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Re: Extortionists
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:02 pm
by BlacK Oblivion
Clarkey wrote:Zathros wrote:Clarkey wrote:Plus if you do the math you will in most cases realise that a massing would be less expensive than paying the demand.
That may be true, but who's to say he won't come back in a month, and want more turns? giving in, just encourages them.
There's nothing that anyone can do to rid the game of extortionists. There's been a group organised to mass and sit on extortionists in the past, that's the best and ONLY thing anyone can do to rid them. So let's stop whining about them.
does that group still exist?
i might/think join them
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:19 pm
by Dubby_CompGamerGeek2
Clarkey wrote:Zathros wrote:Clarkey wrote:Plus if you do the math you will in most cases realise that a massing would be less expensive than paying the demand.
That may be true, but who's to say he won't come back in a month, and want more turns? giving in, just encourages them.
There's nothing that anyone can do to rid the game of extortionists. There's been a group organised to mass and sit on extortionists in the past, that's the best and ONLY thing anyone can do to rid them. So let's stop whining about them.
um, you both appear to be agreeing with each other... yet acting adversarial...
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:27 pm
by Clarkey
Dubby_CompGamerGeek2 wrote:Clarkey wrote:Zathros wrote:Clarkey wrote:Plus if you do the math you will in most cases realise that a massing would be less expensive than paying the demand.
That may be true, but who's to say he won't come back in a month, and want more turns? giving in, just encourages them.
There's nothing that anyone can do to rid the game of extortionists. There's been a group organised to mass and sit on extortionists in the past, that's the best and ONLY thing anyone can do to rid them. So let's stop whining about them.
um, you all appear to be agreeing with each other... yet acting adversarial...
It is early on a Friday morning. 
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:38 pm
by Zathros
btw, I love the Amy Pond tag. Is there ANY way she could be cuter? She's the best looking companion so far, and that's going back to the original series too.
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:53 pm
by Lithium
those who bacame pray of Extorters deserve it, if u got resources exposed to threats then prepare to lose/protect them
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:46 am
by jedi~tank
Lithium wrote:those who bacame pray of Extorters deserve it, if u got resources exposed to threats then prepare to lose/protect them
Haha,,funny
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:30 am
by Clarkey
Lithium wrote:those who bacame pray of Extorters deserve it, if u got resources exposed to threats then prepare to lose/protect them
Is your brain in gear today? Extortion doesn't just happen if you have resources exposed. You could be extorted for resources you don't have, it wont stop the extortionists as they would just say well you have such and such time to get me the resources of you get massed..... it would then be the victim that has to find the resources if they give in.
So it doesn't have anything to do with exposed resources.
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:55 am
by Juliette
Clarkey wrote:Lithium wrote:those who bacame pray of Extorters deserve it, if u got resources exposed to threats then prepare to lose/protect them
Is your brain in gear today? Extortion doesn't just happen if you have resources exposed. You could be extorted for resources you don't have, it wont stop the extortionists as they would just say well you have such and such time to get me the resources of you get massed..... it would then be the victim that has to find the resources if they give in.
So it doesn't have anything to do with exposed resources.
Could be even worse if you're stupid enough to buy resources with $ because you're being extorted.. How attached to a game could someone be.
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:35 am
by Mordack
Extortionists give you cancer, blah blah blah, extortionists killed Princess Diana. I'm always amazed by this community's capacity to so frequently wax lyrical and become outraged at something so blasé.
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:05 pm
by jedi~tank
GW extortionist= attention seekers and flames that burn out and fade quickly.
Re: Extortionists
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:27 pm
by Dubby_CompGamerGeek2
Clarkey wrote:Lithium wrote:those who bacame pray of Extorters deserve it, if u got resources exposed to threats then prepare to lose/protect them
Is your brain in gear today? Extortion doesn't just happen if you have resources exposed. You could be extorted for resources you don't have, it wont stop the extortionists as they would just say well you have such and such time to get me the resources of you get massed..... it would then be the victim that has to find the resources if they give in.
So it doesn't have anything to do with exposed resources.
Indeed... in my experience, the demands made are usually fairly difficult to acquire.
If AGA had extorted me on behalf of my alliance for only 100 bil naq,
(for supposedly attacking his friend, which he would not provide proof of),
I probably would have paid him.
When a player tries to extort me for more naq than my bank can hold, more than I can farm in a month,
and at 3 am Eastern US Time to boot,
well, that's why I was so glad to have my good friend,
Big Dog of Omega decide to login to MSN...
let's just say Big Dog turned the tables real fast...
that reminds me... I should go chat him up...