"Clearly, I'm using my knowledge and past experiences with a player outside of my current game to influence my decisions in my current one. This is metagaming. "

That's fine because it's limited to that game. Sure you did work well together before, but you're just using public knowledge there. Anyone else in the game can say...hey...these two worked really well together last time. I wonder if that will happen again. Also either of you can and probably will use that to set a trap for the other player. What wouldn't be acceptable is if that conversation took place before the game started. What you are describing is borderline, which is why it's case by case. I won't give a 100% you can/can't do this, but generally if you're willing to consider attacking anyone if it's too your benefit then you are fine. If you're really not sure about a really grey situation then email us and ask. Though if you care enough to ask I doubt you're engaging in the type on unfair play we're trying to prevent.

@jmo - I'm saying that if I make you an offer in-game to cooperate with you in another game, I am not making an offer to cheat. As such, my offer is clearly invalid, and should be dismissed out of hand and rejected on the face of it, because I'm sure as hell not going to make an open offer to cheat in an easily documented manner. Thus, it is clear that my offer is a ruse (probably leading to your stab, at that...). Since it is illegal for me to make an offer to cheat, it is not a valid offer, and therefore is not breaking the rules...especially since it will not carry any weight outside the game, and therefore I can not follow through with my offer.

It's kind of like me saying "Give me your watch, and then I'll go rob that bank and pay you $1,000 later." Clearly this is a fraudulant offer. If you give me your watch and I walk away, I suggest you go buy a new watch with your own money, because you won't be getting any from me.

So an offer to cheat isn't an offer to cheat because you "clearly" won't follow through? Huh...

@y2k -- I've been studying Democrat politics. It seems to work that way...heh heh...

(Glad to see you are still talking to me...and not a poo to fling! Yet...heh heh)

Eh, not quite Krellin, like joking to TSA that you have a bomb, might not be serious, but it's still not allowed and might get you in trouble. Since no one has any way of knowing who might be serious Kestas wrote the rule to ask that no one make those kind of offers. Makes it easier on everyone. If it impacted your ability to negotiate at all we'd reconsider but there are endless ways to convince someone to do something.

@y2k - On a serous note, though - yes, my offer to cheat is clearly false because I'm not allowed to cheat, and won't cheat....so if I make you an offer to cheat while hugging you, I hope you have on thick back armor.

@jmo...<grumble grumble grumble> FINE! I wouldn't offer to cheat anyway...I'm just trying to seduce y2k to...

How about if I mask my IP, hack the system and move your pieces????


And now...off to the high school orchestra Christmas concert....Ta ta for now!

If you manage to hack the system please add in reliability ratings before you're done. Thanks.

@JMO
Thank you for clarifying, Sir. And yes, I feel very much the same. It wouldn't really bother me if two of my opponents ended up allying two or maybe even three games in a row. It's only problematic if they ally every single game. Fortunately I don't seem to have that problem.

@jmo - Reliability ratings, check. I'll also add in the "Matching IP Alert!" for gamers unsuspectingly matched up with pesky high school mobs

I could live with that too, though the grouping tool will do most of that work...how about adding in the colorblind feature Oli made a few months ago. That one's nifty.

What is "colorblind"?

Being unable to see a certain color with the same perception that a non-colorblind person does...

Oh. I thought it mean being happy to see Hispanic Santa in the mall....

Sigh...

Oh...sorry, Bo. I meant Asian Santa...

Groan....

Er....Mulatto? (Can I say that?)

Or may Antasay, the Pig-Latin St. Nick?

Megyn Kelly in a fat, bearded man's body?

YJ just got a boner.

Barf.....

If that's your spin on water sports, YJ likes that, too...