Should spying on the enemy in war be considered ♥♥♥♥♥ing?

[badfish1979]

What I want to know is why so many people use archaic English on the forums. Is 'whilst' a British thing, and if so, do you use this word in your everyday speech?

"Depends on what is viewed whilst spying" just doesn't roll off the American tongue very well.

[FireSauce]

I vote no, not ♥♥♥♥♥ing. It's literally a part of the game! :P

But I'm confused about choice #3. It's definitely either one or the other.

[sj74]

It's called clan wars. In wars people spy (and often not in wars). If it is considered ♥♥♥♥♥ing then the Allied victory in the Second World War was a ♥♥♥♥♥ and for that matter most other war victories are similarly illegitimate.

[fette]

Is it even worth the hassle?
I mean you can see where the teslas may be, you see the spaces for double giant bombs...a lot of bases tend to be similar or known designs...I doubt you gain a huge advatnage by spying.

Has anyone tried it an found it beneficial proportional to the effort involved?

[THNSUM]

It may come as a shock to some, (see my sig) but I think spying is a perfectly legitimate war strategy. Not only is it reflective of actual wars IRL but it's done within the mechanics of the game. Leaving and joining clans is part of what makes CoC what it is. To me a che@t is using 3rd party software or spoofing the server by going into airplane mode. Those are not things you can do from within the game but if you leave your clan on anyone can join durring a war against my war clan, we WILL spy on you using the features available in the game.


There are some good counter measures.

1. Close your clan durring war
2. Always leave your clan on invite only
3. Use a completly different layout on prep day, changing to your war layout at the last minute before the war starts.
4. If I join your clan durring prep day.... Kick me.....lol

[sj74]

What I want to know is why so many people use archaic English on the forums. Is 'whilst' a British thing, and if so, do you use this word in your everyday speech?

"Depends on what is viewed whilst spying" just doesn't roll off the American tongue very well.

Yes whilst is is a commonly used work in the UK

[Honu]

I think spies are lowlifes who need a shortcut because they don't want to compete on the basis of effort and skill. Our clan had one new member suggest that he spy out our opponent, and I kicked him immediately. I chose to lose his two attacks rather than have our war record tainted by a self-serving member who was trying to compensate for his poor skills.

Some people make the argument that spying is not explicitly banned, therefore it is permitted. I think that overlooks the fact that Supercell cannot ban spying -- there is no way to tell whether a player has taken screen shots, and no way to control what a player reports back to a friend or clan mate. Just because there is no way to prevent it doesn't mean that it is okay.

[daz258]

There are some good counter measures.

1. Close your clan durring war
2. Always leave your clan on invite only
3. Use a completly different layout on prep day, changing to your war layout at the last minute before the war starts.
4. If I join your clan durring prep day.... Kick me.....lol

3 is a good point, especially now you can easily change your base design. Before this update that was a real hassle so I never advised it. But now? Very good idea.

Make a design with walls saying LOL WHAT BASE or something silly like that would be fun. In fact, I am going to make one.

4 ...LOL

[Lloopy14]

What I want to know is why so many people use archaic English on the forums. Is 'whilst' a British thing, and if so, do you use this word in your everyday speech?

"Depends on what is viewed whilst spying" just doesn't roll off the American tongue very well.

I had a good laugh whilst reading that !

[THNSUM]

I think spies are lowlifes who need a shortcut because they don't want to compete on the basis of effort and skill. Our clan had one new member suggest that he spy out our opponent, and I kicked him immediately. I chose to lose his two attacks rather than have our war record tainted by a self-serving member who was trying to compensate for his poor skills.

Some people make the argument that spying is not explicitly banned, therefore it is permitted. I think that overlooks the fact that Supercell cannot ban spying -- there is no way to tell whether a player has taken screen shots, and no way to control what a player reports back to a friend or clan mate. Just because there is no way to prevent it doesn't mean that it is okay.

Does this mean you do not watch replays of failed attacks by your clanmates before you make a war Attack ?

3 is a good point, especially now you can easily change your base design. Before this update that was a real hassle so I never advised it. But now? Very good idea.
4 ...LOL

Before the update, I moved all my traps to the side of the screen then right before the war started i placed them. I don't think we were ever spied on though.. But I still did this just in case...

We keep our war clan seperate from our regular clan and only allow players who were in the clan at the time we declared war to join.... Not even regular members can come watch.... If you want to war you join the war clan at the starting time.