Cuius regio, eius religio. Whose realm, his religion, my friend. These were the words of the Treaty of the Peace of Augsburg. Each player is the king of his own nation. Perhaps he didn't want a war?
I essentially agree with this:
Lubyak wrote:Any player can ignore anything another player does, it's part of freeform RP. This is usually done to players who consistently godmod and wank, or are simply not fun to RP with. It has nothing to do with whether or not the topic is closed or not. However, it's best to not excessively ignore players, as that can give you a bad reputation on the forums.
But I wouldn't be so quick to rush to judgment on him; I know that I, for one, automatically refuse to participate in a war/invasion if the player in question did not come to me first, privately, and ask if I wanted to be involved in such an affair. It's a matter of etiquette, really, as well as freeform Roleplay. Some players are very defensive about what happens to their nation. It just so happens that I am not, but it is good to show deference to the defender. Approach him privately in a TG and explain your idea for a war. Try to convince him why it would be a good roleplay and fun to write.
But the reason to do this is twofold. As was already addressed,this is freeform roleplay so, ultimately, each player gets to decide what happens to his or her nation. I don't want to get nuked. I don't care if players use nukes as EMT's or whatever, but I do not want to get nuked. So I will ignore any nuclear strikes on my nation and I will refuse to RP with players who are nuke-happy. Such is my prerogative. There's a certain way that I want my nation's story to develop. A way that I think would be interesting. And that does not involve being leveled by nukes. That being said, a player can't just commit atrocities such as "I execute millions of people!" and expect no come-uppance. That's just bad, annoying writing. More or less trolling. So approach Guatamala beforehand and ask him, first, if he would be interested in a war. Then ask him to what extent he'd be willing to take the war. If he doesn't want you to set foot on his capital, for instance, then you can't. But if he refuses to give you ANY gains or victories then I wouldn't bother RPing with him in the first place because he'd probably be bad and the RP wouldn't be fun.
Ultimately, RP's should be fun. And if one member of the RP is unwilling or reluctant, it would probably ruin the RP anyway because you would end up with one liners and poor writing because their heart won't be in it. And nobody wants that. If Guatamala continues to rebuff your advances and you're still hankering for a war RP, then I would be more than happy to write a war with you. You can invade me. There are plenty of things I could come up with as an IC pretense. You could even win. I hardly mind losing wars as I've lost plenty already, some of which were on my home soil. Honestly, I kind of find it fun to lose them. If you want to take me up on my offer, feel free to wire me a telegram and we can discuss what we want to do.
~TBP
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