As long as I can remember, obviously it isn't enforced unless someone points us out though. To be clear it's only if you say that the cause of the misorder was due to a site bug. Saying that you forgot to save new orders or didn't have time to get to the site is fine.

4. Do not use the software or moderators as a diplomacy tactic
Lying is fine in Diplomacy except when it gives mods/admins unnecessary work to do!

Falsely accusing someone of being a multi-accounter/meta-gaming to rally others against them in a game, or claiming that your orders didn't come out the way you entered them to cover up your motives, means mods/admins spend time looking for cheaters/bugs which were made up.

All accusations against other players must be made directly to the mod/admin team directly as specified below, in private, for this reason, and software bug claims must be genuine, even if only told to another player.

"claiming that your orders didn't come out the way you entered them to cover up your motives, means mods/admins spend time looking for cheaters/bugs "

Removing the cheaters part (I get that) how does claiming the server screwed up cause the mods any time hunting a bug if the player who makes the claim doesn't report it to the mods. Just because you write it doesn't make it true. If that were the case then I make this rule: Draugnar is the supreme ruler of the universe! Must be true cause I wrote it.

And it was an old PM that has long since fallen off my home or messages screen, jmo.

Or, on the other hand, we should just say "don't lie."

Which is flat out stupid. The mods/admins all know that misorders are either a) on the player, or b) on a random glitch; why would it ever be investigated unless it's frequent? The only software pieces that can be used as a diplomatic tool are the draw and pause buttons. Maybe you can pull the "he muted me; I can't see his messages" claim (as has been done to me) into that category, but even that is questionable.

"how does claiming the server screwed up cause the mods any time hunting a bug if the player who makes the claim doesn't report it to the mods. "

Because we get reports from the person the lie is told too. An example:
Draugnar tells bo_sox that he didn't move to Serbia because his moves got messed up with a bug. bo_sox reports the error because he's actually worried the site isn't working right. The team then contacts the player in question, asks if it really was a bug, if it was we have to pause the game right away and email Kestas, ask him to look into it, and it turns into quite the time sink.

It's not my rule, it was made far before I joined the team and I've seen in enforced before I joined the team.

@bo, there are a fair number of bug reports we receive, and we have to get them looked into, even if it probably just is something browser side.

Jmo1121109 (userID=15658), please do not make cheating accusations on the forums.

This is not a demand for justice. GTFO my thread.

I demand justice for ava! GTFO his thread!

The Rules are CLEAR and there are plenty of good reasons for having them with regard to allegations of cheating, and I support the current Rules regarding allegations of cheating.
Quoting superstitious nonsense in the form of a Biblical text has NO RELEVANCE and is of NO VALUE with regard to a discussion of the Rules of this site.
You are free to have whatever spiritual beliefs you choose, just do not use them to incite hatred or violence, and this site is for Diplomacy gaming, & there are other Web sites that are more suitable for religious / superstitious discussions, please try to distinguish your purpose and use other sites for religious / superstitious chit chat

@jmo - I already gave you a simple, effortless, absolute minimal time solution. All bug reports must come from the player who claims his orders were screwed up. Anyone else gets a polite version of bugger off.

I agree that could be reasonable, it's not my rules or choice though. When the rules give leeway the mods get to make the choice, but we can't just let something go on that Kestas specifically said no too. You can ask him about it though, and I'd recommend it in this case because there are some valid points in this thread.

@ava, I'm explaining how Draug can make his own demands of justice on this rule in case you were about to eat another shoe in disgust.

@major: I don't think I have anyone muted, so I don't think I missed the post you're referring to, so I have to ask ... What the hell are you talking about?

@major: sorry, you were referring to the OP, that rarely happens, so it confused me :-)

I am not going to use the lame excuse saying, "Oh, I am only asking a question, I am not accusing anyone". Nobody can prove my intention right? Did I intend to ask a question or I intended to do an indirect accusation? Only God and I know that.

I am going to use fact to say this. The game I was playing and the player involved was anonymous. Therefore, technically I am not accusing anyone. Agree?

What I observe is that quite common, people would use intention, put intentions into my head, and accused me of certain intention while they disregard the facts which support my cause. Most other people fall for such tactics and they create problems for me. Isn't that interesting?

The previous post has a reference to old post:
I sent a message to a player, asking for a DMZ. The player still moved in, citing not knowing my request. I send the logged message but the player insisted its not in his log. When I wonder if the game had a bug, the player did not want the moderator to look into the log.

Would the above scenario matches the violation of rule 4) in this link webdiplomacy.net/rules.php

Basically this player is using the software as a mean to cover his track. When I wonder if the moderator can look into his claim [not having my message sent to him], he said I am using the moderator as part of the politics.

What ya think?

05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:You sent me no text proposing the Poland DMZ proposal. I want to recognise the vile creature for what you are, and I will expose your insecure nature to the rest of the world.
05:22 AM [You]:Really, you gotta be kidding me?
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:there, happy?
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:there, happy?
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:why don't you say this: "I make up stories about beating children, and I find brain damage funny. I care about no one else, and I am an insecure person"
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:surely its not that hard.
05:24 AM [You]:Wow, you know what, there is a possibility the game had a bug and did not send the message to your box. In my box it shows that I sent, but if you did not see it, then it's the game's bug.

I can petition the Moderator to prove it to you and fix the bug.
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:Now you're just finding excuses to bring the moderator into this.
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:Yes?
05:26 AM [You]:No, clearly the software had a bug?
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:In which case the moderators already know about it. Don't deny it. You want to bring moderators into this.
~05:03 AM [Pacific-Russia]:I have no problem with this 'bug'.
05:35 AM [You]:If they already know about it, they will tell me, "We already know about it. No need to look into it." but if they don't know about it, they will look, then improve the software. Just leave it to the moderators, they know what to do.

Meep, speaking about ongoing games is highly discouraged.

MeepMeep, I just got a complaint from someone in your game wondering why you're posting about that anonymous game so I'm going to say your post wasn't as anonymous as you thought. Avoid doing so in the future, and just send problems to [email protected] where we can deal with them appropriately.

MOD WILL STRIKE YOU YOU WHITEWASHED WALL

Let me clarify, I did not say my post was anonymous. I would say it is public, many people read my post on this forum.

What I said was, the player was anonymous. Proof, what is the name of that player? Does anyone else know except the player himself/herself and the Mod? I certainly don't know that player.

I demand justice for being told to demand justice in the proper thread!

I demand justice for Perdiccasil so that his units can do 2 or more actions each turn!

I demand justice for Lando! He should be able to not respond to the mods, click draw, and then bitch about it FOREVER!

I demand justice in my water. That Mio stuff is too fucking sweet!

I demand justice for Nigee not receiving justice from jimgov.

Justice demanded for Nigee because krellinbaby turned out to be a dick

It was when he went from SMA Gold to follow-on milk I noticed the change, I tried to talk to him about it but he could cut up rough if he missed a feed

@ava - "Justice demanded for Nigee because krellinbaby turned out to be a dick" I'm assuming the krellin posted something obnoxious, but since I have that jerk muted, I have no idea what it was. But +1 anyway.

@Jimgov - Krellin is not a jerk, he's just a very naughty boy !!

Draug is a naughty boy. Krellin is a jerk.