"You aren't my friend anymore" Hive-Pirate relationship termination?

Jamski · September 28, 2003, 11:11

Basically the Pirates aren't talking to us, and we don't trust them. Should we consider terminating our Treaty of Friendship?

As it stands we are both getting a small ec income from commerce, and we would lose this if we cancelled the treaty. They would lose theirs too. The question is, would this action :

a) make them mad
b) wake them up
c) they wouldn't even notice we were gone

The idea would be to draw thier atention to us - a relationship needs a certain amount of work from both sides, like the Pirates actually REPLYING to us sometimes...

So vote away.

MSN discussion is HERE

-Jam

Kody · September 28, 2003, 11:22

Wow there's an ec income from commerce that I'm not aware of!

It must be another bug with SMAX that isn't showing this commerce to me. I always thought that extra 0.05 ECs every turn was from Jamski's embezzling schemes, but now I know better.

Jamski · September 28, 2003, 11:45

We are really getting NO commerce from the Pirates at all Kody? That wasn't the impression I got from our chat... Well, another reason to cancel.

-Jam

Snowflake · September 28, 2003, 13:56

Why wouldn't we have any commerce income from the treaty with the Pirates? I always thought that the commerce may actually be to ours benefit. Hmmmm

Micha · September 28, 2003, 15:56

Well, I´d say we warn them first, then wait about two days and then cancel it if it needs to be.

The Pirated might be invulnerable by now, but they can´t afford to get enemies that soon, especially since
1) Miriam is a major threat that needs their complete attention
2) We´re the Hive, the most likely warfaring faction

Edit:
Yay! My 400th post! Yeehaaw!!!

Snowflake · September 28, 2003, 16:41

I voted don't do anything. I don't know why do we need to anything (other than showing Hive's arrogance perhaps?) and if doing anything will help.

Vev · September 28, 2003, 19:04

To show that we are a barely restrained warmongering faction, but honourable.

Also that we do not trust people who do not spam enough.

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 05:03

We do not like it when people don't reply to our quality spam

-Jam

Vev · September 29, 2003, 06:44

They are undeserving of our spam!

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 07:04

Noone is good enough for Hive Spam - NOONE!

-Jam

Vev · September 29, 2003, 07:10

The Hive is such perfectionist. We ask for too much.

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 07:51

Unfortunately we get it too

-Jam

Snowflake · September 29, 2003, 09:51

This's when one's head starts turning and forget how high the sky is

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 15:51

How high is it, actually? Do we have a stratologist in the house?

-Jam

Snowflake · September 29, 2003, 16:29

30 km. Prove me wrong.

You imagine you could scare somebody away by using a non-existing word?

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 16:39

A stratologist is someone who studies the stratosphere. Look it up if you don't believe me.

-Jam

Snowflake · September 29, 2003, 16:47

I have. In my dictionary I have stratocumulus, stratosphere, and stratovolcano. No stratologist.

Although even a non-stratologist could know how high the sky is if his head is not turning.

30km. Can masterminds face challenges?

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 16:58

As Micha can confirm I checked that the word didn't exist FIRST.

An own-goal by HongHu

-Jam

Googlie · September 29, 2003, 17:21

OED, July 2003 edition:

stratologist: - one who studies the intricacies of military governments (see stratocracy);

stratocracy: - military government; domination by soldiers

G.

Snowflake · September 29, 2003, 17:50

Now the god is speaking. Listen to him.

Thanks for the own goal Jamski but real masterminds never duck in front of any challenges.

30km.

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 17:58

I don't have such a new dictionary

-Jam

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 17:59

And the point was to make you check because I knew you would be desperate to score a point against me (for some reason)

-Jam

Snowflake · September 29, 2003, 18:04

nah

I'm not as desperate as somebody who has to try really hard to steer away from the real question.

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 18:15

What was the real question again? How high the sky is?

I guess its not a question with a fixed answer.

-Jam

Vev · September 29, 2003, 19:01

Whatever the chairman says so?

Googlie · September 29, 2003, 20:56

LOL - such faith

(this from the deity who averred that the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted over a 24 year period!!)

Vev · September 29, 2003, 21:11

We live underground, the sky is for our needlejets to blast them back to stone age.

Snowflake · September 30, 2003, 00:04

GooglieGod!!!

Yes your word is our law. If it is not in the dictionary, we will add it into the Hive dictionary.

To the mastermind, sigh such masterminds, not even they have to repeat what they said twice, one has to repeat what one said to them twice also.

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30 km. Prove me wrong.