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Old March 2, 2004, 22:23   #1
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Renewed Call for Unification of Drones and Hive
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Old March 2, 2004, 23:26   #2
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Old March 3, 2004, 00:12   #3
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We have to announce it after we publically announce vendatta against the CPU. We should prepared some kind of a public announcement though. Would you be able to do it Comrade Mead?
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Old March 3, 2004, 10:36   #5
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Let me repeat, the Hive-Drones union is different from the CPU merge. We and the Drones have both agreed that when the Uni war is made public we will start to allow member access to each other's forum. The two factions will stay as independent but closely coorperative as before. Nothing really changes much other than now people can have access to both teams' forums if they want.
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Old March 3, 2004, 11:35   #6
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This reminded me another question. Do we want to let the PEACE member enter our forum or not? Do we want to poll on this?
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Old March 3, 2004, 12:31   #7
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I am unopposed and in fact support the further strengthening of relations with the Drones given that they are our true pactbrothers and pactsisters. As for PEACE, we should wait for the input of the Drones after our merger. And we need to poll this as well. We cannot give PEACE free and open access if they would not be submissive to the will of the new supranational entity which we would be creating with the Drones.

On another note, I think if we do move closer to the Drones we should create a joint rotating presidency, akin to the Presidency of the EU, where each month it would rotate between ourselves, the Drones, and maybe PEACE if they join.
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I am unopposed and in fact support the further strengthening of relations with the Drones given that they are our true pactbrothers and pactsisters. As for PEACE, we should wait for the input of the Drones after our merger. And we need to poll this as well. We cannot give PEACE free and open access if they would not be submissive to the will of the new supranational entity which we would be creating with the Drones.
I agree we cannot grant free and open access to the Peace without consulting with the Drones first.

Right now, I don't think we should grant Peace access.

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On another note, I think if we do move closer to the Drones we should create a joint rotating presidency, akin to the Presidency of the EU, where each month it would rotate between ourselves, the Drones, and maybe PEACE if they join.
I don't mind that. However, just like now, the president (or CEO, Chairman, dude or dudette in charge, whatever), should be required to submit and follow the will of the people (all the people).

Will our access to their forum include access to their saves, and vice versa?

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Old March 3, 2004, 20:43   #9
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We have to announce it after we publically announce vendatta against the CPU. We should prepared some kind of a public announcement though. Would you be able to do it Comrade Mead?
I would be happy to do so.

What is the extent of our merger?

Will we have access to their forums?
(and vice versa?)
Will we have access to their saves?
(and vice versa?)

Am I authorized to discuss this in the Drone embassy?

I understand that Comrade Jamski opposes this and I of course value and respect his opinion.

Please also understand Comrades Voltaire, Hong Hu, T-Ras and I support the unification of the Hive and Drones.

I would like everyone else in the Hive to have a chance to voice their opinion.


People, please speak up.


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Old March 3, 2004, 22:23   #10
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I would rather not have a unification of the Drone's and the Hive. While opening up our forums might be considered an act of good faith, I would rather us have our own private forum to speak as Hive citizens without having Drone's see what we are saying.

Despite our honest intentions with the Drones, I like our open dialogue that we are having now. For privacy's sake, I would rather us continue what we are doing and keep Hive forums for Hive members only.....that and the Gods, of course.
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Old March 4, 2004, 00:44   #11
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I was thinking along the simple line that if somebody wish they could be granted access to the other team. I'm not thinking anything like the CPU, you know, the "grand unification" that may requires a rotating presidency or something like that.

I think somebody may need to set up a poll on this.
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Old March 4, 2004, 05:36   #12
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SMAC/SMAX allows for communal victories without having to unify factions... if we have a brotherhood pact with the Drones and we formally agree with them to share victory, couldn't that be enough?
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Yes I believe that could be enough. The only reason I see in allowing access into each other's forum is to keep information flow more smoothly. It is not to interfere with each other's policy and conduct. Another reason people may be thinking is to prevent the Drones from backstabbing us. However I do not see that is a real threat. In other words I trust the Drones.
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I'd like to see us stay separate for the previous reasons of privacy. We have our forum and they have theirs. However, I could see us having a "Drone/Hive" Forum and us sharing a government there.
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Old March 4, 2004, 17:13   #15
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But what use would that serve given that we already have an embassy at CGN?
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Please also understand Comrades Voltaire, Hong Hu, T-Ras and I support the unification of the Hive and Drones.

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Dont get me wronge. I do beleave we have to go for group victory with them. but not unify the factions.

if letting them eneter our forums (and vice versa) would help making any deiference I think it is acceptable. at this stage in the game we won't be fighting each other any way.

just remember that by setting such standard in this game we might make them suspisius if we do not accept it in further games...

all in all i vote yes to mutual entrance to forums.
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Old March 7, 2004, 22:38   #17
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After an extensive (~6 hours!) chat with Kody in which he filled me in on the history of this game and of various rules decisions already made in this game, I have changed my opinion on this issue.

While I would normally prefer that forums be kept seperate becuase I prefer (on a meta-game level) for teams to be forced to trust each other on faith rather than being able to peak into each others' forums... the existence of the CyCon-University merger combined with several other factors (the most important being the mindset of the Drones) makes pursuing the exchange of some members a no-brainer.

Personally, I would suggest at least 2 members from each team having access to the other forum. Those from the Drones that would be most useful for helping us with internal planning (base producion stuff) might even be highly useful aside from simply their diplomatic function. Those we should send to them should, if my understanding of hte nature of that team is correct, be highly knowledgeable individuals by which they would be impressed or at least have significant respect.

The merits of sharing members for maintaining a tight relationship with the Drones are VERY strong. The fact that CyCon has already fully merged with the University removes my own reservation since Pandora's Box was opened long ago on that issue in this game. At this point, the only reasons we would not allow access to our forum by Drones members is if we do not trust them or we're just shooting ourselves in the feet.

I don't think we should fully merge... each faction should retain its own independent character and a strong degree of self-determination. However, sharing a few members will have ENORMOUS benefits.
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After an extensive (~6 hours!) chat with Kody in which he filled me in on the history of this game and of various rules decisions already made in this game, I have changed my opinion on this issue.

While I would normally prefer that forums be kept seperate becuase I prefer (on a meta-game level) for teams to be forced to trust each other on faith rather than being able to peak into each others' forums... the existence of the CyCon-University merger combined with several other factors (the most important being the mindset of the Drones) makes pursuing the exchange of some members a no-brainer.

Personally, I would suggest at least 2 members from each team having access to the other forum. Those from the Drones that would be most useful for helping us with internal planning (base producion stuff) might even be highly useful aside from simply their diplomatic function. Those we should send to them should, if my understanding of hte nature of that team is correct, be highly knowledgeable individuals by which they would be impressed or at least have significant respect.

The merits of sharing members for maintaining a tight relationship with the Drones are VERY strong. The fact that CyCon has already fully merged with the University removes my own reservation since Pandora's Box was opened long ago on that issue in this game. At this point, the only reasons we would not allow access to our forum by Drones members is if we do not trust them or we're just shooting ourselves in the feet.

I don't think we should fully merge... each faction should retain its own independent character and a strong degree of self-determination. However, sharing a few members will have ENORMOUS benefits.

How soon can I sign up to access the Drones Forums?

It would be nice to access their saves, just like CyCon and Uni can access each others saves.

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*bump*

We need to do this.
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I still want Hive autonomy. But I like Comrade Arnelos' idea of designating 2 opposing members access to the others forum. Whle it may be complex, I support this instead of a full blown integration.

Hive forum for Hive members.
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i think mead seeing their forum is a good idea, since he is turnplayer.
the ambasador should be able too, and vice versa.
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