Secret Diplomacy/ Unfair Play Advisory

Guess this could be a mass topic of who not to play, but this needs to be thrown out there for admins and users alike. [quote=PM from infidel]About the Game 343006. We are both in difficult situations since we have no territories yet, while in the north blue, purple, pink and yellow will get bigger and bigger armies. If you can help me by crashing your troops on Pyke against the Pink on Ashemark thus freeing the westerlands for me, I'll swear you my loyalty for the next 7 turns: I will not attack you and will help you achieve your goals. If you are interested, free Pyke of your men and let me conquer the Westerlands so I can build an army and be of use[/quote]

teamming is allowed in game as along as it is used to level teh playing field and not to target a specific player. Furthermore the other players are aware of this, ei, no PM's everything must be in game chat. Since this was in a personal message it is against site rules.... thats my understanding of it.

Yep, this is defenitely unfair and against the rules.

This affected me in my game and I would have been annoyed had it not been reported in the game chat. It is extremely unfair to have secret agreements during a game with many opponents. Personally, I feel that PM alliances should be allowed but only if agreed by all members of the game in the Game Chat.

PM alliances are absolutely against the rules. All tactical alliances have to be known by everyone, aka made in the chat for all to see. They must be made to prevent a huge imbalance in the game, and not to kill a specific player. It's all in the rules.