venice cover tri
move bud to rum with support from gal
move vienna to bud

It is consider un-fair-play to ask or give advices about an on-going game (which seems to be the case).
If you want to become a better player, think out by yourself, instead of relying in someone else's. (who, in addition, doesn't necesarily have to know the game better than you do)

I second Rox. The point is what Serbia does. In the RoxArt's way, if Ser works with Alb you lose Tri but you gain Rum and keep Bud. If it works with Rum, you keep both Bud and Tri (and, if you're Austria, build in Tri) unless he play Ser>Bud in wich case you gain Rum and lose Bud (empty because of the bounce: Bud remains to B)

@ Daaichi & Everyone. Really? I often see those kind of threads but you're the first one who says it's unfair. I'd like to discover what the community of this site thinks about it. Everyone who read this please say "Unfair!" or "Fair!". Thank you :)

it's unfair for you to ask advise when your opponents don't, and there is a common courtesy to not discus games in progress. However also it is risky for you. this is for your FOW right? first off you give away army positions that other players normally didn't know (disregard reporting through chat because they are not guaranteed to be honest.) Even more importantly though is the other player(s) using the advise to change their own moves to counteract what is given here.

I don't think it's unfair, I mean he gives away much information others can use, and the others can ask for advice too, so why should this be unfair :)

go to webdip's forum and open a thread there asking if it's fair or unfair. they'll be almost unaninous: It's like playing 100 minds against 1.

unfair but not extremely - at least you can ask geneal suggestions instead of particular ones (ex: if there is the case where a player has an army in a not-owned supply-center, and another has an army, etc..

Are you scared from him asking here? I'm not ;)

I vote not unfair. There are no rules against it. Besides all's fair in love and war.

I think it is more of a "mores" issue. "fixed morally binding customs of a particular group" (meriam webster). So, it think in this forum, it is a binding custom not to ask for help in a particular game, but it is not intrinsically unfair.

Can someone ask a friend what to do? How about reading articles on the particular situation? What if the rules are unknown on the the situation, can they ask for a clarification to the rules in an ongoing game?

rule clarification is a different subject than tactical advice and is more welcomed.

I am sorry to have asked... not expecting this response. It is not my FOW game. It is actually a game on another site and I had made my move before seeing any answers to the question posed. (I worked it out for myself). In future I will respect the etiquette of the forum and only ask retrospectively or for hypothetical scenarios as I truly learn the game.

Thank you all for your thoughts.

you're welcome, and don't worry, it comes with experience.

But what if he was posting that as a way to engender misinformation?

@ Pimlico: don't worry, nothing serious! we just gave our personal feeling..
@ kaner: if he did, he's a genious!!

*genius

@ kaner: I didn't, but that doesn't stop me from being Genius! :)

@ Pimlico, i wans't stating that intending for you to feel bad, only so that you know how the things goes. I agree that it's not intrinsecally unfair, but commonly agreed to be. Also, unfais is maybe not as accurrate as "not polite".
Also, since the move has already been made, my move will be:
Ven to Tri
Vie s move to Tri
Gal s hold Bud
Bud s move to Tri
That way you're guaranteed to keep trieste (via bounce) and to take Bud away from player B, and have a 50% chance of getting your unit in trieste, thus having better position for next year.

ha! I knew it :)

I think it is perfectly OK to ask for advice if it is for a game on another site, but it would be preferrable to avoid discussing on-going games on this site.

@ Pimlico: how did it go?

So really, how many of us are members at WebDip? truthfully?

I Am: 1

myself. Actually i discovered this thx to webdip's forum. My account name's the same.

me too

I used to be, but I like this site better and I was getting mad looking everyday at two sites

I'm similar to Tadar, I started on webdip, and found this one through other members. but then I didn't have time for live games anymore and classic long games were becoming too mundane compared to variants. So I left the site.

I'm spending more and more time over here as well.

I am, although I only play 1-3 games over there at one time, mostly live games...

I'm basically the same as Tadar. Two sites were pretty tiring.

@Tadar. I had complete success. Held Tri and pushed him out of Bud

I came over from PHPdiplomacy on FB.

I have a different user name over there. I am playing three games over there but will move here on a permanent basis. Less CD action it seems