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Re: SS ultimate strategy? Fri, 13 December 2002 18:12 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Like i said - some people take the game TOO seriously. After all it is just a game. There is nothing to actually gain or lose. To backstab is in human nature - if it is to our gain. To do it in a situation where there is nothing REAL to lose then why not? If the opportunity arises to win a game why not try it?

Anybody (like Blue Turbit) who will never ever ever ever ever trust me in a future game has not gained anything. He has however lost a potential ally, increased his early game difficulty and closed down one diplomatic relation... this is all before the game even starts!!!!

In a stalemate situation, which I have found fairly common, this tactic allows for the game to be taken in a direction it normally would not. Games are supposed to be fun. Grudges, personal vendetta and stalemates are not. To receive a backstab sucks, but to quit because of it shows only one thing...

when you were a child, if your team was losing then you took your ball and went home. Spoil sport.

I'd rather be backstabbed and beaten to a pulp than sit in a game that never ends, never changes and never moves.

I'm not saying by any case I would backstab anyone at every opportunity, this was actually a tactic myself and a friend worked in a game between a group of us who used to play regular. The victim as it happened was a guy who had never been beaten by that point and the tactic itself had been decided upon before the game started - we were tired of his monster CA and wanted to teach him a lesson - it worked. I tried it at a later date with other people - it failed and I got lynched by remaining players, including my supposed secret ally - turns out he backstabbed me and let out my whole plan - I got screwed.

As a secondary note - I don't play SS at all anymore. Only JOAT, AR (trying to learn), IT and IS... occasionally SD.

This was a tactic i have had sucess with and failure, something I thought I might share amongst players who when defeated by an unexpected event congratulate their enemy on their sucess rather tha
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