Austria: Welcome to the game and thanks for playing.
Austria: Listen I've been thinking, me and the guy you replaced have worked together all this time and I think it best if you leave Munich and Greece so that I can take them now.
Italy: But wait a minute, doesn't that mean you will get not 1 but 2 builds next year?
Austria: Yes. That would be correct.
Italy: And doesn't that also mean I would lose not 1 but 2 centers and be forced to remove 2 units from the board?
Austria: Also correct, yes. And the issue is exactly?
Italy: Well, you want to work together right?
Austria: Absolutely.
Italy: Now how does that work if you're building 2 units and I"m removing 2 units. Right now I have 5 units and you have 5 units. If I take 2 off and you add 2 won't that disrupt the balance of power?
Austria: What do you mean? We're allies?
Italy: Well in math if one person has 7 units and the other has 3 units, that means the guy with 7 units has more than the guy with 3 units.
Austria: Not at all.
Italy: Not at all?
Austria: Not at all. You're obviously forgetting that we're allies.
Austria: Besides, you're going to head west and fight against France.
Italy: Fight against France?
Austria: Precisely.
Italy: With 3 units?
Austria: Now you're catching on. Your predecessor would have wanted it this way.
Italy: I see.
Austria: So do you agree to the moves I've dictated to you then?
Italy: Sure do (bewildered)
Austria: Good. Thank goodness that's settled.
THE WAR GRINDS ON
Austria: Hey, what's the big idea? YOU LIED TO ME!
Italy: Sorry about that, I just didn't think your ideas were really altruistic.
Austria: All true what? Listen we had a deal and you lied!
Italy: Yes but...
Austria: But what? Who do you think you are? You're new around here!
Italy: I just thought that...
Austria: You just thought nothing. You've made a big mistake and now you're going to pay for it.
Italy: But didn't you lie to me as well?
Austria: What is that suppose to mean?
Austria: How dare you accuse me?
Italy: But didn't you give me your suggested orders and ask that I follow along with those?
Austria: Listen, you're missing the point. You don't come into a game and a new player and start lying to everyone.
Italy: But isn't this diplomacy an online war game involving strategy and occasional deception?
Austria: I'm not even going to bother responding to that tripe.
Austria: See you on the battlefield.
Italy: I hope we can patch things up and continue working together in the future?
Austria: Fat chance.
Austria: Listen I've been thinking, me and the guy you replaced have worked together all this time and I think it best if you leave Munich and Greece so that I can take them now.
Italy: But wait a minute, doesn't that mean you will get not 1 but 2 builds next year?
Austria: Yes. That would be correct.
Italy: And doesn't that also mean I would lose not 1 but 2 centers and be forced to remove 2 units from the board?
Austria: Also correct, yes. And the issue is exactly?
Italy: Well, you want to work together right?
Austria: Absolutely.
Italy: Now how does that work if you're building 2 units and I"m removing 2 units. Right now I have 5 units and you have 5 units. If I take 2 off and you add 2 won't that disrupt the balance of power?
Austria: What do you mean? We're allies?
Italy: Well in math if one person has 7 units and the other has 3 units, that means the guy with 7 units has more than the guy with 3 units.
Austria: Not at all.
Italy: Not at all?
Austria: Not at all. You're obviously forgetting that we're allies.
Austria: Besides, you're going to head west and fight against France.
Italy: Fight against France?
Austria: Precisely.
Italy: With 3 units?
Austria: Now you're catching on. Your predecessor would have wanted it this way.
Italy: I see.
Austria: So do you agree to the moves I've dictated to you then?
Italy: Sure do (bewildered)
Austria: Good. Thank goodness that's settled.
THE WAR GRINDS ON
Austria: Hey, what's the big idea? YOU LIED TO ME!
Italy: Sorry about that, I just didn't think your ideas were really altruistic.
Austria: All true what? Listen we had a deal and you lied!
Italy: Yes but...
Austria: But what? Who do you think you are? You're new around here!
Italy: I just thought that...
Austria: You just thought nothing. You've made a big mistake and now you're going to pay for it.
Italy: But didn't you lie to me as well?
Austria: What is that suppose to mean?
Austria: How dare you accuse me?
Italy: But didn't you give me your suggested orders and ask that I follow along with those?
Austria: Listen, you're missing the point. You don't come into a game and a new player and start lying to everyone.
Italy: But isn't this diplomacy an online war game involving strategy and occasional deception?
Austria: I'm not even going to bother responding to that tripe.
Austria: See you on the battlefield.
Italy: I hope we can patch things up and continue working together in the future?
Austria: Fat chance.