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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1955416" data-attributes="member: 2020">Eluvans' protestation above is probably the result of my letter to him, telling him Serpenteye needed his Template soon.    (sighs)  My intent was not to drive Eluvan out of the game.  : (  -  All I can do is make a comment on IRs.  The 1st and 2nd IRs had no rules at all, but a lot of people enjoyed them.  The 3rd IR had a lot of rules, and a lot of people enjoyed it.  I would advocate that this is because players sought out the Fun in the game, whether they wanted a lot of rules, or few rules, or no rules.  If I was in Eluvans' shoes, with so little time to devote to this, I'd concentrate on the Fun, and damn the details.  My hasty template might look like this:  Most of my IC goes to industrialization.  100 goes to gaining 2 levels in the Tech Arms Race.  We fortify the borders.  We invade Geoff with half our armies.  And let Serpenteye arbitrate what happens.  Perhaps my example is too crude, but the point is, the game is simply supposed to be Fun.  I could have just said:  We throw everything we have into Industrialization and all our armies at Iuz!  Or:  I throw everything into the Tech Arms Race and all my armies at Iuz!  In the first IR, this is what Forrester DID.  He threw all his armies at the elves of Evereska.  Once he had successfully taken Evereska (and eaten all the elves) he went after Evermeet.  There were no rules, but it worked anyways, and we had a great time.  If this is a Calculus Class, it's a Calculus Class where you don't have to study and can still get an A.</blockquote>

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