Team Info and Contacts - Imperio

[mostly-harmless]

Sounds good.
Also mention briefly the war between PAL and Rabbits and what they think about it. They might not have noticed it.

mh

[sooooo]

Sounds good to me.

[ruff_hi]

draft email ...

Hello Imperio,

We would like to propose the following future technology trade:

Aesthetics (429) for Mathematics (358)

We are currently x turns from completing Aesthetics and would like to trade then.

Team RB

[sooooo]

EDIT: nevermind

[sooooo]

I think no one has objected to the trade so I'd say go ahead and send the email.

[ruff_hi]

email sent - replaced 'x' with 'a few'

[Zeviz]

Sounds good.

[Swiss Pauli]

Draft email:

Hi Imperio,
We note that PAL has declared war against Rabbits. With Team Banana not playing properly, this means there's a big danger that PAL will destroy both of these teams. If this happens, PAL will easily win the game.

We have not made contact with Rabbits, so we ask you to trade them Feudalism now, and ask that they give you techs in future to make the trade fair.

We realise this is big decision for you to make, but we don't see any other way of stopping PAL from winning the game.

It's a big problem that the main Imperio players are away, but it can't hurt to ask them to save the Rabbits.

[ruff_hi]

I would be explicit here ... something like ...

"... so we ask you to gift them Feudalism (for longbows!) now ..."

[regoarrarr]

Might mention too that Rabbits cannot re-trade it so they don't have a risk of any other teams getting it

[Sullla]

Let's also put in a reminder of our Aesthetics/Mathematics trade offer, which they haven't responded to.

[sunrise089]

Good draft Swiss, I would send with the three additions added in like this:

"Hi Imperio,
We note that PAL has declared war against Rabbits. With Team Banana not playing properly, this means there's a big danger that PAL will destroy both of these teams. If this happens, PAL will easily win the game.

We have not made contact with Rabbits, so we ask you to gift them Feudalism (for longbows!) now, and ask that they give you techs in future to make the trade fair. Fortunately Rabbits cannot re-trade gifted techs, so there is no risk of any other team gaining an advantage.

We realise this is big decision for you to make, but we don't see any other way of stopping PAL from winning the game.

On another slightly less urgent (but still important) note, we haven't yet received a response to our Aesthetics/Mathematics trade offer.

-RB "

[Zeviz]

Sounds mostly good, but I have one minor rephrasing in the second paragraph:

"We have not made contact with Rabbits, but perhaps you can gift them Feudalism (for longbows!) now, and ask that they give you techs in future to make the trade fair."

This removes the "we ask" part, because this will be just as good for Imperio as it is for us, so we shouldn't make it sound like they are making us a favor.

[T-hawk]

I like Zeviz's approach; I'd soften the request even further and explain a bit more. Something like

"Would you consider gifting Feudalism to Rabbits, and ask that they give you techs in the future in exchange? Longbowmen would help very much for Rabbits to survive PAL's attack. Rabbits can't re-trade Feudalism, and surely pose no threat to you, so this move might be in everyone's best interest to stop PAL."

[Zeviz]

T-hawk's version looks even better.