# Is anyone playing Evony?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 6, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762 "2009-10-06T01:58:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/1 "2009-10-06T01:58:06Z")

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I saw an ad for it on Facebook and it seems interesting.

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/2 "2009-10-06T02:04:56Z")

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You liked the [boobies](http://gawker.com/5313579/everything-wrong-with-the-internet-in-one-gaming-banner-ad-campaign/gallery/?skyline=true&s=x), did you?

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/3 "2009-10-06T02:08:33Z")

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“Grope now, my lord!”

Ah, yes, the boobilicious game - obviously they are making NO effort to cultivate female players.

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/4 "2009-10-06T02:10:04Z")

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none.

And the irony, of course, is that there is no queen.

I was playing. Like most games like this, it’s fun till you get big enough to be noticed by the giant alliances, then you get raped to death.

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/5 "2009-10-06T02:25:19Z")

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Isn’t that the one that was created by a WoW goldseller company?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/6 "2009-10-06T02:56:42Z")

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This does not bode well.

…does Twickster play this thing?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/7 "2009-10-06T11:59:57Z")

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No … no, she doesn’t.

She will, however, move this thread to the Game Room for you.

twickster, Cafe Society mod

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/8 "2009-10-06T13:13:49Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> This does not bode well.
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> …does Twickster play this thing?

You just got off light, dude.

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/9 "2009-10-07T01:31:48Z")

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[**Isamu** wasn’t impressed.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526445&)

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-playing-evony/512762/10 "2009-10-07T02:54:15Z")

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It does not bode well indeed.  
So that’s what a goldseller is.  
:rolleyes: