USN_Squid

Some guy with 300 military score attacks me with 2500...here's the messages that follow:

On the 23.03.2008 4:57 Squid wrote::
> Rather than starting a war, why don't we work out a trade deal? I'll trade you 1:1 crystal to marble.
On the 24.03.2008 18:44 Nerdyned4 wrote::
>so how much marble do you want to trade send the crystal then i'll send the marble the marble
On the 24.03.2008 19:32 Squid wrote::
> I can send 100 crystal for 100 of your marble.
On the 28.03.2008 15:37 Squid wrote::
> so I sent 100 crystal and you sent 49 marble?
On the 28.03.2008 22:04 Nerdyned4 wrote::
> i thought you sent 50 crystal and i coudn get the marker to 50 so i sent 49 but u are starting a war retreat or i wil destroy your army
On the 28.03.2008 22:09 Squid wrote::
> I don't think you understand. You attacked me first, I offered a trade agreement which you accepted. Your log clearly shows I brought you 100 crystal, and you could've notified me that you didn't have enough to trade. Instead, you chose this. I'll get my goods and not give you another chance to trick me.
On the 28.03.2008 22:15 Nerdyned4 wrote::
> THIS MEANS WAR I WILL DESTROY YOUR CITY
On the 28.03.2008 22:15 Squid wrote::
> fail
On the 28.03.2008 22:23:48 Nerdyned4 wrote::
>ill sen the othe 51 if you tell you army to leave
On the 28.03.2008 22:31:44 Nerdyned4 wrote::
i can't send ships at the moment you destroyed them all and i need to find sulfur to build
On the 28.03.2008 22:36 Squid wrote::
> You don't need sulfur to buy a trade ship. But don't worry, I'll just keep the 51 marble out of what I return to you then we're done.

Yeah, I'm a softy.

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Scattershot

I would have kept everything I took from him and labeled it as a fee to pick up the goods he owed.

Tarenth

Same.

Late fees and finance charges for not paying off his debt fast enough. When you get sent to collections, its not a smart idea to threaten the collections agent.

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It was a confirmed casualty some time ago.

Nero

Lol, what a great script! Little dog tries to mug big dog of his bone, then tries to outsmart big dog and gets chomped by big dog.

Honestly, I don't understand some people who play Ikariam. Some people trying to attack much stronger opponents and others hoarding massive amounts of resources and not building any defenses! They must think this is a single-player game with A.I. set on simpleton.

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Atomic Dog

Yeah, no kidding. With all those capitols I see completely undefended and ripe with resources...what's the point of trade really...I just take what I want!

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AirTransRanger

After I get done with them, I usually drop them a line with a few hints to make their city more pillage proof. Makes me feel better for all the pillaging.

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Ikariam Info(Alpha):
User ID: AirRanger
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geologist

Heh, I haven't bought anything in over a week, and have actually run outta room in my warehouses before due to too much spoil.

I am, however, in the same boat as ATR. If they are civil and not "l33t", I'll usually help them set up defenses after we talk. Made a couple good trading partners that way, in fact. I let them know when I am dumping new loads of stolen goods on the market so they can snag 'em first.

Everybody wins!

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Sarcoma

Well i think im one of the funny ones ATM. One of my neighbors is helping himself to my limited riches (Im only 2 days old ATM)

How do I defend myself against 25 slingers and 10 swordsman and a ram. My wall is at lvl-3 and my army such as it was got wiped out. As of this writting I can only make slingers.

Sarcoma, still a day away from pro-army research.

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Sarcoma.

MDFubar

Can you make ships? If you can, pump out a couple of Rams....if you have more than he attacks with, then you win. Rule #1, if they can't get to the town then they can't pillage you.
I pillaged a guy and the he sent 10 ballistas to blockade me....I responded with 17 Ballistas and 6 Rams for defense......he lost

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George Patton Jr

USN_Squid

With overwhelming odds there's not much you can do. Message him for a trade or buyout if you want to avoid it, but there's no longterm consequences to the attack. In the beginning a warehouse can save you some precious resources, but really he's losing money attacking you so it probably won't last long and soon enough the few gold or resources he got off you won't mean much at all.

And add him to our hit list of course!

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Nero

If you give us his coord's we can send him a few threatening messages.

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MDFubar

Yeah, what are the coordinates of this guy, if he is close enough....my drunken soldiers need something to do.

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George Patton Jr