Team Info and Contacts - Imperio

[Swiss Pauli]

Are we sure about the tone of the message? I know we are desperate (6 turns for Maths - ouch) but do we wish to appear so?

[sunrise089]

I'm fine with Sullla's proposal and its translation, but any rephrasing of the second sentence to make it sound less eager is also fine.

[Zeviz]

Maybe just get rid of the second sentence. (It's obvious that it's a great deal, so no need to repeat it.)

[Sullla]

We could just send this then:

¿EstarÃan interesado en darnos Matemáticas (357) para la Estética (429) y la literatura (286)?

Assuming again that the team agrees on offering the trade.

[sunrise089]

Looks good.

[Swiss Pauli]

Message sent.

[Sullla]

While the game is down, let's fire off a quick message to Imperio asking if they'd be interested in trading Currency for any of our current techs. I fully expect them to ignore us and not respond, but that doesn't leave us any worse off than we are right now. And an extra trade route in every city would be huge if for some reason they'd be willing to trade!

Aesthetics + Literature for Currency is still a good deal in pure beaker count (not so much for in-game value, naturally...)

[Zeviz]

How about this message:

[quote]Do you want to buy Aestetics(beaker value?) and Literature(beaker value) for Currency(beaker value)? If not, are you interested in any other technology deal?[quote]

[regoarrarr]

Quieren comprar ustedes. la estética (beakers) y literatura (beakers) para la moneda (Currency - Beakers) ¿Si no, están ustedes interesado en otro reparto de la tecnologÃa?

Not sure if that's how the game translates Currency so I through in the English word too - I figured they'd get the drift. Also we'll need to put in the beaker values

[sooooo]

I am finding it weird that if Imperio are planning to attack us, why they are making no effort to scout us yet are letting us scout their territory at will.

[Swiss Pauli]

email sent:

Hi Imperio,

Are you interested in trading Currency to us for Aesthetics and Literature?

We look forward to your reply.

Team RB

[Swiss Pauli]

I am finding it weird that if Imperio are planning to attack us, why they are making no effort to scout us yet are letting us scout their territory at will.

Maybe they think they're being subtle about their planning? But more likely they're simply not that good at civ and are simply reaping the benefits of their over-powered starting position.

[Sullla]

To be honest, this has kind of been my reading of Imperio all along. Building Stonehenge super-early, lucking their way into a late and powerful Oracle (it's disgraceful that Templars didn't build it sooner, given their extreme early investment into religion!), still lacking even a single library anywhere in their territory... Their play hasn't been anything special, IMO. They got a ridiculously strong starting position, and have leveraged that into a leading spot in the game. In contrast, imagine where we would be if WE had gotten their start? I think that we would have made an ironclad agreement with PAL to dominate our respective continents, and would likely be steamrolling our way through pathetically backwards Templars/Imperio empires at the moment.

Unlike Imperio, I think that PAL has played an extremely strong game thus far. They absolutely do deserve credit for their poisition, although having contact with all other civs definitely helped. Their building of Great Lighthouse has been the game's defining move so far.

[Swiss Pauli]

We got a reply from Imperio...

Hi Realms Beyond,

I traslate the propuse to the team. I think is a good trade. I hope
reply in short time.

Greetings.

[mostly-harmless]

Well, at least it is a life sign.
This team is puzzling me.
Since they are reading their eMail again, is it worth to ask for an NAP again?

mh