The issues with Evony are not made up. I was introduced to it by a friend, but became very leary of it when 1) I could not really find out information about th

The issues with Evony are not made up. I was introduced to it by a friend, but became very leary of it when 1) I could not really find out information about the company that runs it, 2) seeing numerous customer service complaints related to payments and their ievony client, 3) the reported copying of other games (Civilization, Age of Empires) including images and text, 4) the use of certain of the advertising images that call into question their rights to use them (http://blog.costumecraze.com/2009/05/dubious-civony-game-uses-costume-photo http://blog.costumecraze.com/2009/05/dubious-civony-game-use... (note, Evony was originally called Civony)). I also find their monetization model fails to understand the value most people place on the dollar. $30 = 300 game cents, and with that you'd find most items needed are in the 50 game cent($5) to 200 game cent ($20) range. Fine for those willing to pay it, but I think they're failing to recognize the true potential of the game at those exchange rates.So in the end, I refer to it as the carny model of payments. It's about hooking a few new (and gullible) customers.