So Boerd said
Assuming a perfectly rational France, you wouldn't want either Austria nor Prussia strengthened. A balance of power Austria threatened by DOWing me.
So Boerd said
Assuming a perfectly rational France, you wouldn't want either Austria nor Prussia strengthened. A balance of power Austria threatened by DOWing me.
So Boerd said
You have allied the Kebabs, where are your ambitions but Germany?
So Boerd said
You have allied the Kebabs, where are your ambitions but Germany?
So Boerd said
You have allied the Kebabs, where are your ambitions but Germany?
So Boerd said
Austria has no choice but Germany. Enlargement in any other way weakens the already weak German ruling class.
France siding with Austria here is the logical choice, especially if Austria has no German ambitions of its own.
maybe force Bavaria to join my empire.
So Boerd said
Seems legit.
Ampharos said
and maybe force Bavaria to join my empire.
The Nexerus said
The China-Japan alliance is purely a machination of OOC negotiations; the two nation's governments and citizens hold each other in contempt, and any amount of warmness between them (much less a full fledged alliance) is unrealistic. Should they be as hostile towards each other as they would be if this were during or after the SIno-Japanese wars? Obviously not, but they definitely shouldn't be warm neighbours.
Heyitsjiwon said
I wouldn't make the assertion that relations are cold at this point in time. The main point of contention that led to the conflict was the land disputes, which even then didn't cause major diplomatic issues until China sent an army into Korea to crush a rebellion. Japan saw this as a landgrab, and thus the Sino-Japanese War started. Hell, the Tokugawa and Qing didn't have much diplomatic interaction at this point yet. The only interaction they really had was mainly indirect through trade. The only reason that Qing-Meiji relations started to deteriorated was due to numerous interventions in Korea, Formosa, and etc. from both sides from the 1870's and on. Even then, the two signed a friendship treaty in 1871.
Heyitsjiwon said
And yet, you claim "the two nation's governments and citizens hold each other in contempt, and any amount of warmness between them". That's the thing that I'm trying to correct.
Kho said
Kho's goodbye
Kho said
I'd like to say goodbye to everyone here, it's been a real joy playing with you all and I'll sorely miss this RP, but rl calls.Before I go, I'd like to make three requests, and they're as neutral as a player who is leaving and has no further interests to push forward can be:Enjoy the game.Stop nitpicking.Don't overthink every single little thing (a tad different from nitpicking.)Try not to mix the IC with the OOC (the war being fought is largely, though not completely, a manifestation of OOC hostilities.)Don't argue...or try not to.Enjoy the game.It's been a good run, and believe it or not, I've enjoyed playing with you all (yes, even with Nex, as much as I hate to admit, something about the way he over-reacts to things gives me a real kick :P)So, enjoy the game, don't stick with the OTL, and don't get annoyed at others when they don't. Adios!
Pasta Sentient said
Gonna miss you Kho. Best of luck to you.
