Easier said than done... If you look at the map you see that the line is held by four powers, and considering that we can't communicate it is quite a feat. To attack over the line without any sort of verbal cooperation would be suicide, and was probably the thing turkey hoped for when he retreated a bit back. The only power with any kind of good position to attack would be england, but he has almost no access to any Turkish targets without endangering the stalemate. So no, changing the orders would be stupid to say the least.

Stop discussing an ongoing gunboat on the forum. You *will* get penalized by a mod for it.

Also, don't post the link to the game in the future. Just email the mods at [email protected] and ask them to look into it.

And stop talking about the gunboat. K?

My apologies, didn't know the email adress before I posted. And yeah, I might have been crossing the line a bit in discussing the game, but I blame it on frustration...

Frustration isn't a valid excuse and the rules to webdiplomacy (help->rules) have rules like not discussing an online game while it is ongoing and the mod email address.

As I said, I'm sorry. I wasn't aware of that and it won't happen again.

To comment in general terms, rather than in relation to this particular game, there is no reason at all that the mods should agree to force a draw in these circumstances.

The player who is refusing to draw in such a situation is perfectly entitled to do so. If I was in a game, and everyone else wanted to draw except me, I would be furious if the mods force-drew the game. The one dissenting player has every right to refuse to draw.

I agree to a point, Jamie. At some point (say N years of no SCs chabnging hands), there has to be a means of forcing the draw. Since we don't have it automated, that means Mod intervention.

But even then I think the mod(s) ought to actually discuss the situation with the player in question, who might feel they have a right to refuse the draw - rather than just imposing a draw.