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Originally Posted by Recluse
Doesn't this just kind of prove that PA has stopped being either a game of fun, or skill, and just become a game of pile on? I mean, add to your conclusion the fact that people whine any time Ult has an ally, they are essentially conceding the skill gap and find their only pathway to victory is through sheer numbers. It takes out the fun scenario too, because they are in full on war mode within a week of tickstart. What happened to spending the first half of the round gal raiding?
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I don't think it's fair to extrapolate the universe's response to Ultores to all politics. Ultores is currently unique in PA. No other alliance can take a pounding for 600 ticks and still be in the running for #1, nor is anyone else willing to be that dedicated to the game. Therefore, in order for any other alliances to have a shot at winning
at all, they are forced to take drastic (and quite frankly, boring) measures like this. But only against Ultores.
In any round during which Ultores is not playing, or is just faffs about, or gives up halfway through, the playing field is/becomes more or less even. Conspiracy, p3nguins and Faceless all have a shot at winning, and they've had one for most of recent history. Under those circumstances, adroit political manouvering is still very much part of the large-scale structure of the game.
And note, the targetting didn't start until around tick 600. If anything, the other alliances waited too long.