MP: Noobs are gone frenzY - Late Age - (Running)

[Anaconda]

this made me think...if possible...

how do you guys perceive, say, spreading mis/false information in order to gain advantage in a MP game? or any other forms of ruses?

scenario:

I send a falsefied message to thirdparty, making it to look like it was a part of the plan to attack the thirdparty and received by him because of a simple misclick? a forged Zimmerman telegram, if you get my point, to make other people fight each other for your gain.

there are other ruses too, but this one came to my mind?

this is maybe the purest form of Macchiavellian diplomacy, so it is ok! (right?)

So far I have been in understandig it would be ok, in every MP TBS game, from Civ to Winplan to Dom, but now I became suspicious.