An incident the other night highlights a problem that occurs now and then.
Some of the players in our community prefer the war aspect of the game. Some even claim they in their opinion the game essentially is a war game.
Nothing wrong with that. Especially not if other people knows about it and can avoid them if they prefer, as they can avoid, if they want, those who are the opposite of them (i.e. the "dull" peaceful players like myself)
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What can be a problem is if such a player agrees to sub an evening. For him to sub a whole session without being in war can be a very dull evening, "he must have a war" and then he proceeds to seek one out or perhaps he asks for permission to leave, or even worse perhaps leaves anyhow.
In a session a few weeks ago one of these warriors left a session midway through, after finding out the nation he subbed had NAPs with most of his neighbours for the session. As I remember he left in order, with new subs available so no big harm.
No, the more important case is the one I referred to initially: when the sub plays but cannot sit still. What happened was that an experienced and skilled player subbing for Venice DOWed and then lost heavily against Spain. He had before he DOWed been informed by his only potential ally that no help would be forthcoming. But the sub still DOWed. Well, he actually left before peace was made, another sub had to sign the peace treaty handing over some 5 of her 14 prvinces besides losing almost her entire fleet and having her army of some 80k being ghosted in Venice and Friuli (new map). A total catastrophe. The perm and his friends had plans to handle the precarious situation of Venice. The sub was informed in a general sense about these plans but still decided to go for it now and alone instead of letting the perm select the appropriate moment for little Venice to DOW mighty Spain. I believe merely because he thought it was dull to economise. The alternative, perhaps less flattering for him, is that he severely misjudged the relative strength and the diplomatic position in the game.
But for the perm Venice this was a catastrophe. And that is the important thing. This is not what he expected to happen in a game he was subbed.
I believe any sub should play cautiously. I hope when other members of the community reads this post they tell themselves that the next time they sub they will not engage in similar adventures like the one this sub did.
I do hope our current Venice won't give up because of what happened and quit the game but that he instead proves himself to be a fierce warrior, made of steel.
Some of the players in our community prefer the war aspect of the game. Some even claim they in their opinion the game essentially is a war game.
Nothing wrong with that. Especially not if other people knows about it and can avoid them if they prefer, as they can avoid, if they want, those who are the opposite of them (i.e. the "dull" peaceful players like myself)
.What can be a problem is if such a player agrees to sub an evening. For him to sub a whole session without being in war can be a very dull evening, "he must have a war" and then he proceeds to seek one out or perhaps he asks for permission to leave, or even worse perhaps leaves anyhow.
In a session a few weeks ago one of these warriors left a session midway through, after finding out the nation he subbed had NAPs with most of his neighbours for the session. As I remember he left in order, with new subs available so no big harm.
No, the more important case is the one I referred to initially: when the sub plays but cannot sit still. What happened was that an experienced and skilled player subbing for Venice DOWed and then lost heavily against Spain. He had before he DOWed been informed by his only potential ally that no help would be forthcoming. But the sub still DOWed. Well, he actually left before peace was made, another sub had to sign the peace treaty handing over some 5 of her 14 prvinces besides losing almost her entire fleet and having her army of some 80k being ghosted in Venice and Friuli (new map). A total catastrophe. The perm and his friends had plans to handle the precarious situation of Venice. The sub was informed in a general sense about these plans but still decided to go for it now and alone instead of letting the perm select the appropriate moment for little Venice to DOW mighty Spain. I believe merely because he thought it was dull to economise. The alternative, perhaps less flattering for him, is that he severely misjudged the relative strength and the diplomatic position in the game.
But for the perm Venice this was a catastrophe. And that is the important thing. This is not what he expected to happen in a game he was subbed.
I believe any sub should play cautiously. I hope when other members of the community reads this post they tell themselves that the next time they sub they will not engage in similar adventures like the one this sub did.
I do hope our current Venice won't give up because of what happened and quit the game but that he instead proves himself to be a fierce warrior, made of steel.
