Since the forum is so dead, I thought I start a discussion that might be of interest.

Some facts (to me it is facts):
- We all agree, that PGA (pre game alliance) is against the rules.
- We all know that OTF (old trusted friends) is sometimes hard to distinguish from PGA. However, with the small playerbase this is not an urgent issue.

There are only 2 rules for games.
One of them states:
Game-to-game favors or alliances are not allowed

My point is, that PGE (pre game enemy) is just the same as PGA only with a negative sign. You do "anti-favors" or "negative favors".

I can fully understand the process of getting pissed at players at times - without judging about the anger being justified or not. That doesn't really matter. Once you are angry at someone it seems reasonable to me to seek revenge for the felt injustice or insult. In consequence you do negative favors to that player the next games. This is very similar to giving small advantages to the guy that gave you first.

Both is not exactly within the rules if taken by the letter (can be considered pge/pga), but very human behavior. I think it can be tolerated.

It is different if the pge/pga goes on for weeks or months. This should not be tolerated. It ruins the game and might further decrease the already small player base. Any justified or not anger should be overcome after some time. In the end (I hate to say that) this is a game for virtual points getting reset all the time where you talk to more or less stupid pictures. It is nothing that should affect your life and mental status (hate) for a long time.

What do you think and what would be your suggestion how to react on longterm pga/pge?


Note: I don't feel I am being seriously targeted at the moment. So I do not have a personal aspect in this discussion.