From: duelge@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Jason Duelge)
Subject: Euro emp - Iceland's report
Reply-To: duelge@schaefer.UUCP (Jason Duelge)
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 14:32:24 GMT

  Euro III is moving along nicely.  No bugs yet (knock on wood).
This game features a map of Europe, so there has been a great deal
of ground war.  Certain island nations (Iceland and Ireland) have
been able to work on tech, without worrying about attack.
  A day ago, i solicited for people's opinions of the game so far.
The results of that request follow :

> Telegram from Seville 
I've so far Killed Spain and am holding off the alliance of Castile
and portugal, even gaining a little ground against them.  Wars have
been vicous today on the Castille border with some sectors changing hands
up to 15 times in the space of 1/2 hour.  

  Emperor Iniego Montoya of Sevile.

> Telegram from Macedon 
The peaceful nation of Macedon would like everyone in
r.g.e land to know that we want to be friends with
everyone.  We just LOVE neighbors!

> Telegram from Tunisia 
Well, there's a tense fight here, with Mauritana, Mali, and
I (Tunisia) assaulting Algeria (which is now showing signs of
progress, avg. somewhere around a 2 sector per day net loss for
Alg. - though he's by no means on a thread...)

In addition, Mali and Tunisia are in a nice war with Nigeria.
It's a stalemate situation right now - and it remains to be
seen who will be able to hold out... Every sector taken is
retaken the next day. Wow, what fun... :)

Carthage has 950+mils, but isn't doing anything with them...

...yet... :)

> Telegram from Cyrenicia 
After agreeing to respect each others borders (made the first day),
my beloved country and Libya became distrustfull of each other.  I
set up some mil in a bordering fort, and immediatly got attacked.
However, being the type that seeks revenge, I have taken six of Libya's
sectors and have vowed to unseat the mayor.

-Moriarty
   Lord of Cyrenicia

> Announcement from Turkey 
Turkey and Anatolia announce an end to their private little war!
No more 6am updates!  We can sleep-in mornings!  Yeah!
The crowds go wild!!  Death toll:
Turkey: $18K or so, and the end of my naiveness about ground wars.
Anatolia: Several hundred mils.
And no significant ground changed hands either way.

Gilamesh of Turkey

> Telegram from Vaaso 
Ok, you might gather news from the other sides of what's
going on in this part of the world, but here's the 
Vaaso perspective...

Seeking to gain land, Vaaso attacks Finland.  Shortly
thereafter, Sundsvall attacks believing that a two front
war will result in the demise of Vaaso.  An alliance is
soon made between Finland and Sundsvall.  Meanwhile,
Murmansk and Sundsvall begin negotiations for a joint
attack as well.  Soon, a third front is opened up on Vaaso.
Despite heavy pressure from these three fronts, Vaaso
continues to hold ground and/or advance.  Body counts
are high, with total dead from both sides well in excess
of 1000. 

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  There has been a nice market in this game.  It differs
from the normal (much abused) market in that there are no
multipliers, higher taxes, and commodities must stay on the
market for at least 12 hours, while people 'bid' on them.
I have yet to use the market, but will soon.  The only complaint
so far is by those that put commodities there that won't sell.

  We've also seen the age-old complaint about 'des * e'.
Some people, when near death, do the 'des * e' defense.  Other
people (usually those doing the killing) like to complain about
this.
  My personal opinion is that you should fight however you want.
If you want your attacker to pay for your land, do the 'des * e' ...
well, you might want an aggie here and there ... so the mil won't
starve.  If you like the person who has been attacking you, ie
you have had a nice friendly conversation despite warring (it is
quite possible, and, in fact, recommended), then you don't really
need to do anything so nasty and desperate as a 'des * e'.
  I know this is an old argument, but i think it is important for people
to realize that unless your enemy is cheating, any defense, no matter
how mean, is valid.  Just dig in, and pat yourself on the back for forcing
them to such desperate means.

Jason - Temekula - Iceland
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