EA Land nations Only... Game Name: Landlubber:

[Squirrelloid]

Ghoul31:
(1) You never approached me diplomatically. One might think that, if one should find oneself bordering a powerful nation, one might at least attempt to find out their intentions rather than blithely assuming they were peaceful, if not attempt to get assurances as to those intentions.
(2) I approached you for a bribe to avoid destroying you. Tribute, if you will. You responded with demands. Needless to say, I was not impressed.
(3) Ermor was going to roll over you anyway, why shouldn't I get some provinces while you're on the way out? You didn't even attempt to secure me as a war ally against Ermor. Regardless of whether it would have worked or not, you certainly should have tried, as your survival was conditional on my willingness to go to war with Ermor.

I'd blame your current predicament on a total failure of diplomacy, not some 'everyone gangs up on the weak guy' mentality.

[ghoul31]

no, you saw I was fighting one versus two, so you decided to make it one versus three. Three versus one isn't fun or challenging.

I don't understand why nobody wants to have fun, challenging battles.

[Apsophos]

Originally Posted by ghoul31

I don't understand why nobody wants to have fun, challenging battles.

Wasn't that fun when I stupidly lost my pretender in a magic duel against one of your druids?

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by ghoul31

no, you saw I was fighting one versus two, so you decided to make it one versus three. Three versus one isn't fun or challenging.

I don't understand why nobody wants to have fun, challenging battles.

Challenging battles are the result of a failure of strategy.

I gave you an out and you refused to pay tribute to the might that is Agartha. Instead you spit in our face and slapped away the olive branch with your impetuous demands. Now you pay the ultimate penalty.

You seriously thought we were just going to watch while our neighbors put an end to you and reaped all the benefits when you've done nothing to earn our friendship? Foolish.

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"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."

"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory."

"One who cannot be victorious assumes a defensive posture; one who can be victorious attacks.... Those who excel at defense bury themselves away below the lowest depths of Earth. Those who excel at offense move from above the greatest heights of Heaven."

-Sun Tzu