So, other people agree with me, astounding. I figured since Jamiett "I don't understand the concept of timezones" 99uk took another opportunity to try to troll me that I could be completely off the reservation, but in case anyone is counting, of the 3 people who regularly play gunboat, all 3 agree with me. So I guess, again, Jamiett is completely out of touch. And in case you are wondering Jamiett, it is currently 2 pm on June 1st where I live.
There are players that play GB that do not have a lot of CDs, and that is admirable. At the same time, late game CDs in Gunboat are common. I don't expect an austria that just got blitzkriegd from three directions to keep playig a GB, if he wants to go make a sandwich instead of trying to get into vienna he is entitled. I don't expect an England with one fleet in Edinburg to mount an offensive to nuisance Germany after a sea lion attack. I know sometimes you try to take a phone call on a meaningless retreat phase and it goes long and you cant get your 15 unit move in 5 minutes, that's a CD. All of those are not looked too poorly on in a live game.
I also understand that sandbagging a 2 day game is in fact bad sportsmanship as most folks don't want to wait 48 hours to see where Germany retreated his army from munich too. If you decide you are done with a game and make sure that the action slows down to a snail's pace, yes you are unreliable, I don't think the same can be said of people who CD in live games, which is rather easy to do.
Maybe since PE has agreed with me, we can actually have a conversation about this instead of launching personal attacks.