OzzyKP
Emperor
@ Bowsling- I see your point, but we recently finished a Diplogame at Apolyton called DoE (Destiny of Empires), that had tech trades off but it still collapsed over... you guessed it... "unbreakable alliances. I mean like Q, you might want to leave, but you can't because its suicide, or like India in DoE, you want to stay independent but then the alliances steamroll you. Or like Sirius, you defect, but then you get dogpiled and forced back in.
Its a complex problem, that's all I'm saying. We cant assume we can just click "No Tech Trading" and it will just go away. I'm not sure what the solution is, other than fixed alliances.
You're right, turning of tech trading won't solve all problems, but it is still a good thing to do. I vote in favor of turning of tech trading.