[Discuss] Abusing game logic - Starving tens of thousands to death?!?!

[Justin Licht]

On 5/17/07, Siang Hong <siangperng at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Recently I have notice that at least one realm is trying to starve a city
> of about 50,000 population to death to win a battle the easy way. This is
> the second time this realm is doing this. The ruler of the realm had even
> suggested to let a enemy regions go rogue so that when it is recaptured it
> will be easier to control.
>
> Now, I view all this as abuse to the limitations of the game logic.
>
> I think thus far, about 10 over thousand citizens died in the said region.
> If this were to happen realistically, I think the citizens of the region
> would either overthrow their current government and surrender or they would
> come together and fight the invaders with a vengeance.
>
> 10,000 starved to death, I assume mostly children, infants and elderly.
> How can they just sit idle and let themselves or their friends, family and
> love ones starved to death? It would be more logical that the 15,000 of the
> remaining citizen would somehow join the army and fight for their survival.
>
> Worst part of this is,  if this crazy plan worked, how can the citizens
> accept the governance of a realm that have starved their kins to death?
>
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Fear is a great motivator. Also, starving and malnourished peasents aren't
ideal soldiers. Weakness sets in, and those who were capable of fighter are
much too sickly, demoralized, or too concerned with their families to fight.
Starvation is a tactic that is as old as war. Aidid used it extensively in
Somalia in the late 80's- early 90's.

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