Northen Wolf, I had a wee peek at what happened in that other game in which you played, and what you exactly wrecked there.
What you did was declaring war on an AI, while already having units in that AI's territory. The traditional view is that this wrecks your
RoP reputation. In reality it's more complex than that, but most players choose to not attack the AI from a position where they are already in that AI's territory, just to be on the safe side.
Although I'm unfamiliar with SG, I would think a decision to declare war should always be a team decision? Maybe in our game it'll be slightly different, as it's already set in stone beforehand when we are going to declare war and on whom. We should make sure not to have any units in that civ's territory when we need to declare war.
Northen Wolf, I saw you were familiar with Microbe's article on
trade reputation. That's great, I think it's a sound article.
Then you should know that RoP reputation has nothing to do with trade reputation. You might want to read Microbe's article again, because it's quite clear on that and gets rid of a lot of confusion. I don't think I can explain it any clearer than he has already done, so I'm not gonna try.
Microbe also mentions
attitude. The AI's attitude towards us is again something completely seperate. In the game we are about to play we are going to receive quite a few attitude hits. Every time we declare war, the AI will like us a bit less. The civ we are declaring on will probably turn furious immediately, the others won't like it either. I expect most AI civs will be annoyed with us most of the time. They will still be happy to make deals of all sorts with us. If we're in a running 20 turn deal with a civ, they will probably think a bit milder of us. The AI's attitude towards us is not such a big deal.
Another thing: I suggest we consult each other on the
tech route we are going to follow (I'm talking to the team now, not just Northen Wolf). Researching Literature or Currency? Chivalry or Theology? These are fairly big decisions, they should be made as a team in my opinion.
Overseer, I'm cool with everything. 5 cities = declare war =
Looking forward to the starts!