This post will contain a gloaty part and a preachy part.
The gloaty:
You guys started with:
- two more provinces (three at the start actually, but most of the war it was 22-24)
- more peasants
- WAY more science
- more troops
- more networth
- more acres
- knowledge of our strat
- "
a developing strategist of epic potential"
- hubris and arrogance:
"
We will take them apart even if we force an auto WD."
"
So to all our fellow competitors in FREE, please enjoy this loss brought to you by Carl's Jr."
"
If you wanna learn how to beat them properly, just follow this war closely and I'll explain more when we're done"
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We slicing through elves like butter baby"
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...and we'll work the last 3 elves + faery one by one until they're also in the ground. Then, we'll take all their honor"
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No - meeni's wrong - we're losing so badly!! Oh no!! We'll need 14 weeks to beat them!! "
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Its over, it'll just take time now to grind them down, but they can't recover now. We'll post results once they WD. "
"Check Mate
See you in a few days." (from the war forum)
..and then you withdraw.
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The preachy:
You guys arent the first spanning your Mission Accomplished banner over your aircraft carrier, and then being assholes about it. We've done this dance many times before. And as if im some Good Manners Evangelist im going to say it again:
treat your opponents with respect.
Even if youre winning, even if you know it is in the bag because the opponent has no more aces left to play:
treat your opponents with respect.
Imagine if we were really losing, and we'd have to read through all this ****. Being publicly humiliated. Players likely leaving, because they'd have lost all the fun. How is that sportsmanship? Why cant you win with grace?
Sometimes our beaten foes would respond to this charge: "we were just messing around, we were just having a bit of fun, it was just harmless, we didnt mean to be mean". Who cares about your intentions? Its about how the other party interprets your words, not about your supposed (and unlikely) well meaning.
Try the golden rule a little. Show respect, grace, sportmanship. If you must be a blowhard about beating another KD, then do it in the confines of your own IRC channel/forum/chat. Allow your opponent to lose with their dignity in tact. Dont be "that asshole KD" that spawns grudges and bad reputation due to some poisonous trashtalking.
pep out.