EmperorFool
Deity
Please post here if you are a non forum reading player and give us your opinion.
ROFLMFAO! That was epic, thanks!
@karadoc - You raise many good points, so let me address a few of them.
1. BUG, BBAI, UP, and BULL (which has the UP and Advanced Combat Odds) are all separate products that must be installed separately (except if you install BUFFY or BAT you get BUG + BULL). You are free to install them in any combination.
2. In BUG and BULL, you can turn every feature off. If I've missed a feature, please let me know so I can add an option for it. Go to the BUG Options screen (ALT + CTRL + O) and select Scores. Here you can remove the WFYABTA fist by removing the appropriate code (see the hover text, I think it's M). You'll also need to uncheck the alert on the Alerts tab and also the Foreign Advisor Icons on the Advisors tab.
3. WFYABTA is readily available via the trade window. CTRL + CLICK the AI you want to check and hover over any of the "War with <rival>" trade options.
4. I agree with Ruff on the non-forum readers. I played BTS off and on for a year before thinking to look for tips on improving my gameplay. After a bit of forum surfing I discovered the mods. By then I had learned most everything exposed by BUG today from strategy articles I read back then. Granted, I've sent two of my L4D friends to the BUG website after seeing them playing BTS via Steam.
5. BUG and BULL don't have DaveMcW's hidden relations modcomp, and I won't include it wholesale. I am tempted to add the modifiers that are fixed, but the mod exposes all hidden modifiers--even the random-value-based ones which are definitely anti-UG.