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Re: SS ultimate strategy? Sat, 18 April 2009 16:38 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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vonKreedon wrote on Sat, 18 April 2009 20:05

2 - Assumably he made a good enough ally for you to put him in a position to effectively backstab you; that up until the backstab the alliance was effective and useful to you. So why deny yourself this usefulness again?


Because after the backstab I would, let's say, reevaluate the usefulness of this ally.

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4 - You know that the player is willing to backstab. Think about what information you would need to see the backstab coming and how you can structure getting this information into your treaty. Then write the treaty to give you these guarantees. Also, go ahead and be paranoid if your intel indicates any potential for a backstab.


Why wasting paper on a treaty with a known backstabber and breaker of treaties?

Eagle of Fire wrote on Sat, 18 April 2009 19:48

There is such a thing called RP...


True.
But usually treaties are done not on a RP-level but a meta-level. Or in other words, they are done between the players and not between the characters.

Now... before you continue to try to convince me to ally a backstabber and what a great thing this could be... would YOU ally with somebody again who once was your ally and backstabbed you?


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