Some sort of deadline has to be in place otherwise everyone forgets about the game. If it takes a month for an update, people lose interest, especially those that only go on the forums for forum games. It has been a problem with nearly every single forum game so far
Btw I recommend pms to communicate with your allies instead of steam. It is a lot better because you both don't have to be online in order for you to talk. Also can talk about more in depth plans and include maps
The spy limitation idea you proposed raddeo is interesting although I it would be a lot simpler to limit how many actions a nation can do. Volk never really gave any specific numbers. The 1 espionage action was just an example. She even said ignore th details. She just wanted to see what people thought about limiting espionage