This is in response to Dans post, and to clarify my situation, since the previous message was vague about people involved, but anybody can check pitboss and see the record, Id like to clarify my situation too, or silence would be interpreted as guilty admission, which is far from the truth. I believe I accepted to resolve the case in a gentleman manner even before the case were made public.
Here are our diplo exchanges before this announcement here in the forum:
Ptpan,
I think you just made a double turn, but they are prohibited in this game. House rule is :"Restricted double turns - The last player to make his turn can immediately take the next turn, given he is not at war with anyone". You attacked my Keshik in the jungle hill SW of Guangzhou by moving your Spearman 2 times in a row and not giving me a chance to move my Keshik. That's against the rules. I think you should gift me one of your Axeman for that.
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Hi Dan,
I never checked pitboss before making my moves, usually just base it on the time of the day, which is more or less at the same time except weekends. I just check to make sure, and indeed I made my move before you make yours today, which in fact, resulted in my moving twice. Please note that it has been more than 24 hours (10 am the 4th to 12 pm the 5th) so I made my move in total honesty, thinking it was within normal procedure, I did not try to hurry my moves. Also, namliam is at war with you, and made the same double move today, according to the records.
But ok, we are in combat, and I just killed your keshik, while namliam is not in combat. So I agree to gift you an axe, but on conditions:
I would not gift it at my border, a keshik running around in the back of my cities, against 2 spearmen, is dead meat anyway (killed it on a jungled hill), while an axe is a different matter, I cannot gift it and have it right at my border while I have 1 less defender.
So, I will move an axe, from another city, through neutral territory, and toward your city, but I will enter it at the opposite end of our border. I will then enter inside your border before I could make the gift, obviously! If you try to kill it, a lone axe in neutral land, on its way to your city, you will have just make your future unit commit suicide, and from my view, we are even, whether I lose the unit through gifting, or being attacked
Hmm, come to think of it, we are at war...can I gift you anything, besides the nuclear bomb ? (which is half finished, by the way
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) regarding the House Rule number 5. Double turns in a war situation are not allowed. I don't even mind double turns during war if they don't have an immediate effect on the game play, but in combat, pillage, etc. situations I think they are forbidden according to the House Rule.
.). But after this incident, it certainly reminds us to check turn at pitboss, especially when at war
