What is Suicide?

[Dauntless07]

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bostncurt31 from Game 10992075 says I need to look up the term "suiciding" because I use it incorrectly. I thought it was a fairly straightforward term, but finding an official definition is more difficult than I thought, so maybe I do need an explanation. I concluded that Suicide seems to be very closely intertwined with Secret Diplomacy, deliberately throwing games for purposes of griefing and revenge, or could simply be an indication of inexperience. If I'm correct, suicide is also a reportable offense.

My question is what exactly is Suicide?

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[anonymus]

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[squishyg]

Suicide is crashing your troops into an opponent's troops even though there is no inherent benefit to your attack. To truly be classified as suicide, you must lose enough troops that you have essentially thrown the game.

Most times this occurs out of vengeance, impatience, or ineptitude.

[Catarah]

really, it depends on the player too.

if i attack a stack bigger then mine i call it "suiciding into that stack", even if its tactically the right move to do. for example if my teammate can then finish off the stack in the next turn.

on the other hand, suiciding can also mean to deliberately focus all your effort on one player, probably losing the game because of it, yet also weakening another player. but even this can be a *tactical move*. if you know you can't win anymore, you can suicide into the player with fewer points, to prevent losing more points yourself. this is sometimes frowned upon though.

and then theres another type of suicide, which means just attacking with all your troops, preferably neutrals, until you've only got 1 troop left on every country.

but as it is not really an official CC term, its up to you to decide how you want to use it. i believe the abuse section of CC uses the more general "throwing a game", if thats what you're looking for.