ZaBeast wrote:Simple. By doing that you're just bypassing the fog of war by letting others know about stuff they shouldn't see. If you want everyone to see the whole board you can play sunny games. I personnally am fine with people being vague about troops (saying player X has twice as many troops as you, a 3-digit stack, ...) but saying the exact numbers is in poor taste imo.
Well here is the [Official] purpose statement on Fog of War:
Fog Of War
According to Wikipedia, the fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. Now you can turn up the ambiguity in your Conquer Club games with this radical new game option! The fog of war masks enemy positions that are not adjacent to your forces (or your team's forces). It also masks territory and continent names in the log. Originally suggested by seraphesy back in Jan 2006. Enjoy!
It's just about levels of ambiguity, there is no "should" or "should not". Just like in a war, people use any means necessary to find out information about the opponents we do the same thing here. Chat is one method, but hacking another person's account, bribing their wife to track troops, breaking into their house to browse their computer (while taking nothing but the "H" out of the bathroom faucet) are all legit methods.
By the way, I dug up
the suggestion for everyone. Seraphesy is a legend on this site because he had a suggestion implemented after only 2 posts (Lack put it on his to-do list, but it took 15 months). It's also one of the most popular suggestions (2-player games is slightly more popular). Also, seraphesy was the very first multi-bust on the site.