I am very neutral in the PLATO/New Empire war.
I was merely responding to the continual AOO scaremongering which I 
find boring as it doesn't relate to this game at all. I hate it when 
people take their prejudices from one game to the next and frankly I 
don't see anything wrong with what the AOO did apart from being a 
bunch of arrogant prats. That is their perogative given the game 
system. Rich realised this and changed the game system.
Personally I am all for honourable war and letting your enemies know 
you are declaring war on them BEFORE the troops arrive but hey that 
is just me and the persona I use when playing. One day I might choose 
a different persona and attack anyone I feel like because I can or I 
might decide to play the benevolent statesmen striving to get 
everyone working together without conflict to create a mighty trading 
empire (TIBBS). But as I said that is a personal choice.
Andrew Penney
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