I personally don't care what anybody says about 'alliances'. This is just one of 1,000,000 games that weren't designed for 'allies' where insecure or bored players try to make them up. It's not built into the game and if you try and hold back you can end up losing a 1st place all the way down to a 3rd by default! It just happened to me, pry cost me 200 points. So to let everyone know, if you feel salty against someone for not being a good 'ally-player', think about two things: 1. you're being insecure, learn to play better; 2. you're bored! As far as attacking flagbearers, look you could lose your flag at any time, and if the game was meant to protect flag-bearers, it would have been *made* to. So! People like ETK who get ragged on for these things, I salute you!