Surely the whole aim of the game is to give as many people as possible as much enjoyment as possible. People spying ruins the experience for the majority. I am sure that he gets his own kick out of it, but is it right that he is ruining other peoples (paying peoples) experience? I could give endless examples of individuals ruining enjoyment for the masses while getting a kick out of it themselves. Maybe look through your history lessons. Generally they are judged and found wanting. Judging is part and parcel of life so please don't tell me that I cannot judge people, when I am sure you and everyone else are guilty of the same.
Again, this is a game and I play to have fun. I enjoy meeting new people in game and spying creates suspicion and conflict which is not congenial to the experience I want. I don't agree with people ruining other people's experience by such underhand tactics. At the end of the day if I get rimmed fair and square, I just own less pixels and try not to cry myself to sleep over it :icon_wink:. If I get rimmed because some deprived individual has leaked all my targets and informed my enemies on my troop distributions, I would get a little pissed off. Would you like that to happen to you?
Rant over.
You're making a few crucial assumptions:
1) Most people dislike spying and think it ruins the game. Unless you've properly surveyed most people who play the game (not just on the forums, because that is just the tip of the iceberg) or at least have a properly random statistical sample, you can't know that. So don't pretend to.
2) You're assuming that the examples of history are exclusive and applicable. They aren't applicable, but I can think of plenty of examples in history where the majority made a decision that hurt them in the end as well...
3) You assume that somehow the method by which you lose villages is known to people. How would they know if it was a spy giving away information (which they can't do large-scale and accurately, as it's against the rules btw to pass on troop information about an account you're sitting and that's the only way to really see the troops), or simply just them being outplayed? They wouldn't, most of the time.
Spying is a natural part of the game. It occurs in RL, it doesn't detract from the game IMO, and it makes the game more fun because I enjoy the game by way of winning. I also enjoy talking to people, but I also don't believe in letting the game interfere in personal relationships; even if I found out someone spied on my tribe, I would not get angry at them and stop being their friend, nor would I allow the presence of a spy to dictate my actions in being friendly with other people. It is, as you said, just pixels.
I think you're overexaggerating the influence of spies, the aims people have in playing this game, and their effects on gameplay.
