Foreign affairs message

[Tiberius]

In not somany turns everybody will know that we are alone on an island/continent, and because it seems that 3 or 4 other teams are on the same continent, it is not impossible to see settlers on ships sailing toward us.

But first things first: let's be sure that this is indeed a continent and we are alone. I just wanted to "test the ice".

[lmtoops]

In playing the AI, this is the one thing that clearly pisses me off, but in reality I don't always automatically go to war. My reasons are numerous (generally I'm not ready or just plain scared). So I can't see automatically declaring war.

I think it's a give that if someone settles a city in our continent, we will be very upset. I think any rival civilization will take that into account.

I think the declaration is a given and is better left unsaid.

[rendelnep]

I like that Idea It pisses me off to when some body lands on my Island although this only assuming the we are on a Island. By the looks of thing we maybe just on the very edge of the continent. this might be one reason to promply research the wheel.

[Nimitz]

arnelos: every time something doesn't go GhengisFarb's way, he contacts all the other teams and tells them the team GoW was negotiating with "broke their word" or something like that... thankfully, he's done it too many times now... not even ND's taking him seriously anymore
Nimitz: they gone to war yet
arnelos: not yet... I think they're waiting for their UU
Nimitz: I need to tell the team this
arnelos: he's told ND that we're after them, told us that ND is after us, told Lux that ND is after them, and told ND that Lux and us were allied against ND... we all believe ND is his target
Nimitz: they were thinking of being trade partners with them
arnelos: ND didn't know what to think, but with all of the teams other than GoW all telling them that GoW was F.O.S., ND seems to realize it now

Some of GoWs antics should we really trust them?

[Tiberius]

We should trust no one. I mean this.

Interesting info. Thanks Nimitz. Do you know something recent from the Spaniards (what have they traded with who, things like this) ?

Maybe it would be the time to exchange some info with them. What techs do we own, what do they, what are we researching, what are they, etc.

[Nimitz]

Well lets see they have 3 cities, are debating where to put the next city either coactal or more defensive. They are several turns a way from writing. They worry about GoW. ND seems to be in between them and GoW and they like that way because ND acts like a shield.

[redstar1]

Nevertheless, they expect war at some stage in the not too distant future. Thankfully we are too far away to 'help' them.

[Tiberius]

Nimitz, what do they know about us?

[Nimitz]

Just some basics we're still exploring, we got three city that we're researching writing, we saw land but thats about it.

[Nimitz]

Oh I forgot they said they had room in there agreed boarders for about 15-17 city but they'll be bunched up because they have lots of mountains.

[Tiberius]

Agreed borders???! This is something new (for me) and interesting! Did all the teams/neighbors agree on this?

[vondrack]

Originally posted by Tiberius
Agreed borders???! This is something new (for me) and interesting! Did all the teams/neighbors agree on this?

And they will call us builders! Pah! Agreed borders...

[Nimitz]

yup there two neighbors Lux and ND agreed to this suposidly.

[redstar1]

Agreed borders would be one of the cornerstones of diplomacy I would have thought. The two teams are obviously not ready for conflict, and prepared to limit their growth in order to avoid this. Surely this should slow down both teams and be more of an advantage for us.

[vondrack]

I have had a chat with Nimitz earlier today and he told me several interesting pieces of information coming from RPers. Here is a summary:

1) LI, ND, and RPers have three cities max (I guess it means they have exactly three cities).
2) GoW has two cities only, built barracks in one of them. May have Iron Working.
3) RPers are still trying to write, as Nimitz nicely put it.

My observations and thoughts on the info:
1) delmar willl sure calm me down , but I believe we are doing truly great. If ND/LI/RPers have three cities only, we will be able to set Jackson aside for wonder building and still be more than a REX-match for the others.
2) GoW are perhaps planning to rush someone (if not, they must must be bloody dumb to build barracks instead of REXing). The closest target is ND. I would certainly not mind having these two teams fight a little bit...
3) GoW is unlikely to be very advanced tech-wise. Sounds like a promising trading partner for the military techs to me.