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Post:	< 20017 >
Subject:	< Forwarding e-mails >
Topic:	Community >
Category:	General >
Author:	Godzilla
Posted:	Mar 23, 2011 at 9:15 am
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Godzilla

Captain of the Watch

Farsightedness: The Butterfly Effect states that a butterfly that flaps its wings in Malaysia could cause a typhoon in British Columbia. So too could minor variations in one part of the board affect play across the board. The Captain of Watch asesses the board for all possible impacts - both immediate and long-term.

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pedro, you asked about the strong feelings associated with message-passing, and you got the answer, "It varies". Some players hate it, and some are indifferent to the tactic.

As for it being "close to illegal", that is somewhat like being "kind of pregnant": it's a case of either/or. There are very few forbiddens in Diplomacy -- deception of the GM being pretty much universal -- and in all my games I've never come across one in which message-passing was outlawed. Players can react to the message-forwarding as they choose, but there is no legal recourse within the game for such action.

This message is in reply to post 20016:

My query wasn't really about whether it's good or bad play - like most tactics, it seems to me to be bext used sparingly - but the impression I was given was that it was close to illegal on the site.

There are 13 Messages in this Thread:

Forwarding e-mails (pedros) Mar 20, 06:28 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 20, 08:34 am

Forwarding e-mails (fencertim) Mar 20, 10:31 am

Forwarding e-mails (DancingQueen) Mar 22, 03:32 pm

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 06:17 am

Forwarding e-mails (pedros) Mar 23, 06:33 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 09:15 am

Forwarding e-mails (Blueraider0) Mar 23, 11:03 am

Forwarding e-mails (Godzilla) Mar 23, 12:23 pm

Forwarding e-mails (rodtheworm) Mar 24, 05:22 pm

Forwarding e-mails (FlapJack) Mar 26, 02:42 am

Forwarding e-mails (FuzzyLogic) Mar 23, 12:13 pm

Forwarding e-mails (sgttodd) Mar 31, 10:02 am

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