Kaboth
Prince
I would say no, Civ players seem to be a very mature, honorable and helpful community. If you do betray agreements, your most likely to be declined from playing future PBEM games so its not an advisable option.
Is it ok to break agreements?
I say no because if people are breaking them every 5 turns or so then theres little point making them, and if theres no point making them you remove the whole diplomacy aspect from the civ games.
Should a person be allowed to sneak attack/ROP abuse?
As long as they wait their agreements out before physically attacking or pillaging I see why not. If your empire falls apart because of this your playing risky builder style where momentum players should make preemptive strikes against you otherwise they will get beat on in the future.
Should Lou Long have been forced to honor Predesads agreements?
No, understand that you will turn people away by forcing agreements on them. They don't get to play their own game, which is often an attacking game that you should expect as they are often play hard and fast. They didn't found the empire so don't have so much inclination to make it rise in power. I think Lou Long should have been forced to offer peace to all players for 10-20 turns, so we can build military if necessary to adapt to a new opponant. After that he can play his own game. Not sure what to do with regard to luxuries and gpt deals.
