Thanks for the foresight, it is appreciated 
The problem is quite simple: players are requested to play again if they are the last to play the turn, to keep the game running as smoothly as possible. It's most helpful for those that have a very tight schedule so they only really have to play every other turn, as it were.
You are exactly right that it is unfortunate that it happened exactly when Whosit intended to make a war dec. My recollection is that all such double moves have occurred at peace time, and none in war time; if there were any at war time, then did anyone complain, point it out, or was it missed completely?
I take it that there isn't a problem I'm missing here, that this isn't a double?
Yeah, pretty much. I'm tempted to say that if a reload is required in circumstances such as these, the party requesting the reload should not log in (unless necessary to realise that a reload is required), so not spoiled by extra information. Would that make sense? Basically just a courtesy request, not a rule.

The problem is quite simple: players are requested to play again if they are the last to play the turn, to keep the game running as smoothly as possible. It's most helpful for those that have a very tight schedule so they only really have to play every other turn, as it were.
You are exactly right that it is unfortunate that it happened exactly when Whosit intended to make a war dec. My recollection is that all such double moves have occurred at peace time, and none in war time; if there were any at war time, then did anyone complain, point it out, or was it missed completely?
I take it that there isn't a problem I'm missing here, that this isn't a double?
Quote:I guess the key point is that a double move in peace doesn't do any harm and is considered perfectly fine? The price for this system seems to be unavoidable frequent reloads.
Yeah, pretty much. I'm tempted to say that if a reload is required in circumstances such as these, the party requesting the reload should not log in (unless necessary to realise that a reload is required), so not spoiled by extra information. Would that make sense? Basically just a courtesy request, not a rule.