Team Info and Contacts - Imperio

[Kylearan]

Hi,

"we had PAL back out of" sounds like PAL has sent us a message saying "sorry, after all we've decided not to do the trade we had agreed to earlier", which wasn't what happened. What happened was worse, that they just turned their back on us without any communication at all. Could we somehow convey this? Maybe "...back out of without even talking to us", "back out of without any warning" or something like this?

Otherwise, it sounds good!

-Kylearan

[Zeviz]

I'll apply Kylearan's modification and am sending the following:

Hi,

Would you like to trade Mathematics and Monotheism for Priesthood and Monarchy? If so, we will have the techs ready in about 9 turns. We look forward to many mutually beneficial trades between our civilizations. We recently had PAL break a long-term agreement without warning, so we know how valuable trustworthy trading partners can be.

If you agree to the trade, please let us know as soon as possible, by Sunday at the latest. We don't mean to rush you, but we have to make sure we direct our research the right way.

Thank you,
Zeviz

PS I might not be able to log in during the weekend, so somebody will have to check for reply. The team address is TeamRealmsBeyond@gmail.com and password is same as for the game.

[sooooo]

From Imperio:

Hello friends.

We change our email count to organizate better the diplomacy of Imperio. In the future comunication this is your new address.

Thanks very much.

The Imperio Team.

(the address is imperiodg@gmail.com)

[sooooo]

Unless there are any objections, I will send this mail in a few hours:

Dear Imperio,

Thankyou for your mail. Here is a mail we sent you a few days ago - I will resend it in case you did not receive it at your old address:

Hi,

Would you like to trade Mathematics and Monotheism for Priesthood and Monarchy? If so, we will have the techs ready in about 9 turns. We look forward to many mutually beneficial trades between our civilizations. We recently had PAL break a long-term agreement without warning, so we know how valuable trustworthy trading partners can be.

If you agree to the trade, please let us know as soon as possible, by Sunday at the latest. We don't mean to rush you, but we have to make sure we direct our research the right way.

Thank you,
Zeviz

[mostly-harmless]

no objections

mh

[ruff_hi]

reply ...

Dear Tealm Realm,

We are researching Maths now, so maybe other trade?

If possible that a member of your team can read spain? , we can read english well but have very bad write.

[regoarrarr]

I could probably read it and didn't someone else say they (or maybe their wife) could read Spanish?

Maybe we could just tell them to send it in Spanish and their best shot at English and between the 2 of them we could hopefully figure it out?

[sunrise089]

Heck, if it gets faster turn-around, lets just let them send in Spanish only. English+Spanish will probably be slow, since they will probably wait for their English speakers to chime in. I don't think we'll give up more in nuance then we'll gain in quicker turn-around.

[Swiss Pauli]

Just emailed Imperio to say they're fine to email us in basic Spanish.

[darrelljs]

Originally posted by regoarrarr
I could probably read it and didn't someone else say they (or maybe their wife) could read Spanish?

That would be me...I'm not checking this game regularly anymore (although I am enjoying it when I do!), so if you guys want translation help send me an e-mail ping just to be safe.

Darrell

[Zeviz]

Should we suggest Aestetics for Math trade now? (Considering that they might be starting research into aestetics themselves.)

[Sullla]

Echoing Zeviz, here's another deal we could float with Imperio:

First part: Aesthetics (429) for Mathematics (358)
Second part: Literature (286) + Monotheism (172) for Monarchy (429)

Total RB = 887
Total Imperio = 787

This would be a pretty ballsy trade, but if we are truly confident in our ability to get the Great Library on the same turn we land Literature, why not go for it? The downside is that if we propose this trade, and it turns out Imperio is already researching Aesthetics, we've just revealed our plans to them and gotten nothing back in return!

Do these thoughts have any merit, or should we try to play it safe here?

[ruff_hi]

I like it Sullla - why not float the first part and sit on the second part for a while - just get them to acknowledge the beaker difference and that we will call that 'in the future'

[Zeviz]

I agree with Ruff: Let's start with first part (mentioning "some beaker credit") and then proposing second part if first part goes well.

[regoarrarr]

Well the 2nd trade is also in our favor ($58-429) so there's no need to cash that in on the 2nd trade

That said I still think it's a good deal for us