A four hour delay is a basis for determining ingored. Is it not reasonable to not hit reply until after being able to consult with leadership? Lets say hypothetically that Emeriti does not want every core member engaging in diplomacy. They receive a diplomatic message ingame. They try to get in touch with Leshrak who is notoriously AFK. It takes them four hours or more to get in touch with Leshrak and in the intervening time they do not respond to the sender.....
So the sender is justified in hitting into Emeriti's EoWCF.
Interesting. So the argument boils down to, centralized control of diplomacy is worthy of ignoring the generally accepted rules of conduct.... Ergo, it is appropriate now for Emeriti and crew to de facto enforce a form of governance on other kingdoms.
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or I suppose to enforce a response that is diplomatic in nature contrary to the directives of the leadership of the other kingdom.....?