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What do you think of the use of spying, spy characters, and other such things?

Spying is always bad.
Spying is only bad if it is done via OOC channels. (i.e. getting a friend to join the game so he can spy for you, or passing messages via OOG methods, etc.)
Spying is only bad if people specifically create a character to spy on a realm, or move a second character to that realm to spy on them.
Spying is fine, if existing characters have good IC reasons for it.
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Re: Spying: Good or bad for the game?
« Reply #30: April 12, 2011, 02:48:14 PM »
In my experience, fear of spies is the major reason why those in power in realms hesitate to add people to planning councils. I have had personal experience with cases where people have spied on our realm with absolutely no discernible IC justification for their actions. Like the guy who's been in your realm for three months, says almost nothing but posts some scout reports, never disagrees with any plans or policies, and then you find out he's been sending your army order to your enemy the whole time.

I can understand the attractions to gaining info from spying, or the possible thrill from running a "spy ring". But personally, I think it has an overall negative effect on the game.
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