I think this isolation should be broken, if only with a limited information trade.

First, we already went through this. It was the opinion of a majority of us that we be isolationist. There are very good reasons for that beyond whether Jon Miller or flash, or Trip think we are heroes or chumps.

Second, it will not be long now before we can review that policy. We will make contact shortly, or discover that we are on an island. Once that happens, then the reasons to not trade quadrant information will dramatically diminish. Although, what would be the point if we are alone on an island?