realmsbeyondscooter: hey Caledorn
you around?
me: heya
realmsbeyondscooter: hey! ok, so one of our turn players just posted a screenshot of the stone area. it showed you guys have got a settler way out there 1W of the rice. are you guys really wanting to plant on that tile?
me: I cannot respond to that question I'm afraid
I'm sorry
realmsbeyondscooter: I'm not sure I follow..?
me: I can't respond to the teams settling plans without the approval of the team is what I mean
realmsbeyondscooter: well, surely we would find out this/next turn, so I guess I'm confused what the harm is
but that location is... not ideal
me: The discussions are pretty active at the moment (as I'm sure you have guessed), and my freedom to speak on certain things is limited by the team until we have come to an agreement
realmsbeyondscooter: yeah that makes sense. I guess it's a confusing move, as I thought we were close to a deal where we'd give you that stone anyways, and this seems geared towards forcing the issue and making our borders pretty tight
me: I am sure everything will resolve amicably if we (that is our teams) come to a solution we're both happy with
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that much I can say
realmsbeyondscooter: for sure. yeah I don't want any damage to be done, which is why I thought i'd catch you on here immediately
i'm assuming this is because you need the stone sooner than you would've otherwise gotten it
me: I understand your concerns yes
The stone is an important part of this, yes - I won't pretend that it isn't, as it's pretty obvious
realmsbeyondscooter: understood. pyramids play?
me: now there's something I can't respond to again, and I'm sure you know that laughs
realmsbeyondscooter: worth a shot to ask!
me: of course
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I would have done the same!
realmsbeyondscooter: well, I do need to speak plainly and honestly - that spot is not a spot we would be happy with you guys settling. It's 3 tiles away from 2 cities of ours and heavily encroaches on both of them.
if there's anything we can do/say to dissuade you from settling on that spot, please let me know
me: I understand that sentiment
Considering the heavy discussion going on in the team right now, I feel obliged to let the team make a decision before I make a statement here that can commit us to one action or another.
You have the idea about what our concern is though, as that is pretty obvious
And I'm sure we can come to an agreement that makes both our teams happy.
realmsbeyondscooter: yeah I definitely understand being in a rush to get stone hooked.
well that's what I'm attempting here
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. ok, here's the best we can do:
Starfall's borders pop on t107
so that stone could be hooked on exactly t107. it will take a lot of work to manage that, but it's possible
to do you one better, we could gifft your our sole source on T106, MAYBE T105, but I really don't know if that's possible. T106 most likely
so... if your team can manage to wait a couple more turns for stone, we could take care of that much
me: my turn: pyramids play?
realmsbeyondscooter: as is I'm guessing you probably wouldn't be able to hook that stone much before then anyways unless you have a massive army of workers ready to rock
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well you didn't tell, so I'm not sure I can either
me: smiles that is perfectly fair
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your offer is a good one, so I will deliver it into the discussions that's going on, and I will get back to you on what the sentiment is for this
realmsbeyondscooter: ok great, thank you. sorry to be a little blunt on our opinion of the city placement, but given the time crunch I figured I'd just cut to the point. thanks for being understanding
me: oh no worries at all on that. I've had to be a bit blunt on some statements myself. But as we both know, this is nothing personal, and is only pure diplomacy work on behalf of our teams.