kalzekdor wrote:The rule about multi game deals is intended to ensure that everyone starts out on equal footing. Going into a game with someone intending to ally with them (whether they helped you in a past game, or you know them from outside the game) violates the spirit of that rule, if not the letter. Everyone should start the game with an equal opportunity to ally with everyone else. Deals made before the game prevents this.
roadkiehl wrote:kalzekdor wrote:The rule about multi game deals is intended to ensure that everyone starts out on equal footing. Going into a game with someone intending to ally with them (whether they helped you in a past game, or you know them from outside the game) violates the spirit of that rule, if not the letter. Everyone should start the game with an equal opportunity to ally with everyone else. Deals made before the game prevents this.
That's definitely true.
That being said, though, if you meet the same player twice by happenstance (key word being "happenstance"), then you're allowed to use your knowledge from past experiences working with that player to ally with that player again, and that's not a multi game deal, at least in my opinion.
The key is that you're not [i]actively seeking[\i] to be in the same game as that former ally.
therealben wrote:Before joining a game, I usually look at all the players' profiles and sort of decide who to ally with before joining (even though I've never played with those players before).
I typically try to ally with someone that has more experience than the average player in the game. This doesn't feel like breaking the rules to me.
colfax jones wrote:I just got crushed hard by 2 players with a multi game deal and have proof becuase one of them posted a prevoius game of them playing together on youtube.
2nd player aggressed me hard opening day and I never got my self establshed since I was on defense the entire time. The1st guy pretended to be an allie with me for 3 days then suddenly turned and joined my aggressor. I never had a chance.
It's clear they played together before and they had this plan from the start, otherwise who send 80 drillers at 1 of my starting factories day 1 ?
So i've reported them, any idea if there's consequences ? I did not get off to a fair start by any means.