You say you play this game to have fun?
Players usually see winning as having fun and losing as not having fun. I see this game as a whole as a place to learn things such as thinking outside the box and thinking on your feet. When you get bigger you can sometimes have 20k incomings and you have to guess fakes and nobles because there is not enough time ot label all. Noble trains don't necessarily all come from the same village. 4 nobles from 4 different villages assisted with a full O sometimes come to you and they are very easy to hide amongst 20k fakes.
That's just one example of things happening to me in the last day or so.
As a result of what I've learnt. Finishing first or on top is what most of the fun is. I do enjoy being under attack and moving support about but after a while it's boring and being highly ranked is much more fun.
Well I'm sorry but I have to disagree with your last point, I find the higher you go the more boring it gets, the fun part for me is dodging attacks sending attacks, and smashing nuke and noble trains, the higher you go the easier it gets to defend yourself and for me it gets boring, I like outwitting players, and planning 10 20 ennoblements with in seconds if not at the same time as each other, when you smash 100k 200k from a player, then timing counter ennoblements that take back taken villages backed with mass support, and watch as noble after noble and nuke after nuke die as players try to take them back off you, timing support so that it gets to a village before the last 1 2 or 3 nobles hit, supporting other players and watching the green reports coming back, showing that your support got there and helped, now that's what I call fun. Not once did I think I'm going to be number one or want to be for that matter, I had my target and got to it and then far exceeded it.
Definitions of the word Game.
–noun 1. an amusement or pastime: children's games.
2. the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games.
3. a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.
4. a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge.
5. the number of points required to win a game.
6. the score at a particular stage in a game: With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0.
7. a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving.
8. anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy.
9. a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game.
10. fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games.
11. wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit.
12. the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game.
13. any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.
14. Informal . a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game.
15. Archaic . fighting spirit; pluck.
–adjective 16. pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh.
17. having a fighting spirit; plucky.
18. Informal . having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive): Who's game for a hike through the woods?
–verb (used without object) 19. to play games of chance for stakes; gamble.
–verb (used with object) 20. to squander in gaming (usually fol. by away ).
—Idioms
21. die game, a. to die after a brave struggle.
b. to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game.
22. make game of, to make fun of; ridicule: to make game of the weak and defenseless.
23. play games, to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: Don't play games with me—I want to know if you love me or not!
24. play the game, Informal . a. to act or play in accordance with the rules.
b. to act honorably or justly: We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game.
Definition of the word Fun.
–noun 1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
2. enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3. Informal . joke; kid.
–adjective
4. Informal . of or pertaining to fun, esp. to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person.
5. Informal . whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.
—Idioms
6. for
/
infun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully: His insults were only in fun.
7. like fun, Informal . certainly not; of doubtful truth: He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did!
8. make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride: The youngsters made fun of their teacher.
So to answer your question, Yes I play/played for fun.