DIPLO: Neu Demogyptica - comments

[Harovan]

Yes. "Expect some troops" is not a valid information, as it doesn't say how many troops, when will they arrive and where will they attack (i.e. in RPs territory, or landing in the north). And if we said nothing, ND would still await some troops, if they see us decline their peace offer. Btw, I wonder if they offered it in-game too.

On a sidenote, I just had a trip to their forum (not the private, of course), and I noticed the newsflash in Borcs sig: "War in the colonies. Leon and Santiago have fallen". I wonder, what his sig will say, when they get their asses flogged.

[Arrian]

IF they get their asses flogged, SR. I think we stand a chance of losing this war, and I think it might be a good idea for us all to recognize that possibility.

That being said, I find the "colonies" part amusing, and I do hope that we flatten their colonial army.

-Arrian

[Shiber]

SR convinced me. I support Arrian's wording.

[notyoueither]

Actually, can we say nothing for now?

Words would best be said when a stack tops the rise near Pamplona. They should be polite words.

In the meantime, let them wonder. Let them wonder at what point their ansars will advance 1 tile too far and meet an army of knights and pike. Let them sweat.

Also, the GoW connection is very valid. Anything we say is going to be interpreted by ND, and they may urge or demand that GoW take action against Bilbao.

If a note must be sent for the sake of protocol, then let it be:

We have received your note. The situation is being considered.

[Arrian]

Let them wonder at what point their ansars will advance 1 tile too far and meet an army of knights and pike. Let them sweat.

Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think silence (or near silence) is the best policy for now.

-Arrian

[Aeson]

I like both the messages. Arrian's is certainly the way I would go in a personal game. NYE's made me bust out laughing, as it is so perfectly... diplomatic.

I'm fine with either, or saying nothing if we really want to spook them.

[Theseus]

Say nothing. We are the f*cking KAI that we all wish we could play against... we have both GoW and ND off-balance, and we should keep it that way.

[notyoueither]

Time to send either Arrian's or my notes.

Any other suggestions?

[Shiber]

Well, do we answer back? Do we make it lengthy, or short? And what are we going to do tomorrow night, brain? POIT!

Part of me is saying that we need to be well-mannered and at least answer back. Another part of me is saying "shut up and let me watch football", while the former part speaks up again to remind the latter part that here in Israel we call it Soccer, and that I don't like sports anyway.
But this is so tricky...

[Theseus]

Yeah, here's mine, assuming they watch Star Trek in Germany:

"Prepare to be assimilated. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

[Harovan]

In my opinion, it has to be nye's, as it's too late for Arrians. Further, considering their (desparate?) last sentence, Arrians message would sound like a threat.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Theseus
Yeah, here's mine, assuming they watch Star Trek in Germany:

I think they do.

[Theseus]

Originally posted by Theseus
Yeah, here's mine, assuming they watch Star Trek in Germany:

"Prepare to be assimilated. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

Oh, is that too arrogant?

Seriously, btw, we need to continue to monitor how we are perceived by the world.

We've been awfully silent, considering how much we've rocked the world balance of power... I'm glad we are not stubbing our toes like last time, but we need to 1) respond to the teams, and 2) probably get something into the public forum... humor?

[Shiber]

I'd rather be a little lengthier than NYE's version.
Points to consider (IMHO) when composing the response to ND:

* We must assume that anything said to ND would be read by GoW.
* To add, we need to be consistent with what we've told GoW, since we want them as "friends" for now. If GoW sees any inconsistencies between what we tell them and what we tell ND, their ties with us would degrade and their ties with ND would strengthen.
* We have been impolite to ND when we did not respond. IMHO we need to make up for this.

Any other suggestions?

[Harovan]

I don't think it's arrogant at all. It just discloses too much of what we're up to do. They fear we might attack them, that's obvious. I don't see why we should warn them.

We shall not lie, but we also shouldn't tell too much.