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From: dudek@utcsrgv.UUCP (Gregory Dudek)
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Subject: Re: Starting-up notes (beware -- mild flame)
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Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 11:49:35 EDT
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  I disagree stongly with your claim that the diety should not play
too.  I have run several game as diety & played as well, and have
had no real conflict of interest problems.  
  This may have been partly due to the fact that I have played a
very passive diety.  Of course, one still has to resist temptation,
but cheating as diety would take away the glory of
victory. (The small of napalm.. ).
 
  Re. starting up,  I've found that it helps to place a bunch
of LONG (20-30 sectors) random rivers on the globe (without looking
where eg.  des 0:30,5:7 . ?des=- )  to slow down the rate
of encounter and expansion of countries.  Otherwise the
borders turn out to be too big too fast, and people end up
getting creamed by surprise.  (ie. Their neighbors have to much
opportunity to sneak up.)
   Greg Dudek
   ..decvax!utzoo!utcsrgv!dudek