User blog:Wouter van Veen/An IOT noob's thoughts, or how I learnt to stop worrying and become an IOT'er

So. This is my, what,*counts* cold war... world of trade.. third IOT, and I hosted one (Remember, I'm Civ'ed). But it's still my first.

So what do I know about IOT history? Not much. It formed from an Altered Maps thread. Rules were added, and eventually we came here.

Either way, I, too, know about how one misinterpretation can lead to a world war.

(note: don't want to read this? click away. NOW.)

In IOT cold war, I played Ulm (of course). Russia got into a war with Korea. Which was ok, except a Korean ally stepped in. I stepped in on Russia's side, Libya stepped in on Korea's side.

This game never went on.

But still...

what if Korea had never claimed those Siberian Provinces? What if Russia hadn't been there, what if they invaded a country together? And (gasp) what if they picked on me, a total noob, with my little nation Ulm. They could have. It was my first time playing an IOT. I could have lost easily. They didn't.

The world is quite interesting when you think of it like that.