The spirit of the game...

[Der Kuenstler]

I've noticed some players feel the spirit of the game should be very gentlemanly - "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" - I can almost picture them bowing to one another in the parlor "Did you find the battle to your liking, kind sir?" With a string quartet playing in the background.

Others see the spirit of the game as a violent spirit. Are we not trying to destroy one another's forces? They see it as an all out street brawl for victory. Anything that the game and Blitz rules allows you to do goes. When I occasionally discover a guy is trying to slip something over on me, I must admit I find that to be part of the entertainment. (he he - a sneaky sucker, eh?) And I enjoy jousting with another player, as I did with Owl recently, about setup parameters. "What? You gave me this? I must have this setting!" Great fun I say.

But others are very offended by such things and will freak out and call a guy a cheater who might be more accurately called opportunistic. I'm one who says if it's within the frame of the game and Blitz rules, and no parameters have been specified beforehand, it ain't cheating.

And as has been said, if someone doesn't see the game as you do, you can just quit playing him.