Quote Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy View Post
My choices were to accept a draw or try to destroy Military with Civic; I felt there was no way to win through assassinations as I had not been building up my bodyguards as others had been, and outvoting the Military would have been tough with the exile threat.

It would also mean betraying the Military whose mercy was the main reason I was still around. I felt second place was more than enough, considering what a struggle it was to keep up with other factions' voting power. Slash was a good partner but he was also absent a lot.

I could have declared a civil war last round, with Civic still around and strong; a possible avenue of victory. However I felt that would have severely jeopardized what I felt was a game I could draw by agreement. Losing versus a draw; no contest. Plus I knew they had powers cooking and percolating that they hadn't used yet. Dictator? Yeah they would have been a tough nut to crack. And I was always a sitting duck. Anyone murdered me, Mercantile was gone.

Sometimes winning means not losing, and that's good enough for me.
The game did not include a draw option, that was something you guys made up along the way. That's why I wouldn't have looked at it like this.

I don't mean to be impolite (and neither does GE, I'm sure), I'm just, well I'd have played a whole lot differently. Eyes on the prize-mentality and all that.
To me, being eradicated as the second faction is just as much a loss as coming in number two. What matters is who wins, and in my eyes, Military did that (as it looked like they would from the beginning).