twelve, on 27 February 2015 - 05:49 PM, said:
D, on 27 February 2015 - 05:13 PM, said:
twelve, on 27 February 2015 - 05:07 PM, said:
D, on 27 February 2015 - 04:35 PM, said:
twelve, on 27 February 2015 - 04:32 PM, said:
Provisional
Move both interceptors in homeworld 230 to 211 Beta Aquilae.
Bah, you ass.
I warned you but you had to force my hand.
What the fuck are you talking about?!
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Twelve: "I'm going to attack Beta Aquilae!"
D'rek: "Oh, really? Darn, I was going to move up and influence it."
T: "Nein! It is my birthright!"
D: "Ok, well I guess I can wait for your interceptors to go past and grab a discovery..."
T: "NEIN! THOSE ARE ALSO MY BIRTHRIGHT!"
D: "Surely we can discuss th-"
T: "Actually I've decided not to attack Beta Aquilae this round."
D: "Oh, okay, I guess I can influence it for one round then." *moves*
T: "ATTACK BETA AQUILAE!!!"
There's no "I forced your hand" like some sort of wicked puppet-master blackmail. Don't give me that crap Twelve. You decided to lie just to get me to waste half an action for no good reason when you could've simply been up-front and honest about your intentions. It would've moved you up in my good books.
But not only did you decide to lie, you did it for no good reason whatsoever. I could understand lying because you would get an edge out of it, but for no reason? It's just stupid, and doesn't lead me to be able to have any confidence in your word, even when things could be mutually beneficial to both of us.
I never lied. My plan at the beginning of the round was to attack 211 with three interceptors and use my fourth to grab a discovery. But then you had to build the damn interceptor in pollux and then the above conversation happened.
After which I realized if I was going to get the discoveries I had to grab them now. So I then decided (again after our conversation) that I had to block both you and Gnaw from getting them. Thinking that if I put an interceptor in the nebula next to pollux you wouldn't still go after 211. My next move was to grab the third discovery tile and have two interceptors next to pollux so I could properly assault 211 in round III. But then YOU FORCED MY HAND by moving into the nebula which told me by your actions you were still going to influence 211. I didn't want you to then be able to defend it against me in round three if I stuck with my revised plan. So now to prevent that I had to send in two interceptors into 211 which is a huge risk I didn't want to take but I felt I had to if I wanted to be a player in this game. Even with good odds to hit and initiative things could go very wrong for me and I could go into round three with one ship and no materials to replace what I've lost and you gaining 211 after all.
None of which you even hinted at caring about on-thread, so how was I supposed to know you'd have some sudden hissy fit? I would have been more than happy to influence Beta Aquilae this round, do nothing to defend it next round and get two incomes and a free disc removal for almost-free. Since you said you weren't attacking it this round that seemed a perfectly natural plan. And as you have seen, I have plenty going on elsewhere that I would hardly have the resources to even try and mount a defense there next round.
All of this I spoke of quite plainly. You, on the other hand, were reticent to speak at all and certainly did not wish to reveal any intentions. The first move into the nebula was a surprise, and now the move to Aquilae was a surprise. Can you say the same of my actions? All of mine I revealed beforehand and extended an olive branch to you to discuss how we could cooperate.
You shat on that branch, said nothing, pulled surprise moves and now claim that *I* forced *your* hand? Give me a break, Twelve. Do what you must, but spare me all the posturing and pretending to be on a moral high horse above me.
worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:
I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.