Steve Buscemi Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) I have iron/marble/blue. To make matters worse I picked a girlish nation name. I logged in today to find 30 unread messages and thinking I'd been attacked. Nope, worse than that, trade offers and trade PMs galore. All my trade slots were blocked with resources like lead/uranium and rubber/furs and a cattle/pigs that I already had. Now I realize that many of the boys offering me trades were like, "Hey, she's just a girl. I'm sure she'll accept my furs/lead trade! Girls are terrible at war games." False. I'm not a girl. I'm the greatest actor that ever lived. So I figured we all needed a quick refresher on proper trade PM etiquette. 1) Make sure you read their bio first. Do they say what trades they'll accept? 2) Make sure you see if they are going for a certain build (ff/b/c, etc). Does your crap fit in with theirs? 3) Make sure your PM contains your color and what resources you have. It's really annoying to have to look at your profile only to find you have lead/furs. 4) Having one double up is questionable, offering a trade where the receiver has both is just asking to be attacked. I had a ruler do this just now. He's now in my saved nations list, wink wink. 5) Offering them TE aid for the trade is an excellent idea if you don't mind me called a filthy liar. 6) Offering them regular CN aid for a CN:TE trade is quite pathetic. Just. Don't. Do. It. Thank you. Edited September 1, 2008 by Steve Buscemi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spetton Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I have iron/marble/blue. To make matters worse I picked a girlish nation name. I logged in today to find 30 unread messages and thinking I'd been attacked. Nope, worse than that, trade offers and trade PMs galore. All my trade slots were blocked with resources like lead/uranium and rubber/furs and a cattle/pigs that I already had. Now I realize that many of the boys offering me trades were like, "Hey, she's just a girl. I'm sure she'll accept my furs/lead trade! Girls are terrible at war games." False. I'm not a girl. I'm the greatest actor that ever lived.So I figured we all needed a quick refresher on proper trade PM etiquette. 1) Make sure you read their bio first. Do they say what trades they'll accept? 2) Make sure you see if they are going for a certain build (ff/b/c, etc). Does your crap fit in with theirs? 3) Make sure your PM contains your color and what resources you have. It's really annoying to have to look at your profile only to find you have lead/furs. 4) Having one double up is questionable, offering a trade where the receiver has both is just asking to be attacked. I had a ruler do this just now. He's now in my saved nations list, wink wink. 5) Offering them TE aid for the trade is an excellent idea if you don't mind me called a filthy liar. 6) Offering them regular CN aid for a CN:TE trade is quite pathetic. Just. Don't. Do. It. Thank you and move along. By the way. I'm looking for lumber/fish/wheat and gems or wine. 1) Mass Messaging, if you actually do it individually your not to bright. 2) ^ 3) ^ You don't like it no one cares 4) ^ 5) Lol 6) Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Caelo Missus Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I feel your pain as i have Lumber/Marble. However if I was in their position I would do the same. Just mass message as many people as possible and hope someone with decent trades offers you one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaR Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I've never even thought to mass message for trades. It's always very personal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfSiam Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Oh noes! My starting resources are just SO good everyone wants them! Woe is me! L O L W T F get a grip guys. OP you were joking about the whole "girl" thing right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buscemi Posted September 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Oh noes! My starting resources are just SO good everyone wants them! Woe is me! L O L W T F get a grip guys. OP you were joking about the whole "girl" thing right? Yikes....the whole thing was supposed to be taken lightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poyplemonkeys Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 lolwut? Try finding trades with my resources without getting desperate and just spamming anyone with semi-decent resources. Trade with me btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
der_ko Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 So, wanna trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buscemi Posted September 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 So, wanna trade? Only if you have lead and uranium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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