Physically stabbing? I hope I never cross paths with Restitution...

I stab till they are dead.

I'd stab someone and claim it was their fault.

(6) Would stab in pre-emptive retaliation

MajorMitchell wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:58 am

I'm usually extremely emotional, will usually be hostile and abusive to the player who stabbed me and will also usually refuse to fight back, I will disband a retreating unit rather than retreat and often leave the game (hence my wonderful reliability rating)

yikes

Matticus13 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:11 am

All of the above isn't available?

It's a meme, so why not :D

No warning in late game stabs but I declare war in first year generally so people see how honourable I am and they more likely accept me as an ally when I need this. That's something great to see their reaction to your war declaration. I don't know I'm not a good player and still trying new styles but this is my current way.

All of the above isn't available?

I don't think that the list covers all possibilities. Self reporting tends to always have a degree of subjectivity and is rarely 100% objective. I would describe my behaviour with the Black Art of stabbing in Diplomacy as:
I try to avoid the necessity of a stab by using Diplomacy or settling for a Draw. There have to be sound reasons for me to stab. I might give a "veiled warning", but generally will.never give an explicit warning. A more interesting part of this discussion might be on how we behave when we are the victims of a stab. I'm usually extremely emotional, will usually be hostile and abusive to the player who stabbed me and will also usually refuse to fight back, I will disband a retreating unit rather than retreat and often leave the game (hence my wonderful reliability rating)

4 for sure.

Because this is completely and very applicable to diplomacy, and needs to be done if no-one has thought of it yet lol

Place yourself!

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1| Would never stab anyone
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2| Would stab someone in retaliation
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3| Yells "I won't hesitate, bitch" first
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4| Would stab without warning
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5| Would stab as a warning
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I will claim being 1 :)