@Argotitan,
making comments on just finished games is allowed and it's even encouraged as part of the fun of the site and of the learning-process.
Making comments on ongoing games make some issues arise instead.
First, it makes arise the suspect that who's talking about it wants to take some advantage from it, affecting the behaviour of his opponents with reasons from outside the game itself. That would be unfair, being a sort of metagaming. The suspect is that the software (= being able to make comments outside the game itself, using the Forum) would be used as a diplomacy tactic, that is forbidden by Rule #4, although the examples in it are about very grave infraction like cheating accusations etc..
Second, although we believe it was not your intention to take advantage from it, this could happen anyway. Players in your game might not be following the Forums: it's not mandatory. Because you can't be forced to follow and read all things said in all the Forum's threads just because someone could be using the Forum like a second Global chat in which everyone's invited. There's a reason why only players into a game can type on Global chat of that game.
So although unintentional, it'd still be metagaming.
All Diplomacy must stay into the game-page, unless players in the game expressely agreed an exception or implicitly did it joining a SRG or a Tournament whose rules stated this exception.
So, according to Rule #9:
9. Follow common sense
The rules above are mainly ones which might not be obvious; just because a specific rule isn't given here doesn't mean moderators can't stop people ruining the server for others!
we're going to lock this thread.
Some few last advices:
- If you want to discuss the topic "Does Drawing in WTA Backfire?" you're free to open a new thread, but please refer your arguments only on FINISHED games you might bring as examples, or it will be locked again.
- If you want to know what's going on into your current game competitors' minds, you can ask them either now on the game-chats or after the game is over, opening on the Forum a "EoG statements" thread. Obviousely they're free to *not* answer your questions, either way, if this is what they want.
- If you want some more clarification about why you can't talk about ongoing games, feel free to ask us on the Modforum.
Thank you!