DeletedUser17561
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While we are waiting for....something (there is a lot going on and there will be a large reconfiguration of the world shortly) - I offer this up as the forum has been a bit anemic.
Grepo wisdom says that colonization is bad (there are a few exceptions, but lets not kid ourselves - this is generally regarded as not-the-action-of-a-top-player).
Grepo testosterone says it is only slightly less desirable than pounding a railroad spike through your foot and pouring bleach on the resulting wound. ABP! ABP! AB.......shut up.
Consider 2 models of world evolution:
1- The traditional "whip each other into a conquest frenzy and take all the cities you can and blather on about how great it was and by extension how awesome you are"
2 -A balanced model of expansion and colonization
I would argue that colonization is a benefit to the world. Look at it from an economic perspective:
The process of forcibly taking an existing city is at best a zero-sum proposition. The transaction results in no net gain of points for the world. In fact, a lot of times it results in a net loss of points when a wall is reduced to dust (and if a player is bolted). For the winning player - this is a good deal. Or at least that is what we all tell ourselves in our chat rooms. And then the respective players have to shovel resources into rebuilding troops so they can die again and require more resources. Very little work done in the forward direction here.
Colonization, by contrast, results in a net benefit to the world. In one act of selfless generosity, a player adds about 1000 pts to the world and all the long term benefits such as resource generation. If he or she chooses to reinvest those dividends in the city - then the point total and resource generation rate grow and the world overall becomes that much more productive. It flourishes, and evolves into a new era of unprecedented enlightenment and prosperity. The more colonization that occurs, the more prosperous the world becomes.
So don't bash the people who colonize - they are doing the world a far greater service than those who just war for what someone else built. everyone decries the end of the world but what are you personally doing to preserve it?
Have you colonized today?
Grepo wisdom says that colonization is bad (there are a few exceptions, but lets not kid ourselves - this is generally regarded as not-the-action-of-a-top-player).
Grepo testosterone says it is only slightly less desirable than pounding a railroad spike through your foot and pouring bleach on the resulting wound. ABP! ABP! AB.......shut up.
Consider 2 models of world evolution:
1- The traditional "whip each other into a conquest frenzy and take all the cities you can and blather on about how great it was and by extension how awesome you are"
2 -A balanced model of expansion and colonization
I would argue that colonization is a benefit to the world. Look at it from an economic perspective:
The process of forcibly taking an existing city is at best a zero-sum proposition. The transaction results in no net gain of points for the world. In fact, a lot of times it results in a net loss of points when a wall is reduced to dust (and if a player is bolted). For the winning player - this is a good deal. Or at least that is what we all tell ourselves in our chat rooms. And then the respective players have to shovel resources into rebuilding troops so they can die again and require more resources. Very little work done in the forward direction here.
Colonization, by contrast, results in a net benefit to the world. In one act of selfless generosity, a player adds about 1000 pts to the world and all the long term benefits such as resource generation. If he or she chooses to reinvest those dividends in the city - then the point total and resource generation rate grow and the world overall becomes that much more productive. It flourishes, and evolves into a new era of unprecedented enlightenment and prosperity. The more colonization that occurs, the more prosperous the world becomes.
So don't bash the people who colonize - they are doing the world a far greater service than those who just war for what someone else built. everyone decries the end of the world but what are you personally doing to preserve it?
Have you colonized today?
