Imperial Historian, on 09 August 2019 - 07:55 PM, said:
I will never understand you gnaw...
You are in prime position to collect twelves planets as he moves on to pastures new.
I'm not interested in playing a several months long game just to survive and not finish at the bottom. Not fun for me.
Twelve, imho, chose from the beginning to go for revenge. He had several starting positions available and took a weaker one next to mine. He has consistently opened 'negotiations' with blackmail rather than deal making. I have no problem with blackmail being used when necessary (usually later game) but he has chosen it from the beginning and as his opening bargaining move. He could have taken imperial this round and scored points off it.
Those are not the actions of someone who is interested letting bygones be.
I can play cutthroat as I have shown and am not angry. Some days you eat the tiger and some days the tiger eats you. This game he's the one dining. *shrug*.
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl