Ot4e: I've sent you one
I've sent you both one map
it was prepared by one guy from ApolMZprox
аз: ah, good, we will draw map too
Ot4e: my considerations about this all
Изпратено в 15:29, сряда
аз: I would had prefered we all to send our proposals together at the same time. now we will always have what you drew in mind
Изпратено в 15:33, сряда
MZprox: i don't see suggestions just a blank map
аз: that is better then that it is just blank
Ot4e: Map can be divided equally, and it is not by number of cities or tiles but in almost obvious ways.
But there is one factor that must be taken in account. How unbalanced was the RB defense and how much loses we had to carry to bring you all this effectively. So the spoils distribution must be corresponding to efforts. So it must be adjusted. It doesnt suddenly mean that you get nothing and we get all. We all did great job.
But we have some more expectations from this.
аз: lets discuss this tonight and even 1 more day if it is necessary and everyone come with the map and drawings together
Ot4e: it wasnt suggestion
but you can draw on it easily
and still see some details
Metra is making map for 2 weeks at least
I say it is simple
аз: hahah, yes, it is my fault indeed. for 2 weeks no, but for 2-3 turns for sure
Изпратено в 15:36, сряда
Ot4e: paint is your friend
Изпратено в 15:38, сряда
аз: thanks for sending that map, I think it will do good job
Ot4e: say thnx to Ozzy

аз:

I am saying thanks to you, because I could had made better map easily, but it is still not ready and we to be able to draw on it
something I see this map lacks is resources
Ot4e: yes
аз: also it lacks current posession cities
Ot4e: this is to Ozzy also

аз: I will be at home in 2-3 hours maybe and I can make new map
with resource bubbles, no white areas and currnt posession
MZprox: how is ozzy involved in this? He rarely writes in his team forum
аз: oho, double-agent affair?
Изпратено в 15:46, сряда
MZprox: i find it strange
Изпратено в 15:48, сряда
Ot4e: when you were away I asked him for a screenshot
and he sent this
10 screenshots combined in one
I find it useful
Изпратено в 15:56, сряда
MZprox: ah, I see. he could had posted this for us too

Изпратено в 15:58, сряда
MZprox: i drew my version btw.. i guess I'm gona wait posting it, just one note: we might had got many small cities, but some of them as worthless as those aztec could build the free land between them and rb (like build two cities for each tundra deer)
аз: cities themselves dont make much
cities are built and they grow
I agree that city size one is not great property
where good land is
ot4e said it well - it is very easy to divide the land actually
Ot4e: aha and tundra deers are not big treasure too
MZprox: we have several cities with only tundra deer.. or with less

аз:

especially for MZ with his 4c shores, they might be
this is just a joke
MZprox: I'm afraid those days will be over not in the far future..
аз: I still think that counting good land tiles is OK
about whoever was more responcible for the win and whoever deserves more of the spoils, the war is not over yet
we might well catch ot4e in RB hammers killed
Ot4e: OK
lets see
this is not only about hammers
аз: from my point of view, we all 3 made great job in defeating RB
Ot4e: we brought frenchies, we used commerce for espionage
lets count all
аз: if there was even only 1 out of the equation, the other 2 could not had any success, do we all agree with this?

we did not use money for espionage, but we did not steal anything either
Ot4e: I mentioned that we all have done good job
аз: and the French role we still have to see
Ot4e: nobody denies that
and that we deserve a piece
аз: it might turns out that french role is damagin, and not helping
Ot4e: but what I am saying is that there are 2 things we must gain each: 1 part just for taking part in this and another must be distributed corresponding to efforts
аз: this sounds OK to me
how we measure efforts?
Ot4e: of course I should be a bargain whore and come to you guys before making each move and say
that for this we ask that
but it is ridiculous too
so as we measure everything else
аз: of course this last is not the way to be done
we are all gentleman
Ot4e: and frenchies did good job for us all
by 2 things at least
1) giving you peace in time
2) bringing their armies to help us
help us all
аз: oh, it begun, now the french are in the equation too
Ot4e: not only my team
no
I am not saying this
I am saying that bringing them into war is also success
аз: now, this is still only a joke, but I can say that we giving peace to frenchies was actually very helping them, as we could had sent our 100 units their way instead of RB
Ot4e: and your suspicious has no reasons so far
аз: but excuse me, I did not knew that french armies fought on our side
tell me about that, I hear this for first time
Ot4e: what do you want to hear?
MZprox: i'm not sure they had participated in any battle yet
аз: about what armies French bring and what fights they did so far
Ot4e: they did
and I am sure this is one of the main reason they give up
earlier
аз: ok, speak with numbers
Ot4e: without causing us as much loses as they could without them
Изпратено в 16:13, сряда
Ot4e: I dont think that you need to measure their efforts separately from ours as they dont pretend on the spoils.
and not sure what you need to know
аз: then why you bring them in the negotiations?
Ot4e: did I?
lol
аз: I honestly did not knew they sent even 1 unit
Ot4e: where are they?
аз: and it was surprise for me to hear: "Give us credit for the french involvement in this war"
Изпратено в 16:15, сряда
MZprox: I say cfc deserves less cities because they joined the war much later

Ot4e: I said that it is a part of our effort. When I say we killed over 100 I mean just we, but I should speak about how many we killed combined. But there is no big difference. And I hope you are not making difference. Thats all
аз: this is true too, we joined way later
MZprox: and that we don't deserve less just because we were unlucky and rb evaded us in the beginning

аз: then I can say WPC attack on RB was my effort. it is true. I was talking WPC how badly RB mistreated them
MZprox: seriously though, it's ok for us to take into consideration.. i think it will be with the number of twons and buildings aztec will get with their cities
damn wpc... you know they stole a city from the 3 of us, and not from me, right?

