[Zapmeister]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
Perhaps, except that I only asked him questions I already knew the answers to anyway.

You cannot seriously be suggesting that you knew the answer to the question:
"So, what do you plan to do about Caelum?" ?

All of this could simply have been avoided by a declaration of your identity. Again, my apologies if I've misunderstood the scenario.

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You have somewhat misunderstood the scenario: Namely, that the entire point of the exercise was to observe how they reacted to an alleged third party employing my strategy, and how quickly recognized it would be.

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The point of the exercise from your perspective is not in question. The question is whether the behaviour, whatever its motivation, was ethical.

I've just read the Gone Gold material and have to say that I'm appalled. I was originally prepared to give you the benefit of my doubt, but not any more.

Many people regard this kind of behaviour as dishonest, at the very least.

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I am not the only person to have entered games under an anonymous alias. I do not see anything unusual about this.

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It's not unusual.
Nor is it the issue, and I think you know that.

It is now clear to me that in this "Fire and Ice" game, you perpetrated a deception outside the context of diplomacy. It was a deception that could have given you an advantage in the game - whether it actually did deliver any advantage is irrelevant. In other words, you cheated.

Please do not join any games I start in the future.