WP-09-Diplo [The Programmer]: To be expected....
Date:Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:55:50 +0000

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Four or five turns with no battles between the Sun and the Smiths....  Should I feel honoured or put upon???  All this defence, with only loses to show...

WP-09-Diplo [Adam Smith]: Condolences...
Date:Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:43:06 +0000

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Dear Programmer - 

We all share your pain, but in truth you should feel honored.  Sunshine and I have been fighting for so long that it's second nature to us, and truly I might not wish to divert myself from that very entertaining activity, except that recently your strength has grown so great that I feared you might vanquish us both in short order...  

In fact, I think it was the Capitalists who were "put upon" first, and more recently it has been Sunshine.  (Surely one might also choose not to complain about being put upon, while one is still in first place in units and production!)

As for our lack of combat with Sunshine... we are still digesting the rather large meal from Turn 119... and waiting for proper opportunities elsewhere...  

As for our abundant conflict with your own forces...  lately it is all my general staff can do, to marshal reinforcements to push back the large number of units you keep sending across my borders!

WP-09-Diplo [Sunshine]: ...but we feel for you
Date:Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:23:14 +0000

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Programmer, 

Well here was my problem: I was prosecuting what I considered to be a fairly successful defense of what Smith and I both know to be one of the most productive conglomerations of regions anywhere in this world. I had suffered some setbacks, but was preparing a nice counterattack that would have cost us each dearly, when you launched a pretty serious incursion into my lands. I don't mind saying that there were turns when you were within one region of my capital with a pretty massive force, so I had to give up this prize and defend my homeland. Now I have so few armies, spread so far apart, that my only hope is that you discover these nice regions and start fighting Adam for them while I lick my wounds. I can assure you that if you hadn't been so successful in your assault, Adam and I would both have fewer than 500 units left at this point, so I pretty much blame you for his  success...My advice: fail more.