The reason why the dice seem so sticky is because we don't see our own amazing defense rolls.

Balkans has the same amount of borders as Anatolia but less than half the bonus?

Mars

It's not cheating. It's just lame and makes people want to quit CC.

I want to encourage you to resume playing the game. If you lost all your armies in a competitive game, you may give up and not play.

That's my argument for why you should take points from deadbeats. Their motivation should be not to lose points.

24 hours is plenty of time if you're sick ...

I think getting your armies doubled is ridiculous. It's your own fault if you miss a turn.