SICK AND TIRED of being threatened with nuclear weapons

[Crazyirishman]

[quote="saxitoxin"]Is anyone else SICK AND TIRED of players who threaten other players with nuclear weapons?

Frequently I'm in a game and close to winning and another player will say they have atomics and if I don't stop advancing they'll use them on me. Naturally I'll stop, but then they invariably come back and hit me in the junk and I end up losing.

I would like to suggest a new rule prohibiting these kind of threats in-game. They are non-productive and contrary to a spirit of cooperation and casual game playeah that is bull@##$


Saxitoxin I have a question, why don't you just attack them? If you check the game log you might see a common trend of a person deploying a conspicuous number of troops on a country that you don't border. If they have the troops they will eventually use them against you, and if they are smart they won't tell you about it. otherwise take them out.

[saxitoxin]

Is anyone else SICK AND TIRED of players who threaten other players with nuclear weapons?

Frequently I'm in a game and close to winning and another player will say they have atomics and if I don't stop advancing they'll use them on me. Naturally I'll stop, but then they invariably come back and hit me in the junk and I end up losing.

I would like to suggest a new rule prohibiting these kind of threats in-game. They are non-productive and contrary to a spirit of cooperation and casual game playeah that is bull@##$


Saxitoxin I have a question, why don't you just attack them? If you check the game log you might see a common trend of a person deploying a conspicuous number of troops on a country that you don't border. If they have the troops they will eventually use them against you, and if they are smart they won't tell you about it. otherwise take them out.

Great point! I guess my problem is I'm sometimes intimidated too easily. You have a salient and useful suggestion, though. I think I need to be more confident in my play style and situations like nuclear weapons won't be an issue. (This still, perhaps, doesn't resolve similar situations with pancake fiestas but that's a topic for a different thread.)

What do other members of the community think?

[xelabale]

I love pancake fiestas. It's when players complain that the milk was off that the problems start, and before you know it there's an e-ticket filed. Don't let that put you off though, they can be truly great. As you experience more saxitoxin I'm sure you'll come to love them too.

If someone threatens me with a nuclear weapon in game chat I attack their president or launch code. 4 times out of 5 it works, though sometimes it's too late.

[Gozar]

The Gozar administration does not respond to blackmail, nuclear or otherwise.

[Rocketry]

The Gozar administration does not respond to blackmail, nuclear or otherwise.

Even if I mailed a nuclear letter to you?

Or how about a nuclear swine flu pandemic letter?

Rocket?

[L M S]

I have been threatened with the the nuclear wessels from Alameda.... it's disturbing.

[Gozar]

The Gozar administration does not respond to blackmail, nuclear or otherwise.

Even if I mailed a nuclear letter to you?

Or how about a nuclear swine flu pandemic letter?

Rocket?

Sounds more like rocketmail.

[2dimes]

please show the game numbers

I think this is an example. http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=34

[Robinette]

I have been threatened with the the nuclear wessels from Alameda.... it's disturbing.

"Nuclear wessels... where do you keep your nuclear wessels?"

Sidenote... alameda is a navy base no more, closed in 1997.
I had the opportunity to tour the USS Carl Vinson while the USS Enterprise was docked along side.
It was Very Impressive. The USS Hornet is still there, as a museum.
There were up to 4 aircraft carriers docked at Alameda at one time.

I was in San Diego Harbor once when the USS Nimitz was putting out to sea...
It passed about 100 yards from us... but the best part was that there was a sail boat with a novice crew that could not get properly clear... the big tugs that travel with the Nimitz thru the harbor started blasting their horns and accelerated like crazy to intercept and push it clear... fortunately they managed to tack away at the last moment and had to hold their line while over 1000 feet of moving steel cruised just yards past them... it was the coolest thing i'd ever seen... i'm sure they didn't think so, though, and were simply happy to still be alive, lol

[Timminz]

I have been threatened with the the nuclear wessels from Alameda.... it's disturbing.

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I keep mine on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/wesselsunite

[brutalsleeper]

in my eyes any tactics that could increase a players chance of winning (Nuclear Intimidation, Secret Diplomacy etc.) Are perfectly fair to do.I don't use such tactics but believe anything you can do should be done.But in a case where i was being intimidated it encouraged me to fight on and i came on on top and won the battle.

[oVo]

If you succumb to chemical warfare over the course of a game
it's probably your own fault.

btw... I don't find the phrase "threat of nuclear weapons" made in the OP to be a common colloquialism at all and if this thought was intended to be "taken seriously" the seed probably should have been planted in the Strategy Forum. The ominous nature of a large stack or bulbous fortification is much closer to WMD and rarely requires game chat verbage to be threatening to all others on the map. So any attempt to outlaw such circumstances is really nothing short of silly.

I am sick and tired of the constant threat of nuclear weapons in the real world though.