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[quote]an I assume this does NOT mean that if you've promised something like "Let's team on this guy till we've taken out his expansion here" and then later information arrives that makes this a losing play you are obliged to backstab them? e.g. I can value keeping my promises over winning the current game.[/quote]
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[quote]an I assume this does NOT mean that if you've promised something like "Let's team on this guy till we've taken out his expansion here" and then later information arrives that makes this a losing play you are obliged to backstab them? e.g. I can value keeping my promises over winning the current game.[/quote]
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In an ideal world where everybody playing FFA actually has some understanding of the game mode, I think that nobody (including yourself) should expect you to keep a promise that is obviously gamelosing, and breaking it should do no harm to your reputation. It helps if you phrase your agreements as "lets not fight for now" as opposed to "peace forever".
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In an ideal world where everybody playing FFA actually has some understanding of the game mode, I think that nobody (including yourself) should expect you to keep a promise that is obviously gamelosing, and breaking it should do no harm to your reputation. It helps if you phrase your agreements as "lets not fight for now" as opposed to "peace forever".
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If the players in a FFA have mutual respect (i.e. they expect their ally to do the sensible thing and backstab them when it is clearly a good idea to do so, and hence are not offended by it) pretty much any agreement is understood to be temporary by default.
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If the players in a FFA have mutual respect (i.e. they expect their ally to do the sensible thing and backstab them when it is clearly a good idea to do so, and hence are not offended by it) pretty much any agreement is understood to be temporary by default.
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However this is not an ideal world. If it is *blindingly* obvious that by keeping this promise you are tanking both your own chance to win and that of the person you are attacking in favour of the person you made the promise to, I think playing this way is in pretty poor taste. If it is less than blindingly obvious then it's hard to call it anything worse than a misjudgement. It is hard to imagine the moderators feeling it is their business in either case though.
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However this is not an ideal world. If it is *blindingly* obvious that by keeping this promise you are tanking both your own chance to win and that of the person you are attacking in favour of the person you made the promise to, I think playing this way is in pretty poor taste. If it is less than blindingly obvious then it's hard to call it anything worse than a misjudgement. It is hard to imagine the moderators feeling it is their business in either case though.
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See for example [url=https://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/%22SLDS_1:_%22I%27ll_Kill_You_Last%22_by_Scott_Phelps_1997_Any]this article[/url] written about FFA in some other game (it is part of a series on FFA diplomacy that is worth reading).
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See for example [url=https://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/%22SLDS_1:_%22I%27ll_Kill_You_Last%22_by_Scott_Phelps_1997_Any]this article[/url] written about FFA in some other game (it is part of a series on FFA diplomacy that is worth reading).
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As
for
the
other,
I
don't
recall
handing
out
a
*final*
warning
as
an
immediate
prelude
to
formal
modaction
that
was
not
clearly
signalled
in
some
way
or
another
as
a
moderator
action,
and
getting
all
formal
about
warnings
earlier
than
that
seems
counterproductive
a
lot
of
the
time.
Neither
I
nor
anybody
else
has
to
use
or
even
possess
moderator
powers
to
remind
others
not
to
be
a
dick.
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As
for
the
other,
I
don't
recall
handing
out
a
*final*
warning
as
an
immediate
prelude
to
formal
modaction
that
was
not
clearly
signalled
in
some
way
or
another
as
a
moderator
action
(
depending
on
your
definition
of
clearly
signalled
I
am
sure
some
example
could
be
found.
but
moving
on.
.
.
)
,
and
getting
all
formal
about
warnings
earlier
than
that
seems
counterproductive
a
lot
of
the
time.
Neither
I
nor
anybody
else
has
to
use
or
even
possess
moderator
powers
to
remind
others
not
to
be
a
dick.
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