Mistaken Identity

SIN are very vigorous in the defense of their alliance. Unfortunately that means you cannot have friends in other alliances that disagree with what SIN says and does. It is also unfortunate because i believe you cannot leave them once you join, well not without you loosing all your towns and hard work.
However whilst i don't play that way, they are entitled to play however they like.

PS start finding as many friends as you can, SIN is very thorough.

But if you really are a spy, you are welcome to join mCrow. We collect them.

spying is a major part of this game and the game functions such as two accounts and sitting function in which anyone from any alliance is able to control an account supports it and makes it easy to do. the thing you have to realize is you got caught and now have to pay. you should have came clean with your leadship right in the beginning and perhaps the tables could have been turned..its a game and in my opinion sin is being nice to you because there is no telling what damage you have done to their alliance...i will also say this to sin alliance...omg...how did you let a spy into your group...tighten up! to the person that got caught, move and regroup and learn a lesson..to your fellow spy omg sounds like there is a double agent in your group!..this situation occurs often in this game...game on!

abstractdream wrote: I'm of the opinion that vital, dynamic alliances should always operate under the assumption there is a spy in the ranks. It just makes sense to maintain a certain level of caution.

Or just have an open alliance that has nothing to hide. Not everybody wants to play 1984 in video games. I personally find spying to be distasteful (as has been debated on other threads), but there will always be slimy people who view it as part of the game.

Being a basically transparent alliance limits the damage that spies can do. From that perspective, the strategy works, independent of ethical considerations.

You may consider it egocentric that I look down on spying in video games. So be it. But spying isn't a play style, it's a deliberate breach of trust among people who treat you as an online friend. The fact that it occurs in the context of a game just makes it more petty, because you are selling out a real human interaction (albeit online) for zero real gain. It's the equivalent of cheating at your weekly poker night with the guys. Can that happen? Yes. But from a social perspective it's bad form to cheat your buddies for a measly $10, and a little disturbing that it would make someone feel clever for getting away with it, in an atmosphere of trust and camaraderie.