аз: yes, from 3 of us, I know that
Ot4e: no
аз: I honestly did not thought they will actually attack RB
I was hoping for as much as they cancel the happy res deal
Ot4e: having long NAP and no border agreements with wild people from stone age is YOUR problem
аз: guys, lets keep the dialogue civilized
hahah, I like this
not that it holds much truth, but it is cool
ok, lets back to constructive talks
Ot4e: but you say that if frenchies take city it is my problem
but when we talk about WPC
it is OUR problem
no guys
we have agreed with frenchies what we take and if they take ours it will be truly our problem
not yours
MZprox: wpc is like a non-player character.. an AI (quite a lousy one) which can not be taken into consideration
аз: I always said French taking something will be from our 3 nations spoil
Ot4e: if they take yours it will be your problem but I will do my best to prevent it
because I am for constructed civilized dialog
аз: plus no one talked and alowed WPC armies trough their lands making agreements with them
MZprox: it would had been ours if we had a na greement about it. but all we had is that we divide the spoils equally
аз: yes, it is true
even before this war started I gave my word no one will be left unfairly deprived from land
Изпратено в 16:25, сряда
аз: ok, ot4e, I understand you want moer than the numerical fair split of the lands. tell how more you talk about
Изпратено в 16:26, сряда
аз: and what your claims are based on, so if something change in the meanwhile, we have your vision on what is fair and correct this. for example if till the end of the war you kill twice as many RB units, you might end up with double more land
Ot4e: do I need to talk in relative ?
no
аз: relative is OK too
Ot4e: lol
you must be kidding heh
but I think the talk can go around 1 or 2 cities
not those kind as on the ice island
but something like that
аз: I am already far from thinking we will all clap hands and happily divide the land, there will be bargaining, sore feelings, someone will feel cheated, etc. so that is why I prefer to keep it emotionless as possible. lets everyone say what he wants and others can say if they agree
1 city is totally OK for me at least
1 city more or less is OK
Ot4e: number of cities is bad measure
аз: then give better
Ot4e: I will think
аз: I said "good land tiles" and you said it is not good too, where I think it is good
Ot4e: this is also not good
heh
аз: I can say that resource is about 1 or 2 additional "good land tile" worth

well, think and come up with what you think is better measurement
Изпратено в 16:31, сряда
MZprox: count every tile which gives at least 4 food and divide those tiles equally with the corresponding cities ofc

Ot4e: Measurement is complicated. We must take in account everything. But I do trust my eyes in this.
Stop trolling, MZ

MZprox: I1m not trolling
аз:

in Bulgaria we have a saying "Man's eyes are greedy"
MZprox: it was a kinda suggestion to agree on something which could be measured and none of us really would know the result at the moment and also sounds fair
аз: if I understood correctly, ot4e, you are talking about something like 10% more of the spoil to you?
I agree with MZ
tiles can be counted
Ot4e: % are tricky
Изпратено в 16:35, сряда
аз: I also want to put 2 facts straight. how much units CivFR brought and how much RB units they killed
approximately
1?
5?
15?
55?
MZprox: i think we really should forget about the frenchies now. Ot4e said they are helping him and will not ask anything
аз: but the french help was the reason ot4e asks for more of the gains
Ot4e: I think their ~30 cuirassiers terrified and made RB forfeit while they could entertain us for 5-10 more turns at least
аз: oh, 30 cuirs french brought?
thats a lot
MZprox: not as i understand: He lost more units and spent lots of gold (espionage and upgrades, part of those upgrades went for french)
Ot4e: they didnt kill much or lost much compared to us
for you I think it is the best to count them as our forces
agree with MZ
I dont ask more just for inviting frenchies
аз: if it is who lost most units, this we will see at the end of the war
Ot4e: but a bit more for the strategic missions performed
and only possible with their forces
because ours are on and even beyond the limit
аз: ok, I get it as we count French units as ot4e's
MZprox: really a side note, but i would had preferred if we don't turn this war into a 4 vs 1, but doesn't matter now
аз: I admire each way of helping the common goal
MZprox: rb even counts wpc too

аз:

yes, they count WPC too
Ot4e: all want to kick dead corpse
MZprox: i nned to go afk for 15, brb
аз: not all, but the ones who are afraid to draw a knife to alive dog
Ot4e: we could do this without them if you focused more on killing RB units but not capturing inca
But I do not blame you for this
so as I dont blame you, Metra for trying to have less loses
аз: lets get back to the basics - without ANY of us 3, this would had been not possible
Ot4e: and delaying exchanges and healings
Изпратено в 16:43, сряда
Ot4e: yes, this agreed
Изпратено в 16:46, сряда
аз: with this in mind, and the new map I will at last make tonight, lets draw borders
Изпратено в 16:48, сряда
аз: everyone can use methods that he desires for argumentation why the borders should be like this and then specify the method
Ot4e: ok, lets finally try to do it
аз: yes, I think this will be solid foundation for any bargains
Изпратено в 16:49, сряда
аз:

with my naive nature I even imagine how the borders we draw match perfectly
Изпратено в 16:51, сряда
MZprox: he he
аз: I want to ask you to draw where borders with the other 2 nations go
this way it is easier to visualize
MZprox: as for inca land if we don't take it fast they could had slaved/drafted far more units and to take the final cities we just got enough troops for that, so all in all it went close to perfect
аз: it was tricky indeed
Изпратено в 16:54, сряда