Not cool but not technically against the rules as Germany can deny it and it could be a ploy as France may actually be who he claims is Germany.

Draugnar used that ploy on me once , and it worked for a while

How would he even know who is who? Why play anon games then?

Good reason not to play on here I thinl

Well its sill anon. Someone might *say* they know the identity of another players, but usually they can't really know. And the other players won't necessarily believe.

You can tell by communication and play styles. For instance, somebody recently knew it was me when I referred to the 'stupid autocorrect'.

Haha well yes that would be dead give away. As would jokes about sex with people's grandmothers :-P

And referring to spyman as a fucktard. :-)

Not really since I've only just joined... Interesting

... come to think of it though, you haven't made those sorts jokes in a while (or maybe I have been reading the wrong threads).

Ok so I can call him a cheat? Seems nothing is against the rules- defeats purpose of anon when it's blurted global chat

fucktard? Is that a draugnarism? I'll keep a look out for that in our next anon game ;-)

Well as Draug says, it's not actually against the rules. Maybe it should be? I am indifferent either way.

Ok so I'll call France a meta gamer

If you think that will help you. Whatever you try to use diplomacy to advance your position. It is best to keep a cool head in this game.

typo... whatever you *do

And I'll post here and warn people not to play this cheat... Once I know who he is lol

Two things though Sydney that you should be made aware of - 1. it is generally considered poor form to discuss ongoing games. A reason for this is that this thread could possibly influence the game, which would be a type of metagaming. 2. Cheating accusations are not supposed to be made in the forum. Some people get quite uptight about this rule, just so you know

If it's not against the rules to expose people in an anon game, how is what I'm doing any different

Not discussing ongoing games seems to be an unofficial forum rule (as far as I can tell). But believe me, the community is passionate about it.
With regard to cheating allegations:
http://webdiplomacy.net/rules.php

All accusations against other players must be made directly to the mod/admin team directly as specified below...

Email the moderators at [email protected], not their personal addresses.

I'm not accusing him...yet. But unofficial rules concern me as much as they seem to concern France..

@Sydney - There SHOULD be a rule against exposing players in an anon game. It's just not cricket. I've noticed, in my experience, that those who DO generally have other mental issues.

Take everybody's favourite "Moderator-Bunny", Fag-Naur, (the rules-wanker, who would tattoo "cum in my mouth, because I'm a WebDip moderator fuck-toy" on his forehead, if some mod told him that it was a rule), for instance. He has no problem with it. So what does that tell you?

Thanks maple. I won't play the player in question once I find out who he is- maybe we need a rule for it. I'll play passworded games now if I bother here again. Too much politics and childish mind games here- no pun intended

Sydney, since you are new, I'll explain... mapleleaf and Draug give each other a hard time, but in fact, the care for each other greatly, even if there a certain degree of unresolved sexual tension ;-)

@spyman:

I didn't realize that the sexual tension was still unresolved.

Am i paranoid or is there something up with Russia and Germany.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=56773

Anyway this game sucks, France is a lame duck.

There are a couple problems with posting this, if RG are metagamers, they now know you're onto them. And it's 01, so really you can't tell at all. Be a little patient, wait till at least 05.

1. Guessing someones name is not against the rules, it is listed no where in the rules, and in this particular game it was utilized as a tactic that worked beyond my wildist expectation.

2. If it isn't against the rules it is not cheating, if it is some unwritten rule, am I supposed to be psychic? Seriously folks, make up your mind, are we only supposed to follow the written rules, or are there unwritten rules (and if so can i add forbidding players from calling me a black faggot jew like Sydney did to them? I know I know weve been over this)

3. I knew you were in the game, and when you started talking crap, i knew who you were, because youve talked crap to me before. If you would have simply responded "who?" no one would have known. Instead you went incredible hulk. No one even knows you, what makes you think they care what your name is. I originally mentioned it just to try to find a way to shut you up.

Thanks

And don't post cheating accusations on the forum. This is not just frowned upon but against the rules (see link above).