Mara - EA game for newish players - full

IndyPendant · #1 September 11th, 2007, 03:00 AM

The end. : )

Not sure if anyone's going to read all of that through (it's one *heckuva* long read!), but I enjoyed writing it regardless.

Have fun!

parcelt · #2 September 11th, 2007, 10:39 AM

Ahem.... isn't the idea behind a write-up normally that you do it once the game is finished?? You know, so not to give away anything that could still be relevant to others?

Too bad you don't seem to have been enjoying the game though. I'd think with everything Caelum went through, and considering how well you've been doing despite difficult starting position, etc, you'd have had more fun?

Warhammer · #3 September 11th, 2007, 11:28 AM

Maybe I should have bolded the afterwards.

sum1lost · #4 September 11th, 2007, 11:44 AM

I don't think it gave away anything I didn't already know about. I've been aware of harvesters for some time- patrols went up as soon as a province of mine had the such and such people have died event.

Warhammer · #5 September 11th, 2007, 12:04 PM

It still would have been better if it hadn't been posted yet. I was thinking after the game. There are a few things in his posts that would be very different from my point of view.

IndyPendant · #6 September 11th, 2007, 03:37 PM

I was not even thinking about any game-revealing strategies. Like I said, this was a catharsis for me, and I also wanted to at least try to explain why I was dropping out of the game. This *is* "afterwards" for me. : ) I suppose this is a bit more 'believable' than a he-said-she-said "We had an NAP!" "No we didn't!" type of thing.

On the other hand...I do find it interesting that the two biggest backstabbing liars in the game (at least, from my point of view) are also the ones objecting the loudest to my writeup being released 'early'. And your objection is based on moral grounds, no less!

Wow. Interesting sense of ethics, there. : )

I am eager to see this game from other viewpoints. I can't help but wonder how many other darkened-room dealings there were that I *wasn't* aware of...

parcelt · #7 September 11th, 2007, 04:03 PM

Jeez, you really seem to hold a grudge easily. I mean, just a little accident with that harvester (whether you believe my explanations or not), and now I am a biggest backstabbing liar?? We also had some mutually beneficial dealings earlier in the game, IIRC?

Anyways, if that's how you want to take it. I should say that if little things like that, or discussions about NAPs and whether they're violated or not, etc, are such game-ruining experiences for you, you're better of not playing MP (as you mentioned yourself I think). Too bad, I thought it was a nice game.