No, emi should not be brought in, as once again, you all are going off ASSUMING these two people are the same. 1) just because there aren't alliances doesn't mean people don't team up, 2) just because he's a new player doesn't mean he wouldn't scout a bigger player, becuase EVERYONE is bigger than him. Maybe he decided to see if he could take you himself and learned he couldn't, or maybe he was looking for ships to copy if he's a gold, or ideas, there are a LOT of reasons he may have scouted you, 3) if we brought emi into EVERY supposed case of illegal alt use, he'd never get anything else done, becuase we get reports like this all the time, and rarely is it actually alt abuse.
and the big part of it is, a recent number is NOT evidence of alt abuse, or even of it being an alt. There is a reason I'm the only other moderator besides emi in this thread, and that's because I have been here a long time, and understand the ToS well, and alt rules.
so once again, at this time, there is NO evidence of an alt abuse. I will talk to Silverthorne about Evil Genius, if that's not silver, he knows him I'm sure. I'll leave the topic unlocked for now, however, unless USEABLE and CREDIBLE evidence of these two being alts can be brought forward, I will lock this topic. We do not just accuse players off of a recent number, it's not evidence, let alone credible, as the amount of people who join, and at what speed changes, maybe he made that account 3 days ago and practically no one has joined since, did you think about that?
Seither, Silhouette's attack is a scouting run to verify if he can successfully attack mob.. He scouted with an alt coz he want to save some turns..
Once again, I demand EVIDENCE. Until i see some, and more than so and so's word, or someone's number, my ruling stands as it is not an alt attack. Topic remains unlocked for a little longer for evidence to be supplied, however, if no is given soon, it will be locked.