Author Topic: Power, Hierarchy and Winning vs Losing (in a game environment)  (Read 5154 times)

Penchant

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Barek,

Not everyone does it for humble/clever reasons.  Quite a lot do it for other reasons, and the biggest one is the ability to kick other people's asses.  Look at how the alliance dynamics work on, say, Atamara, and you'll see what I mean.
One reason to submit in scenarios are for protection of the group, you are no longer your own boss and with some scenarios will be forced to give some of your income/resources but you are protected by being in a powerful group compared to being a loner, and it need not always be literal protection. If a group is powerful enough and person a hears that  person b is in it then they won't attack at all because person a knows of the groups strength compared to the group needing to always actually defend.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton