I think this is a great game, a lot of fun. But the obsession with ratings seems to make many people play for 2nd or 3rd from the beginning. As the game goes on, there's this constant whining in the chat box of people jockeying for place. And people getting pissed when they don't place in the position that they think they "deserved" to place. This whining and sense of entitlement has only gotten worse as I've started to play on the higher ranked tables in the last couple days, and is taking away from some of the fun. People call for flags really early when there's 4-5 players left and the game is still in some doubt. Come on people -- play it out and see what happens. I pretty much never flag, unless we're down to two players and you have a 3:1 advantage.

IMHO, if you don't play for first and take first, then you don't deserve anything. I don't break in-game alliances or truces. And I don't go out of my way to piss people off, but if you're in my way, attacking me, or it's otherwise strategic on the map...I'm taking you out next, regardless of whether someone else "deserved" to be eliminated before you.

I guess that's why I have a high 1st place % and very low 2nd place %. I suppose my rating my be higher if I worried more about placing 2nd or 3rd. But where's the fun in that? This is a game of world domination after all. Winner take all.

"Oh, it's [Kdice]. It's a game of world domination being played by two guys who can barely run their own lives."