That post is the biggest statement against laming one could make.
Also, moral behaviour in general.
It seems what we have here is the beginning of a very serious, rational discussion.
I have a modest proposal.
What if at any point an enemy makes a mistake (their army is about to get absolutely rekt, sent their pre-mill drush into the tc, mis-micro'd a vil) or wrong strategic play, the game is paused, and the two have a discussion regarding the morality of the situation. Whether ending the poor unit or building's existence, or allowing a period for the lesser position for convalescence should then occur. It would be seemingly unfair to continue play at this point, and certainly immoral to press the advantage further -- so why not have a chat about it?
Perhaps the two can delve into a very serious conversation regarding the thoughts of Eugene Debs, Thucydides, or perhaps Cicero's view on just warfare. They can thus come to some sort of agreement of who is in the right or wrong through vigorous, DE chat filtered discussion.
If an agreement can't be reached, both players report the other player and provide rationale as to why the other players viewpoint was/is objectionable. Upon review, no later than three days from the game, a decision shall be made by an unbiased ombudsman. Once the ombudsman makes their decision, both players must restart/restore the game within 24 hours, or both players shall be subject to a loss of twenty ELO points. If only one combatant shows, the judgement shall be made in their favor, and they shall receive ELO as if they have won.
However, on the rare instance that both combatants re-appear, and another moral question arises that can't be resolved through diplomacy, the aggrieved must file an order to AoEZone, signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters. This would seemingly be the most moral and conscionable way of resolving such things.
As an alternative -- and please forgive me I'm not great with brevity -- they just play and if the game allows them to do a thing, it's perfectly fine, moral, and acceptable to do the thing.
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