[Numahr]

I joined this game because of that rule as I don't have time to play a full diplo game, so it's either no diplo game or public diplo (which takes mush less time because of the no backstabbing).

I mean we have rules clearly set up first, these should not change during the game - when we choose which games to join, we have to go through reading these rules and accepting them or not, discussing them before game starts, but not refusing them after start, in my opinion.

And by the way, either private messages are allowed or they are not - no way to do something in between. If they are allowed, then I will make almost all my diplo through private messages as it is so much better to win (you don't reveal info, you give yourself more freedom etc.). But then the whole concept of the game changes from what I've signed up for.