I'm pretty sure TMP has its origins in the year-long peace on EC, where Tom had to step in and threaten to lightning-bolt rulers if they didn't start some wars soon.
that may very well have been the original, original cause. when we picked it up again, and actually rolled it out, it was from the Atamara gridlock. But the code was already mostly there and just waiting to be finished, so you may be right.
Should we be punished because our struggle for survival doesn't involve a lot of battles through strength of arms, but rather diplomacy, initiative, heavy administration, and profitable trade agreements?
Does you diplomacy, administration and trade agreements involve all the new players, or just a lot of time on the Ruler and Banker channels?
In any case, Chenier, the monsters on Dwilight should be more than enough to keep you from having a problem, so unless you want to post the numbers to show otherwise, I think you stop arguing just for the sake of argument and see how it is actually affecting you.
