We have lots of new players (most of them probably from Greatturn) and while I assume this stuff is known by most of the players, it may be a good idea to mention in here.
Some players are known to keep their word, some are known to be extremely militaristic and some are known to play this the Sim City style. Most are more or less playing this as a combination of all that and more. The best way to find out how different players are playing the game is asking the rest of the players about them. If talking is not something you like to do, a simple question of "Hi! You war/peace/neutral/trust with xxx" will do the trick. And yeah, checking the game chat once in a while really is worth it. Private messages are easy. Write the beginning of the player's name in the chat with a : and press enter. Like this.
wied: Hi! Wanna exchange embassies?
I will get that as a private message. It has also been considered more polite to ask about establishing an embassy before doing so. Of course if you are planning to attack then it doesn't matter but if you are not sure, that may be a good idea.
Also remember that while playing the role and accusing the enemy of certain acts against your nation, it's part of the game and you shouldn't take it too personally. And of course never accuse someone in a way that could be more than just playing the game. Yeah, that can be tricky and I wish I had understood that better when I came to Longturn. Someone may be too annoyed when you play as a commie nation and accuse others for attacking our comrades - over and over again
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In the end of the day you may want to play in LT34 once LT33 has ended and you may want to ally with the player you killed in LT33. That's why keeping your word and not doing too much and not too personal badmouthing matters. Maybe not for a true rogue nation, but it would be really tough to play as one :SS
Probably quite obvious for most of the players but anyway.
Maybe the rest of the players here would also like to share some views about how to contact with the other players and how to build a reputation?